TechBenchPro
A comprehensive gaming hardware tool platform — built entirely from scratch with Next.js, MongoDB, custom calculation engines, and a full auth + subscription system.
Overview
🔴 Problem
Gamers and PC builders struggle to find reliable, unified tools for comparing hardware, estimating real-world FPS, calculating power requirements, and checking component compatibility — all in one place. Most existing sites are bloated, inaccurate, or paywalled.
🟢 Solution
TechBenchPro is a full-stack tool platform with a custom FPS calculation engine, GPU/CPU comparison, PSU wattage calculator with thermal modeling, and an interactive PC builder with compatibility checking. It also has a subscription model, saved builds, and a blog with 30+ SEO-targeted articles on gaming hardware.
Features Built
FPS Calculator
Custom engine that estimates FPS across CPU + GPU combinations for popular games, with resolution and quality settings.
GPU Comparator
Side-by-side GPU performance comparison with benchmark data, specs table, thermal analysis, and power efficiency charts.
CPU Compare
CPU-to-CPU performance comparison with gaming-focused metrics and bottleneck analysis.
PSU Calculator
Advanced PSU wattage calculator with transient spike modeling, aging analysis, efficiency curve visualization, and AI-based recommendations.
PC Builder
Interactive PC builder with real-time compatibility checking, power estimation, build sharing via URL, and saved builds.
SEO Blog
30+ in-depth articles targeting high-traffic gaming hardware keywords — RTX 5080, RX 9070 XT, PSU tier lists, FPS guides, and more.
Auth + Subscription
Full auth system (email/password + Google OAuth) with free/pro tiers, usage limits, Razorpay + Stripe payment integration, and admin dashboard.
Tech Stack
frontend
backend
payments
auth
devops
seo
SEO Blog Strategy
TechBenchPro has 30+ SEO-optimized blog posts targeting high-traffic gaming hardware keywords. Each article is built with structured data, proper heading hierarchy, and programmatic metadata.
Key Learnings
Building a custom FPS estimation engine requires deeply understanding hardware scaling factors, not just copying benchmark data.
Programmatic SEO with 30+ targeted blog posts generates consistent long-tail organic traffic from day one.
A subscription + free tier model with usage limits is complex to implement correctly — rate limiting, cron-based expiry, and per-tool tracking all need careful design.
PSU calculation is far more nuanced than a wattage sum — transient spikes, aging derating, and efficiency curves all matter.
MongoDB's flexible schema was the right choice for hardware data where specs differ significantly between component types.
What's Next for TechBenchPro
More projects are in progress and will be added here.