accordance with wikipedia s deletion policy . please share your thoughts on the matter at this article s entry on the articles for deletion page . feel free to edit the article but the article must not be blanked and this notice must not be removed until the discussion is closed . for more information particularly on merging or moving the article during the discussion read the guide to deletion . % 5b % 5bwikipedia % 3aarticles for deletion % 2fanandtech % 282nd nomination % 29 % 5d % 5dafd anandtech web address www.anandtech.com type of site high tech online magazine owner purch launched 1997 alexa rank 2 325 april 2015 update 1 current status active anandtech is an online computer hardware magazine . it was founded in 1997 by then 14 year old boy anand lal shimpi 2 who served as ceo and editor in chief until august 30 2014 with ryan smith replacing him as editor in chief . the web site is a source of hardware reviews for off the shelf components and exhaustive benchmarking targeted towards computer building enthusiasts but later expanded to cover mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets . 3 its investigative articles have been cited by other technology news sites like pc magazine 4 and the inquirer . 5 some of their articles on the more mass market products like mobile phones are syndicated by cnnmoney . 6 7 the large accompanying forum is recommended by some books for bargain hunting in the technology field . 8 anandtech was acquired by purch on 17 december 2014 . contents 1 history 2 reviews 3 forums 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit in its early stages matthew witheiler served as co owner and senior hardware editor creating insightful and in depth reviews for the site . 9 in 2004 anandtech added a feature to search for computer prices via a price engine developed in house by the senior editor as a graduate project in data mining . this price engine is called rtpe . in 2006 an anandtech editor launched a spin off called dailytech a technology news site . the move followed a similar evolution of the news section of anandtech s peer publication tom s hardware guide into tg daily some months earlier . on august 30 2014 anand announced his decision to retire from the technology publishing industry to work at apple and named longtime anandtech editor ryan smith as his successor . on december 17 2014 purch announced the acquisition of anandtech.com . 10 reviews edit describing anandtech in 2008 author paul mcfedries wrote that its heart and its claim to fame is the massive collection of incredibly in depth reviews . 11 in 2008 blogging expert bruce c. brown called anandtech one of the big dogs in the tech field . 12 in 2005 computer expert leo laporte described anandtech as an outstanding review and technology website for 3d hardware and other computer components 13 and said that it is one of the most professional hardware review sites online . 14 forums edit anandtech has over 350 000 registered users and over 35 million posts . 15 the anandtech forums are home to distributive computing teams known collectively as team anandtech or simply the team . anandtech contains a wide variety of sub forums including the casual environment of anandtech off topic or atot as the members call it to the far more technical highly technical forum . anandtech also maintains several highly regulated e commerce forums such as hot deals and for sale for trade . in july 2007 the forum underwent major changes that site administrators stated as necessary for furthering userbase growth . the profanity filter was removed although use of vulgar language is limited and the identities of traditionally anonymous volunteer moderators were revealed with the exception of two . 16 many sub forums were restructured and added in this overhaul as well . see also edit cnet maximum pc techspot the tech report tom s hardware zdnet list of internet forums references edit anandtech site info . alexa internet . retrieved april 1 2015 . stephen banker 1 december 1999 . the web kid anand lal shimpi is a typical high schooler except for his megahot computer review site . cnn . for instance by terry william ogletree ; walter j. glenn ; rima regas 2002 . windows xp unleashed . sams publishing . p. 26 . isbn 978 0 672 32280 8 . ben hardwidge 2006 . building extreme pcs the complete guide to computer modding . o reilly media inc. p. 161 . isbn 978 0 596 10136 7 . scott wainner ; robert richmond 2003 . the book of overclocking tweak your pc to unleash its power . no starch press . p. 238 . isbn 978 1 886411 76 0 . robert bruce thompson ; barbara fritchman thompson 2006 . building the perfect pc . o reilly media inc. p. 206 . isbn 978 0 596 52686 3 . simon carless 2004 . gaming hacks . o reilly media inc. p. 172 . isbn 978 0 596 00714 0 . damon poeter 18 april 2011 . report faster ssds appear in some macbook airs . pcmag . d sir athow . 65 nanometre intel cpu overclock tested . the inquirer . klug brian 15 july 2010 . iphone signal bar fix shows at & t s weak spots . cnn . droid x is the new android champ . cnn . 27 july 2010 . dennis r. cohen ; erica sadun 2003 . mac digital photography . john wiley and sons . p. 37 . isbn 978 0 7821 4272 3 . archived copy . archived from the original on 2014 12 13 . retrieved 2014 12 12 . purch acquires anandtech dominates tech expert and enthusiast market purch.com mcfedries paul 2008 . build it . fix it . own it a beginner s guide to building and upgrading a pc . que publishing . p. 172 . isbn 978 0 7897 3827 1 . brown bruce c. 2008 . the secret power of blogging how to promote and market your business organization or cause with free blogs . atlantic publishing company . p. 194 . isbn 978 1 60138 009 8 . laporte leo ; soper mark edward 2005 . leo laporte s pc help desk . que publishing . p. 336 . isbn 978 0 7897 3394 8 . laporte leo 2005 . techtv leo laportes 2003 technology almanac . pearson education . p. 128 . isbn 978 0 7897 2847 0 . anandtech forums . anandtech . archived from the original on 18 may 2011 . retrieved 15 may 2011 . wilson derek 11 july 2007 . anandtech forum guidelines . anandtech . archived from the original on 14 november 2007 . retrieved 15 may 2011 . external links edit official website anandtech forums dailytech anandtech s news spinoff site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title anandtech & oldid 744481577 categories american online magazinescomputing websitesinternet companiesmagazines established in 1997news websitestechnology websitesamerican computer magazineshidden categories articles for deletionarticles containing potentially dated statements from april 2015all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 october 2016 at 14 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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