Show HN: I built a tool that prices a prebuilt PC part by part

Re:Show HN: I built a tool that prices a prebuilt PC part by... by nukanse on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @02:30PM (#50370391)

I suggest to add mini PCs. You can buy motherboards and other parts, but some have soldered cpus. They are cheaper, so it may be a good deal anyways.

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool that prices a prebuilt PC part by... by adlep on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @02:43PM (#50370526)

noted!

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool that prices a prebuilt PC part by... by ttytty on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @02:50PM (#50370613)

if you add mini PCs, this will blow up on r/homelab and become a bookmark link, i would use it a bunch too!

last i checked, there was a google doc that inventoried the mini PCs available but it’s difficult to read tbh

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool that prices a prebuilt PC part by... by adlep on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @02:57PM (#50370691)

Noted!

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool that prices a prebuilt PC part by... by burnt_toast on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @05:58PM (#50372635)

Not OP but I've been working on something similar to that: https://minihomelabs.com/hwdb

I use mini pcs for homelabbing and was getting frustrated trying to figure out how they all compare.

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool that prices a prebuilt PC part by... by adlep on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @07:07PM (#50373216)

kind of cool. lots and lots of models to pick from

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool that prices a prebuilt PC part by... by yathern on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @04:22PM (#50371738)

Self-promo plug - I've been working on https://MiniPCs.zip for the last few months, which is a kinda inverse concept - build a price model for Mini PCs based on their parts, and find the best possible deals - since these are like commodity items and prices change every day

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