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Welcome to OCForums! Please read me before posting.

Welcome to OCForums!
Credit to Newbie_Doo, Skip, William, Mr_B, Thelemac and MDComp for establishing/developing some of the material in this announcement

Welcome to the forums! This announcement is designed to outline how the forums work, what the ground rules are and how the forum is run. Please feel free to direct any questions to any Senior Member, Moderator or Administrator.

We want to make sure that everyone is well recieved and can feel free to participate fully at OCForums. We have a simple, fair and clear set of rules to ensure that everyone can participate together on the forums.


Membership Structure
  • Administrators oversee the forum as a whole, make structural changes to the forum layout, and are responsible for setting forum policy. They also have some limited ability to make technical changes to the site.
  • iNet Interactive own and run the site on a technical level, organise and vet advertisements and pay the bills. OCForums is owned by iNet Interactive but policy is set and maintained by the Administrators.
  • Moderators enforce the forum rules, ensure threads are in the correct location and help members make the most of the forums. All Moderators are Super Moderators and can manipulate threads in any area of the forums.
  • Senior Members are knowledgable, experienced and level headed members who have contributed greatly to the forums. These members have no moderating authority but are an important part of the forum staff - they are the link between the members and the moderators. If you would like to nominate an outstanding member to be considered for promotion to senior please contact any moderator or administrator with who and why.
  • Members are the lifeblood of the forums and make up the majority of forum users.
  • New Members are the latest addition to the forums. Welcome!

Member stars are as follows:
  • 0 - 9 posts: 0 Stars
  • 10 - 49 posts: 1 Yellow Star: New Member
  • 50 - 99 posts: 2 Yellow Stars: New Member
  • 100 - 249 posts: 3 Orange Stars: Member
  • 250 - 499 posts: 4 Orange Stars: Member
  • 500 - 749 posts: 5 Orange Stars: Member
  • 750 - 999 posts: 6 Orange Stars: Member
  • 1000 - 1999 posts: 7 Orange Stars: Member
  • 2000 - 3999 posts: 8 Orange Stars: Member
  • 4000 or more posts: 9 Orange Stars: Member


Ground Rules

  1. Personal attacks are not permitted on these forums, ever. If you feel strongly about a subject it is best to think before posting an emotive reply. Please report any flaming/flame-baiting to a moderator using the 'report-a-post' button. Don't feed the trolls.
  2. No hard language is permitted. If you feel you absolutely must swear the use of Stars (*) can convey your feeling with out endangering your place in our forums. Saying "S***!" is allowed. Saying "YOU S***!" is never allowed, ever!!
  3. Please observe our posting rules, which includes posting in the proper Topic. We have included a Topic list to help the new person in our forum determine where their post most likely belongs, which may be found below these rules.
  4. We do not permit advertising OF ANY KIND! This includes posting your URL, offering items for sale or trade or announcements of new sites This applies equally to commercial and private ads. We do permit Senior Members to post their personal URLs - this is the only exception. Representatives of computer hardware companies and the like should contact Silversinksam who may, at his discretion, assign you a custom title.
  5. Should it become necessary to ban someone from our forums, they are very rarely, if ever, given a second chance.
  6. ABSOLUTELY no posting of Warez (Pirated Software) or links to Warez sites. All such sites are illegal and pose a threat to our continued existence. Some topics may seem like grey areas, however moderators may close a thread that threatens to delve into such areas.
  7. This forum has a policy of tolerance and inclusion. Prejudicial language and behavior is absolutely forbidden and may result in loss of posting privileges. Racial, Sexist or religious slights of any kind are absolutely not tolerated, nor are slights against other groups based on sexual orientation, age, class, IQ, ethnicity or similar features.
  8. Sexual Harassment of ANY KIND will not be tolerated in our Forums. Anyone found doing this will be immediately banned.
  9. Political and religious discussions have no place here therefore they are not allowed.
  10. Overclockers Forums assumes no responsibility for any bad deals. Buy/trade/sell at your own risk!!!! Access to the Classifieds section is restricted to members with over 100 posts and an ISP, .Edu, .Gov or .MIL e-mail for security reasons.
  11. You MUST keep a valid Email on file. If you do not, your posting privileges will be suspended and your account may be locked out.
  12. Discussion of the unauthorized reproduction, distribution, copying, or theft of copyrighted materials is forbidden. This includes, but is not limited to discussion of the use of peer to peer (P2P) applications for the purpose of obtaining copyrighted material. Discussion of P2P programs and networks is not forbidden; but there is to be no connection (stated, implied, or otherwise) to obtaining copyrighted material, or other illegal activities.
  13. The management of this Forum does not condone theft, trading in stolen property, or the aiding and abetting of those who do. Any such discussions regarding stolen property will be dealt with swiftly, and the offending member risks complete loss of membership privileges in our Forums.
  14. Moderators reserve the right to move, edit, delete, lock, (un)stick or otherwise augment any thread or post on these forums for any reason they see fit. These forums exist for the sharing of knowledge and experience and exceptional posts/threads may be incorporated into 'sticky' threads. Moderators may also edit, remove or otherwise augment any signature, avatar or rank for any reason they see fit.

