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The Comparator
⚡ The Ultimate PC Hardware Value Calculator

Find hardware that fits the job: then see if the price is worth it.

Every part is graded S–F for each use (price excluded, so the grade doesn’t move when prices do). Then Value adds today’s price back in, weighted by your priorities.

Open GPU calculator → Compare CPUs

Free · no signup · works in your browser. For publishers: embeddable widgets → · For retailers: list your store →

Live market · 1440p Gaming Offer frame 2026-08-19
1 RX 9060 XT 950 perf · 16GB · 160W Best valueCheapest A-tierBest under $812 A#17 100VALUE From $47015 offers 2 RTX 5090 2383 perf · 32GB · 575W Highest capability S#1 62VALUE From $43009 offers
Tier = how well it handles the job, price excluded. Value = how good today's price is for that. See all tiers →

Spec sheets lie. Value doesn’t.

Three problems every PC buyer hits, and how The Comparator fixes each.

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A spec sheet won’t tell you if it’s a good deal.
We turn specs + today’s price into one Value Score, so you see the deal, not just the numbers.
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Reviews go stale; prices move weekly.
Every offer is a dated snapshot with a “checked” timestamp — you always know how fresh it is.
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Everyone’s priorities are different.
Set your own weights or pick a preset. There’s no single “best” — there’s the best for you.

A flexible value engine, not a spec database

The differentiator: you decide what “good” means, and the engine re-ranks instantly.

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Your weights, your ranking
Slide price, performance, VRAM, power, warranty and freshness. Or pick a preset: 1440p, 4K, ray tracing, AI/LLM, efficiency, budget…
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Fresh offer snapshots
Prices are editorial snapshots with visible timestamps and freshness rules: never a stale number pretending to be live.
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Used-market aware
Paste a listing, autofill specs, add the price: instantly see if a used card is a real deal, with risk, warranty and power factored in.
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Total cost of ownership
Optional TCO adds 3 years of electricity by TDP: a cheap-but-power-hungry card stops looking cheap.
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Transparent methodology
Value Score is an estimate with a versioned formula and dataset: reproducible, explainable, never an “official” rating.
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Embeddable everywhere
Turn any ranking into a live widget for your blog or store: same engine, with attribution and your own affiliate IDs.
value = ( performance · rt · ai · vram · warranty · freshness ) ÷ ( price · power )
Each factor carries your weight. Raise price’s weight → cheaper parts win. Raise performance → the fastest win. Simple, honest, yours.

One value engine, every PC part

GPUs, CPUs, SSDs, RAM and motherboards are live — each with scenario tiers, a value calculator and a tier list. The architecture is multi-category by design; the rest of the build follows, then peripherals and prebuilts.

🎮 GPUsLive → ⚙️ CPUsLive → 💾 SSDs & storageLive → 🧠 RAMLive → 🔲 MotherboardsLive →
🔋 Power suppliesPlanned
❄️ CoolingPlanned
🖥️ MonitorsPlanned
💻 LaptopsPlanned
🖱️ PeripheralsPlanned
📦 Prebuilt PCsPlanned
➕ …and morePlanned

Built for how you actually buy

GPU · Used
Used-market hunter
Found a card on a marketplace? Paste it, autofill specs, drop in the asking price: know in seconds if it’s a steal or a trap, before it’s gone.
GPU · CPU
New-build budgeter
Set a budget and your preset, and let value ranking surface the parts that punch above their price: no fanboy noise.
Widgets
Publisher / creator
Drop a live value block into your review or roundup. It updates itself, keeps attribution, and can carry your own affiliate IDs.
For Publishers

Live value widgets for your site

Embed a self-updating value block: a deal monitor, a top-N ranking or an inline badge. Our latest available market snapshot with the date it was checked, built-in attribution, optional white-label and your own affiliate IDs.

  • ✓ Free live iframe: always our latest snapshot, zero maintenance
  • ✓ Creator: SEO-friendly static export + your affiliate IDs
  • ✓ Pro: white-label, publisher tracking, priority refresh
Explore widgets →
For Retailers

List your offers where buyers are already comparing

People come here to work out which part is worth buying. When your offers are listed, they see you at the moment they're deciding. Submit your product feed to get listed.

  • ✓ Free listing: submit a valid feed and your offers go live
  • ✓ Verified badge: direct feed partners get a trust marker
  • ✓ Analytics: impressions, clicks and conversion data per product
List your store →

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Find the value. Skip the regret.

Independent, data-driven, buyer-first. Value Score is an estimate based on current data and your weights, not an official product rating or a price forecast. Read the methodology.

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