3D Center – Great graphiccard overclocking site Hardwareoc.at – Daily News and reviews Hardware-Labs.de – Have to see this overclocking site Hardware-Mag – oc page with pricewatch and files Hartware.de – OC news and price comparsions OCinside.de – OC and PC Hardware reviews Overclockers.at – Hardware related site from austria PC-Extreme – Games and Hardware news Planet 3DNow! – Daily news Technic3D – Hardware Seite rund ums Übertakten, Kühlungen, Reviews Tobitech – news page Tomshardware – Excellent german page with … Continue reading German overclock sites
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Benchmark Database to compare PC performance
The Benchmark Database got an extensive update. Most overclockers like to compare their computer performance with other results after successful PC overclocking. For this reason, the Redaktion ocinside.de Benchmark Database is available additionally to the OC-Database, which contains already more than 11000 entries. You can compare the results of the well-known benchmarking tools: Futuremark 3DMark11, 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark06, 3DMark05, 3DMark03, 3DMark01, Aquamark and Super PI. The benchmark database is updated like the oc-database each night, so the profile entry is … Continue reading Benchmark Database to compare PC performance
CeBIT 2012 Coverage
The CeBIT 2012 computer fair in Hanover showed also in this year a lot of new products. On the following 10 pages of our CeBIT 2012 report you will see approx. 150 pictures with new IT products. This ocinside.de CeBIT 2012 report is hardware related and contains new video cards, motherboards, Mini-PCs, chassis, cooler, PSUs, SSDs and memory modules. It is only available in German language, but it is worth watching the pictures or use a translation tool to discover … Continue reading CeBIT 2012 Coverage
Online Shops
Online shops and special overclocking shops Amazon – Hardware, software and more Avitos AG – Hardware, software and telekommunication Caseking – Modding, cases, cooler, PSU, etc. Com-Tra.de – Insulation, design and tuning Dell – Computer, laptops, printer, monitors and more Druckerzubehoer.de – Huge store with inexpensive ink cartridges EA Store – Electronic Arts games download FortKnox – Hardware Frozen-Silicon – Cooler and peltier elements Hardware4u.net – PCs, and lot of hardware Home of Hardware – Very big Hardwarestore IcyDock – … Continue reading Online Shops
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 Intel LGA1155 Motherboard Review
Gigabyte offers with the GA-Z68XP-UD3 an Intel LGA1155 Sandy Bridge motherboard with some interesting characteristics and a lot of OC features. The Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 is based on the Intel Z68 chipset for current LGA1155 processors like e.g. the Intel Core i7-2700K, Intel Core i3-2100, or the Intel Core i5-2500K processor which is used for the overclocking tests. We test, overclock and benchmark the Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 with different video cards and compare the current consumption in this review.
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 AMD Socket AM3+ Motherboard Review
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 … Continue reading Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 AMD Socket AM3+ Motherboard Review
ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 Intel LGA 1155 Motherboard Review
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 … Continue reading ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 Intel LGA 1155 Motherboard Review
ASRock 970 Extreme4 AMD Socket AM3+ Motherboard Review
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 … Continue reading ASRock 970 Extreme4 AMD Socket AM3+ Motherboard Review
Cooler Master Silencio 550 Review
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. Thanks for the support … Many thanks for the support with the Cooler Master … Continue reading Cooler Master Silencio 550 Review
Cooler Master Elite 430 Black Review
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. Thanks for the support … Many thanks for the support with the Cooler Master Elite 430 Black … Continue reading Cooler Master Elite 430 Black Review
PC remote control in Linux guide
How to remotely control PC in Linux with LIRC Step by step instructions on setting up an infrared remote control in Linux … 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 … Continue reading PC remote control in Linux guide
Irrecord Button Listing
How to remotely control PC in Linux with LIRC Irrecord Button List for the remote control keys …
Samsung 470 Series 128GB MZ-5PA128 SSD Review
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. Thanks for the support … Many thanks … Continue reading Samsung 470 Series 128GB MZ-5PA128 SSD Review
ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional AMD Socket AM3+ Motherboard Review
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 … Continue reading ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional AMD Socket AM3+ Motherboard Review
Mach Xtreme Technology MX-DS Turbo 120GB MXSSD3MDST-120G SSD Review
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. Thanks for the support … Continue reading Mach Xtreme Technology MX-DS Turbo 120GB MXSSD3MDST-120G SSD Review