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Not sure where you’re getting pricing data, but it’s clearly out of date. A Ryzen 5 3600 is $97 on Newegg ($92 after rebate), not $350. Tools like this absolutely must have up-to-date pricing to be useful.

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I agree broadly. I think this helps to narrow down what pricing for these types of expenses should be, though. If I'm trying to spend $1000 on a PC (the last time I built a PC was in 2013, can you tell?) and I don't have intimate knowledge of the prices of specific parts, I'll probably try to get a vague sense of proportions for "what should the ratio of CPU cost to GPU cost be?" I think this tool helps with that. Then, when I'm ready to load up a cart, I can use something like PC Part Picker and verify my order.

I think this is a good tool, but not a great tool. Some refinement is needed, but the API is good, if sparse.

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