So how did YOU discover Anandtech?

[CrowDog]

My cousin has been around here for awhile, he told me about the place, been here since.

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: thawolfman
SharkyForums

Back around last Christmas when Dell had the Logitech Z-560's for ~114 shipped, there was a post there that linked to a Hot Deals thread....ever since then I've been coming here and haven't visited them much at all

hey, i took advantage of that too! that was back when i had like single digit posts lol. *pats his z-560's*

 

[ViperVin2]

My cousin told me Anandtech has really good reviews and articles. Then I noticed the forum button....

 

[Raiden256]

Back when I used to watch The Screen Savers (haven't watched much since Kate left), they mentioned Anadtech.com all the time. I went there originally for the hardware reviews -- didn't take long to figure out where the discussions were!

 

[LanEvoVI]

Was lookin to build my own computer and my friend referred me to the Hot Deals forum. While building my comp i hung around the GH and CPU/OC forums and finally worked my way over to OT...

 

[stev0]

a friend told me to post in the mobo forums when i was having a problem setting up my dual tibrds. my addiction just progressed into the OT and now HD forums.

 

[dakata24]

Originally posted by: Fausto1
I found it through one of the link's at the old Thresh's Firing Squad site.

same here..

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
a cople years ago i got the link off of The Screne Savers Web page

 

[Red Dawn]

I came here to witness for God.

 

[murphy55d]

I honestly don't remember.

I know one of my first posts was trying to sell some crap, and I was looking for a 400mhz P2 for my old Compaq machine. I can't for the life of me remember how or where I found the link for the site. I am leaning towards seeing the link at SharkyExtreme as I used to read that site sometimes... but I don't know for sure.

Another possibility is seeing the link in an AOL Chat Room... as I used to be on AOL. Dunno.

 

[Sealy]

Via Mucman!

 

[Tangerine]

I'm pretty sure I found it on Google, or some search. I found AT and FW at the same time looking for hot deals, but I don't remember which one first.

 

[Red Dawn]

Who or what is VIA Mucman?

 

[ChrisIsBored]

I was delivering pizza and walked in on these two girls who were completely unclad and then porno music started playing and...

oh wait... what was the question?

 

[Lonyo]

Built a new computer, got access to the net, decided to search for places that might help me make my computer better, but I found this place instead, and after about 6 months on the site, I joined the forums, never had so much pleasure from one site before

 

[Brutuskend]

I was selling something on another board, and someone pointed me here as another good FS/FT forum.




Then I found the Off Topic forum and have wasted countless hours ever since!!

 

[Dhruv]

Originally posted by: DukeN
Migrated from Toms Hardware a loooooooooooooooong time ago.

(hated how Toms was 100% pro nvidia when they were the shiznit, and similiarly how it totally sucked up to 3dfx when they were high)

I've felt Tom's has always been more of a biased, unprofessional site compared to AT. I've recently even seen some links of the guy rant off. Even though I too agree with what TH's reviews a lot of the time, I still prefer AT because this site offers a more balanced review. Really, there is no comparison in my mind. But whenever i'm looking to build a new computer, i won't say that Anandtech alone is enough for me, i will go to TH, and other sites, but i will definitely start here at AT, and i only use AT's forum.

how did i hear of them? when i was an AMD hater (last dealt with them with the K5 chip - which we all know was unstable), one of my more intelligent EE friends told me about something called an "athlon," and how this proc will change the computing world as we know it. anyways, 2 years later here i am on my palomino viewing benchmarks how my 1.28ghz smokes Intel P4 1.8's hehee.

 

[csyberblue]

I liked videogames so I went to gamefaqs.com for walkthroughs and such. Then I joined the gamefaqs forums, and a while ago someone on the PC section of the boards recommended sharkyextreme.com for cool comp reviews and such. I loved the site, so I signed up for the message boards there. Then people recommended anandtech.com as another source for cool tech stuff, so I went to it, loved it, and joined the boards here.

 

[Deleted member 4644]

The Light guided me to the True Path.

 

[bolido2000]

I was studying for a final (like 10pm) when one of my friends walks to the computer to check a website. I asked him what he was doing and he said there is a website that tells you how to find the best deals. I was like Uh?? Needless to say now I check Hot deals religiously

 

[CraigRT]

I was looking for a review on something, on google.com and Anandtech came up.. i bookmarked the site, used it for reviews quite often, and i even lurked in the forums... I would have been a pioneer had I joined the first time I was actually here.. I didn't join right away... but it's all good, meh..

 

[FoBoT]

i saw some reference to the Anandtech for sale/trade forum on the Arstechnica for sale/trade forum, so i can looking for some deals

 

[spanky]

i was doing research on socket a mobo's at amdmb.com and while browsing their forums, some dude mentioned that he was a newb there, but has been a member at some "anandtech" forum for a while. so i had to come and see what all the fuss was about

 

[TheVrolok]

Actually was referred to the FS/FT forum by my cousin when I was buying a vid card 2 years back. Haven't spent much time here in the last half a year or so due to some real life time constraints, but there's my story.

 

[CubicZirconia]

I think I originally found out about AT last fall through arstechnica. I didn't start using the forums until late feb. this year though.