SSDs prices gradually dropping to below the $1/GB mark

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It seems that just in the last month or so we’re started to see SSD vendors drop their prices a little. Manufacturers like OCZ, Kingston, ADATA, Crucial and others that compete in the mainstream consumer space, have started to drop prices on many of their products to the point where the milestone $1/GB point is starting to become reality.

Here is a chart that caught my attention on Anandtech which shows the prices on NewEgg for a range of SSD products from various vendors at the three most common capacity points; 64GB, 128GB, 256GB and 512GB:

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This chart doesn’t cover all SSD vendors, but it does illustrate the gradual drop in prices that we’re seeing at the moment. There are plenty of places on the chart that flirt quite closely with the $1/GB price point, and even some that are just under. Several other SSD manufacturers like Kingston, Corsair, Samsung, MemoRight, Plextor and Transcend also have drives float around these price points.

Check out this chart that shows the price per GB of several featured 128GB capacity drives - for me the ideal capacity for an Win 7 install:

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This is great news for DIY PC builders. Sure the absolute fastest SSDs on the market will cost you more, but the important point for me is that there are many millions of systems out in the wild that are still running off traditional 7,200rpm drives. These PCs could all enjoy a fairly inexpensive, yet exponential performance leap by upgrading an SSD. Intel Smart Response is will remain an attractive option for folks on SSD capacities below 64GB, but with these new prices, the attraction to opt for a full OS install on SSD has never been stronger.

The charts in this blog can be found on an interesting SSD review article here on Anandtech.com

Palestinian Collaborators in a New Documentary Film on Al-Aqsa TV

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By - Adnan Mustafa
Al-Aqsa satellite channel will broadcast a documentary film that includes confessions of Palestinian collaborators. Tomorrow, Thursday 28th June 2012, at 8:30 pm (Jerusalem timing) a documentary file about Palestinian collaborators
who participated and helped the Israeli army in assassination of a group of prominent Palestinian leaders like Ismail Abu Shanab  and Ibrahim Al-Maqadma (both were pro-Islamic activists and PhD degree in the Islamic University-Gaza).

According to the attached announcement which was on air several times at the channel, some persons speak about their role in role in the assassination of some Palestinians in addition to how they've been victims of Israeli abuse, and forced to collaborate with the Israeli army.

The collaborators' faces are hidden under dark photo effects , but their voices remain clear. It is uncertain whether they were executed or whether they are still alive in detention. Also, it's not clear whether they will be sentenced to death or they were included in amnesty declaration announced by the Government to those who surrender last year.

GIGABYTE Extreme OC Workshop (New Zealand) in pics!

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image (4)PC World NZ came over to Playech.co.nz this weekend to check out GIGABYTE’s latest instalment of the popular Extreme OC Workshop being help in the Auckland PC store’s gaming room. Playtech hosted a wonderful night of overclocking for the 100+ crowd that gathered at the start.

TeamAU’s deanzo, dinos22 and youngpro were there to teach the crowd about LN2 overclocking and then capped off the night with a friendly overclocking competition between the two teams with a fixed frequency of 6GHz in 32M SuperPi cacluations. Efficiency and memory tuning came into play and we could not separate the contestants from their PCs after the sirens went off as it proved to be a very addictive way to be introduced into overclocking!

I’m still feeling a little angry at my team mate youngpro (coach for the Australian team we named “Wallabies” after our Rugby Union side) because he allowed the “All Blacks” team to win, strangely coincidental to be named after NZ world champion rugby team. Luckily we had our own [traitor hehe] team mate, deanzo, coach this team. Rivalry between Australians and New Zealanders was in full swing particularly when the announcement was made that All Blacks triumphed, followed by the loudest geek cheers you will ever hear, in the overclocking challenge as well!

Congratulations All Blacks, you have beaten us in overclocking now as well!

I’ll put a couple of shots but for the full (fun) article you’re one more mouse click away (at this website).

P.S. Playtech have also put up lots of photos from the night at their facebook page here.

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Evening started innocently freezing flowers etc

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All Blacks (New Zealand) team captain leading the way with precise temperature control. Teams decided to not push temps to max to prevent condensation from forming early into the challenge.

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Wallabies (Australian) team captain showing everyone how it’s done. It was great having some girls genuinely interested in overclocking and participate through the day, very dedicated! It’s cool being a geek girl :)!

