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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:
  • 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:

Cases
CPU Coolers
Motherboards
System Fans

Audio:

Headphones
    
Speakers
  
Amplifiers & Recievers
Digital to analog
 Converters
Microphones

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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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