If you do not agree to any of these rules please log-off now, as your use of the forums is subject to understanding and agreeing to them.


Warning to Advertisers!

If you have an article or review that you feel would be of interest to our readers, contact Ed or Joe on our Front Page. If they agree, they will post a mention and a link. We do not allow even our Seniors to advertise their sites. On occasion we will mention/recommend one or two of their sites at a time. This is in recognition of their contributions to this Forum and the writing they have done for our Front Page.

Only Seniors of this forum are permitted to use their own sites' URL in their signature.

We feel no obligation to provide space anywhere on our site for the free use of other sites.

We deal with encroachment by issuing a warning. If it goes unheeded, we ban the offender. Repeat offenders will be reported to their ISP and/or relevant authorities.


Illegal and Unethical Posts

OCForums prohibit the promotion of, and reference to, any program or website which contains or distributes Warez, Crackz, and pirated copyrighted material, including but not limited to music and video. Discussion of Warez, crackz, and pirated copyrighted material is not permitted in this forum. Any offer to provide or request to receive warez, crackz, and bootleg material will be deleted without notice and the offender will be warned. A repeat offense is grounds for permanent dismissal, without recourse, from these forums.

This is a serious issue for this Forum. Allowing discussion of and, by extension condoning the distribution of, said information jeopardizes the very existence of this Forum. As such, it will not be tolerated. For the long-term future of this site, please abide by this rule.

In addition to this, moderator staff may at their discretion choose to edit, remove or otherwise manipulate material they feel is not of a suitable ethical standard. This is entirely at the moderators' discretion. This may include for example: use of unsecured wireless networks, threads that discuss/poke fun at/otherwise unfairly involve people, organisations or sites in areas of the forum in which they cannot defend themselves. Discussion of banned members anywhere on the forums, discussion of members without General Discussion or Classifieds access in those areas or other such threads will be removed, possibly with an informal warning. This is often difficult to establish in a concrete fashion within our framework of rules, however if we remove threads for such reasons we will often provide an explanation.


Avatars, Signatures and Post Quality
  • Guidelines for Avatars can be found here.
  • Guidelines for Signatures can be found here.
  • Guidelines for Post Quality can be found here, here and here.


Privacy Policy

Any information collected for the registration process is used solely by Overclockers Forums to create your account and track Forum usage. Required information is a valid email address. Only the Overclockers Forums Staff has any access to this information. No information will ever be shared with outside parties. Our privacy policy may be found here.


Posting By Topic

At OCForums we enforce posting by topic. Threads placed in the wrong forums may be (re)moved.

Overclocking
  • Forum FAQs and Guidelines – Please read the rules and other helpful guides located here before posting. Thanks.
  • Overclocking and Computer FAQs – Where frequently asked questions and guidelines for posting on the forums go.
  • Front Page Discussions - Discuss www.overclockers.com front page articles here.

