Yearly Archives: 2017

Air Coolers, Cooling, Fan Controllers, Hardware Reviews

Cooler Master MasterFan Pro RGB Fan and RGB Controller Review

Today, we test several brand new RGB products from Cooler Master. We examine the Cooler Master MasterFan Pro 120 and 140 Airflow RGB fans as well as the Cooler Master MasterFan Pro 120 Air Balance RGB 3 in 1 Kit including the new Cooler Master RGB LED controller. In the following review we compare the cooling performance of the fans in several constellations and with over 50 pictures as well as 2 videos we show a lot of details and … Continue reading Cooler Master MasterFan Pro RGB Fan and RGB Controller Review →

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Cooling, Hardware Reviews, Water Coolers

Antec H2O H1200 Pro Review

The manufacturer Antec from California is a real industry size in the PC world. One of the trends nowadays is to offer so-called all-in-one water coolers. Antec not only manages to access products from well-known OEM producers, but also develops corresponding coolers. With the Antec cooler H2O H1200 Pro, we have the latest and biggest variant available for testing.

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Hardware Reviews, Headsets, Peripherals

Lioncast LX50 Review

Today, we have tested the Lioncast LX50, a compact but still full-fledged gaming headset. Whether the rather small company from Berlin convinced us with this headset, you can now read in the Lioncast LX50 headset test on OCinside.de and listen to a sound sample.

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Computer Tradeshow Reports, Links and Downloads

gamescom 2017 Coverage

One of the most important European gaming fair took place in Cologne, Germany from 22nd to 26th August 2017. We have attended gamescom as well and published a gamescom report with approx. 400 gamescom pictures of latest gaming hardware, VR headsets, DCMM casemods, Cosplayer and current games on several pages at OCinside.de. It is available in German only, but it is worth watching the pictures with or without translation tool to discover the latest games and gaming hardware trends. You … Continue reading gamescom 2017 Coverage →

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Air Coolers, Cooling, Gadgets, Hardware Reviews

Arctic Summair Light Review

Today, we’re testing the Arctic Summair Light USB fan in our OCinside.de summer special, which is not a CPU cooler or graphics card cooler. Even an overclocker can get warm, not just his hardware. We are therefore testing the USB fan Summair Light from Arctic, which is already well known for their PC cooling.

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Modding, Unboxing and Video Reviews, Water Cooler Guide

AIO Water Cooling Maintenance Guide

In the third part of our AIO water cooling mod series on OCinside.de, we are now explaining how to maintenance an AIO water cooling system, which has been in operation for a longer time. Deposits and air inclusions resulted in a noisy AIO and poor cooling results. In this AIO refurbish guide, we will show you step by step how to repair the AIO water cooling.

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Hardware Reviews, HDD and SSD, SSDs

Plextor M8SeGN 512 GB M.2 NVMe SSD Review

Today, we test the brand new Plextor M8SeGN 512 GB M.2 NVMe SSD. Who already knows the numerous M.2 reviews on OCinside.de, is familiar with the advantages of a NVMe SSD: high performance! However, the Plextor M8Se without heatsink achieved such a very high temperature, that we recommend purchasing the M8SeY or M8SeG version or at least a M.2 heatsink. The new Plextor NVMe SSD will be available soon. We show today some benchmarks, compare the results with dozens of … Continue reading Plextor M8SeGN 512 GB M.2 NVMe SSD Review →

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Cases, Hardware Reviews

Streacom FC8 Alpha ITX Case Review

Today we test on OCinside.de the new Streacom FC8 Alpha Mini-ITX case and the Streacom Nano160 PSU 160 Watt power supply. The Streacom FC8 is an upper-class passive cooled aluminum ITX case, with which you can build an excellent fanless Office PC or even gaming system without any fan. But of course, the most sensible application would be a silent HTPC for the living room. However, there are also downsides you should know before you buy. We have tested the … Continue reading Streacom FC8 Alpha ITX Case Review →

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HTPC Guides, Modding

How to build a Fanless PC Tutorial

Step by step to a silent living room HTPC without any fan noise. For the soon coming review of the Streacom FC8 Alpha ITX case, we have written a new HTPC construction guide. This time we have build even a completely silent PC for the living room.

Hardware Reviews, Intel LGA1151, Intel Motherboards

ASRock Z270 Gaming-ITX/ac Intel LGA 1151 Motherboard Review

Today we test a nice, tiny Mini ITX motherboard for Intel LGA 1151 processors with the ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming-ITX/ac. In the previous video on YouTube, we have already shown an overview of the ITX motherboard and today following the review with all the details, OC results, benchmarks and infrared thermal images. Soon, we will also publish an ITX case review where we have installed this awesome gaming ITX motherboard. One thing in advance: We are excited!

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Hardware Reviews, Monitors, Peripherals

AOC Agon AG241QG Monitor Review

Although it is not faster than light, the new 24-inch AOC gaming monitor has an amazing fast refresh rate of 165 Hz and also supports the Nvidia G-SYNC technology. We are talking about the new AOC AG241QG from the AGON series. If it can do more than just looking good on the desk, we will find out in today’s test report.

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM4, Hardware Reviews

ASRock X370 Taichi AMD AM4 Motherboard Review

Today we have reviewed another AMD Ryzen motherboard on OCinside. The ASRock X370 Taichi high-end AM4 motherboard is overclocked in the OC review with an AMD Ryzen 5 1600 and an AMD Ryzen 7 1800X CPU and could surpass the high results of the previous motherboard review. In the following review we will also explain the AMD chipset differences between X370, B350 and A320, which are important for your AMD Ryzen PC purchase.

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