Any other good hardware sites like Anandtech?

[Medellon]

Could you recommend to me some other high traffic hardware sites that have good forums like Anandtech?

 

[kuk]

First to say Tom's Hardware gets fisted on the stomach! :|

 

[DurocShark]

First to say Tom's Hardware gets fisted on the stomach

Umm... Wouldn't that be you?

HardOCP?

 

[paralazarguer]

kuk said it first!
Kuk said it first!
GET HIM!

 

[Lord Evermore]

Bit of an oxymoron, "good hardware sites like Anandtech", at least lately.

ArsTechnica is a more general site, but has very very detailed and informative articles occasionally. Ace's Hardware is the same way. Tom's Hardware is at least interesting to read, even if you shouldn't rely too much on it.

 

[kuk]

Originally posted by: paralazarguer
kuk said it first!
Kuk said it first!
GET HIM!

Should have said "first to recomend THG" ... but you get the idea.

ArsTechnica has a great forum and tech site ... very different approach from the normal review site.
Ace's Hardware is very technical, both site and tech forum. Still, I think they really need better forum software.
I've also been hearing good things about asusboards.com forums ... but I have never visited there.

 

[tec699]

Tom's Hardware is good. The reviews are insightful and non-biased.

 

[Sunner]

My preferred site for more technical articles and reviews(as opposed to the "bunch of benchies" type reviews) is Aceshardware.

The guys who write there are very knowledgeable, and they've always been objective and to the point, and once in a while they have "guest writers" that do more specialized articles, such as Ford Prefect(yes I know where that name is from) and his article on mainframes.

All in all, they don't have as much stuff as everyone else, but their articles are always top-notch.

For a good laugh, there's always Vanshardware

 

[paralazarguer]

there's always Vanshardware

At first I thought. No there isn't. He stopped updating his site months ago. But...it seems that he's back again. DAMN.

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: tec699
Tom's Hardware is good. The reviews are insightful and non-biased.

I agree. Without some of those reviews I would have never managed to build my first PC, or to get my old 486 running.

 

[chizow]

The Inquirer is the best source for knowledgeable and factual information. Their people really know what they are talking about.

Chiz

 

[Sunner]

Originally posted by: paralazarguer

there's always Vanshardware

At first I thought. No there isn't. He stopped updating his site months ago. But...it seems that he's back again. DAMN.

Oh come on, it's fun

 

[Snoop]

Originally posted by: chizow
The Inquirer is the best source for knowledgeable and factual information. Their people really know what they are talking about.

Chiz

haha

 

[Pariah]

If you're looking for your standard affair CPU and video card reviews, there are tons of me too sites out there which are all pretty similar, the sites below either have specialty areas or have a bit of variety beyond the typical reviews:

Storagereview.com for all hard drive/RAID related info
cdr-info.com for optical drives
3dsoundsurge.com for audio. This site is starting to fall off the wagon, reviews are very slow to be published if they are at all. When they are they are very good though.
tech-report.com has some interesting articles from time to time
tomshardware.com has interesting to read reviews of a lot of different hardware that doesn't get covered much on other major sites (flat panel roundups,video capture hardware,MP3 players, etc).
Aceshardware.com for more technical information. Consider this the workstation of mainstream tech sites. You can actually learn something here rather than just staring at page after page of Quake 3 benchmark bar graphs.

 

[mchammer187]

digit-life

 

[Mucker]

Check out the forums here:

overclockers.com
amdmb.com
asusboards.com

 

[tec699]

Maximum PC...

I know it's a magazine, but they rock! And for $25 for a full years subscription you can't do wrong. Plus the demo disc they give you is pretty damn good.

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: tec699
Maximum PC...

I know it's a magazine, but they rock! And for $25 for a full years subscription you can't do wrong. Plus the demo disc they give you is pretty damn good.

:Q Reading printed articles on computer related stuff is like having your mail delivered via Pony Express :Q

Chiz

 

[Syntax]

Overclockers Forum's are pretty good... lots of activity.....

Overclockers Forum

 

[Krye]

I will also say that for forums http://www.arstechnica.com has some great people to answer your questions.

 

[tec699]

Originally posted by: chizow

Originally posted by: tec699
Maximum PC...

I know it's a magazine, but they rock! And for $25 for a full years subscription you can't do wrong. Plus the demo disc they give you is pretty damn good.

:Q Reading printed articles on computer related stuff is like having your mail delivered via Pony Express :Q

Chiz

Why can't you do both. I visit all the online hardware forums but I love it when I get my monthly Maximum PC magazine. Plus.. you can't take the computer with you in the bathroom. I save all my Maximum PC magazines as there are some good articles.

 

[Compuguru]

Originally posted by: tec699

Originally posted by: chizow

Originally posted by: tec699
Maximum PC...

I know it's a magazine, but they rock! And for $25 for a full years subscription you can't do wrong. Plus the demo disc they give you is pretty damn good.

:Q Reading printed articles on computer related stuff is like having your mail delivered via Pony Express :Q

Chiz

Why can't you do both. I visit all the online hardware forums but I love it when I get my monthly Maximum PC magazine. Plus.. you can't take the computer with you in the bathroom. I save all my Maximum PC magazines as there are some good articles.

I was about to say the same thing. I just cant bring myself to take the laptop in

 

[billandopus]

Originally posted by: kuk
First to say Tom's Hardware gets fisted on the stomach! :|

Fisted?!

Thank God it's only in the stomach!

 

[0roo0roo]

dansdata.com owns j00!!!

pic of dan, as you can see, dan is da man!

 

[Nemesis77]

Originally posted by: DurocShark

First to say Tom's Hardware gets fisted on the stomach

Umm... Wouldn't that be you?

HardOCP?

HardOCP? The same site who got caught pants down altering benchmark-results? The site that denied it ever took place? The site that banned members who said they saw the alterations?

yeah, right

I would recommend Beyond3D. I think it's best website in the net when it comes to 3D.