Built because people kept getting fooled.

The problem I keep watching happen

A college student wants to build their first gaming PC. They walk into a shop or scroll through a marketplace. Someone tells them an i3 with a GTX 1650 is “great for gaming.” They pay ₹45,000. Six months later they realise it can't run anything modern, the PSU was the cheapest possible junk, and the case has zero airflow. By then the warranty is useless because the bill is from a vendor who doesn't answer the phone.

I have watched this exact story play out hundreds of times. Sometimes the buyer asks me, after the fact, “did I get a good deal?” And I have to tell them the truth, which is worse than the bad PC: the shop knew. The shop has known for years. The shop sold them what was sitting in stock, not what would actually work.

International tools - PCPartPicker, Reddit threads, YouTube tier lists - don't help. They're written for the US market. US prices, US warranty laws, US vendor recommendations. A 4060 Ti is “good value” in dollars and “outright bad” in rupees. A “reliable” PSU brand abroad is sold as a parallel-import counterfeit here. None of the existing advice translates.

What I'm trying to build

GetPC is a build verification engine that knows India. You pick parts; it checks the available catalogue data for likely issues - socket matches, PSU headroom, GPU length, cooler clearance, BIOS update chains, parallel-import warranty risks. It also shows Indian retailer links and recorded stock where available. Confirm exact parts, availability and warranty eligibility before buying.

The compatibility builder is free to use without signing in. Saving builds to My Garage and downloading quotes require an account.

What makes it “India-first”

Most tools assume you can RMA anything in two days, pay in dollars, and that every PSU on the market is safe. None of that is true here. GetPC checks for things American tools don't:

• India warranty context - catalogue notes distinguish official distribution and parallel-import risks where known. Confirm the exact seller, serial and GST invoice; a low price does not prove why one listing is cheaper.
• BIOS update chains - flagging when a board needs a BIOS update before your new CPU will POST, where the catalogue records a support requirement. Confirm the exact BIOS version and any retailer pre-flash service.
• PSU selection by exact model - compare independent electrical tests, protection behaviour, connectors, load requirements and India warranty support. 80 PLUS rates efficiency; Gold and a long warranty alone do not establish PSU quality. The current engine also uses simplified rating, tier and warranty heuristics; read the PSU quality guide before buying.
• Indian vendor links - Amazon India, MDComputers, Computech and other tracked retailers where an exact listing is available. Editorial mentions of PrimeABGB where its stock or service is better, without affiliate tagging.
• Honest pricing in ₹ - tracked retailer observations and labelled catalogue estimates. Stock and checkout prices can change after the recorded check.

Who I am

I'm Ash. I'm based in Nainital, Uttarakhand. For the last decade I've worked across the Indian PC industry with direct partnerships with MSI, Deepcool, Corsair, Cooler Master, ASUS, and most of the major AIB partners. I've spec'd and assembled thousands of builds personally, debugged every kind of compatibility failure you can imagine, and dealt with the distributor network on both sides: as a customer and as a partner.

People who've worked with me know two things about me: I'm honest about parts even when it costs me a sale, and I actually know how PCs work at the level where it matters - the spec sheet, the firmware, the warranty paperwork, the import chain. That's the perspective this site tries to make available to people who don't have me on speed-dial.

I'm running this as a one-person operation. Everything you see is published and maintained under my responsibility, with software and editorial tools. If you find an error, you can email me directly and I'll fix it personally.

The shop behind the site

GetPC didn't start as a website. It started as GETPC - Gaming, Editing, Trading PC - a custom build shop in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. We opened it because the city had no real custom PC shop; the stores that existed were laptop retailers who didn't understand builds. Within the first week we landed a big order, and it never really slowed down after that.

We operated the physical shop until April 2026, then moved GetPC online. The model changed from selling parts across a counter to helping people verify that a build is right before they pay for it - using the same knowledge that used to sit behind our counter.

A decade behind that counter is where the rules on this site come from. I watched the same mistakes repeat endlessly: a 65W CPU under a 360mm AIO the shop pushed on someone, a “great deal” GPU that turned out to be a parallel import with zero India warranty, a Tier-C 550W PSU sitting under a 600W load because nobody checked, and an RMA claim that died on arrival because the invoice was a kaccha bill. Every one of those failures is now a check in the engine.

How it makes money (and how it doesn't)

Affiliate links. When you click through to Amazon India, MDComputers, or Computech from a part page and buy something, I earn a small commission. The price you pay is exactly the same as if you went to the vendor directly. No part is recommended because it pays more - every recommendation is based on what actually works for the build you're planning.

What it's not. No paid placement. No sponsored “recommendations.” No money from manufacturers to favour their parts. I've been offered this before. The answer is always no. The whole point of this site is trust, and that's the only thing I can't buy back if I lose it.

Read the full affiliate disclosure.

Editorial standards

Manufacturer documentation is the preferred source for part specifications. Catalogue facts, independent tests, shop observations and rule-based estimates have different limits. The site does not independently test every product or certify a retailer's stock; corrections can be challenged.

Read the full methodology for how parts are added, prices are sourced, compatibility rules work, and warranty information is verified.

What's here today, what's coming

The public catalogue has 1,400+ parts. The builder uses eight core component categories and 53 registered rule IDs, and India-specific warranty + vendor data. Rule coverage depends on selected parts and available fields. Templates and guides are being written carefully - I'd rather ship ten genuinely useful articles than fifty SEO-padded ones. You can see the full roadmap on the guides and templates pages.

If something's missing that you need - tell me. Requests jump the queue.