Poll: How did you find your way to SysOpt?

[seti]

I don't remeber the exact details of how I got here, but I know I was researching overclocking. That lead me to the message board where I stayed in the Overclocking and CPU's forum for quite some time.

How about you??

[yammahoppy]

saw it on the screensavers when kate and leo had scott on there right after he sold the site for a gazillion dollars. been hooked ever since.

[Joel Kleppinger]

A link from AnandTech or Tom's Hardware a LONG time ago (probably 2 - 2 1/2 years now). http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[chipbgt]

I had a friend who got tired of answering all my questions...so he sent me here.

[socalgal]

CMonster told me! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif Thanks, CMonster http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[ck42866]

Honestly, I dunno!

[jman01pa]

I arrived here because a friend sent me a link to resellerratings.com and I then browsed the site and found this wonderful place. Seems like the first post I remember reading was about this guy who dogged someone else on a deal or two and would not make good and you guys pretty much gave him the once over. Cant remember his name. I do remember that he came back and made a halfa#s attempt to redeam himself and failed there. Anyone have a clue to who I am talking about. Seems like this was about 4 months ago.

J http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[This message has been edited by jman01pa (edited 01-17-2000).]

[NavyDood_ F/A18_Mech]

I don't really remember either. I suck in to many Jet Fumes in a day to remember yesterday. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif Duhhhhhhhhhh I play football, what's my name? hehe

I think i was searching around for overclocking tips and information. I ended up here and have been stuck eversince. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Jim

[Dave_H]

I found a link to here on another forum also.
This is my favorite place to be. There is something so special here at SysOpt, I hope it stays this way forever.

Thank-you everyone,
Dave

[KillerBug]

I was having trouble getting my Pentium 2 to overclock, came here, found out that the older ones did not overclock past 338 mhz, and that is what it was at.

[user0005]

It was like magic, just some how I was linked here.

[Vincent22]

Did a search using webferret for info on scsi stuff and it linked me to the message board. I think this is a gr8 site and love the way it's laid out additionally the contributions of the members is advice well taken.

Sincerely
Vincent

[AuraEdge]

I think I was going on an OCing hunt too...then i got my first build..and you know how everyone has a million screwups with thier first build..so I kinda stuck here http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[XT]

Was searching for ways to overclock my systems http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif This came up in my search engine, and I have been here ever since. I love this place and the people associated with it :0

[desmocat]

friend/co-worker was surfing at lunch and I asked him what site he was on. Deja-vu all over again, I'm at work now while I write this.One good thing about night shift,very low ****-head boss levels,and the connection doesn't bog down like on days when all the day pukes are surfing instead of working.Oops, there's the pot calling the kettle black,back to doing something semi-productive...sigh...

[OuTpaTienT]

No idea. But you're stuck with me now.

[jl123]

I really don't know. I had been looking at all the guides and i saw the message board and decided to become a member. It's the best!!

[Warthog]

I was trying to find out how to hook up my computer to stereo speakers via and amplifier. The Yahoo search results took me to this site. Guess what? Some people helped me and now I have two 15" 3-way speakers plugged into my computer. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Warthog

[Susan]

I also found SysOpt by way of another Forum, which I still visit on a daily basis but this is my favorite. Sysopt has a great mix of knowledge, intelligence, and maturity all mixed into one.

[daveleau]

I had a guy at work tell me that there was a way to make your CPU go faster and to try this site to check it out. Since, I think he may have posted here once or twice. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
Dave

[Biff]

From a overclocking link, been here ever since, "bookmarks may come, bookmarks may go", but SysOpt STAYS

[M1pilot]

Way back when I got my first FIC 503+ M/B, I was checking everybody out because I could'nt get my serial ports working. Well, I found a thread here with the answer, when nobody else could help (turned out that you HAVE to use the cables supplied with the M/B)and have been coming back ever since. Good people here. May not always have the answers, but it's obvious the best shot is given. Don't hardly bother with the other boards anymore...the constant flaming and indifference gets pretty tiresome.

-M1pilot

[commodsquad]

OCing info hunt here too..Found this place and been here ever since..(I think that was 4 months ago?) ..The wife just dusted me off do ya think that is a hint?? LMAO...Spent about a week going thru just about every message in the archives as well as the ones that were current..now that was a reading marathon LOL
Think my first question post was about getting a sound card to work in what I eventually came to believe were burnt out ISA slots in a 486 I was toying with, the PCI were fine though..Never did find out what the prob was..Funny thing is that they started working 2 weeks ago when I decided to mess with the mobo again so go figure LOL..

