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Geek Culture / a small poll for a personal project

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WarGoat
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Posted: 25th Jul 2009 08:29
Hey guys,

A friend and I started working on getting a web site running, which would reviews computers components as well as benchamrking and reviewing computers. I wanted to know, for a market research, what would you guys, as users, would like to see as features, tests and components being reviewed on the site.

Thanks for taking the time to leave a comments or two.

Windows Vista, Q6600 @ 3.2ghz, 2gb Ram 800mhz - low latency, 8800 GTS 512 mb
Monk
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Posted: 26th Jul 2009 00:54
So youd go on this website and it would tell you what your pc specs were?

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WarGoat
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Posted: 26th Jul 2009 03:55
well, the main idea of the web site would be to review new hardwares through various tests. Then, with the results, we would give some benchmarks which would let the user knows where does the component stands against other and how powerful it is. We would review all computer related hardware and even full computers.

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Sid Sinister
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Posted: 26th Jul 2009 06:36
Like a Tom's Hardware, Anandtech and a few dozen other sites? Sounds like a cool idea, but just know it's going to be a uphill battle until your well established. There are a lot of reputable sites out there right now such as the ones I've listed above that will be pretty hard to beat. If your up for the challenge though, be trustworthy, comprehensive and do something those sites don't.

Also, it's expensive to get one of these sites off the ground. You need to get some popularity before companies like ATI and Sapphire start sending you their parts for free in order to promote them because they know your site get's a lot of traffic. Until then, you'll have to be buying your own hardware to test.

Good luck though! There's just a lot to consider you know? But to summarize what I said above. Offer something unique that those other sites don't, and be trustworthy and comprehensive.

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