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Then someone lost a finger (strangely the captain of the AllBlacks team found it humorous)! Dissing it’s own team mate, what is going on with these people heheheh?!?

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Wait what?!? OK maybe he didn't lose a finger as we saw him benching with all ten fingers later on in the evening. Hmmmm, New Zealanders have a strange sense of humour heheheh! (wait i can’t see neither one of the 10 fingers EEK!)

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Note from Cpt. Obvious: No fingers were hurts during the making of this show! hehe.

Bust-a-rhyme competition going off at OCAU!

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Here are a couple of recent youtube videos bustin’ rhymes to win a GIGABYTE Z77X-UD3H.

You fancy yourself as a bit of a bust-a-rhyme star, join in the fun at OCAU! Language warning!

Trans am from XtremeSystems rappin’ with the sounds of AC/DC, awesome!

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UncleFester from OCAU bustin’ a rhyme.

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Aristidis from Greece breaks a single card world record at HWBOX 1st OMG Event 2012

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Greek overclockers and modders had their first big event this year called “HWBOX 1st OMG Event 2012”. One of the standout OC results was Aristidis breaking the single GPU world record in 3DMARK03. He used the GIGABYTE Z77X-UD5H!

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Congrats guys!

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GIGABYTE extreme workshop now, watch it live!

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We just kicked off our GIGABYTE Extreme Overclocking Workshop in Auckland, New Zealand. We’re about to have a live stream at justin.tv so make sure you tune in and watch the action at this link. Live stream will rotate 4 different video feeds throughout the day, hope you like it!

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Coin operated PCs at Internet café’s in the Philippines

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A very enjoyable part of my job is to travel from city to city after a new product announcement evangelizing our new tech. So I’m in the Philippines now and we just saw some cases for sale that have a coin slot where the DVD ROM should be. They are for Internet cafes where 1 Philippine Peso (2-3 US cents or less than 1NT$) will get you 3-5 minutes of time on the PC.

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The coin slot device has a little daughter board with a timer on it that cuts power to the keyboard, monitor and mouse when time runs out. So the PC keeps running, you just can’t see or change anything without putting in more money. My first thought was that it must be a waste of time because who could possibly make money at those ridiculously low rates, but then it started to make sense to me because if it was more expensive only vacationers would use the service. With a population of around 95 million people, 1 Peso for 3 minutes means that a vast majority of the population can afford to access the Internet. It’s brilliant!

These coin operated PCs can be found in Internet cafes as well as convenience stores where the shop owner benefits from profit sharing. So if you’re ever in the Philippines and see one of these strange looking systems, toss in a coin because you’d be driving small business that allows under privileged young people to access and experience the wonders of the Internet.

Al Qassam: Israel kills two Palestinian minors in cold blood in Gaza

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Two Palestinian minors were killed on Tuesday morning 19/6/12 by Israeli military near the Israeli military base of Kesofim east of Deir Al Balah in Central Gaza Strip.

Al Qassam correspondent reported that Israeli military forces opened fire at a group of citizens in the area that led to the killing of the two 16 year-olds, Mohammed Bassam Abu Moa’liq and Yousef At-Tilbani.


He added that medical crews who removed the bodies of the two martyrs said that they were killed in cold blood at short range.

The medical sources in Al Aqsa hospital in Central Gaza said that the two bodies were totally disfigured by shelling them after death, it seems.

Israeli military forces claimed at dawn on Tuesday the kidnapping of two Palestinians after they were shot in east of Al Maghazi refugee camp in Central Gaza Strip.

Recent Israeli escalation against Gaza has resulted in the deaths of six Palestinians: Jihad Abu Shabab, Abdullah Hassan Azanin, Mohammed Shabat, Ismail Abu Odeh, Mohammed Abu Moa’liq and Yousef At-Tilbani.

Source: Gaza.Scoop.ps

Israel Bombs Motorcycle, One Palestinian Killed in Rafah

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One Palestinian was killed in the latest Israeli bombing in Gaza Strip raises death tool up to 9 Palestinians killed and 10 others wounded in the last 48 hours.

Israeli Army bombed a motorcycle in the southern city of Rafah killing one Palestinian. Egyptian Representative, Yasser Othman, to the Palestinian authority in Ramallah said Egypt is trying to broker a "calm" to end the

Israeli attacks on Gaza, especially that the latest attack from Egyptian borders was not carried out by Palestinians. 


