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More AMD Guides, Workshop

Interactive AMD Phenom product ID guide v1.2

Interactive AMD product ID guide now also with AMD Bulldozer processors ! A so called product ID or OPN description is on each AMD Phenom, Phenom II and Athlon II CPU, but the product ID is not really easy to understand without studying several datasheets. On the new AMD Phenom product ID guide v1.2 simply select the description of your processor over the drop-down fields or type it directly into the new OPN field. Then you will see the technical … Continue reading Interactive AMD Phenom product ID guide v1.2 →

Hardware Reviews, Power Supplies - PSU

Cooler Master GX-650 Bronze PSU Review

Cooler Master already enthused the ocinside.de online magazine with some Silent Pro Gold Series power supply units, which can be found in the upper price segment. Today we look at the much more inexpensive Cooler Master GX-650 Bronze power supply, which should have a good energy efficiency in spite of the low price. Let us compare the results of this non-modular power supply with the previous PSUs. Thanks for the support … Many thanks for the support with the GX-650 … Continue reading Cooler Master GX-650 Bronze PSU Review →

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Hardware Reviews, HDD and SSD, SSDs

ADATA S511 120GB AS511S3-120GM-C SATA3 SSD Review

ocinside.de tested a new SSD with SandForce SF-2281 controller, which should provide a very high performance. The brand-new ADATA S511 SATA3 SSD is available in capacities from 64GB to 480GB, whereby the capacity of 120GB is tested in this review. Thanks for the support … Many thanks to Caseking.de for the support with the ADATA S511 120GB 2.5″ SSD. The ADATA S511 120GB SATA3 2.5″ SSD AS511S3-120GM-C has at present a price of approx. 210 Euro (08/2011). The ADATA RealSSD … Continue reading ADATA S511 120GB AS511S3-120GM-C SATA3 SSD Review →

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Computer Tradeshow Reports, Links and Downloads

gamescom 2011 Coverage

The gamescom 2011 is one of the most important gaming fairs in Europe and took place again in Cologne, Germany. The ocinside.de online magazine visited gamescom and shows on 7 pages with more than 80 pictures new games, game consoles, hardware and casemods. It is only available in German language, but it is worth watching the pictures or use a translation tool to discover the latest gaming trends. Continue reading the gamescom 2011 Coverage …

AMD Misc, AMD Motherboards, Hardware Reviews

Sapphire IPC-E350M1 AMD E350 Mini ITX Motherboard Review

The Sapphire IPC-E350M1 Pure Fusion Mini E350 Mini-ITX motherboard with AMD E350 APU and HD6310 GPU offers on smallest space useful features to build a HTPC or NetTop PC. The small motherboard offers an integrated graphics unit, PCI Express x16 slot, Gigabit LAN, USB3.0, 8-channel sound and much more features, which can not be found on all full-grown boards. In the current review of the Sapphire IPC-E350M1 motherboard we examine also again the overclocking, but the main focus of this … Continue reading Sapphire IPC-E350M1 AMD E350 Mini ITX Motherboard Review →

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Links and Downloads, OC Meetings

OCinside.de OC Event 2011

This year again a great OC event is organized by our overclocker community of OCinside.de. The OCinside.de OC meeting 2011 was held from the 15.07. to 17.07.11 in Herford. With bright sunshine we grilled not only lots of original Thuringian grilled sausage, but also CPUs and accidentally also different. For the contests this time the participants had to estimate the CPU temperature, fan speed and the maximum possible overclocking results with different voltages. The winner could received ASRock motherboards, gaming … Continue reading OCinside.de OC Event 2011 →

Hardware Reviews, Intel LGA1155, Intel Motherboards

ASRock Z68 Pro3 Intel LGA 1155 Motherboard Review

The ASRock Z68 Pro3 is the first Intel LGA1155 Sandy Bridge motherboard tested so far at ocinside.de. It is based on Intel’s Z68 chipset and offers a very inexpensive solution for current 1155-Pin processors like e.g. the unlocked Intel Core i7-2600K, unlocked Core i5-2500K with which we have tested the motherboard, Intel Core i3-2120, i3-2100 or Intel Pentium Q850, Q840, G620 and more LGA1155 processors. The equipment is relatively basic, but it offers some settings for overclocking and a lot … Continue reading ASRock Z68 Pro3 Intel LGA 1155 Motherboard Review →

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Hardware Reviews, HDD and SSD, SSDs

Crucial m4 256GB CT256M4SSD2 SATA3 SSD Review

The Crucial m4 SSD is currently the fastest SSD from Crucial with Micron NAND, Marvell Controller and a capacity of 64GB, 128GB and 256GB up to 512GB. We have tested the Crucial m4 256GB and/or Micron RealSSD C400 256GB extensively. In all benchmarks we made a direct comparison on SATA3 port in IDE and AHCI mode and the test report will show a few surprises. Let us take a look, if the newest m4 or C400 SSD is at least … Continue reading Crucial m4 256GB CT256M4SSD2 SATA3 SSD Review →

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Cases, Hardware Reviews

BitFenix Colossus Venom Review

This BitFenix Colossus Venom Big Tower is particularly noticeable by its unique design. The red LED lighting looks not bad, but especially the bright green of the Venom edition is a special highlight. Of course not only the design is important for the right choice of a computer chassis and therefore the BitFenix Colossus Venom case is tested at the ocinside.de online magazine. Thanks for the support … Many thanks for the support with the BitFenix Colossus Venom chassis by … Continue reading BitFenix Colossus Venom Review →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM3 and AM3+, Hardware Reviews

ASRock 890FX Deluxe5 Socket AM3+ Motherboard Review

This ASRock 890FX Deluxe5 is the first AMD Socket AM3+ motherboard tested so far here at ocinside.de. It is based on the AMD 890FX chipset with SB850 southbridge and is except a few points very similarly build, like the already tested ASRock 890FX Deluxe AM3 predecessor. The new ASRock 890FX Deluxe5 AM3+ motherboard has also five PCI Express slots, four USB3.0 ports, whereby two of them can be connected with the enclosed USB3.0 front panel/back panel, six SATA3 connectors provided … Continue reading ASRock 890FX Deluxe5 Socket AM3+ Motherboard Review →

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Hardware Reviews, HDD and SSD, SSDs

Mach Xtreme Technology MX-Nano 60GB 1.8-inch PATA 50-Pin SSD Review

How to make a notebook faster easily. Who is dissatisfied with the speed of the notebook or netbook, can increase the notebook performance easy and relatively inexpensive. When we like to get the notebook much faster, most of us immediately think about a RAM upgrade, buying a new CPU or overclocking the notebook CPU. Additionally, the installation of a fast SSD instead of the HDD increases the performance enormously. In this test report at www.ocinside.de we show that one can … Continue reading Mach Xtreme Technology MX-Nano 60GB 1.8-inch PATA 50-Pin SSD Review →

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AMD Motherboards, Hardware Reviews, Intel Motherboards

ASRock Motherboard Preview 2011

ASRock Motherboard Preview 2011 The latest ASRock Motherboards ASRock invited us to a Fatal1ty P67/H67 event in the Holiday Inn hotel Ratingen, Germany and presented some of their current motherboards. However, their motherboards were not only shown in this presentation, because the well-known gamer Johnathan aka Fatal1ty also visited this product presentation. ASRock has developed the ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional in cooperation with Fatal1ty, so it suggest itself, that Fatal1ty presented the product Live in this presentation. Quake was extremely … Continue reading ASRock Motherboard Preview 2011 →