BIOS Option Of The Week - PSB Parking

This week TechARP describes the PSB Parking BIOS feature, you can learn about it over here.

Since 1999, we have been developing the BIOS OptimizationGuide, affectionately known as the BOG. From a meager beginning of asingle page, it now covers over 440 BIOS options. As old BOG readerswill know, we started offering two editions of the BOG since Revision8.0 - a simplified edition and the complete edition.

Normally, the complete edition is only available to subscribers whohelp sponsor the development of the guide through a small fee.However, that changes today! From now on, we will post a BIOS optionfrom the complete edition of the BIOS Optimization Guide everyweekend.

This week, we will be taking a look at the PSB Parking BIOS setting.

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Guru3D Rig of the Month - January 2012

Guru3D presents a new mod of the month, you can view the January mod over here.

Each month here at Guru3D.com we feature one of you guys, your PC, your DIY project. It is quite honestly amazing how much detail and dedication you put into an PC, and every now and then it really shows. This months entry shines in an stylish design, once you lay your eyes on it, it will make an impression.

The Rig of the Month January 2012 oozes with style and design, the detail is just intense. Kerekes J�nos who transformed one PC into a very stylish and clean build completely blew us away. What a perfect job. You'll know what i mean when you take a look at it.

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Ubuntu 11.10 vs. Mac OS X 10.7.2 Performance @ Phoronix

Phoronix compares the performance of Ubuntu 11.10 and Mac OS X 10.7.2, you can check it out over here.

After delivering benchmarks last week that were comparing the Intel Sandy Bridge performance of Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" vs. Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" when it came to the Sandy Bridge OpenGL graphics performance, here's a comparative look at the performance of Ubuntu 11.10 against Mac OS X 10.7.2 from the Intel Sandy Bridge-based Mac.

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Megaupload data to be deleted this week?

BBC News reports data of over 50 million Megaupload users may be deleted as soon as Thursday.

US prosecutors have said that data belonging to Megaupload users and stored by third parties could be deleted as soon as Thursday.

Users have been unable to access data since the file-sharing service was raided.

The warning was made in a letter filed by the US Attorney's Office.

Megaupload's lawyer Ira Rothken told the Associated Press that at least 50 million users had data which could be deleted.

Mr Rothken said that freezing of Megaupload's funds meant it was unable to pay those who were storing its data.

I guess users who had important data stored at Megaupload may not feel enthusiastic about cloud storage again, especially with SOPA and ACTA coming around.

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Micron to buy $500 million of Elpida shares?

DigiTimes reports Micron is rumored to buy $500 million of Elpida shares:

Micron Technology reportedly will spend at least US$500 million to buy a stake in Japan rival Elpida Memory, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. The speculation came on the heels of various other media reports that Elpida would propose an equity tie-up with Micron with some decision to be made as soon as February.

Elpida has reiterated that it declines to comment on speculation.

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Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 custom card gets pictured

TechPowerUp came across some photos of a single-fan non-reference Radeon HD 7950 from Sapphire. Clockspeeds are likely the same as the reference board.

The single-fan HD 7950 appears to have a blue-colored PCB that is likely to be AMD's cost-effective reference design. The cooler appears to have a compact heatsink that is cooled by a single central fan. Display outputs include two mini-DisplayPort, and one each of HDMI and DVI. We're also hearing from the source that 900 MHz core with unchanged (1250/5000 MHz) memory will be the maximum factory-OC permitted by AMD to AIB partners. That is not to say that the HD 7950's OC potential beyond that will be limited in any way.

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Swiftech Komodo Radeon HD 7970 waterblock revealed

TechPowerUp found pictures of Swiftech's upcoming Komodo full-coverage waterblock for AMD's Radeon HD 7970 graphics card. Pricing and availability is unknown.

Called the Komodo HD 7970, the block confines itself to the size of one expansion slot with an included single-slot bracket. The monolithic black design adds a lot to the aesthetics of the card, including its fittings area. The primary material of the block is nickel-plated copper. The portion of the block over the GPU has a 0.25x0.25 Micro Pin matrix, which maximizes heat dissipation to the coolant. Unlike other full-coverage blocks where a portion of the block that doesn't have flowing coolant makes contact with the VRM, the Komodo HD 7970 has "active" VRM cooling, where the area over the VRM has its own coolant chamber, and is part of the coolant's primary flow.

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