Othan believes that Israel should seize bombing Gaza before Palestinian factions do the same. 

Pulitzer Prize-Winner Rejects Israeli Translation of Book

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Writer Alice Walker says an Israeli publisher can't release a new Hebrew edition of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Color Purple," because of Israel's treatment of the Palestinian people.


Walker said in a letter to Yediot Books that Israel practices apartheid. She says Israel must change its policies before her works can be published there.

GIGABYTE ‘Hidden Gems’ competition kicks off: Show us your classic GIGABYTE rig and win prizes

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In honor of our illustrious history as one of the world’s foremost motherboard manufacturers, today we’re kicking off the GIGABYTE Hidden Gems competition. The idea is simple; post a video or photo of your old GIGABYTE motherboard (preferably still running) and you could win yourself a new GIGABYTE 7 series motherboard.

And if you don’t have any photos or youtube videos to share, don’t worry, you can still take part by perusing the entrees and voting for the one that tingles your nostalgia glands the most. Feel free to stoke debate by adding your comments too.

To take part, simply head on over to the Hidden Gems competition page.

French advertiser buys 20 percent of Ramaalah Zoom Advertising

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Maurice Levy says Publicis purchased a 20 percent stake in the Ramallah-based company Zoom Advertising. Levy, CEO of Publicis, is bringing the French advertising firm into the Palestinian and Israeli communications markets.

Levy announced a deal to buy the Israeli ad agency network BBR Group. On Monday, Publicis said it purchased a 20 percent stake in the Ramallah-based company Zoom Advertising. Publicis, one of the world’s largest advertising holding companies, said in a statement that it is the first publicly listed Western communications group to enter the Palestinian market.

Terms of the deals were not reported, according to Reuters.

The new company, Publicis Zoom, has clients that include Coca-Cola, Peugeot and the Bank of Palestine.

BBR Group, with 220 employees, is also the parent company of other agency brands with clients that include DeLak Motors; the cable TV concern Hot; the banking entity Isracard; Procter & Gamble; the food and beverage company Strauss; and the retailer Super Pharm.

Levy said in a statement that he believes the way to build lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians is through strong economies.

“Symbolically, this speaks to every man’s dream of seeing peace in the Middle East and between the Palestinian and Israeli peoples,” Levy said.

Bashar Masri, the board chairman of Zoom, also expressed his confidence that the deal was a positive signal for the Palestinian private sector.

"Today's deal is a key step towards the goal of fostering an enabling business environment for private sector growth and development, and I am confident that more investments like this one are on the horizon," Masri said in a news release.

Publicis has been expanding its presence in the Middle East with agencies in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. 

Bust-a-rhyme competition under way at OCAU, check out what hilarious Aussies are rhyming about!!!

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OCAU (Overclockers Australia) is putting on a show with a serious(ly funny) bust-a-rhymes competition as TeamAU prepares to tour New Zealand and then Melbourne with their highly popular GIGABYTE Extreme OC Workshop.

The real fun started already with forum members bustin’ some serious rhymes to win a motherboard. This is going to be a corker so make sure you visit the thread every day for new posts! I hear some videos will also appear later tonight.

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TeamAU is a group of killer overclockers from Austral-Asian region travelling the Australia and New Zealand and sharing their wealth of experience in LN2 benching. This time round they are making two stops with GIGABYTE. First stop is Auckland, New Zealand. Playtech is the host of this show. Monash University in Melbourne’s host. For more details follow this LINK.

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Hardware of choice is GIGABYTE’s record breaking Z77 range and Intel 3770K Ivy Bridge CPUs.

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This year we are looking at livestreams as well and some interesting competitions to spice things up a bit during the workshop. I will update the blog when the first event kicks off!. In the meantime keep an eye on one of the funniest threads you will read http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=1036929.

Don’t miss it!

Breaking News: Gaza Under Attsck

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Missile just hit Zattoun area. Strikes south of Gaza, navy approaches North Gaza and firing .

Breaking news: Gaza Under Attack

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Israel sending civilians to shelters, raised to high alert. Dropping pamphlets east of Gaza warning of boombings. Firing on houses in Deir AlBalah.

GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 5 wins Tom’s Hardware ‘Best of Computex 2012’ Award

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Here at GIGABYTE, our motherboards are frequently singled out for awards, be it for best value, performance, features or pure overclocking prowess. However, it is with particular satisfaction and prestige that we accept this ‘Best of Computex 2012’ award from Tom’s Hardware for our recently announced Ultra Durable 5 technology.

GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 5 and our forthcoming ‘UP’ series of motherboards will be pretty revolutionary in terms of motherboard design, pulling together new 60A rated Powerstage ICs from IR, pairing them with high current capable chokes and a 2x copper PCB. This all means that the motherboard can deliver blistering performance without creating as much unwanted heat, greatly aiding stability, longevity and overall performance capability. It’s also a technology that lends itself perfectly to overclocked water cooled systems that don’t always have great airflow in the PWM area. 

We’re really pleased too that arguably the most respected PC hardware site out there has recognized our efforts to innovate. Here a what Tom’s had to say:

“Gigabyte is promising that the PowIRstage IR3550, found on all motherboards with Ultra Durable 5 technology (UD5), increases efficiency and improves stability. Naturally, this is particularly important in overclocked systems, where UD5 could benefit systems employing liquid cooling, since they have a tendency to not receive as much airflow through voltage regulation circuitry.

Ultra Durable 5 is a marketing umbrella that covers several different components, such as the IR3550 PowIRstage, additional copper in the PCB, and 60 A high-capacity ferrite core chokes. We plan to test Gigabyte's claims in an upcoming article.”

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You can find the ‘Best of Computex’ award page here on Tom’s Hardware.

CNET renames Z77X-UD3H to “Sergio” and calls it a perfect all-rounder motherboard!

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Craig Simms from CNET Australia recently had a play with one of GIGABYTE’s more popular motherboards, Z77X-UD3H.

I met Craig many years as I made my debut on ABC (Australian national TV) in 2007 featuring overclocking in which Craig was one of the original Atomic magazine writers appearing as a guest commentator in the final episode. Check it out here (cut all the OC segments featured over a few shows)! He knows his stuff and didn’t take him long to get his teeth stuck into some new Z77 gear from GIGABYTE.

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Craig had a lot to say about the board but what caught my interest was his take on the naming scheme and subsequent renaming of the board. He calls it “Sergio”. LOLgigabyte-ga-z77x-ud3h_1

The UD3H is the perfect all-rounder. It ticks the boxes for gamers, the mainstream, overclockers and with its mSATA slot, maybe even the low-profile crowd or those who need caching drives.

Jump over to CNET Australia and read the full review. Craig is a great writer and looks at motherboards in a slightly different light.

GIGABYTE goes to NZ to spread the love of LN2 & all things extreme overclocking!

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I’m proud to announce GIGABYTE’s first big extreme overclocking event across the pond with TeamAU and PlaytechNZ.

TeamAU crew (youngpro, dinos22 and deanzo) are heading over to Auckland (New Zealand) to put on “High on Ivy” GIGABYTE EXTREME OVERCLOCKING WORKSHOP. We are calling all New Zealanders and anyone in the region who is keen to come to join us and our lovely hosts PLAYTECH NZ for an afternoon of LN2 overclocking on Intel Ivy Bridge platform using GIGABYTE Z77 series of motherboards.

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For registrations hit up Playtech’s facebook page!

There will be some livestreams as well. We’ll announce that when we find out more!

Israel denies African migrants' rights, says US

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The US state department has criticised Israel's treatment of thousands of African asylum seekers who it says are being denied basic social services.

The US annual report on human rights says that many are
refused refugee status, so cannot access health care.

It is estimated that up to 60,000 migrants, most from Sudan and Eritrea, have entered Israel in recent years.

The report also criticises Israeli government officials for referring to migrants negatively as "infiltrators".

It cites statistics from the UNHCR which show Israel approved just one of the 4,603 new asylum applications it received last year.

The data also shows that more than 6,000 previous cases are still pending.

The US state department notes that Israel has ended the practice of immediately returning asylum seekers who had arrived through Egypt.

In 2010 Israel approved the construction of a barrier along its border with Egypt to try to stop migrants entering the country. Once complete it will run for 250km (155 miles) and include an electric fence and surveillance technology.

But it shows concern over regulations that allow the authorities to reject applications without appeal, and that there is no independent appeal process.

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The report acknowledges that once recognised refugees are allowed to work and access social services, but non-governmental organisations are campaigning for greater access to health care, particularly for victims of abuse.

Some right-wing politicians have been criticised for stoking up hatred with speeches comparing "infiltrators" to cancer and calling for migrants to be expelled.

