BuildCores: Part Picker for PC

This update has two new features for both enthusiast and beginner PC builders!

- An updated benchmarks page with data aggregated by our team. This is a quick and handy reference to see the performance numbers of the latest CPUs and GPUs.
- BuildCores AI Reviews for popular PC parts aggregated from trusted articles and videos. Save hours of your time doing research on what to buy with this new tool.

Other fixes:
- Part database improvements.
- General UI and bug fixes across the app.

Reach out to us on Discord and Reddit. We're pretty responsive and are always trying to improve the part picker experience. Find the links within the app to reach out to us!

This update has two new features for both enthusiast and beginner PC builders!

- An updated benchmarks page with data aggregated by our team. This is a quick and handy reference to see the performance numbers of the latest CPUs and GPUs.
- BuildCores AI Reviews for popular PC parts aggregated from trusted articles and videos. Save hours of your time doing research on what to buy with this new tool.

Other fixes:
- Part database improvements.
- General UI and bug fixes across the app.

Reach out to us on Discord and Reddit. We're pretty responsive. Find the links within the app!

Happy Holidays! This update brings more enhancements and sets BuildCores up for 2024. Let us know if you have any feedback or features that you want to see!

- Added wattage information for your PC builds.
- A renovated Completed Builds experience is now available!
- General bug fixes and database improvements.

Happy Holidays! This update adds build syncing with the new BuildCores website so you can easily share your builds across any platform. We also added a significant amount of parts to our database with accurate pricing.

BuildCores now features used parts and eBay support! We are launching a new, unified web experience this Fall alongside a significant revamp of the entire parts database, offering the most complete PC building experience ever. Stay tuned!

BuildCores now includes price charts for PC parts to better inform you about general price trends before your purchase.

OTHER NOTES:
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and design tweaks across the app.
- Expanded the parts database.
- Performance improvements.

BuildCores now includes price charts for PC parts to better inform you about general price trends before your purchase.

OTHER NOTES:
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and design tweaks across the app.
- Expanded the parts database.
- Performance improvements.

BuildCores now includes price charts for PC parts to better inform you about general price trends before your purchase.

OTHER NOTES:
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and design tweaks across the app.
- Expanded the parts database.
- Performance improvements.

BuildCores now includes a substantial increase in part categories, some important privacy features, and other fixes to make your PC building experience even better.



Full Update Notes:



EXPANDED PART CATEGORIES


- Added 10 new part categories
- Accessories
- Headphones
- Microphones
- Speakers
- Sound Cards
- Network Cards
- Thermal Compounds
- Capture Cards
- VR Headsets
- Webcams
- With these new categories, you'll have even more options to customize and upgrade your PC to fit your needs.
- Community part support will be arriving in the future for these new categories.
- These new part categories support the current set of retailers and can be included in any PC build that you create.



BUILDCORES ACCOUNT PRIVACY


- Users should have control over their data and privacy, so we've added the ability to delete your account.
- This feature will make it easy for you to remove your information from our servers if you choose to do so.



OTHER STUFF:


- Miscellaneous bug fixes and design tweaks across the app.
- Expanded the parts database.
- Performance improvements.

BuildCores now includes a substantial increase in part categories, some important privacy features, and other fixes to make your PC building experience even better.

Full Update Notes:

EXPANDED PART CATEGORIES
- Added 10 new part categories
- Accessories
- Headphones
- Microphones
- Speakers
- Sound Cards
- Network Cards
- Thermal Compounds
- Capture Cards
- VR Headsets
- Webcams
- With these new categories, you'll have even more options to customize and upgrade your PC to fit your needs.
- Community part support will be arriving in the future for these new categories.
- These new part categories support the current set of retailers and can be included in any PC build that you create.

BUILDCORES ACCOUNT PRIVACY
- Users should have control over their data and privacy, so we've added the ability to delete your account.
- This feature will make it easy for you to remove your information from our servers if you choose to do so.

