Hardware Reviews

Here you’ll see tests and overclocking suitability of the following hardware components …

CPU Cooler Comparison 2016

In the last 16 years OCinside has tested several CPU coolers. Today, we have published this CPU Cooler Comparison Chart with selected coolers from Antec, Cooler Master, Cryorig, Enermax, Intel, Noctua, Phanteks, Raijintek, Scythe, Titan and X2 Products, which we have tested on an Intel Core i7 system. So you can easily find the right CPU cooler for your Intel Core i7 PC and compare the cooling results in one chart.

Crucial MX200 250 GB SSD Review

You might want to buy an inexpensive SSD, but hardly anyone wants to compromise on safety and durability. After testing the Crucial MX200 1 TB and MX200 500 GB SSD, we have now also tested the Crucial MX200 250 GB SSD. The MX200 250 GB SSD is quite inexpensive due to its lower capacity, but offers reliability and data security. If you have to take compromising performance in buying, we show in the following review at OCinside.de.

Asus Strix GTX 980Ti OC Edition Review

The manufacturer Asus has always attracted attention with their graphics cards performance cooling solutions. The latest model, the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Edition Gaming graphics card has the famous DirectCU III cooling system. If the video card keeps a cool head, we will determine in the following review.

ASRock X99 WS-E/10G Intel LGA 2011-3 Motherboard Review

With the latest X99 WS-E/10G motherboard ASRock shows very impressively the way in the future. Because the abbreviation 10G of the ASRock X99 WS-E/10G stands for one or more specifically two Intel X540 network connectors with up to 10 Gigabit per second transfer rate. We have tested two of these high-end motherboards with Intel Core i5-5930K processors and RAID0 arrays consisting of two Crucial MX200 SSDs to compare the very high 10G LAN speed with the current Gigabit LAN standard. … Continue reading ASRock X99 WS-E/10G Intel LGA 2011-3 Motherboard Review

Wacom Intuos Pro Pen Tablet Review

The first humans used squeezed berry juice to draw hunting scenes on the walls of caves. Today we are a few steps ahead. The berry juice has become a pen with electromagnetic resonance and instead the cave walls, we are now using graphics tablets. However, the basic idea remains the same. That is why we now have the tablet Intuos Pro M from the company Wacom in our review. Whether this pen tablet gives wings to our creativity, we will … Continue reading Wacom Intuos Pro Pen Tablet Review

ASRock E3V5 WS Intel LGA 1151 Motherboard Review

No matter if you do video editing, graphic design, 3D animation, architectures or if you are just an allrounder or even a gamer – the latest Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 processors offering great performance at an affordable price. Today we are testing on OCinside.de the new ASRock E3v5 WS Intel C232 workstation motherboard with an Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 LGA1151 CPU as well as with an Intel Core-i5 6600K LGA1151 CPU.

Cooler Master Hyper 212X Review

To celebrate the launch, we present the revised version of the tower cooler Hyper 212X by the company Cooler Master. The Taiwanese manufacturer has long been an institution in terms of PC cooling and casing. In our test we want to focus on the new features of this version and its performance.

Thrustmaster Y-280CPX Headset Review

As you could already see in some tests here at OCinside, Thrustmaster has a very lucky hand when it comes to gaming peripherals of all kinds. The T500RS racing wheel or the specialized Hotas Warthog, everything has a high value and convinced us. Today, Thrustmaster sends something to us, many users do not have on their radar. The parent company Guillemot produced under the brand name Hercules already for many years DJ or PC audio technology. And so we want … Continue reading Thrustmaster Y-280CPX Headset Review

iBuyPower Paladin Z860 Gaming PC Review

Gaming computers are located at the top of the wish lists not only of our kids. Setting up a good gaming PC, some parents are certainly a little overwhelmed and/or can not deal with selecting the right hardware. These circumstances we owe it, that companies like iBUYPOWER offer complete ready-made PCs. Today we test an iBuyPower Paladin Z860 Gaming PC at OCinside.de, with Intel Core i7-6700K processor and nVidia GeForce GTX 970 graphics card. But you can customize the PC … Continue reading iBuyPower Paladin Z860 Gaming PC Review