Celebrating AnandTech’s 20th Anniversary: 1997 - 2017
by Ryan Smith on April 26, 2017 10:00 AM EST- Posted in
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The AnandTech 20th Anniversary Giveaway
Now that the commemorating is done, let’s get to the fun part of our 20th anniversary: the giveaway.
For some of our past anniversaries we’ve done hardware giveaways, and for our 20th anniversary I wanted to do the best giveaway yet. It only seemed fitting that as a thank you to the readers that have supported us over the last two decades, that we try to give something back to you.
I set out with a goal to do 20 days of giveaways, one for each year of AnandTech’s existence. To do so, myself, the other editors, and the sales team reached out to our friends at hardware vendors across the globe to line up hardware for our greatest giveaway ever. The results exceeded even my wildest expectations.
31 vendors have donated hardware for the AnandTech 20th anniversary giveaway, smashing even my most optimistic goals. We still haven’t finished adding up the value of all of the prizes, but it’s tens of thousands of dollars. It’s honestly almost more than we could handle, if not for the hard work of the Purch community team in helping out to organize all of this.
So a big thank you goes out to our friends at Intel, AMD, HTC, NVIDIA, Seasonic, ARM, Asus, and more, for providing us with so many prizes to give out to you guys. I knew we had a lot of friends, but it’s only after you ask for free hardware to give to random readers that you realize just how many friends you have. And similarly, how these companies are eager to make a good impression with you.
Starting today and running through May 23rd, we’re doing 20 days of giveaways. We have CPUs, motherboards, phones, tablets, video cards, cases, power supplies, laptops, and even some bona fide swag to give away. Each giveaway is only open for 48 hours, so you’re going to want to check in each and every weekday to enter that day’s giveaway(s). Many will enter, not as many will win, but with the number of prizes we have available the odds may be more in your favor than you think.
However for our many international readers, I need to apologize. We’ve not been able to do international giveaways, and the 20th anniversary giveaway is no different. AnandTech/Purch is too big to do a clandestine giveaway, and that means we need to follow all of the relevant local laws on giveaways. And, as it turns out, there are a lot of countries out there who either dislike giveaways or require that someone in their country wins a giveaway in order for it to be offered there. As a result, we’re only able to open these giveaways to residents of the United States. I’m genuinely sorry we can’t offer anything outside of the United States, but I hope you can understand.
Anyhow, for our first giveaway I thought it was only appropriate that we go full-circle and start back where AnandTech itself started: AMD. So please check out our AT20 Day 1 AMD giveaway for your chance to win a Ryzen 7 1800X, a Ryzen 5 1600X, or one of four Radeon RX 570 video cards. And then check back in tomorrow and the day after that (and the day after that) for future giveaways.
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axfelix - Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - link
That's a picture of an ASUS P2B, isn't it? I actually reread your Celeron 300A piece again not long ago ...kpb321 - Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - link
Well just reading what is on the MB it's a ASUS K7V which makes it a Slot A AMD board rather than a Slot 1 Intel board.poeticwil - Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - link
Congrats on 20 years! Look forward to the next 20.PenPoint - Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - link
I has been Anandtech fan for a long time and I finally made this account to sincerely celebrate 20th anniversary! I believe Anandtech was, is, and will be the best tech news posting community with no single doubt.fanofanand - Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - link
This is my tenth year as a reader, you guys are my #1 source for all things tech. I don't always agree with your conclusions but you are all truly the experts in the industry! Cheers and here's to twenty more!jonah jones - Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - link
Iv'e been dropping in for quite some time and always walk away happy (and slightly wiser), keep up the good work and thank you...ET - Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - link
A hearty congratulations on Anandtech's 20th anniversary. I'm looking forward to a lot more years. Been here probably from the start, I'm guessing. My memory isn't that great, but according to my forum profile page I registered on October 1999. And thank you Anandtech for letting me keep the two letter username I signed up with when websites still allowed that. This way I might feel old, but at least I feel privileged for being old. :)Arbie - Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - link
A nine-year daily reader here... Thanks for the countless excellent articles. Like everyone else I hope you can maintain the standards.Souka - Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - link
Congrats on 20 years!I've been visiting this site since the early days, always enjoy the detailed write-ups on tech.
JaredReyn - Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - link
Always great reviews. Grats on the 20 years!