Terms of use

These terms cover use of the IT Edits website and its tools.

Using this site

You are welcome to read the content and use the tools for planning your own builds, personally or commercially. No account is required and nothing here is paywalled.

Please do not attempt to disrupt the site, circumvent its rate limits, or extract the component database in bulk by automated means. The tools are provided for people planning builds, and the limits exist to keep them available.

Accuracy and your own verification

We work to keep the information here accurate, but hardware specifications change, manufacturers revise figures, and errors happen. The compatibility checks and calculators are decision aids, not guarantees.

Before buying, confirm the details that matter against the manufacturer product pages for the exact models you intend to purchase. This is particularly true for physical dimensions, where variants of the same product differ, and for firmware requirements, which depend on the specific board revision in the box.

Where our data cannot confirm something, the tools say so explicitly. Those messages are worth reading rather than clicking past.

No liability for purchasing decisions

The information and tools here are provided as they are, without warranty. We are not liable for losses arising from decisions made using this site, including components that turn out to be unsuitable or incompatible.

That is not us disclaiming responsibility for the quality of the work; we put considerable effort into getting it right and we correct errors when we find them. It reflects a real limitation: we cannot see your exact hardware, your case revision, or your board firmware version, and those details decide whether a build works.

Safety

Building and upgrading a PC involves mains electricity and components that can be damaged by mishandling. Disconnect the power and switch off at the wall before working inside a machine.

Never open a power supply housing. Capacitors inside can hold a dangerous charge long after the unit is unplugged, and there is nothing inside intended to be serviced. A faulty supply is replaced, not repaired.

Take care with firmware updates. A BIOS update interrupted by a power cut can leave a board unable to start, and recovery may require hardware the average person does not have. Read the manufacturer instructions for your specific board first.

Content ownership

The text, design and software on this site are our work and are protected by copyright. You may quote from it with attribution and a link. Please do not republish articles in full.

Component specifications are factual data recorded from manufacturer sources, and those manufacturers retain any rights in their own materials. Product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners; their use here is descriptive and does not imply any endorsement or affiliation.

Links to other sites

We link to manufacturer pages, standards documents and other publications where they are useful. We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content or their privacy practices.

Changes

These terms may change as the site develops. The current version is always the one on this page, with its review date shown above.