How did you find ATOT?

fLum0x

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I actually started on AT with some technical support and then I found even more information in other categories. I took a risk and went to the off topic category and i have never gone back!!

How did you guys/gals find ATOT or who introduced you to it?
 

jhayx7

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I found AT a looong time ago (~7 years ago) but did not start checking out the forums until a few years ago.
 

Amused

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I'd been lurking on AT for a while for tech info while building gaming systems for myself. I found AT totally by accident while searching the web for info on a mobo issue.
 

eLiTeGoodGuy

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I had a friend who did alot on the FS/FT forums, convinced me to buy a computer case from there. I found the OT forums from there
 

Rumpltzer

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I found Tom's Hardware first and it wasn't that great. I then heard about AT through newsgroups and thought it was pretty good.

I found these forums a few years after that.
 

Exterous

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Originally posted by: Amused
I'd been lurking on AT for a while for tech info while building gaming systems for myself. I found AT totally by accident while searching the web for info on a mobo issue.

Pretty much the same, though a few years (and posts) later than Amused
 

fLum0x

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Originally posted by: Unheard
BensBargains ---> Fatwallet ---> AT Hot Deals ---> ATOT

that is funny...i actually went from BensBargains --> ATOT --> AT Hot Deals --> Fatwall
 

K1052

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My brother sent me here for the articles then one day I wandered into the forums.
 

amish

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tom's hardware was first but i didn't like their forums. somebody overthere said they hated anandtechs forums. so i checked it out and haven't looked back since.
 

meltdown75

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I joined the AMD forums in 2004 for a few questions I had on processors. It was pretty slow. I wanted to find tech forums that were more active and friendly and Anandtech definitely fit the bill.
 

bucwylde23

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I think I found AT through Offtopic.com forums. Always got referred here for computer help, and never liked offtopic.com anyways.
 

SmoochyTX

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Via Google. I was trying to figure out something on my computer and landed in General Hardware.
 

clamum

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My brother and I used to come to Anandtech for the hardware reviews and articles. He signed up for the forums and I did too but lost my login/password (this was like in the later nineties sometime). I finally re-joined a few years ago.
 

Gdepp519

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through a computer techie at my school.. who recommended i check out the hot deals forum when i was in college.. i've just recently started getting into actually posting on the forum
 

HannibalX

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Oh about six and a half years ago after signing up for the forums - I scrolled down.