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 UX210 ARGB Review

Thermaltake has released the UX210 CPU cooler, a compact high air flow cooler with a heat management of max. 150W TDP, slim design and an ARGB 120mm high speed fan. The UX210 has to stand its ground against strong competition among CPU coolers. Positive features are the good cooling performance, simple and universal mounting and the bright ARGB fan at a very reasonable price.

Thermaltake ToughFan 12 Racing Green and Turquoise Review

We take a look at the brand new Thermaltake ToughFan 12 Racing Green and Thermaltake ToughFan 12 Turquoise fans and again show a 360 degree view in the latest review on OCinside.de. The ToughFan 12 are 120mm fans from Thermaltake that generate a high static pressure while remaining pleasantly quiet. We were recently able to convince ourselves of the performance in a detailed Thermaltake ToughFan 12 review and now Thermaltake even brings color into the case!

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.

Thermaltake ToughFan 12 Review

Today on OCinside we have tested the new Thermaltake ToughFan 12 High Static Pressure Radiator Fan. The ToughFan 12 are 120mm fans from Thermaltake that generate high static pressure while still remaining pleasantly quiet. The Thermaltake ToughFan fan series can be used for water cooling, as well as for air coolers or as a case fan and we will see in the test how silent and good they really are.

Icy Dock MB104U-1SMB and MB031U-1SMB EZ-Adapter Review

Use an M.2 SSD on the fly! We have already tested several removable frames from Icy Dock, which make life easier around the HDD or SSD and these two novelties are definitely one of them. If you want to access a SATA, M.2 SATA or M.2 NVMe SSD on your PC, notebook or even your tablet or smartphone, you can do this easily with a proper EZ-Adapter. Today, we are testing the Icy Dock MB104U-1SMB USB 3.2 Gen 2 docking … Continue reading Icy Dock MB104U-1SMB and MB031U-1SMB EZ-Adapter Review

23 Years OCinside.de Contest Winners

Ho, ho, hoo, today the lucky winners were drawn from our 23 Years OCinside.de Contest! We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers, reviewers, webmasters, news posters and of course our cooperation partners Merry Xmas and a prosperous New Year 2023! The daily Hardware News will also be published during holidays without Xmas break on OCinside.de and Hardwarespot.de and for sure we will also publish some reviews as well.

SilentiumPC Fera 5 Dual Fan Review

Affordable air cooler without bling-bling! SilentiumPC / Endorfy has released the Fera 5 Dual Fan CPU cooler, a quiet and powerful tower cooler with a heat management of max. 220W TDP, compact design and two 120mm PWM High Performance Fluctus fans. The Fera 5 has to hold its own against strong competition and in the review on OCinside.de we show whether it succeeds.

Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 A-RGB Review

At the release of the first water cooler with RGB lighting, Arctic only offered models with 12cm fans. In the meantime, Arctic has expanded its range and offers the full spectrum of CPU water coolers with two or three 12 or 14cm, RGB or A-RGB illuminated fans. Arctic is now also including an LGA 1700 mounting kit for the latest 12th generation Intel Core CPUs with all Liquid Freezer II series coolers. Time for us to run the more powerful … Continue reading Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 A-RGB Review

Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 A-RGB Review

Today we are testing the first AIO water cooler with A-RGB lighting from Arctic! At the same time, the cooler specialists from Switzerland have also launched a variant with RGB, which is identical to the A-RGB version we tested except for the lighting. Both variants are available as 240mm version with two 120mm fans and as 360mm edition with three 120mm fans. Thus, they cover the most commonly installed sizes with both lighting options. There are also updates to the … Continue reading Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 A-RGB Review

CPU Cooler Comparison 2021

Large CPU cooler comparison with buying advice! At OCinside.de we have tested over 200 CPU coolers in the last 21 years, ranging from air coolers, custom water coolers or AIO to compressor coolers. Today we would like to present a CPU cooler overview with selected coolers from Alphacool, Arctic, Asus, Cooler Master, Deepcool, Enermax, NZXT, Noctua, PCCooler, Scythe, SilentiumPC and SilverStone in the current CPU cooler chart 2021. So you can quickly find a suitable air cooling or AIO water … Continue reading CPU Cooler Comparison 2021