OTHER STUFF:
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and design tweaks across the app.
- Expanded the parts database.
- Performance improvements.

BuildCores now includes a substantial increase in part categories, some important privacy features, and other fixes to make your PC building experience even better.

Full Update Notes:

EXPANDED PART CATEGORIES
- Added 10 new part categories
- Accessories
- Headphones
- Microphones
- Speakers
- Sound Cards
- Network Cards
- Thermal Compounds
- Capture Cards
- VR Headsets
- Webcams
- With these new categories, you'll have even more options to customize and upgrade your PC to fit your needs.
- Community part support will be arriving in the future for these new categories.
- These new part categories support the current set of retailers and can be included in any PC build that you create.

BUILDCORES ACCOUNT PRIVACY
- Users should have control over their data and privacy, so we've added the ability to delete your account.
- This feature will make it easy for you to remove your information from our servers if you choose to do so.

OTHER STUFF:
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and design tweaks across the app.
- Expanded the parts database.
- Performance improvements.

BuildCores now features more retailers so you can find the lowest prices for PC Parts!

We have added support for Walmart and Adorama for parts in the United States.

Full Update Notes:

MORE RETAILERS:
- This update adds Walmart and Adorama pricing for PC parts in the United States. You can now choose between 5 retailers in BuildCores with more on the way!

EASIER PC BUILD CREATION:
- All of the available options to create a new PC build in the app now flow through one simple button on the Builds page.
- Create a new custom build, import a Build Code, or use Auto Build.

GENERAL FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
- Improved user experience when adding a part to a PC build.
- Minor Community Builds fixes.
- iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 optimizations.
- General UI polish and fixes.
- Part Database improvements.

- Added Socket AM5 and LGA 1700 support to BuildCores Auto Build.
- Moved the BuildCores Sales Feed to its own tab.
- Fixed GPU benchmarks not showing. More improvements to part benchmarks will be arriving in the coming updates.
- Added an alert if BuildCores servers could not be reached.
- General design & bug fixes across the app.

2022.2 Update Notes:

Introducing the BuildCores Sales Feed!

The new Sales Feed feature shows you the best deals everyday on the latest and greatest PC hardware and accessories. If you’re in the market for a new CPU, GPU, motherboard, or any other PC part, you will want to use this new feature to catch an incredible deal!

Notifications have also arrived in BuildCores, starting with the Sales Feed! Get notified on every single PC part sale! Notifications for community posts, builds, and parts will also be arriving very soon!

BuildCores also features the latest AMD Ryzen 7000, Intel 13th Gen, and Nvidia RTX 4000 series parts. It’s a great time to build a computer with all of the recent launches this fall!

Full Update Notes:

SALES FEED:
- Catch the best deals on the latest and greatest PC hardware and accessories.
- Quickly filter sales by part category.
- Enable notifications to be able to snag the best deals ASAP!
- View the web page for the sale posting without opening your web browser.

GENERAL FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
- Improved user experience when adding a part to a PC build.
- Minor Community Builds fixes.
- iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 optimizations.
- General UI polish and fixes.
- Part Database improvements.

Introducing the BuildCores Sales Feed!

The new Sales Feed feature shows you the best deals everyday on the latest and greatest PC hardware and accessories. If you’re in the market for a new CPU, GPU, motherboard, or any other PC part, you will want to use this new feature to catch an incredible deal!

Notifications have also arrived in BuildCores, starting with the Sales Feed! Get notified on every single PC part sale! Notifications for community posts, builds, and parts will also be arriving very soon!

BuildCores also features the latest AMD Ryzen 7000, Intel 13th Gen, and Nvidia RTX 4000 series parts. It’s a great time to build a computer with all of the recent launches this fall!

Full Update Notes:

SALES FEED:
- Catch the best deals on the latest and greatest PC hardware and accessories.
- Quickly filter sales by part category.
- Enable notifications to be able to snag the best deals ASAP!
- View the web page for the sale posting without opening your web browser.

