Noob offtopic question, what benefits does this kind of thing have over torrents?
speed. It will max out your connection. Reliability. Early releases. After FTP, Newsgroup is usually the 1st stop before torrents.
Infact, its prob where most torrents get their stuff from.
Use an Indexer like newzbin, binnews, nzbsrus, etc.
search google for NZB