r/buildapc
/r/buildapc - Planning on building a computer but need some advice? This is the place to ask!
Founded April 2010 · Public — anyone can post
Planning on building a computer but need some advice? This is the place to ask! /r/buildapc is a community-driven subreddit dedicated to custom PC assembly. Anyone is welcome to seek the input of our helpful community as they piece together their desktop.
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8,533,156
8.5M
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Growth · 7d
+0.1%
+4.4K members · ≈7d
Growth · 30d
+0.2%
+16K members · ≈30d
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Tracking since Aug 21 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.
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A subreddit dedicated to helping those looking to assemble their own PC without having to spend weeks researching and trying to find the right parts. From basic budget PCs to HTPCs to high end gaming rigs and workstations, get the help you need designing a build that precisely fits your needs and budget. Please read the rules before submitting a build request.
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A community for links to products that are on sale at various websites. Monitors, cables, processors, video cards, fans, cooling, cases, accessories, anything for a PC build.
This is where the gearheads hang out. Built a rig? Upgraded your GPU? Found a weird peripheral that slaps? Post it. We're into hardware, setups, gaming tech, accessories, mods, and the occasional cable management nightmare.
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r/buildapc — frequently asked
How many members does r/buildapc have?
r/buildapc has 8,533,156 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 23. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.
Is r/buildapc growing?
Over the last ≈30 days r/buildapc changed by +0.2% — a gain of 16K members. We compare against the nearest snapshot we actually hold and state the real span rather than rounding it to a clean "30 days".
How active is r/buildapc?
We don't have a reliable posting-rate sample for r/buildapc yet. Subscriber count alone is a poor guide to whether a community is active, so treat this one as unverified until the next sample lands.
When was r/buildapc created?
r/buildapc was founded in April 2010 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.
Can I promote my product in r/buildapc?
We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/buildapc yet. Default to the safe approach: read the sidebar rules, contribute in threads where you gain nothing, and mention your product only when it is the honest answer to someone's question.
How do I monitor r/buildapc for mentions?
Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/buildapc into your Dataset — every new post indexed and embedded, searchable semantically, queryable by your AI agent over MCP, and able to trigger keyword alerts in Slack. Prowlo is read-only; it never posts on your behalf.
Can my AI agent read r/buildapc's stats?
Yes. Everything on this page is one MCP tool call away: catalog_get_subreddit returns r/buildapc's members, growth, promo tolerance and similar communities as typed JSON — free, no credits. Connect your agent to api.prowlo.com/mcp and it can vet the community and start watching it in the same conversation.
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