GENERAL FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
- Improved user experience when adding a part to a PC build.
- Minor Community Builds fixes.
- iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 optimizations.
- General UI polish and fixes.
- Part Database improvements.

INTRODUCING COMMUNITY BUILDS:
- Build Plans are theoretical builds that you have in mind for yourself or someone else.
- Completed Builds are builds that you have actually bought the parts for and finished.

Another big addition is the ability to now search for community parts and builds with the search bar embedded to the top of the screen! Advanced filters will also being coming soon to help you find the exact build or part that matches your specifications.

Your BuildCores account also enables you to now comment and reply on community builds! This feature will also be coming to community parts and possibly more places very soon!

COMMUNITY BUILDS:
- Share your completed PC builds with photos, parts, descriptions, and more in the app!
- Create build plans for others to follow or to get feedback on!
- You can view all your shared PC builds in your user profile.
- Like and comment on your favorite community builds!
- When viewing another user’s community build, you can clone their PC build and save it to your own app to modify!

COMMUNITY PARTS:
- Search for parts by using the search bar embedded to the top of the screen!
- Fixed community parts not displaying correctly when loading more parts.
- Fixed part links for community parts not showing up correctly. They will now show up in the part details page along with the part’s other specifications.

GENERAL FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
- Improved official part popularity rankings using a new algorithm.
- Community Parts and Builds list design updates.
- iOS and iPadOS 16 optimizations.
- General UI polish and fixes.
- Part Database improvements.

If you have any feedback, questions, or feature requests, leave a review on the App Store, post at /r/BuildCores on Reddit, or tweet @BuildCores on Twitter. Thanks!

It's been quite some time since the last update. 2021 has passed by, but it's finally time for some updates! This update introduces the first of many community features coming to BuildCores.

COMMUNITY PARTS DATABASE:
- Fill out a part creation form to create a community part.
- Add your own images, prices, and links to the part.
- Share the part to the community or keep it private.
- Browse through a collection of parts submitted by the community, and add them to your own PC builds.
- You can edit your community parts anytime after creating them.
- This feature replaces the custom parts feature from previous versions of BuildCores.


BUILDCORES ACCOUNTS:
- Everyone can create a BuildCores account.
- Store your community parts (and builds coming soon!) on your account.
- Add your own profile picture and edit your username anytime.
- Like and share other parts from the community.


OTHER STUFF:
- Simplified the process when adding a part to a build.
- Custom parts and benchmarks from previous updates are now deprecated. You can find these old features in the settings screen.
- Redesigned the BuildCores Premium screen.
- Improved some of the part database attributes for Intel's Alder Lake, DDR5, and more.
- Build Codes now also support community parts.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and design tweaks across the app.
- Launch performance improvements.
- iOS and iPadOS 15 optimizations.

2020.0.1 Fixes:
- Fixed the crash that occurs when clearing the part filters when browsing PC parts.

If you have any feedback, questions, or feature requests, leave a review on the App Store, post at /r/BuildCores on Reddit, or tweet @BuildCores on Twitter. Thanks!

It's been quite some time since the last update. 2021 has passed by, but it's finally time for some updates! This update introduces the first of many community features coming to BuildCores.

COMMUNITY PARTS DATABASE:
- Fill out a part creation form to create a community part.
- Add your own images, prices, and links to the part.
- Share the part to the community or keep it private.
- Browse through a collection of parts submitted by the community, and add them to your own PC builds.
- You can edit your community parts anytime after creating them.
- This feature replaces the custom parts feature from previous versions of BuildCores.


BUILDCORES ACCOUNTS:
- Everyone can create a BuildCores account.
- Store your community parts (and builds coming soon!) on your account.
- Add your own profile picture and edit your username anytime.
- Like and share other parts from the community.


OTHER STUFF:
- Simplified the process when adding a part to a build.
- Custom parts and benchmarks from previous updates are now deprecated. You can find these old features in the settings screen.
- Redesigned the BuildCores Premium screen.
- Improved some of the part database attributes for Intel's Alder Lake, DDR5, and more.
- Build Codes now also support community parts.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and design tweaks across the app.
- Launch performance improvements.
- iOS and iPadOS 15 optimizations.


