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Last checked 3/10/2024
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Computer Hardware:
- Best Hardware and Software 2023 according to PCWorld
- PC Magazine Reviews
- CNet's Reviews - reviews of a wide variety of technology.
- The Tech Advisor has reviews of computer hardware, phones, and software.
- TechSpot Reviews
- Motherboards.org reviews motherboards and some other hardware but the site doesn't know whether to be a hardware review site or a general news site and is unfocused.
- Legit Reviews has reviews of all kinds of stuff and also has a forum.
- Hexus - computer equipment reviews and news. Tends toward the geeky side.
- Overclockers.com
has a great collection of information on the internals including a forum and plenty of reviews. Includes drives, cases, motherboards, heatsinks, cooling, etc.
- PC World Reviews Kind of a graveyard for their reviews. No apparent organization.
- ZDNet's Reviews The reviews are haphazardly presented but they do have a "best of" article on laptops.
- Tom's Guide has reviews of various hardware.
- USNews Best Laptops has a "best of" article that is updated annually.
- Wirecutter Laptop Review has a "best of" article that is updated annually.
- Techradar Best Cheap Laptops (2022) rates Chromebooks and cheap Windows laptops.
- CNN Best Budget Laptops (2022) rates Chromebooks and cheap Windows laptops.
Other Products:
- Fakespot rates the user reviews of products on Amazon. You enter the URL of the product on Amazon and the site analyzes the reviews. It awards the product reviews a letter grade from A to F based on its algorithm and there is a pretty good explanation of the rating after the analysis.
- Consumer Search
- collects and summarizes reviews in various categories. Has links to reviews in other sites.
- The Wirecutter
has the best of everything with links to the supporting material so you can check it out further. Unlike Consumer Search, they only show you the one item they think is the best.
- LifeWire has reviews of a lot of specific items. No easy comparison between them to spot the best but the info is useful.
- Best Products reviews tech, home, gifts, and beauty products.
- DontWasteYourMoney summarizes reviews of a variety of products including health, auto, office, and electronics.
- Top Ten Reviews
is a collection of reviews that have a consistent, easy-to-compare design.
- Trusted Reviews - reviews of electronics including computers and peripherals, video equipment, digital cameras, etc. Includes some good buying guide info on HDTV.
- PCMag Readers Choice Awards 2016 - general rankings of various categories of electronics manufacturers as reported by PCMag readers.
- rtings
reviews TVs, monitors, headphones, and miscellaneous audio devices. The site has a nice set of filters to let you zero in on the class of TV that is more specific to your needs. Note: this site is great for monitor testing.
- Hardware Unboxed YouTube
reviews PC monitors.
- a5shun Monitor Review YouTube
reviews PC monitors.
- Monitor Reddit - PC monitor discussion group.
- PC Monitor Reddit - reddit advice about the best PC monitors.
- TFT Central gives accurate specs for the monitors that they test. The site also provides very informative descriptions of their measurements.
- TopTen Electronics Reviews
- Handyman Reviews reviews mostly tools.
- MouthShut has a reviews submitted by the public on a wide variety of subjects from restaurants to computers to travel to education. Interesting reading although the site is based in India so the reviews are mostly applicable to that region.
- Viewpoints gives a summary of reviews of products submitted by the public. Mosly household appliances.
- eCoustics Reviews
is a collection of tech product reviews. These are split into those written by magazine editors and those that are submitted by the public to various sites like Amazon, Pricegrabber, etc. No side-by-side comparisons.
- Review Centre - from England - products may have different model names but the site has a lot of reviews
- Zagat's Dining Guide
- AVS Forum has info on audio visual equipment like TIVO, DVD, etc. Skimpy on the reviews but still useful.
- Music Gear Reviews focus is on guitar equipment.
- CarSurvey has reviews by real users that are somewhat informative, although the number of reviews is disappointingly small.
- Expert Reviews - UK based - hardware and software reviews. Although most reviews are related to UK models, some equipment is also available in the US.
- GPS Tracklog - reviews, tips, tricks, and news.
- Woodworkers Central - forums for woodworkers, advice, techniques, etc. including reviews of tools.
- Ink Permanence - measures of ink permanence with inkjet printers (number of years before noticeable fading or color changes).
- Cool Tools Kevin Kelly's reviews of very cool tools.
- Consumer's CheckBook is like Angie's List but cheaper and more local.
- Grills Forever reviews grills.
- Get A Coffeemaker reviews coffeemakers.
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