Thermal Paste Roundup

Thermal paste comparison! Today we test a rather inconspicuous component on OCinside.de, without which an adequate cooling would not be possible. Various thermal pastes are tested today and we will find out if it is worth investing in them or if the supplementary paste of the newly purchased cooler is actually sufficient. We tested the Arctic MX-4, Cooler Master Cryofuze, Noctua NH-H1, Noctua NH-H2, Endorfy Pactum PT-4, Streacom TX13, Thermal Grizzly Aeronaut, Hydronaut and Kryonaut extreme as well as the … Continue reading Thermal Paste Roundup

Thermaltake Toughair 510 Review

Slim tower cooler with two 120 fans and thermal compound dispensing tool! Today, we at OCinside.de take a look at the compact Toughair 510 tower cooler from Thermaltake. Whether it can convince and which features it offers, we will show in the following review.

Endorfy Navis F360 ARGB Review

In the world of PC cooling, 360mm all-in-one water cooling systems represent the perfect balance between good cooling performance and aesthetic sophistication. With the Navis F360 ARGB AIO, Endorfy, formerly known as SilentiumPC, enters the stage with a clear promise: High-end cooling that tames even the most demanding hardware and a design that is not only functional, but also a real eye-catcher visually. Today on OCinside.de we find out whether this overall package fulfills the high expectations in a detailed … Continue reading Endorfy Navis F360 ARGB Review

Icy Dock MB204MP-B ExpressSlot Slide Review

Impressive PCIe 5.0 x16 plug-in card for 4x M.2 NVMe SSD! The new Icy Dock MB204MP-B PCIe plug-in card can accommodate four NVMe SSDs in M.2 format and can be swapped as required. It is called Icy Dock MB204MP-B 4-Slot M.2 NVMe SSD to PCIe x16 adapter card with removable trays and has been equipped with four completely different Crucial M.2 SSDs on OCinside.de and tested on an AMD AM5 ITX motherboard from ASRock with an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X … Continue reading Icy Dock MB204MP-B ExpressSlot Slide Review

ASRock B850 Steel Legend WiFi AMD AM5 Motherboard Review

Today we are testing the new AMD B850 AM5 motherboard from ASRock on OCinside.de. The ASRock B850 Steel Legend WiFi offers a reasonable number of PCIe slots, M.2 slots and USB ports paired with some useful comfort features. It supports all previously released desktop Ryzen processors of the 7000, 8000 and 9000 series and thanks to PCIe 5.0 it is even fully compatible with the new RTX 5090 graphics card from NVidia. On top of that, there is also a … Continue reading ASRock B850 Steel Legend WiFi AMD AM5 Motherboard Review

Eizo FlexScan EV3450XC Monitor Review

34.1 inch monitor with UWQHD IPS panel, KVM switch and webcam! Today we are testing the Eizo FlexScan EV3450XC UWQHD monitor on OCinside.de and are also showing a video on our OCinside YouTube channel. With this curved monitor, Eizo places particular emphasis on a high-quality IPS panel and excellent features such as a 5 megapixel webcam, two NC microphones, LAN port, KVM switch, USB-C with DisplayPort Alt Mode and Power Delivery. On the following pages, we take a closer look … Continue reading Eizo FlexScan EV3450XC Monitor Review

Arctic Freezer 4U-SP5 Review

AMD developed the SP5 LGA 6096 socket for its most powerful server processors. The top models of the EPYC 9000 series have up to 128 cores or 256 threads and are specified with a TDP of up to 400W. It is clear that an extremely powerful cooling solution is required to cool such a mega-processor and this is exactly where Arctic comes in, as the new Freezer 4U-SP5 is designed to be even more powerful than the Freezer 4U-M. In … Continue reading Arctic Freezer 4U-SP5 Review

Icy Dock MB834MK-B V2 ToughArmor Review

Extremely rugged SFF-8654 4i removable frame for two M.2 NVMe PCIe SSDs! We recently tested the Icy Dock MB021VP-B, a removable frame for an U.2 NVMe SSD, and today we are taking a look at the MB834MK-B V2 removable frame from the ToughArmor series, the perfect counterpart for two M.2 NVMe SSDs. Whether you place the removable frame in a server rack, a 3.5-inch housing slot or simply on the enclosure is up to you. In any case, the two … Continue reading Icy Dock MB834MK-B V2 ToughArmor Review

Icy Dock MB021VP-B FlexiDock Review

Robust U.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD mobile rack enclosure with SFF-8654 connector! The MB021VP-B removable frame from the FlexiDock series enables the comfortable installation of an U.2 NVMe SSD in a 3.5-inch bay. Icy Dock promises a quick replacement of the U.2 SSD without tools. Using the EZConvert adapter, we were even able to operate a fast Crucial T700 M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD in it, which can even be switched on and off as required.

Icy Dock MB604SPO-B and MB411SPO-1B ToughArmor Review

Full metal removable frames, a specialty of Icy Dock! Today on OCinside.de we take a look at a 5.25-inch Icy Dock ToughArmor MB604SPO-B removable frame, which can be equipped with a SlimLine ODD and up to four 2.5-inch SSDs as a hot-swap. We also test the Icy Dock ToughArmor MB411SPO-1B, which converts a standard SlimLine ODD slot into a 2.5-inch SATA SSD frame. In the following test, we will see whether both Icy Dock products deliver what they promise!

Icy Dock ExpressCage MB038SP-B Review

Icy Dock has recently launched another interesting product from its ExpressCage series, which is suitable for SoHo, server and industrial applications. Today on OCinside.de we present a test of the ExpressCage MB038SP-B full metal removable rack with eight 2.5-inch bays for SAS or SATA SSDs.