http://www.ocinside.de Redaktion ocinside.de - Hardware Reviews, News, Interactive overclocking guides, etc. en http://www.ocinside.de/assets/other_images/ocinside_logo100x87.gif http://www.ocinside.de http://www.ocinside.de/html/results/mainboard_gigabyte_ga_990fxa_ud3.html Today we have tested the new Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 motherboard with an AMD Phenom II CPU and an AMD Bulldozer processor. The AM3+ board is based on the AMD 990FX chipset with SB950 southbridge and offers a total of six PCI Express slots, up to four USB3.0 ports, up to fourteen USB2.0 ports, six SATA3 ports, two eSATA3 port, one Gigabit LAN port and 7.1 sound over six analog sound connectors or digital sound over an optical SPDIF output connector. The GA-990FXA-UD3 is tested with the most current F5 BIOS and for the AMD FX-6100 processor this motherboard is also tested with some Gigabyte beta BIOS versions. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.ocinside.de/html/results/fit_for_fan/fit_for_fan.html The interactive fit for fan guide is updated and enhanced with new motherboards, new heatsinks and a button to automatically adjust the cooler position. Who never heard about the fit for fan guide may need more explanation. In the year 2001 ocinside.de already followed the question, which CPU cooler can be used for which motherboard. With this interactive fit for fan guide one can find out exactly this with a few clicks, by moving the desired CPU heatsink fan combination virtually on the selected motherboard. The interactive fit for fan guide is a new development, which contains some AMD Socket AM3/AM3+, Socket AM2/AM2+, Socket 939, Socket 754, also older Socket A motherboards and some HSFs for each Socket. Additionally one can visit a review and check the current price of each cooler or motherboard directly after the selection. More motherboards and CPU coolers will be added by and by. We hope that you will enjoy this new interactive fit for fan guide. Fri, 6 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.ocinside.de/html/results/mainboard_asrock_z68_pro3_gen3.html Today, the ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 Intel LGA1155 Sandy Bridge motherboard is tested at ocinside.de. A few months ago, we reviewed the ASRock Z68 Pro3 motherboard and its result was excellent, but ASRock was able to top it once again. The ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 is based on Intel's Z68 chipset and offers an inexpensive solution for current LGA1155 processors like e.g. the Intel Core i7-2600K, or the very popular Intel Core i5-2500K processor which we have used to test the motherboard. Not only the board layout is changed, but above all in comparison to the Z68 Pro3 the ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 supports PCI-Express 3.0 video cards with an Ivy Bridge CPU and some additional features, which we will test in this review. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.ocinside.de/html/links/ocsoft_links.html The ocinside.de overclocking software page got an extensive update with dozens of small tools to tune, benchmark and test the PC hardware. If you like to overclock, backup, or monitor your PC or if you just like to check your components, this is the right place for you. There are useful older Shareware and Freeware tools, as well as the latest tweakting tools to change the CPU multiplier or FSB and to overclock current nVidia or AMD/ATI video cards. Additionally, the latest SiSoftware Sandra, Futuremark 3DMark and PCMark benchmark programs got an update and are hosted in the most current version on the ocinside.de Servers. The overview contains direct downloads, links to the developers, a small description and the size of the respective software. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.ocinside.de/html/results/mainboard_asrock_970_extreme4.html Today we are looking at the new ASRock 970 Extreme4 motherboard. The AM3+ board is based on the AMD 970 chipset with SB950 southbridge and offers five PCI Express slots, up to four USB3.0 ports, five SATA3 ports, one eSATA3 port, one Gigabit LAN port and 7.1 sound over six analog sound connectors or digital sound over optical SPDIF and coaxial SPDIF output connectors. The current AMD 970 motherboard supports the new AMD FX 4-, 6-, or 8-Core Bulldozer processors as well as the AMD Athlon II or AMD Phenom II CPU. Let us take a look at the ASRock 970 Extreme4 motherboard. Fri, 2 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.ocinside.de/html/results/coolermaster_silencio_550.html A noiseless PC or at least a very silent PC is a dream for many users. For this reason Cooler Master developed the Silencio 550 Mid-Tower PC enclosure with sound adsorption, which has a polished front panel surface and offers an integrated SD-Card reader in addition to many more useful features. In our current review we test in detail the sound insulated Cooler Master Silencio 550. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.ocinside.de/html/results/coolermaster_elite_430_black.html After the recently tested computer case in the upper price segment, the inexpensive Cooler Master Elite 430 black Mid Tower PC enclosure is tested. Cooler Master integrated a transparent side window and a 120mm front blue LED fan, so the design looks great. Let us take a look at the other criteria in our current review of the Cooler Master Elite 430 chassis. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.ocinside.de/html/modding/linux_ir_guide.html Anyone who has dealt with the topic of a living-room PC or HTPC, will have already done some thinking about the media player software and operating system. It should load quickly, be easy to use and also be cheap or even free. Well, everything you create with a Linux based media player software such as MythTV on Ubuntu or Mythbuntu, Ubuntu in XBMC, VDR HTPC or similar programs are based on a Linux distribution. The download and installation is usually done quickly, but then comes the first hurdle, the establishment of the infrared remote control with LIRC under Linux. In this guide to remote PC, you will find a step by step description of how the infrared receiver - such as a low cost soldered USB Ultra IR Receiver v2.0 with setting up LIRC, learn the remote control and adapt for programs like MythTV, VLC, Xine, MPlayer, Totem, etc.. Mon, 7 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.ocinside.de/html/results/mainboard_a64.html In order to view a summary before purchasing a AMD motherboard, a new chart comparing all the Socket AM3+, AM3, AM2+, AM2, 939 and 754 motherboards previously tested on ocinside.de is now online. This overview is a summary of all results and also contains the most important overclocking options like e.g. multiplier, Vcore, etc. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.forum-inside.de/cgi-bin/forum/ocdatabase_e.cgi The ocinside.de OC-Database comprises more than 11,000 PCs with thousands of processor overclocking results. The latest update also contains some enhancements like e.g. the direct control, sorting and selection over the title bar. Furthermore new CPUs like the AMD FX Bulldozer processors and the AMD APUs are now added in the OC database for immediate selection and comparison. The database is updated each night. So when you register your system today, you can compare it tomorrow with more than 11,000 PCs. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://fanshop.ocinside.de/ In our OC Fanshop we offer now a beautiful OC Phone Bag made from felt and a OC Key Chain made from felt with OC-Logo or QR-Code and ocinside.de lettering or with your individual lettering. Take your Smartphone out of the OC Phone Bag and read the QR-Code with your phone to visit ocinside.de Furthermore we added an USB connector cable and an USB slot bracket to connect the USB IR receiver kit or USB Ultra IR-receiver kit internally or externally to your motherboard if desired. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.ocinside.de/html/results/samsung_470_series_128gb_ssd.html In this review at ocinside.de the Samsung 470 Series 128GB SSD is compared against some SSDs of ADATA, Crucial, Mach Extreme Technology and OCZ. Since it is a SATA II SSD, it surely will not be able to keep up with the top 6 Gb/s drives, but let us take a look at some benchmark results, to see what Samsung can get out of the 30nm memory in combination with their Samsung controller. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.ocinside.de/html/results/mainboard_asrock_990fx_professional.html The new ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional AM3+ motherboard is based on the AMD 990FX chipset with SB950 southbridge and offers five PCI Express slots, up to six USB3.0 ports, whereby two of them can be connected with the enclosed USB3.0 front panel/back panel, six SATA3 ports, two eSATA3 ports, two teaming capable Gigabit LAN ports, six analog sound connectors, digital optical SPDIF and coaxial SPDIF sound output. In this review we examine the features of this motherboard and test how high this new AMD bulldozer motherboard can be overclocked. Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.ocinside.de/html/results/mach_xtreme_ds_turbo_120gb_ssd.html Mach Xtreme Technology shows with this MX-DS Turbo 120GB SATA III SSD, what SSDs can reach with the SF-2281 Controller. The brand-new SandForce SSD is tested with some benchmark tools in AHCI and Legacy IDE mode at SATA3 port and all values are compared to all SSDs tested at ocinside.de so far. We will see the strengths and the weaknesses of this SSD, which even received the Redaktion ocinside.de Overclocking Dream Award 09/2011 in this review. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.ocinside.de/html/workshop/amd_phenom_product_id.html?cpu=FD8150FRW8KGU Interactive AMD product ID guide now also with AMD Bulldozer processors ! A so called product ID or OPN description is on each AMD Phenom, Phenom II and Athlon II CPU, but the product ID is not really easy to understand without studying several datasheets. On the new AMD Phenom product ID guide v1.2 simply select the description of your processor over the drop-down fields or type it directly into the new OPN field. Then you will see the technical data and processor description below in the virtual CPU. The service is of course free available over the web and it is also possible to control this interactive guide directly with OPN data over online shops, forums, or web pages. Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200