About Pick Spec

Pick Spec (픽스펙) is a small site that helps people who do not know much about PCs buy only as much as they need. It began in Korean in 2026 and now has an English version of its two main tools.

Why it exists

Pick Spec started from what its maker ran into every time they bought a PC. Each time, working out which parts to buy took days of study. If you change PCs every few months you keep a feel for current parts, but after a few years every name has changed — they ended up calling a friend who knew PCs, or one who had just bought one. An expensive PC once hit its limit the moment they tried a different program, and it lagged. And many parents buy on a store clerk's word, with no way to know whether the PC will run what their child actually wants to use.

So the site follows the order its maker wants to buy in: pick the games and programs first and see what they need (spec builder), narrow the shop down to a few candidate PCs, then enter each candidate's parts to confirm it runs them (spec checker). Programs keep raising their recommended specs as features are added, so the builder lets you add 10–30% headroom on top of the recommended spec — what its maker would buy, as far as the budget allows.

Search for a new PC and you get part lists and benchmark charts. They help people who can read them. Everyone else is left asking "so what should I buy?". On the other side are sites that answer "for this budget, this one" — but rarely say which parts you will never use, because a seller has little reason to say "you do not need that".

How we judge

• We start from the official requirements published by game and software makers, and record where we found them and when.
• Numbers (RAM, video memory, storage, Windows version) are compared as written. CPUs and graphics cards are compared using public rendering measurements, and we label that as our judgement. Close calls and different brands show as Check yourself.
• We point out parts that are far above what you need, not only parts that fall short.
• We do not publish numbers we cannot check: frame rates, "twice as fast" claims, or how many years a PC will last.

Where the numbers come from

Official requirements are taken from the publisher's own text (official documentation, support pages or the publisher's Steam store listing) and checked line by line. Where we cannot fetch the original (some Autodesk products, for example), we use a value only if at least two copies of the official text agree, and otherwise leave the item blank. CPU and graphics card measurements come fromBlender Open Data (CC0 1.0), summarised as per-part medians from one release (4.5). The Blender Foundation is not affiliated with Pick Spec and has not endorsed these results. We stopped using third-party benchmark scores in September 2026 after their owner declined permission.

How the site is funded

Pick Spec does not sell products and does not earn commissions from stores. It used Coupang Partners affiliate links in Korea until 29 September 2026 and removed all of them that day. We plan to cover running costs with advertising through Google AdSense. Ads are shown as ads and have no say in any verdict.

Limits

• We do not cover every game or program yet. The list grows over time.
• Our verdicts are based on specifications, not on hands-on testing.
• Some newer laptop graphics chips are not in our parts list yet.

Questions or corrections are welcome on the contact page.