Officials claim the overwhelming majority of migrants are not fleeing persecution and war but that they are economic migrants looking for jobs and a better life.

Tensions in Israel have been rising and on Wednesday a demonstration in Tel Aviv against African migrants turned violent - shop windows were broken and cars were damaged.

The following day Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the violence saying: "I want to make clear that there is no place for the statements nor the actions which we saw last night... we will resolve the problem and we will do it responsibly".

Vatican denies it will recognize East Jerusalem

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The Vatican said Tuesday that an economic agreement it is negotiating with Israel will not mean the de facto recognition of Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem.

The Vatican was responding to
allegations that the deal, which involves tax status and other financial issues concerning Church properties in the Holy Land, would result in a recognition of Israel's control of East Jerusalem.

Palestinians want East Jerusalem to be the capital of an eventual homeland. Israel annexed East Jerusalem in the 1967 war and in 1980 declared the city its "united and eternal" capital. World powers have not recognized the annexation.

"The agreement on which we have been working concerns the life, activities and fiscal regime of the Catholic Church in Israel," said Monsignor Ettore Balestrero, a Vatican diplomat who is negotiating the agreement.

"In the agreement, we wished to steer clear of territorial disputes. We will not speak about East Jerusalem or places in the West Bank," he told Vatican Radio.

Both sides have been negotiating the agreement for years and there is no indication when they will reach an accord.

Source: Reuters

South Africa Freedom Fighter, Darsot, no more apartheid

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The Gaza Center for Political and Development Studies (CPDS), held on Tuesday, 12th of July, a lecture on "The Role of Muslim Community in Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) in
South Africa, "delivered by Ismail Darsot, a South African activist and a conveyer. Darsot managed to confer the "impartial and inhumane" actions, undertaken by the Whites against the Blacks, in general, and Muslim society, in particular .


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"No nation shall go through the suffering we went through in the apartheid era," said Darsot. Black people were blocked access to education, and denied rights to claim a voice. The apartheid mentality was basically built on the superiority of the White. South Africans, generally, and the Muslim community, particularly, had not struggled for recognition only; they, rather, battled for their human rights, Darsot spoke out. We sanctioned and boycotted the South African apartheid regime till it collapsed and, thus, came to an end eventually, said the lecturer.


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This law was issued to oppress and suppress the Blacks in favour of the white supremacy, by which "each nation has its own place to live," said Darsot. Arabs, residing in South Africa, were shortlisted for a 2nd class; indigenous South Africans were stamped for a 3rd class; others for a 4th class and so on. Ironically, Chinese were considered Blacks, while Japanese were reckoned to be Whites.

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"The apartheid regime was invented by the White for the benefit of Israel," said Darsot. "The Israeli actions will get even worse before things get better," he said, stressing that Nelson Mandela was a leader because he was locked up in jail for a handful of years. "But what about the Palestinian prisoners, held captive in the Israeli jails," wondered Darsot. Israel, along with the West, distorted democracy; "it is dishonest… and people in the West do not want it ]any longer[," said Darsot. Gaza survived the Israeli war, and that was a miracle. Never had Gaza survived the alluding actions of the Truth Commission, however. "The Truth Commission is the worst thing that happened ever," said Darsot. 

Source: CPDS-Gaza

New Ivy Bridge world record @ 7089.33MHz

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Last week there was a few scores going around based on 3770K CPUs clocking past the magic 7GHz mark with one to silence them all by hicookie using the GIGABYTE Z77X-UD3H board. Cookie reached 7089.33MHz with the 3770K. Results were posted a week ago on HWBOT.ORG.

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GIGABYTE Z77X-UD3H board has some “-OC board” genes but slightly adapted to general audience as well [including the name itself ;-)].

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If you guys look for the new extreme OC board, this one should do alright. Here is an extreme OC bios for you as well (download link). It has some tweaks that help with extreme cold. We’ve also added a 3DMARK01 boost option (i wonder what it does hehe).

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By the way, bench with 105MHz+ bclock as it will help with cold bug. I would also force Gen2 PCIe in this bios option when benching subzero 3D! For more subzero benching tips you can watch my Z77 overclocking video guide with Ivy Bridge 3770K (warning, movie size long! heheh)

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HKEPC crew takes out memory world record

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We’ve reported about Christian Ney’s memory frequency world record domination recently with the GIGABYTE A75-UD4H and it seems he isn’t too fussed about giving some pointers to his competitors. J.Lin from HKEPC crew reported last night that he’s taken the RAM world record to Hong Kong using the GIGABYTE board in question of course!

