About The Hardware Core
The Hardware Core is a PC hardware publication built on one rule: no sponsorships, no free hardware, no brand deals, ever.
Why We Exist
Most hardware content online is shaped by relationships with manufacturers, free review units, and affiliate incentives that quietly steer recommendations. We built The Hardware Core to work differently. Every video, every blog post, and every price update is based entirely on publicly available data and aggregated benchmark research, not on what a brand sent us or paid us to say.
How We Work
The Hardware Core Team maintains this site: the YouTube channel, the weekly Market Tracker, and every guide on this blog. We don't do hands-on product testing, and we're upfront about that. Instead, we specialize in something different: synthesizing publicly published benchmarks, tracking real retail pricing every week using a fixed, repeatable process, and giving you the honest analysis that data actually supports. You can read exactly how we source our pricing data on our Methodology page.
Our Editorial Stance
We accept no sponsorships and no free hardware from any manufacturer or retailer
We do use Amazon Associates affiliate links, which earn us a small commission if you purchase through them, at no additional cost to you. This never influences which products we recommend
Our pricing data is collected using a fixed, public methodology, not cherry-picked to support a narrative
When we're wrong, or when the market shifts our earlier conclusions, we update the record rather than pretend it didn't happen
What You'll Find Here
Weekly PC hardware pricing data (DRAM, GPUs, NVMe storage) via our Market Tracker
Build guides and component buying guides based on aggregated performance data
A YouTube channel breaking down the same research in video form
No influencer hype, no "sponsored honest opinion" contradictions, no manufactured urgency
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