[This message has been edited by commodsquad (edited 01-17-2000).]

[oxOGradiusOxo]

i think i first starting posting here because of overclocking. (my celeron 333 never did hit anything other than 333) I joined RC5, learned a little about NT, and have solved a mountain load of problems that normally would have had me stumped for a while.

You guys/gals/and "socal"gals are the best. Really and truely. I even metion the board when having computer discussions, "How should I know why your UBS to PS/2 to Serial convertor doesn't work.. ooh, I'll post it on SysOpt when I get home"

[Zotzmein]

Like my dear mother would tell you about how she got herself pregnant, by pure accident. In both cases I’m glad the accidences occurred.

Thanks one and all for welcoming me into the SysOpt family.

Regards to All,

Zotz Mein

I don’t think my parents where mathematical genius or figured the calendar correctly, the “rhythm method” never seemed to work.

[BBA]

I didn't find this place...I think it just came out and grabbed me!

[narayan]

Sysopt was mentions several times in "Upgrading and Repairing PC's 8th edition" got here and will not ever leave because this place is the $h!t http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Mntsnow]

Honestly I stumbled across this place one night by accident and been here ever since http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Mntsnow

[medo]

Hello,

It was bad luck. Nobody is perfect.

Seriously - by chance looking for a something else.

Medo

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[jad1097]

I had mobo problems and was doing a seach with the web ferret and just happend to come across this site. And have never left.
Before I came across sysopt I did they best I could to stay away from bss's. Why?I have no idea. I am sure glad I found this place though.
The best site on the net!!! I can not even remember what I used the net for before I came here.

[U-96]

I was doing my first build in July/Aug 1999 and checked out lots of sites for component recommendations and guides, like Sharky's, Hardware Central, etc. Everyone had great info, but the Sysopt BBS seemed to be the one that was most forgiving of newbies. Thanks to the advice my first homebuilt fired up first time. Can't ask for better than that.
In return, I contribute my RC5 blocks to Sysopt's glory!

U-96

PS Scott, I hope this helps with your advertising strategy! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[BEOR999]

Well I'm the baby round here, but I still cannot remember how I found this place, I would have to say, if tortured, that it was a link from some other Techie site http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[mike L]

read about this place in a Popular Mechanics article,About Overclocking. been here ever since. Thanks sys. opt.

[Glytzhkof]

A very small, hardly noticable link somewhere out in cyberspace sent me stumbling into this forum.

[CMonster]

I typed in the words "system optimization" into a search engine while looking for information on uprading and fine tuning my system - and nothing changed for MANY MANY months (seemed like years Scott!) on the Sysopt main page, but the BBS kept me informed and entertained... I must say that back then I knew a lot less and was a lot more FOS! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif



[This message has been edited by CMonster (edited 01-18-2000).]

[welsh wizard]

I needed a link to an obscure Mobo manufacturer, asked the excite search engine for links page to Mobo manufacturers, and it came up with sysopt, ( that was when sysopt had a mobo links section on the first page, took me a few visits before I got nosey and looked at the BBS side of the site.
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif
WW

[Prospero]

I was a regular visitor to tweakit.com and came over when Dan Chadwick plugged the rc5 project. Been a while, but until a few months ago I realy didn't do much with BBS's.

Prospero

[Toadman]

Like Cmonster, I actually entered "System Optimization" in Yahoo, looking for overclocking and tweak tips. Voila! Havent left yet and it's the first bookmark I visit every a.m.!

[nilknarf]

I was looking for technical discussion forums and I also actually entered System Optimization. This was the best out of the ones that the search engine found, and yes it did find other links, but they weren't rated very high.

[This message has been edited by nilknarf (edited 01-18-2000).]

[JeffD78]

I ran across this place a couple of weeks ago, (jeeze almost over a month ago I guess) when I somehow managed to fry the MB in my Gateway that had just run out of warranty. All I wanted was some recommendations for a new one, as I've always wanted to build a computer from scratch. Then somebody said the magic word.....overclocking. Well, suffice it to say, I find it easier to just leave the case off of my new computer, which incidentally fired up on the first time thanks to you guys. I've learned a lot of useful stuff here since then, from overclocking to networking and more...

I think I'll stay for a while.

[alpha]

Same way as Toady!

