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Fullmetal Chocobo

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CrackRabbit suggested I check out the General Hardware section when I was struggling with PSU issues (with my dual Xeon machine -- ended up running dual Seasonic S12's), then went to ATOT, now I pretty much reside @ C&C & DC.
 

Jfrag Teh Foul

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Read the articles for a while, lurked the tech forums for a bit, then clicked on OT one day and learned the finer art of the Nef.
 

Rudy Toody

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Last March, I decided to build my own computers instead of getting the usual blah PCs.

I was searching for a MOBO and found a review on AnandTech. From that point on, I used the reviews to select all of my components. I built 4 AMD FX-60s.

When I started to run BOINC again I joined a team, but I didn't care for their forums. Soon after, I was searching for more reviews (water cooling) and saw the DC forum, so I switched teams and I've been here since.
 

YOyoYOhowsDAjello

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Aug 6, 2001
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I think I found AT's main site with the help of google and then hung out in GH for a while and then ATOT :D
 

OREOSpeedwagon

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I read an article about Anand in Young Entrepreneur in either 1998 or 1999 and checked out the site occasionally, but didn't find out about the forums until 2001 :shocked:
 

alfa147x

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The "The Godfather " said that he was banned on a very popular forum. I laughed.....
He wouldn't tell me what forum though, but i got it out of him.... that dumb @ss
 

Stifko

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I found it from voodoo extreme. I was looking for tweaks for my video card years ago.
 

CityShrimp

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A friend preached ATOT to me for years, but it's all thanks to the boredom of work that got me to join.
 

SSSnail

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Bensbargains... but I think it's more like this:


Wake up SSSnail... The ATOT has you...
Follow the hot deal link
There are no rebates
 

Squisher

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I think it was the newsgroup "comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware" some time in '97 someone mentionwed it along with Tom's, never even went to the forums or even knew there were forums until '99, then lurked until 2000.
 

Dumac

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I got introduced to the general hardware section from TES forums. Then I eventually wandered into OT
 

NaOH

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lurked around in general hardware A LOT. One day I was curious and checked out off topic, it went downhill from there.....
 

shilala

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I forget. I used to remember, but that was a long time ago and I'm old and I forget a lot.
I think Red invited me to a Pampered Chef party over here.