The HalTechTV Rating System
At HalTechTV we've gone through a few different styles when it comes to providing the readers a rating on the products we review. Our aim all along has been to provide the simplest rating system for the reader based off of a slightly more complicated back end, if you're reading this then you are on this page to find out how it all works and where we get our numbers from!
The Current System:
Our current system works of a value of 100. We found that rating a product out of 5 or even 10 for that matter was too small to differentiate products with and if you have to go decimal why not just enlarge the scale. With this 100 'points' shall we call them, we then separate them into five separate categories that we feel covers all aspects of 99.9% of products in the PC market. These categories are:
With these five categories we then depending on the product, give them a percentage of the 100 total and then split each of THOSE into categories for marking. Through this we can value our objective results and our reviewer's subjective opinions differently so that the simple facts and results make up the core percentage of the total mark given for the most unbiased result.
Use the list below to go to the individual product market you wish to see what we fully rate each individual product on. If the product category you are looking for isn't listed below, don't worry we will be listing most of them soon!
- Performance
- Build Quality
- Features & Compatibility
- Aesthetics & Packaging
- Value For Money
With these five categories we then depending on the product, give them a percentage of the 100 total and then split each of THOSE into categories for marking. Through this we can value our objective results and our reviewer's subjective opinions differently so that the simple facts and results make up the core percentage of the total mark given for the most unbiased result.
Use the list below to go to the individual product market you wish to see what we fully rate each individual product on. If the product category you are looking for isn't listed below, don't worry we will be listing most of them soon!
PC Components:
Audio:
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Headphones
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Speakers
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Amplifiers & Recievers
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Digital to analog
Converters |
Microphones
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Video:
Cases:
Listed below is the percentage value each category is to this products market and how each category is sub categorised for the review process. These Ratings are in relevance to their maximum supported motherboard form factor as this is the simplest and most accurate way of separating products by their size and designed component potential.
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Performance:
Air cooling Potential Water Cooling Potential Build Quality: Real life stress-test/ease of use test Materials used, mounting systems and fastenings e.g screws & rivets Features & Compatibility: Modularity Size efficiency Extra features including I/O, USB 3.0, cable loops etc. Aesthetics & Packaging: Overall look and design of the product both interior & exterior Quality of packaging e.g soft/hard foam, DW cardboard Value For Money: Collective ratings of the above compared to lowest retail price at the time of review. |
30%
20/30 10/30 15% 10/15 5/15 30% 10/30 10/30 10/30 15% 12/15 3/15 10% 10/10 |
CPU Cooler:
Listed below is the percentage value each category is to this products market and how each category is sub categorised for the review process.
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Performance:
Temperature & noise when stock Temperature with custom review fans* Build Quality: Materials used Real life stress-test Mounting system and fastenings e.g screws & backplates Features & Compatibility: Compatibility & clearance with sockets/Ram/PCIe etc. Features such as heatpipes/fan mounts/size etc. Aesthetics & Packaging: Overall look and design of product Quality of packaging Value For Money: Collective ratings of the above with emphasis on performance compared to lowest retail price at the time of review. |
40%
20/40 20/40 15% 5/15 5/15 5/15 15% 10/15 5/15 10% 6/10 4/10 20% 20/20 |
*If the cooler does not provide an option to replace the fan with a standardised one we have for review, the coolers stock set up will be compared to those with standardised fans.
Motherboards:
Listed below is the percentage value each category is to this products market and how each category is sub categorised for the review process.
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Performance:
Processor Performance- 2D image rendering Graphics Performance- gaming performance Storage & Connectivity- USB and Sata etc. Multitasking- 2D&3D rendering & file transfer Build Quality: Build quality- Materials used, PCB layers etc. Features & Compatibility: Layout Expansion ports & overall connectivity Special features Aesthetics & Packaging: Quality and design of packaging Aesthetics- pcb colour, coolers, aesthetical component of the features layout Value For Money: Collective ratings of the above with emphasis on performance and features compared to lowest retail price at the time of review. |
30%
10/30 10/30 5/30 5/30 5% 5/5 30% 10/30 10/30 10/30 15% 3/15 12/15 20% 20/20 |
System Fans:
Listed below is the percentage value each category is to this products market and how each category is sub categorised for the review process.
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Performance:
Noise Levels Airflow Performance (inc. Static Pressure) Build Quality: Materials used Mounting system and fastenings e.g screws & anti-vibration Features & Compatibility: Accessories such as fan speed reducers Features such as PWM/Low-Profile/mounting options etc. Aesthetics & Packaging: Overall look and design of product Quality of packaging Value For Money: Collective ratings of the above with emphasis on performance compared to lowest retail price at the time of review. |
50%
25/50 25/50 10% 5/10 5/10 10% 5/10 5/10 10% 7/10 3/10 20% 20/20 |
