I visit sometimes, mainly on /g/. For a computer enthusiast, a lot of /g/ is terrible. Going there with no knowledge as to why people would tell you to "instal

I visit sometimes, mainly on /g/. For a computer enthusiast, a lot of /g/ is terrible. Going there with no knowledge as to why people would tell you to "install gentoo" or that "nvidia causes housefires" or that "ATI/AMD has no drivers" will confuse you very quickly. Everything on 4chan should be taken with a grain of salt, much like everything really. However, once you are cluey enough to disregard the silly-ness of some people, you'll find some good resources. I found the logical increments PC Buying guide there a while ago and now that is the first point of call for when I'm helping a friend build a PC. Obviously I use it only as a guide and do more research myself, but its good to see such a high quality guide someone has created to help build a custom PC for an enthusiast. The Falcon, if you are also a hacker news reader, thanks for making such an awesome guide. The anonymity of 4chan is both a blessing and a curse, Everyone is on the same level, with the same credibility until they open their mouth. If you want to put your words to a name you can (with a tripcode) but be prepared for the backlash of not being anonymous. All you have to go by is what a message says.