If you have any feedback, questions, or feature requests, leave a review on the App Store, post at /r/BuildCores on Reddit, or tweet @BuildCores on Twitter. Thanks!

2020.5.3 Notes:
- Improvements to the part details screen.
- Brand new full screen image viewer for parts.
- Significantly faster app startup time. The app will now update prices while you are using the app instead of at launch.
- Fixed custom link crashes for monitors.
- Fixed networking crashes.
- Fixed other minor bugs.

2020.5 Notes:

BuildCores Update 2020.5 features a bunch of improvements and features to make your part selection experience even better!

BUILD IMPORTING AND EXPORTING:

- BuildCores now features the ability to share builds and import builds using Build Codes.
- You can find this feature when sharing a build.

NEWEGG PRICING (BETA):
- BuildCores now features pricing from Newegg for supported parts. (US only)

PRICING PREFERENCES:
- BuildCores now allows you to choose your preferred retailer for individual builds or all parts.

REDESIGNED SETTINGS SCREEN:
- This update brings a refresh to the settings screen with easier access to options.

OTHER STUFF:
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and design tweaks across the app.
- New app icon.
- iOS 14 optimizations.

If you have any feedback, questions, or feature requests, leave a review on the App Store, post at /r/BuildCores on Reddit, or tweet @BuildCores on Twitter. Thanks!

NOTE: This update (2020.5.2) fixes the crashes that were occurring with the previous update.

BuildCores Update 2020.5 features a bunch of improvements and features to make your part selection experience even better!

BUILD IMPORTING AND EXPORTING:

- BuildCores now features the ability to share builds and import builds using Build Codes.
- You can find this feature when sharing a build.

NEWEGG PRICING (BETA):
- BuildCores now features pricing from Newegg for supported parts. (US only)

PRICING PREFERENCES:
- BuildCores now allows you to choose your preferred retailer for individual builds or all parts.

REDESIGNED SETTINGS SCREEN:
- This update brings a refresh to the settings screen with easier access to options.

OTHER STUFF:
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and design tweaks across the app.
- New app icon.
- iOS 14 optimizations.

If you have any feedback, questions, or feature requests, leave a review on the App Store, post at /r/BuildCores on Reddit, or tweet @BuildCores on Twitter. Thanks!

NOTE: This update (2020.5.1) fixes the crashes that were occurring with the previous update.

BuildCores Update 2020.5 features a bunch of improvements and features to make your part selection experience even better!

BUILD IMPORTING AND EXPORTING:

- BuildCores now features the ability to share builds and import builds using Build Codes.
- You can find this feature when sharing a build.

NEWEGG PRICING (BETA):
- BuildCores now features pricing from Newegg for supported parts. (US only)

PRICING PREFERENCES:
- BuildCores now allows you to choose your preferred retailer for individual builds or all parts.

REDESIGNED SETTINGS SCREEN:
- This update brings a refresh to the settings screen with easier access to options.

OTHER STUFF:
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and design tweaks across the app.
- New app icon.
- iOS 14 optimizations.

If you have any feedback, questions, or feature requests, leave a review on the App Store, post at /r/BuildCores on Reddit, or tweet @BuildCores on Twitter. Thanks!

Happy Cyber Monday!

BuildCores Update 2020.5 features a bunch of improvements and features to make your part selection experience even better!

BUILD IMPORTING AND EXPORTING:
- BuildCores now features the ability to share builds and import builds using Build Codes.
- You can find this feature when sharing a build.

NEWEGG PRICING (BETA):
- BuildCores now features pricing from Newegg for supported parts. (US only)

PRICING PREFERENCES:
- BuildCores now allows you to choose your preferred retailer for individual builds or all parts.

REDESIGNED SETTINGS SCREEN:
- This update brings a refresh to the settings screen with easier access to options.