Congrats and keep pushing! You can click on images to take you to the submission validation on HWBOT.ORG

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Jewish Religious Group Thanks Hitler for Committing Holocaust

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Israel’s holocaust memorial has been daubed with graffiti saying "Thank you Hitler", in a suspected attack by Jewish religious extremists.

The words were sprayed in Hebrew at the entrance to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, provoking outrage from the Israeli government.


"This is an escalation and an unprecedented crossing of red lines," Minister Yuli Edelstein said, describing the attack as a "spit in the face of Holocaust victims".

Other graffiti at the site said: "Only because of the Holocaust did we receive a state from the UN. If Hitler hadn’t existed, the Zionists would have created him" and "Wake up Jews, the cynical evil regime does not protect us it only endangers us".


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Settlement policy could spark third intifada, warn Israeli experts

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Israel's settlement construction policies in the West Bank or the burning of a mosque could potentially incite another Palestinian popular uprising, Mideast experts warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week, the Ha 'aretz daily reported on Sunday.


According to the report, the experts told Netanyahu that his plan, announced last week, to build 851 new housing units in West Bank settlements, could trigger a third intifada, especially in light of the prolonged diplomatic stalemate between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority.

One expert projected that the burning of a mosque by Jewish extremists holds the greatest risk for the outbreak of violence.

The National Security Council, a body subordinate to the Prime Minister's Office, initiated the meeting with Netanyahu last Tuesday. Among the academics in attendance were some of Israel's most acclaimed Mideast experts, including professors Emmanuel Sivan, Shimon Shamir, Eyal Zisser and Meir Litvak.

Brig. Gen. (retired) Shalom Harari, a former Arab affairs adviser to the military, was also present, as well as other experts on Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and Iran.

Netanyahu was presented with statistics showing that the outbreak of the first intifada in 1987 and the second intifada in 2000 were both preceded by mass violence and violence perpetrated by individuals, and that a similar trend is currently visible.

The meeting was held as the political arena was abuzz over the upcoming demolition of Uplana, a 30-family neighborhood in the West Bank settlement of Beit El, which the Supreme Court earlier this year ruled was illegally built on privately-owned Palestinian land.

In a bid to appease the settlers and avoid a crisis within his cabinet, Netanyahu said the neighborhood's five buildings would be relocated to a defunct military base near the settlement and announced a plan to build 851 new housing units in several settlements.

The prime minister reportedly did not respond to the experts' warning that implementing plans to build the new apartments in the absence of diplomatic progress could undermine support for the Palestinian leadership, and weaken the PNA's security forces' ability to contain violence in the West Bank.

On Saturday, the former director of Israel's Shin Bet security service echoed those sentiments, warning that deadlocked peace talks could ignite a new intifada or a terror wave.

"We're dealing with fateful issues in Israel; the peace process is deadlocked and we're heading rapidly towards a bi-national state," the Ynet news website quoted Yaakov Peri as saying at a cultural event in the city of Kfar Saba.

Peri, who joins several former security chiefs who have slammed the policies of Netanyahu's government on Iran and the peace process over the past year, starkly predicted that "this is the end of Zionism. We need a new leadership."

Source: Xinhua

Romney aide: After he’s elected, Iran will see there’s a new sheriff in town

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In wide-ranging interview, Former ambassador Richard Williamson says U.S. Republican candidate will make military threats against Tehran credible, arm Syria’s rebels, and visit Israel before going anywhere else.


“When Mitt Romney is president, Iran will understand that there is a new sheriff in town and that his position is that the only thing worse than the U.S. using force would be for Iran to have nuclear weapons”, according to Richard Williamson, a senior foreign policy adviser to the Republican presidential candidate.

In a wide-ranging foreign policy interview with Haaretz, Williamson blasted U.S. President Barack Obama’s “feckless and ineffective leadership” on both Iran and Syria, adding that “Iran knows there is no credible military threat from Barack Obama.”

“As Bismarck said: Diplomacy without a credible use of force is like music without instruments. And when Israel has talked about the range of options they may have to consider to protect their own interest, the Obama administration has done its best to make it difficult if not impossible for Israel to do what it must,” he added.

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