Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
Which forum do I start in? I remember there have been articles devoted in the past to the "under $1500 PC" or so ... but I seem unable to find anything like that today.
Good choice...General Hardware until you have specific questions related to a single piece of equipment, like a video card or harddrive. Then you take it to that individual forum