OTHER STUFF:
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and design tweaks across the app.
- New app icon.
- iOS 14 optimizations.

If you have any feedback, questions, or feature requests, leave a review on the App Store, post at /r/BuildCores on Reddit, or tweet @BuildCores on Twitter. Thanks!

BEST BUY SUPPORT:
- BuildCores now features pricing from Best Buy on available parts (US Only)! You can tap the link to go directly to Best Buy's product page.
- Added the ability to filter parts to see if the item is available on Best Buy.
- More retailers will be arriving in the future.

MORE ACCURATE PRICING:
- Pricing for all parts and builds now includes decimal places.

IMPROVED OPTIONS:
- You can now add your own links for any PC part.
- This option is available through the 'Edit' button on the part description page.

Miscellaneous Improvements & Fixes:
- Custom part creation bug fixes.
- Part database expansions and accuracy adjustments.
- Minor design fixes.

Update 2020.4.1 Fixes:
- Fixed the parts list filter indicator staying activated.
- Removed the preferred part retailer option until more work is done.

If you have any feedback, questions, or feature requests, leave a review on the App Store, post at /r/BuildCores on Reddit, or tweet @BuildCores on Twitter. Thanks!

BEST BUY SUPPORT:
- BuildCores now features pricing from Best Buy on available parts (US Only)! You can tap the link to go directly to Best Buy's product page.
- Added the ability to filter parts to see if the item is available on Best Buy.
- More retailers will be arriving in the future.

MORE ACCURATE PRICING:
- Pricing for all parts and builds now includes decimal places.

IMPROVED OPTIONS:
- You can now add your own links for any PC part.
- This option is available through the 'Edit' button on the part description page.

Miscellaneous Improvements & Fixes:
- Custom part creation bug fixes.
- Part database expansions and accuracy adjustments.
- Minor design fixes.

If you have any feedback, questions, or feature requests, leave a review on the App Store, post at /r/BuildCores on Reddit, or tweet @BuildCores on Twitter. Thanks!

BUILDCORES AUTO BUILD (BETA):
- Quickly generate PC builds from a given budget and preferences.
- This feature was a common request, and it is designed for newcomers to PC building.
- Auto Build is still in beta and improvements to its algorithm and options will be coming soon.

IMPROVED PART FILTERS:
- Added GPU Model (ex. GeForce RTX 2060) filtering.
- Added brand filters for the remaining part categories that did not have it.

PART STOCK STATUS:
- Added the ability to see any part's stock status on Amazon (US, CA, UK).
- You could also filter for parts that are in stock.

Miscellaneous Improvements & Fixes:
- Fixed the build details screen not updating when a part is added.
- Part database expansions and accuracy adjustments.
- Minor design fixes.

2020.3.1 and 2020.3.2 Fixes:
- Fixed crash that occurred on startup.
- Fixed crash for iOS 12 and below users.

If you have any feedback, questions, or feature requests, leave a review on the App Store, post at /r/BuildCores on Reddit, or tweet @BuildCores on Twitter. Thanks!

BUILDCORES AUTO BUILD (BETA):
- Quickly generate PC builds from a given budget and preferences.
- This feature was a common request, and it is designed for newcomers to PC building.
- Auto Build is still in beta and improvements to its algorithm and options will be coming soon.

IMPROVED PART FILTERS:
- Added GPU Model (ex. GeForce RTX 2060) filtering.
- Added brand filters for the remaining part categories that did not have it.

PART STOCK STATUS:
- Added the ability to see any part's stock status on Amazon (US, CA, UK).
- You could also filter for parts that are in stock.

Miscellaneous Improvements & Fixes:
- Fixed the build details screen not updating when a part is added.
- Part database expansions and accuracy adjustments.
- Minor design fixes.

2020.3.1 Fixes:
- Fixed crash that occurred on startup.

If you have any feedback, questions, or feature requests, leave a review on the App Store, post at /r/BuildCores on Reddit, or tweet @BuildCores on Twitter. Thanks!