How to Pick the Parts in Tom's System Builder App
Make your build.
Last week we unveiled the Tom's Hardware System Builder application for Facebook users. For those trying to put together a new rig, this is an excellent too to create and customize your own unique systems from a huge library of components.
Share and compete by showing off your builds with your fellow hardware enthusiasts and check out the latest, hottest rigs around. And best of all, you can answer that age-old question “What kind of system should I get?” by building it with a few swift clicks and sharing it right on your Facebook wall.
If you need some guidance on how to pick the components that are right for you before you start putting together your virtual build, check out the Guide to Choosing Parts thread on our forums. It’s a great refresher and one of the most viewed threads of all time here at Tom's.
Once armed with the right knowledge, you can put together your ideal configuration on Facebook here.
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We still need the system builder on this site, makes more sense to me.
No thank you. I do have a facebook account, but I use it as little as possible for anything besides getting in touch with people.
Facebook, no thanks.
concur...
Ugh, I hate corporations/websites trying to integrate with Facebook. Feels so phony and, honestly, what does it really do to increase business?
Would have checked this out if I didn't have to use Facebook.
Tried it, then found out there wasn't much product listed on the application. Uninstalled after 5min.
Failbook, really? Obviously THG is now hip and cool because they too use facebook...
Why would you require a Facebook account just to use the app? I could see that if you saving or publishing your build to other people.
But can it read?
Does it play crysis?
I'm done with Facebook apps. I can't tell which ones do/don't compromise my account anymore. Forget it.
Put my computer together, and my dream computer.
XD
Great for Facebook users - which leaves me out. Until Facebook dedicates itself to being a secure place to share, I'm not going to partake, even if it does get me "in" with the Tomshardware staff.
nice app help you with the prices will be cool is wen you click it you can see the aspect of each one product, i know you don't sell it you only try to help the readers
why the necessary integration with facebook, Toms isnt any more "cool" for using facesuck
WHY DONT THE GUYS AT TOM's GET IT???? PUT THIS FUCKING APP ON THE MAIN WEBSITE NOT ONLY ON FACEBOOK!
Also not a Facebook user. Why not just have an HTML5 version?
The people have spoken. Make the app Facebook-free.
lol with the facebook hate. but it's not cool since everybody does the bandwagon hate. seriously? it's getting old.
There's a very valid reason for the hate - and therefore, quite justified.
Why did you put it on facebook only, you should put it on your website too, I can't access facebook at work...
I do believe I came up with a useful and even profitable way to introduce this into your actual website where it will more than likely receive more use. It seems that other users at-least agree that it should be on this site as well. I have to say its not reassuring that you are retreating to Facebook and leaving your own site behind in this manner.
Marcus I know this isn't your doing, and you were likely told to write this article to try to promote this new FB app. But please do the community a favor and go up and express to your boss the seemingly majority opinion of the users to him and do consider giving him a bit of a whack across the head for us.
Cool and useful idea but why the Facebook-only agenda? No thanks.
10/10 for the app, minus several billion for the failed hosting.
There's a very valid reason for the hate - and therefore, quite justified.
i think the facebook has its purposes. i think the users/humanity as a whole are vain and narcissists. but yeah, they should apply it on tom's own website, not facebook only. i, also, have no facebook.
After the article announcing the System builder, Tom's had to get that their readers don't want to use the app if they have to use Facebook to do it. They have apparently chosen to pretend that they don't know.
I assume that they perceive this as a way to use Facebook to advertise Tom's to potential new readers, and they don't really care about the current readers who are not dumb enough to be on Facebook.
I would like to try out the System Builder, but I'm not going to infect my computer with Facebook to do it.
I do have an old computer that I don't have any data on. Does anyone know what I would have to do to open a Facebook account? Can I do it with a bogus Identity, and burn email account, and then after I've played with the System Builder, scrub the hard drive, and reload Windows XP?
Oh well now that I've said it, it sounds like to much trouble.
lol with the facebook hate. but it's not cool since everybody does the bandwagon hate. seriously? it's getting old.
Down with Facebook!
no facebook please
WTF is Facebook?
HEY TOM....WE WONT USE A FACEBOOK APP!
Cool. Now if the Tom's Hardware Staff could only master how to spell and use proper punctuation. (See article above)