This is exactly right.

For electronics, check out http://www.eevblog.com/forum/

For computer hardware, check out https://forums.anandtech.com/

The anandtech forum is terrible. So much half knowledge and toxicity that even your average tech subreddit is a better choice.

That's a shame. Didn't use to be like that. But that site has gone downhill in general since Anand sold it to some big media outlet. (With the exception of a few authors who were around in old times.)