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Hi Raj,
This is a possibility in future, however the site for now is aimed at creating cookie cutter builds for gaming rather than to enable in-depth customization of them at a budget.
If you would like to make any changes manually yourself, as always you can feel free to head over to PCPartPicker with a build from ChooseMyPC as a base and make your changes there.
Thanks,
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Product Adjustment
Allow the person generating the build to adjust all of teh entries once the build has been generated.
When I did my build I was concerned because I might have been willing to change graphics card for a better cpu or somethign Like that.1 voteHey,
You can feel free to click the ‘pcpartpicker link’ when the build is generated and edit the build exactly to your needs.
Thanks,
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Option of Choosing between dual or single GFX card solutions
I've found from past experience I'm not a lover of the struggles of dual graphics solutions, it caused more pain than gain. Personally I think you should provide an alternative single card solution too when dual graphics cards are suggested.
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Remove the Kingston SSD suggestions
Thread with included data: http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/1wggpo/simple_questions_thread_29_jan_2014/cf1tg0t?context=6
I found this site very helpful as I'm looking to build my own PC for the first time. With a $650 budget I was recommended the Kingston SSD, and being a naive newbie, the price compared to the Samsung with the reviews to back it had me looking no further. Luckily I asked about my parts list ahead of time and found that while they used to be good, they're now complete scams.
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opt out of parts
maybe i dont want/need an ssd, or im reusing a part i already have
1 voteYou can actually already customise (including remove) the storage options allowing for removal of the SSD, and you can also remove the case and PSU already.
Changing other parts in the current implementation would affect the ability of the build generator to produce a build below budget. I will be working on this in future.
Thanks for the feedback!
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include a last-updated line
You mention on the generator that the site is updated regularly, but we don't know when you wrote that. The build guide has a last updated line, and that's good, but newbs could feel extra-confident in the build they generate if they know you looked at this algorithm recently.
Great site by the way, thanks so much for making it!
1 voteSome parts are continually automatically updated whereas others are adjusted manually but these should also be regularly updated within a week making it impractical and not entirely truthful to add a ‘last updated’ line
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Recommend dual-channel memory
It's popular to say "hurr durr only 5% difference in benchmarks" but the reality is that running with a single memory channel can really create a bottleneck, especially on the AMD FX CPUs you're recommending, which have a very weak memory controller.
You're foolishly doing something for no reason which can cause stutters (and thus provably does impact minimum framerates in games) and sap performance from streaming applications which don't use the GPU (CPU-based video encoding, which is still preferable due to higher quality than GPU-based encoders.)
Why not avoid it? 2x4GB is not significantly more expensive. It's pointless, foolish,…
6 votesI will always attempt to recommend dual channel RAM when it is not a significant amount less than dual channel, however I believe you are overstating the benefits.
Granted it could make a difference in some cases but it is unlikely to make much of a difference at all in terms of gaming performance which is what choosemypc aims to maximise.
That being said I believe the crucial has come off sale and will shortly be replaced by a better option within the build generator.
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Could your Sleeving Generator be Augmented
By that I mean simply having an extra section allowing all cores to be chosen? ...fussy, yes.... but I think it would give the user the freedom to see exactly what a more complex build might look like.
I personally had wanted to see an offset second colour, and also a single strip either side of a 3rd colour, so the simplest solution would be a colour chart for each core, including the swap buttons.
as well (I know cheeky arn't I) as most cases are dark or led lit, a final colour chart box for the backgound would really…
1 voteYou should see a much improved version in terms of freedom to customize the 24pin at http://choosemypc.net/sleeving now!
Thanks for your feedback, and I will be updating it with more features going forward.
Thanks,
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Not giving me a graphics card??
I just did a build on the site for $1000 Canadian, no overclocking, include Windows and Optical Drive....but it didn't include a graphics card in the build. :\
1 voteDon’t know what was going on there, but it looks like it is fixed now
Thanks for the warning!
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Selecting ATI/NVIDIA
Can there be an option to choose between Nvidia and ATI cards when you are selecting your initial options? I'm an ATI fan-boy and would like the option to have those included in expensive builds.
1 voteHey,
Sorry, but this is unlikely to become a feature within the build generator. ChooseMyPC is all about generating the best possible performance rig for the available money and brand preferences would compromise this.
ChooseMyPC uses an algorithm to select the best graphics cards for the money in terms of 1080p performance.
However if you would like to change your graphics cards manually, please feel free to click the pcpartpicker link and edit them yourself to your liking. The prices should not be too significantly different.
Thanks for your feedback,
Mark -
AMD/Intel and AMD/Nvidia bias!
There should be an option to choose your CPU/GPU manufacturer.
1 voteHey!
Unfortunately I have no plans to introduce any sort of bias into ChooseMyPC as I always want it to be recommending the best performing build at a particular budget.
It may also needlessly complicate the number of options required to generate a build.
Thanks for the feedback and if you have any other ideas feel free to post them!
Mark
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Keep up the good work!
You have done such an amazing job with this site! Keep it up!
1 voteThanks!
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Bug:Fix the psu being £0
When i select a £500 build and below it says the psu is £0 can you please fix this
1 voteCertainly, that is now updated to reflect the correct price.
My apologies!
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Problem with PCPartPicker Link
If I select no HDD and either No Case, No PSU, or No Case And No PSU, the PCPartPicker link takes me to a 404 error page. Any other combination of these options seems to work fine.
Using the Canadian version with Google Chrome Version 31.0.1650.63 m
1 voteFixed!
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1 vote
You can actually already do this!
Simply click the pencil edit icon next to the HDD and SSD to manually choose your options for storage
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I noticed that when I try to remove the HDD it resets the case and PSU that I removed earlier.
I've tried various removal orders and I can't get all three to be gone at the same time.
1 voteThis is now fixed, so can be closed!
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Pricing of MOBO
Biostar TZ77XE3 ATX LGA1155 is currently listed at £0 but is recommended in a £530 build.
1 voteSorry about that!
This is now fixed.
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5 votes
Hi Again!
The Australian version of the site is now live. You can check it out here: http://choosemypc.net/au/?budget=1000&oc=true
Thanks for the support!
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Pricing Accuracy
I was seeing parts selected which were out of stock at the selected prices, and some where the price was more than $30 below the lowest pcpartpicker price. The generator should be able to keep up with current availability and prices better.
3 votesHi again Greg,
Took me a while, but I located the issue causing this.
It should now be all fixed. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Thanks,
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Pentium's + low end graphics cards
So, the cheapest build I could get from this site was a $460 A8 APU build. Instead of an APU at a low budget, try to use an Intel Pentium + something like a HD 6670. It will perform a lot better than an APU build. I managed to get a $415 pentium + HD 6670 build while ChooseMyPC went with an A8 apu with 8GB of RAM. However, you can go a lot lower with an A8 APU with 4GB RAM and a low end motherboard, but it doesn't seem like this site supports low end motherboards and prefers…
4 votes
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