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RAM Prices
I was inspired by this discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39066480 about diskprices.com last…
ramstickprices.comHow HN took it
4 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 17 critical, out of 48 comments about the project. Thread score -0.21.
Execution: 2 for, 12 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Useful filtering and fast, responsive site.
From 2 comments
This is nice. I like this, and I like how responsive it is. It does illustrate a common issue with doing anything at all with Amazon: search manipulation. You can't search on…
johnklos on HNThanks for being very clear about the presence of affiliate links.
aqfamnzc on HN
Objections
Amazon-only listings with affiliate links.
From 3 comments
This seems to be Amazon-only, without stating so anywhere. If this is the case, it really needs to say it, and prominently.
eqvinox on HNA couple observations: 1. All outgoing Amazon links appear to be intentionally augmented with a "?tag" querystring parameter "probablecausality-20". This appears to be an…
lopkeny12ko on HNDoes it only show prices for which you have an affiliate link? I noticed the majority of links are to Amazon which generally isn't great for PC hardware (lots of returned…
r1ch on HN
Missing ECC and other filters at launch.
From 2 comments
Missing an 'ECC' vs 'Non-ECC' filter... and I honestly would like all the marketing people that feel a need to specify 'Non-ECC' to just be fired for search pollution.
mjevans on HNThis would be very nice, but it is still very incomplete. The table needs an additional attribute, ECC vs. non-ECC. Searching the list for a 2 x 48 GB DDR5 SODIMM kit finds none,…
adrian_b on HN
Stale or unavailable listings, mislabelled capacity.
From 1 comment
The first entry is mis-labelled as 512GB when it's actually an ancient 512MB stick. Only 1 of the top 5 is actually available to buy. I'd recommend cleaning up the data, and…
danpalmer on HN
Requests
Add ECC/RDIMM, CAS latency and voltage filters.
From 3 comments
Missing an 'ECC' vs 'Non-ECC' filter... and I honestly would like all the marketing people that feel a need to specify 'Non-ECC' to just be fired for search pollution.
mjevans on HNRDIMM please (filtering specifically for ECC versus not). Voltage would also be appreciated.
KyleSanderson on HNAlso missing a CAS Latency filter. It's the only reason I find myself going to newegg over Amazon so I can filter by it.
2StepsOutOfLine on HN
Add sorting by column and an invert or select-only toggle.
From 3 comments
Add sorting on the columns. First thing I tried was seeing which one was cheapest per GB.
lofties on HNFeature request: either an “uncheck all” or a “Select only” to select only one option in a list. Otherwise it’s a lot of clicking to find the 1 specific type of RAM you might be…
ojbyrne on HNEspecially for the Speed selection it needs an invert toggle. Why not use numbers to click for the Capacity? Lastly, something like a sane default or a choice of the three most…
TomK32 on HN
Support other countries such as amazon.co.uk.
From 1 comment
I was just thinking today, "I wish there was diskprices.com but for RAM". THANK YOU! Please could you add other locations? (In particular amazon.co.uk)
soyelmango on HN
Questions
How was the Amazon scraping done?
From 1 comment
I'd expect a "Show HN" post to at least explain a bit how they built it (or even better link to some browsable source repo if it's open source). Apart from the nit-pick: nice…
cies on HN
Was affiliate signup difficult?
From 1 comment
Did you have a hard time getting into the Amazon affiliate program? Last time I saw a post like this it seemed the consensus was that a price comparison site didn't have enough…
leros on HN
Alternatives named
diskprices.com and gpuprices sites.
From 2 comments
In a spirit of cooperation, you could add a link to other similar websites for other types of equipments (https://diskprices.com/, https://gpuprices.us/, etc).
skywal_l on HNi made https://gpuprices.lol
cranberryturkey on HN
geizhals and skinflint price comparison sites.
From 1 comment
Just in case you didn't know, there is https://geizhals.eu which is the same as https://skinflint.co.uk which has very, very detailed filtering and sorting capabilities. Plus an…
atmanactive on HN
PCPartPicker.
From 1 comment
Usually I just use PCPartPicker https://pcpartpicker.com/
haunter on HN