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.

Celebrating AnandTech’s 20th Anniversary
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  • Xanterra - Sunday, May 7, 2017 - link

    Been reading your site for 8+ years - love the site. Best of luck - here's hoping you can continue to provide the same quality for many years to come.

    Speaking of which, I use adblock and although I am afraid that's non-negotiable, I would be happy to pay a subscription to help support Anandtech. I do know some sites use Patreon whereas others have integrated "premium" features like flair next to users' comments, but honestly I don't care. I'd be happy to help pay for Anandtech even if I got nothing out of it (similar to public radio).
    It would be amazing if you offered a way to do so.
  • Phiro69 - Monday, May 8, 2017 - link

    I noticed that on Day 9 the Gleam contest entry box no longer allows you to type in your twitter ID if you already follow anandtech, you *have* to allow them access to Twitter and give them tremendous abilities (post tweets for you? Why would they need that?)

    I love Anandtech, but I'm not giving out those permissions even for a giveaway like your 20th, so there's one less entry going forward from me. Partnering with a company like Gleam that overreaches unnecessarily so they can make a buck off your users was a crap move. Come on, Anandtech/Ryan Smith.
  • mypg0306 - Monday, May 8, 2017 - link

    Anadtech is the best tech web with deep in depth review I like it most. it's the first time I join this giveaway, hope ican win! cheers.
  • ThePooBurner - Tuesday, May 9, 2017 - link

    This is exciting.
  • troisanh - Friday, May 12, 2017 - link

    Grats on 20 years and great giveaways.
  • Darian2498 - Monday, May 15, 2017 - link

    Again, such an amazing company for doing this! Keep it great! :D
  • vkfu - Monday, May 15, 2017 - link

    Hope I win something!
  • Glenn - Monday, May 15, 2017 - link

    I don't get here as often as I used to Anand, but I have been an avid fan since day 1. I was a novice when I first came, learned so much here I eventually opened my own computer business that was so successful I was able to retire a few years ago and start spending more time playing golf. :-) Thanks for all you've done Anand and I'm sure for all you will continue to do! I'll still check in to update on the newer tech occasionally but I'm working hard on how to make birdies now. Take Care
  • Glenn - Monday, May 15, 2017 - link

    I think you were 15 when I started on the old geocities site?
  • Resilience - Wednesday, May 17, 2017 - link

    I won't deny I was drawn by the giveway. I've never heard of this magazine before, but seems like an honest magazine. I might as well stick around a bit...

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