Overclockers

[Griff]

Can anyone else access their site? - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/

 

[Josh220]

Not working for me when I've just tried.

 

[lewisniven]

nope, seems to be down.

 

[Alex H]

Not up for me either...

 

[f0xy]

was down late last night for me also

 

[Munson]

Nope. Broken.

 

[BenWall]

Down. Hmmm... werid.

 

[Gareth]

yes.





















that's broken for me as well

 

[Munson]

I quite like waiting for it to load actually. It reminds me of the old Cliosport. Old school FTW

What are you buying Griff?

 

[guysy]

Works for me now

 

[Griff]

What are you buying Griff?

Just wanted to check out the members market mate.

Hoping to catch an Antec 1200 going cheap.

 

[Nigel]

It's working for me now.

 

[BenWall]

Downtime = money loss. They aren't going to like that.

 

[Munson]

Meh boring Griff. I was hoping you were going to say a Core i7/X58 and 2x GTX295

 

[Griff]

Meh boring Griff. I was hoping you were going to say a Core i7/X58 and 2x GTX295

I wish lol

 

[Ads_172]

Has it gone down again or is it just my work internet access?

 

[JackoR26]

Has it gone down again or is it just my work internet access?

Working fine for me

 

[Munday]

It was down for most of yesterday, they had been having some server probs I think.

 

[Ads_172]

Think it must be just my work internet access as I was fine accessing it at home last night.

 

[Homer-Simpson]

Rumour has it that there sites are being attacked. Quite a few people are suggesting it might be something to do with a member of staff leaving but there is no proof (from what has been posted) that this is correct.

It is rather annoying though as I want to read the Motors/For Sale forum

 

[ChrisR]

Their purchasing manager Andy 'Gibbo' left on rather bad terms recently, but wouldn't have thought he'd bother with anything like that. He works for another big shop now, forget which.

 

[Homer-Simpson]

Novatech

 

[ChrisR]

that's the one!

 

[Munson]

I reckon I've spent millions at OCUK TBH

Most likely soon to be billions.

 

[undergroove]

Hoping to catch an Antec 1200 going cheap.

Not a bad idea, given the prices new.... paid 130 before Christmas for one and they're now about 160ish in most places! Still, it's a damn fine case.

Rumblings on OCUK forums about some foreign hackery/DenialOfService attacks I think, but I've not checked since earlier Thursday evening for updates.

 

[Griff]

Down again for everyone else or just me?

 

[iain187]

very very slow for me but still up, just. Not quick enough to want to make an effort to use it though

 

[Revels]

Its Cliosport Mk2

 

[Ian_182]

Not working for me at the moment.

 

[Munson]

Jesus yeah it's fucked again. Do they have a forum suggestions and feedback forum?

 

[Griff]

Over the last 10 days OcUK servers have been subject to sustained DDoS attacks that have disrupted our on-line store and forums servers. Instigating these kind of attacks is a serious criminal offence and whilst we have strong suspicions who is behind them we need more evidence.

I am offering £10,000 to anyone who can provide evidence that leads to a conviction. You can provide this information anonymously via jobs@overclockers.co.uk but the evidence must be something that SOCA (Serious Organised Crime Agency) can use.

I'd like to apologise to all our customers and forum members for any inconvenience caused. I cannot discuss what action is being taken to protect OcUK from these attacks but I assure you wheels are in motion.

In the meantime, think about what £10K could do for you right now.

^

 

[Revels]

Blimey.

They must make a fortune on there to be able to give away £10k!

 

[Munson]

£10k is small fry for most large businesses though geez. TBH they've probably lost more in reduced sales through these 'attacks'

 

[Ads_172]

I'd imagine OC is probably leading the custom PC industry in the UK at the moment and, as it seems that it's more popular now than ever (perhaps a little less so with the recession), they can't be doing bad.

You'd have thought a company and forum FULL of PC geeks could fix it, though (joke)

 

[adam_socks]

i dont need the website...i got the real thing 5 minutes up the road :rasp:

 

[MickM]

Am i being blind but really can't see the members market

 

[Griff]

Am i being blind but really can't see the members market

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=17

 

[Ads_172]

You gain access to it after a certain amount of posts / length of forum membership.

 

[MickM]

Under 250 posts ftl!

 

[Ads_172]

Yeah, me too

To be fair though, I've specced up a system and looked at prices at various online stores and can get it elsewhere for £50-odd less (8% or so).