Hardware
  • Cooling (Case and General Cooling Questions) – Anything related to HSFs, fans and the comparing of cooling methods. This is the place for cooling tips, help and support.
    • Water Cooling – Anything related to Water Cooling
    • Extreme Cooling – Peltier, Phase Change and other wacky cooling goes here.
  • CPUs
    • AMD CPUs – Anything AMD CPU related.
    • Intel CPUs – Anything Intel CPU related.
    • General CPU Discussion (Not Intel or AMD Specific) – Not sure whether to go AMD or Intel? What should I do with that old Cyrix CPU I found in the closet? Find out here.
  • Motherboards – Any Motherboard question or comment not AMD or Intel Specific.
    • AMD Motherboards - Anything for AMD -type processor motherboards (ie. Motherboard Comparisons). Within this section posting is by socket (AM2 is the newest at time of writing).
    • Intel Motherboards - Anything for Intel -type processor motherboards (ie. Motherboard Comparisons). Within this section posting is by socket (LGA775 is newest at time of writing).
  • Memory - Anything related to memory.
  • Storage (Harddrives, CDRW, Etc) - Discussion of Storage related topics such as hard disks, CD/DVD technology, zip drives, RAID etc. Internal and external, it all goes here.
  • Display and Sound Technology - Discussion of Video Cards, Imaging Devices (TVs/Monitors), Sound Cards, MP3 Players...
    • ATi – Ati specific threads belong here.
    • Nvidia – Nvidia specific threads belong here.
    • General GPUs – Discussion specific to Other Video Cards (not ATi or Nvidia, but Sis, etc.) go here.
    • Imaging and Display Devices (Monitors, Digital Imaging, etc.) – Discussion of topics such as Monitors, Scanners, Digital Cameras, Digital Camcorders, etc.
    • Sound Systems and Audio Devices – Anything related to Sound goes here (ie. Headphones, speakers, MP3 players etc.)
    • HTPC - Home Theatre PCs
  • Power Supplies and Electronic Devices - Need help choosing/modding your PSU?
    • Volt Modding & Circuitry - for that extra few MHz...
  • Cases & Case Modding - More than just a beige box?
    • Alternative Modding - If it isn't broke, fix it more...
  • General Hardware - Discussion of Hardware related topics not covered by any other hardware forums, or threads regarding several varied hardware topics.
  • Internet, Networking, and Security - Home networks, work networks, how to set up networks. NIC/LAN cards, routers/hubs....cables... ISP's and modems. All discussion of virii, malware, spyware and adware go here, as well.

Software
  • Microsoft Operating Systems - Anything related to Microsoft Operating systems excluding Software and Games as forums exist for them.
  • Applications and Software - Discuss software in here.
  • Alternative Operating Systems (Unix, BeOS, Linux, Etc) - Anything related to Alternative Operating Systems (Linux, Unix, etc.)
  • Games (Cheats, Tips and general Discussion) - Discussion of computer games old and new.
    • Console Gaming Systems - Console Gaming discussion.
  • Programming Tips and Tricks - A place to discuss programming of any kind (ie. VB, C++, etc.)


Teams
  • Folding Team (Join the Overclockers.com Protein-Folding team and support medical research!) – Join the friendly Folding Team to help aid medical research. Enjoy some fun competition at the same time.
  • Seti Team (Search the stars with Overclockers SETI Team! Is ET really out there? How do worm holes and black holes work? We can find out with your help.) - Join the friendly SETI Team in their exploration of the universe. Enjoy some fun competition at the same time.
  • 3D Mark/Benchmarking Teams - For all the gaming benchmark junkies out there. Compare your 3D Mark scores with other team members.
  • Other DC Teams


Discussions (No post count in these categories.)
  • Vendor Discussion (Likes and Gripes about Vendors) - Got some good/bad news/experience with a retailer? Post it here. Also, find out what retailers are the best for what you are shopping for.
  • Cyber Deals (NOT FOR SELLING OR TRADING!!! Hot Deals from vendors) - Cyber Deals: See a good price on memory or hardware/software? Post it for us to see, too! (Note: Reader input only, no commercial posting/advertising allowed.)
  • Forum Feedback (Likes and Gripes about the Forums) - Got an idea that might improve O/C.com? Got something you'd like to see fixed? It all goes here.
  • General Computer Related Discussion (NOT for typical hardware/software questions. They will be deleted, not moved) - To remain somewhat within the scope of the OC Forums, while having tolerance for other subjects. This is NOT a hardware/software question(s) forum.
  • General Discussion (If it is so far off-topic that it is ALMOST chat, but isn't ACTUALLY chat, it goes here) - General Discussion: Relax and chill out in an off topic forum. (Note: 100 posts required to enter General Discussion.)
  • O/Community (OC Meetings, Member Pics....etc) - The community forum! Post your pic, organize meets, and view member artwork. Also learn about the latest member promotions (new seniors and mods). Only staff may start threads here.



Classifieds

We have one of the safest classifieds sections on the web, due to some very strict rules regarding entry and trading:
  1. 100 Quality posts are required before you can use the classifieds. The classifieds are there as a section for our members, not just for anyone passing by. Post-padding will result in a permanent ban from the classifieds.
  2. You need to use an ISP/Military/Education email address to use the classifieds. This helps keep potential trolls out. No excuses - no ISP email, no entry.
  3. Obey the classifieds rules (listed in all classifieds sections). Deadbeat dibbing, auction-style threads, thread-crapping and deleting sale information will earn you a ban.


Last Amended by David: 30th August 2008

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