Good-bye?- Anandtech

AreaCode707

Lifer

Sep 21, 2001

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• #101

BoomerD said:

Youse guys could always go join tfnn.net….

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The forum that shall not be mentioned is no longer censored, eh? Is Nik still there?

 

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Phokus

Lifer

Nov 20, 1999

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• #102

Wow, I haven't posted in here since forever, but sad to see this.

 

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Motostu

Senior member

Oct 5, 2020

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• #103

Like many, I initially found this place during the Celeron 300A OC period. I actually had a 333A, but that's another story.

Never made an account back then, but found you again many years later and it's been pretty much a daily thing for me to check in here. I hope the forums can stick around for a good while. I'm sorry the main site is going away.

 

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BoomerD

No Lifer

Feb 26, 2006

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• #104

I first came to AT in 2001 when I was researching parts for a new build. Didn’t join right away…working 60+ hours per week and commuting 4-5 hours per day didn’t leave me much time for another forum…I was already semi-active on a couple of reef aquarium sites and BMW sites…then I got hurt at work…and suddenly my time magically freed up. I think my actual forum join date is in 2006, but I started reding the main site more frequently in 2004.
The writing has been on the wall ever since Anand sold the place…quality and quantity of GOOD, well- written articles started dropping.

 

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markgm

Diamond Member

Aug 23, 2001

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• #105

This was really a surprise to see!

 

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Maximilian

Lifer

Feb 8, 2004

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• #106

Wow time flies! Pentium 4's and Athlons were still duking it out when I joined here. Radeon 9800 PRO was the king of GPU's. And we had this new fancy thing called SATA to replace this chonky thing called IDE.

R.I.P in peace old friend

 

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Chaotic42

Lifer

Jun 15, 2001

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• #107

BoomerD said:

Youse guys could always go join tfnn.net….

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Listen n00b, I can tell by your join date that you're still fairly new here, so I'll cut you a break, but there are some things we just don't mention in polite company...

 

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BoomerD

No Lifer

Feb 26, 2006

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• #108

Chaotic42 said:

Listen n00b, I can tell by your join date that you're still fairly new here, so I'll cut you a break, but there are some things we just don't mention in polite company...

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Go on…do eet! Turn that conservative shithole into a more librul place.

 

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Mahboi

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Apr 4, 2024

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WelshBloke

Lifer

Jan 12, 2005

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• #110

Mahboi said:

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Good call!

 

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videogames101

Diamond Member

Aug 24, 2005

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• #111

Maximilian said:

Wow time flies! Pentium 4's and Athlons were still duking it out when I joined here. Radeon 9800 PRO was the king of GPU's. And we had this new fancy thing called SATA to replace this chonky thing called IDE.

R.I.P in peace old friend

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I had a Radeon 9800 Pro! My Dad got it for me as a Christmas present around that time. Always thought the box art with the crazy gargoyle was awesome. When I upgraded after that, I got an AsRock socket 939 board with an AGP and PCI-E slot (wow!), to leave my GPU upgrade path open. Great fun, I haven't built a PC in years now.

 

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StinkyPinky

Diamond Member

Jul 6, 2002

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• #112

22+ years for me. I was single at the time, now married with three kids and minus a gallbladder and a kidney stone or two.

The forum will still be around, but in my experience once the main site dies the forum will drift away also. My suggestion is to delete the Toms Hardware Forums and purge all their users and move over this one to there.

 

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brianmanahan

Lifer

Sep 2, 2006

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• #113

DZero said:

Even if the forum goes, we might create a subreddit because more than a forum, we are a community

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there is /r/atot and /r/anandtech, but the first is private and the second is i think owned by anandtech and the submissions are restricted

 

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brianmanahan

Lifer

Sep 2, 2006

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• #114

in 3 days i will have been here for 18 years

 

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Ne0

Golden Member

Nov 4, 1999

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• #115

I remember discovering Anandtech back when it was hosted on Geocities when I was in elementary school. End of an era.

 

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iCyborg

Golden Member

Aug 8, 2008

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• #116

GodisanAtheist said:

The registration for the main AT page is down and has been down for a while. AT Forums is hosted and managed separately and has been able to accept new users this whole time.

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Darn. There goes my idea of reselling my account.
A lightly used account in good standing, I figured it should fetch at least $3.50.

Sad news, one of the first tech sites I started visiting, I bookmarked AT probably in the 90s, and I lurked in the forums since ~2004 before registering.

 

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FelixDeCat

Lifer

Aug 4, 2000

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• #117

Maximilian said:

Wow time flies! Pentium 4's and Athlons were still duking it out when I joined here. Radeon 9800 PRO was the king of GPU's. And we had this new fancy thing called SATA to replace this chonky thing called IDE.

R.I.P in peace old friend

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The Intel Extreme Edition ruled AMD Athlons.

 

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trmiv

Lifer

Oct 10, 1999

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• #118

Man look at all the old heads coming out of the wood work. Names I haven't seen in a long time!

 

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foghorn67

Lifer

Jan 3, 2006

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• #119

Suck it Trebek. That popped in my head.
Tutaloo folks. Nostalgia drip is real.

 

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walkur

Senior member

May 1, 2001

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• #120

Think I registered here after a year of lurking to post about the old RC5 dist computing battle between TA and DPC...

It was a nice neutral window into the lives of people on the other side of the ocean (And I was bored at work)

 

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brianmanahan

Lifer

Sep 2, 2006

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• #121

AreaCode707 said:

The forum that shall not be mentioned is no longer censored, eh? Is Nik still there?

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whoa i remember when mentioning that name got replaced by a bunch of ********

 

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brianmanahan

Lifer

Sep 2, 2006

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• #122

trmiv said:

Man look at all the old heads coming out of the wood work. Names I haven't seen in a long time!

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in this, the end of days, we need @spaceman more than ever

 

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iRONic

Diamond Member

Jan 28, 2006

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• #123

To echo many of the other posts: we joined in 06 when my oldest kid and me were building their first PC.

 

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brianmanahan

Lifer

Sep 2, 2006

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• #124

FelixDeCat said:

The Intel Extreme Edition ruled AMD Athlons.

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i'll always be nostalgic for my original cyrix build

 

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Bryan

Diamond Member

Oct 9, 1999

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• #125

Goodbye, Anandtech. Always appreciated and never forgotten.

 

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