[Stan]

It was a sunny Sunday morning.
I was peacefully eating my cereals (Kellog's choco pops) when suddenly, I saw an add on my bottle of milk (semi-skimmed).
"Become a SysOpt member today !"... too hard to resist...

Stan

[alan]

once again overclocking a year ago
lots of good advice from alot of good and knowledgable peolpe
keep it up
alan

[R[][]FER]

I linked to your site from our server's homepage many moons ago. It said "For tips on improving your PC, click here". And were they ever right!! Please keep up the GREAT WORK as it's much appreciated. This sight does have TALENT http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[kongkong]

That was like three years ago. at that time, i was looking for some information to build my first PC. Clicked a link at Tom'hardware, then I am here.

But I realized of the existence of this forum only like a couple of months ago.

[Susan]

LOL Stan! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif

[jeana]

I think there may have been a link from pcwebopedia.com when I was looking up "BIOS" two or three years ago! I was trying to install a 5x86 and memory upgrade on my old no-name motherboard.

Baby, we've come a long way since then!

[shybee]

Lycos motherboards

[Dreamboat Annie]

I was doing some research on CDROM R/RW drives and (I think) Metacrawler turned up a link from this site. I've been coming back ever since. Who could resist?!

[noresull]

I receieve weekly newsletters, and in one of them, it directed me to this BBS. I got hooked on learning about overclocking, and this site is AWESOME!!!!

Thanks SysOpt!

John

[netsurfer]

It was back when Celeron 300A's were the hot ticket, with a high percentage of them reaching 450mhz and higher even. Well, I never had faith in overclocking because all I read were the "possible" shortcomings and disadvantages. So I went out and bought a genuine p2-450 for myself. A month later, my parents wanted a new computer (they were jealous of mine http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif, which I bought from my acquired summer job money). They weren't really into spending as much as I did. I really spent the research and time to find the best that money could buy, sometimes overdoing it though. I figured now would be a good time to land with a Celeron 300A system, and if it went to 450 like most of my friends said, then cool. If not, no biggie, not like my parents are going to play quake and need the extra mhz. Welp, short of wanting to drain my friends of their time, I did a little research and stumbled on this site and even found out how to overclock my old P90 to 100, although it really did cause it to be more unstable so I dropped it back to 90.

I didn't sign up to be a member of the Forum until I considered the prospects of getting my cable connection in the near future, and wanted to know ahead of time what I'd be getting myself into (cable home network, linux router/firewall etc). After receiving some positive feedback, I decided this would be a nice place to call home. By far one of the most mature and well moderated message boards I've seen. Good job SoCalGal, and thanks to everyone who's ever taken my advice. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[davem]

I don't remember,
I think I just fell in and have had no desire to leave since.(sigh!)

[izzzy12k]

I was looking for tips on squeezing performance out of my PC and found a link via Yahoo. I think it was before the site had the Sysopt.com domain name.

But I could be wrong. (memory loss due to partying and drinking http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif)

izzzy12k

[cyphen]

i was at hardwarecentral.com when i heard about MRCS. So i went over there just to secure my username because it was a brand new site. I went back to visit shortly after and saw some fiasco about socalgal being misrepresented, so i read into it, and it linked to this site, and here i stayed.

(Hope i didn't stir up any old resentment or anything - but that's how i got here...)
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif
hmmm should probly go back to my old stompin grounds (HWC) and check in... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[pickel]

After rolling into town at 175 MPH and letting the bike go up on it's stand by itself, my internet tachometer crashed. When I rebooted( restarted my bike) Sysopts came up and been here ever since. Just plain Fate, I tell ya. No, I haven't been eating those FuNnY pickels, either. Just thought you might like to know http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

the pickel

[Zacko10000]

I was looking for information on those evergreen 486 CPU upgrades for a friend. I found sysopt by accident.

[Chainsaw]

I was just a cyber vagabond with extremely good luck...

...first I found Google...

...then Google found Sysopt...

...must been an overclocking search...

...CHNsaw

[SysOpt]

Cool stuff everyone, pretty neat to hear how everyone found the site.

izzzy12k: yep, the old address was http://www.dfw.net/~sdw/index.html back in early 1997 http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif.

Scott

[binarygirl]

This guy kept bragging about it to me. I have to admit, it is everything he says http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Now it's like an addiction.

