Ex Toms Hardware Guide Defector

srg

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Hi

For years I used toms hardware guide as my number 1 place for hardware information. Also, with things like the video showing Athlons burning up, they do seem to have some industry cout of their own. Also their forums were helpful, if a bit highly charged at times.

These days, I think their quite biased, especially in their CPU reviews, whick only seem to look at the top end chips rather than balanced view of the whole maket. The whole site just isn't what it used to be.

Also, the forums, especially the CPU and Graphics card forums are riddled with fanboys and flame wars that can get quite personal. A lot of this is because the forums are unmoderated so anything goes. There are flame wars that are made by people do don't know jack about the subect or dig up comments from else where. It's a haven for trollers!

Anyway, I have tried x-bit labs and they seen very good. How do they compair to Anendtech?

Thanks
 

Gravity

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Mar 21, 2003
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Welcome to ATOT! There are many helpful members and other very funny members that will help you with questions/information or will say funny things to put a smile on your face.

I hope you enjoy our little home away from home.

Gravity
 

Lonyo

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Aug 10, 2002
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How can you be an ex-defector unless you have gone back already? :p

Welcome to our humble home. May you forever be trapped here!
 

bigben

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Jan 8, 2000
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Welcome.

Hope you enjoy your stay, but, much like Hotel California,

...they st@b it with thier steely knives,
but they just can't kill the beast....

 

Quixfire

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Jul 31, 2001
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Welcome and Anandtech is one of the best, if not the best, hardware review sites on the web.
 

squirrel dog

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Oct 10, 1999
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Welcome , many of us started out at Tom's , Arjs , ect . and migrated here . There are some fine folks at the other boards and from time to time I will look in on them . I have more fun and get more info here . Hopefully you will to .
 

kuk

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Jul 20, 2000
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It's always good to defecate Tom's Hardware.


Welcome aboard, srg!
 

Schadenfroh

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Originally posted by: srg

Also, the forums, especially the CPU and Graphics card forums are riddled with fanboys and flame wars that can get quite personal. There are flame wars that are made by people do don't know jack about the subect or dig up comments from else where

and you come here to seek refuge from these things?
:confused:
 

DurocShark

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Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Originally posted by: srg

Also, the forums, especially the CPU and Graphics card forums are riddled with fanboys and flame wars that can get quite personal. There are flame wars that are made by people do don't know jack about the subect or dig up comments from else where

and you come here to seek refuge from these things?
:confused:

LoL!!!

The hardware forums are actually pretty good here. It's OT that is a mess! ;)
 

KGB1

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Dec 29, 2001
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Ex Toms Hardware Guide Defector

Am I the only one who see's the redundancy in this statement? Are you saying you once a THG follower... then you defected and now went BACK?

 

beer

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Originally posted by: KGB
Ex Toms Hardware Guide Defector

Am I the only one who see's the redundancy in this statement? Are you saying you once a THG follower... then you defected and now went BACK?

No, you're not. Your #4 or so! :beer:
 

KGB1

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Dec 29, 2001
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Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Is it true that Tom wears silk PJ's & smokes French cigarettes while posting in his forums?

:| What's wrong with silk PJ's? I don't smoke mind you, but the PJ's feel unbelievably good against my skin :):sun:
 

TommyVercetti

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I have heard weird things about Tom, he once punched a hole in a cow just to see who was coming up the road
 

Excelsior

Lifer
May 30, 2002
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Originally posted by: KGB
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Is it true that Tom wears silk PJ's & smokes French cigarettes while posting in his forums?

:| What's wrong with silk PJ's? I don't smoke mind you, but the PJ's feel unbelievably good against my skin :):sun:

:Q

And I thougt my satin sheets were bad.
 

Richdog

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Feb 10, 2003
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Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
bah, i like toms reviews. its just a bloody website.

God what's this, someone with a slight sense of reality? I agree with you, people take the whole thing way too far, it's unhealthy.:beer:
 

Howard

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Oct 14, 1999
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Originally posted by: Elemental007
Originally posted by: KGB
Ex Toms Hardware Guide Defector

Am I the only one who see's the redundancy in this statement? Are you saying you once a THG follower... then you defected and now went BACK?

No, you're not. Your #4 or so! :beer:
But I am the first to point out "your" grammar mistake!
 

Richdog

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Feb 10, 2003
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Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: Elemental007
Originally posted by: KGB
Ex Toms Hardware Guide Defector

Am I the only one who see's the redundancy in this statement? Are you saying you once a THG follower... then you defected and now went BACK?

No, you're not. Your #4 or so! :beer:
But I am the first to point out "your" grammar mistake!

Howard = the annoying, anal kid in class you wanted to strangle.