[Clink]

Came from Romulus2 - have spent ages here now & am not looking forward to the next phone bill, but what the hell - I'm ill & its entertaining http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[montanafan]

Someone posted a link at nowonder and I'm very glad that they did. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Ceeffa]

Mmmmm let me think!!! I was BORN to be a member http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
I was at other forums but they were very poor, on here i get answers to all my problems as soon as i post them http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Chris

[LordLocksley]

I was having some probs. and a friend pointed me to here to get some "system optimization" help....

[Ed_S]

Been her for almost a year, but strangely enough I remember how I got here..
Was looking through AMD's site for MB recommendations, that led to Soyo, which led to a review at Anand's, which led to a link to HHT, then a link to Sysopt...
Still hit HHT occasionally, but mostly here, Host & Mr C's !!

[TOAD6147]

Somehow? I got signed up for the news letter(I was probably looking for articles on networking) and the first one I got had links to different items at SYSOPT and I found forums which has led me to finally take the plunge into Linux with much help from all here.

Thanks

[bkehoe]

Sometime in the start of 1997, as I was looking to overclock my P133. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif Link from Toms Hardware.

Later came back looking for info on building a PC in 1998, and registered for the forums in April 99.

Brendan

[jak]

one day i decided i wanted to build a pc. that night i went online to search for parts and instructions and what not. then i found this link but i forget where and it turned out i loved it so i saved it under my favorites

[JacksonMob]

I read about it in a upgrade and repair book.
I don't remember which one but it was thicker than War and Peace

[reddog4629]

Linked to it from Tweakit-Dan Chadwick in May.'99. Joined the forum in Aug. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Pepto]

About a year ago, I was searching with Yahoo for tips and how to's for building a PC and found the "How to build your own PC" guide. I didn't really get into this BBS until recently, figuring it would be like most others; a collection of "d00dz" and flame wars. What I found here was quite different from any other BBS... people helping other people, sharing their ideas, and conversing intelligently. When someone posts a "stupid" question, people respond kindly and point them in the right direction for more information, instead of insulting them.
I'm glad I found this place, and hope to stick around for a while http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[jadison]

January 2, 2000--> I had decided to Overclock my system for the 1st time, so I consulted several websites that dealt with the subject, one of which was PCHardware.com, and then I came across SysOpt.
Then, about 2 months later I decided to check out the forum, I saw a collection of seemingly http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif intelligent people sharing information in a constructive matter. I was surprised! I expected it to be like the few chat rooms I had visited before...a bunch of people discussing way Off Topic issues.

I'm glad that the 1st Forum I joined was a great one, very informative, and always up-to-date!

Keep up the Great Work SysOpt!!

-jd-

[Algee7]

Like cyphen, I started coming here while following up on the case of someone (forgot who) using Socalgal's name at our site. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif
Been coming around daily ever since http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/biggrin.gif

[tangluva]

My friend told me about it. Hey, this thing was posted a month before I joined!

[narayan]

Saw it in Scott Muellers Upgrading and Repairing PC's, 8th edition. Decided to try it while reserching overclocking. My lucky day! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[grandslammer]

Saw Scott on ZDtv. I think it was Screen Savers, either that or Call For Help. One or the other. They gave a reference to the site, and I figured, "what the heck, let's see what's up!"

http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

M

[LittleKing]

If I remember correctly I think I was looking for overclocking info, and for user reviews on product. Either way I found what I was looking for and a whole lot more.

LK

[SysOpt]

Hehe, it was ScreenSavers - that was fun. What do you think of Kate leaving? Sad, if you ask me. She added something special to the show, IMO. A bit of balance perhaps.

[Hellmund]

I saw Sysopt in the Upgrading and Repairing PC's book.I was looking at CPU specs and it mentioned sysopt for overclocking info.
Been here ever since.
Hellmund

[Ygor]

Hmmm, I've been wondering about this myself. Seems like the best places I find I can't recall how I got there.

I do know that I was on my mate's 'puter because mine died in transit. (Never throw away the case box!)I was looking for my best option at getting my own computer again.

Think I found Reseller Ratings before the mesage boards. Until I found SysOpt I was seriously considering buying from Tiger Direct!

[FrozenLiquidity]

I forgot, it was too long ago, but I've stuck to it like glue!

FrozenLiquidity

[Megabyte]

Good question, let me go check my notes http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif.

[Romulus2]

I can't remember how I found out about SysOpt but I first visited here well over a year ago and eventually joined the BBS (as DavidX). Of all the major BBSs, SysOpt remains "simply the best".