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Just for fun, Workshop

Plastic wrap display discovered – SCD Guide !

The discovery of the year! Scotch tape as a storage medium was discovered a few years ago, but today certainly even the Fraunhofer Institute is amazed, because on OCinside.de published a guide, how to use plastic wrap, salt and pencil to build an energy-efficient, highly flexible display with extreme versatility! You should not miss the sodium chloride crystal display guide – short SCD. Edit 02.04.2015 – Yes, it was just an April Fools joke, but may be it is possible […] Continue reading →

Hardware Reviews, Keyboards, Peripherals

Rapoo E6700 Review

Rapoo E6700 ReviewIf you followed OCinside.de from the beginning, you surely know about our numerous USB Infrared Receiver guides and kits to remotely control a HTPC and turn it on and off. So you can operate the PC in the living room with a commercial remote control from the sofa. However, you might want to write something or make system settings and that is more difficult with a universal remote control. For this purpose, a Bluetooth wireless keyboard with touchpad, […] Continue reading →

Hardware Reviews, PC Systems

Raspberry Pi and Raspberry Pi PiCam Review

Raspberry Pi und Raspberry Pi PiCam Review Raspberry cake at OCinside.de – of course overclocked. In the German kitchen the Raspberry Pie is rather less common. However, a device is becoming increasingly popular, which owes its name to this very sweet fruit cake. The Raspberry Pi single board computer. In this test, we will look more closely at the shooting star of the single-board computers and clarify who could use it. Furthermore, we will also test the PICAM – a […] Continue reading →

Hardware Reviews, Mice, Peripherals

Logitech G502 Proteus Core Review

The first mice looked like carved from a block of plastic, today, there are plenty of much sleeker mice out there. This has become necessary in view of the increasing demands for ergonomics and modifier keys are becoming increasingly important for gamers. A well-known manufacturer of gaming mice is Logitech. The latest creation from Logitech, we want to take you for a little more closely today – the G502 Proteus Core Gaming Mouse. Thanks for the support … Many thanks […] Continue reading →

Hardware Reviews, Monitors, Peripherals

Philips G-line 272G5DY Review

Today we are testing the Philips Brilliance 272G5DY G-line 144 Hz Gaming Monitor with nVidia G-Sync. There used to be monochrome monitors, either green/black or amber/black for example, on which Larry Laffer has entertained for hours. Powered by graphic cards that are found today only in museums or in the lunar module. Then came the redemption, not only for visitors of Lan Parties – the flat panel display – also TFT (Thin Film Transistor) display called. Almost 40 years after […] Continue reading →

Hardware Reviews, HDD and SSD, SSDs

Crucial M550 512GB mSATA SSD Review

After the recent review of the Crucial M550 M.2 and the Crucial M550 2.5-inch SSD we test the third possible type of the Crucial M550 SSD today – the Crucial M550 mSATA SSD with 512 GB and the part number CT512M550SSD3. This new review will show if the tiny mSATA SSD can keep up with the excellent test results of the SATA SSD and the M.2 SSD. Thanks for the support … Many thanks for the support with the Crucial […] Continue reading →

DDR4 RAM, Hardware Reviews, Memory

ADATA Premier 16GB Kit 4x 4GB DDR4-2133 Review

ADATA Premier DDR4-2133/PC4-17000 16GB (4x 4GB) Memory Review DDR4 memory modules are on many hardware shopping lists at the latest since the introduction of the Intel Haswell-E processors. DDR4 modules are not only interesting in the server area, but conquer also the upper mainstream area thanks to higher bandwidth and lower power consumption. But what are the DDR4 advantages compared to DDR3, which DDR4 memory you should buy and how high can one overclock DDR4 memory? We have today at […] Continue reading →

Air Coolers, Cooling, Hardware Reviews

Scythe Ashura Shadow Review

When searching for quality coolers or fan controllers one is often finding products from the company Scythe. One more reason to test a performance Scythe CPU cooler after the recent test of the Scythe Kaze Master II fan controller. Today, we take a look at the Limited Edition of Ashura Shadow CPU cooler, that Scythe has released for their 10th anniversary. If this cooler put all other coolers in the shade, is tested in the following review. Thanks for the […] Continue reading →

AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket FM2 and FM2+, Hardware Reviews

ASRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ AMD Socket FM2+ Motherboard Review

Today, we test the first motherboard with the new Socket FM2+ for AMD Kaveri processors at OCinside.de that is also backward compatible with Socket FM2 Richland and Trinity processors. The AMD FM2+ motherboard based on the AMD A88X Bolton-D4 chipset and has a total of five PCI Express slots, two PCI slots, four memory slots with AMP and XMP support, seven SATA3 ports, one eSATA3 port, Gigabit LAN, HDMI-In, HDMI output, D-Sub VGA, DVI, DisplayPort, 7.1 purity sound and lots […] Continue reading →

AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket FM2 and FM2+, Hardware Reviews

ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M AMD Socket FM2 Micro-ATX Motherboard Review

The AMD Socket FM2 platform has an excellent price/performance ratio and is especially very interesting for those who like to build a less expensive PC. ASRock top this with this AMD Trinity motherboard and offers for less than 60 EUR a micro-ATX motherboard with three PCI Express slots, one PCI slot, five SATA3 ports, one eSATA3 port, Gigabit LAN, 7.1 sound with optical output, USB3.0, USB2.0 and in addition to the optional COM port even an optional LPT port, which […] Continue reading →

AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket FM2 and FM2+, Hardware Reviews

ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 AMD Socket FM2 Motherboard Review

Today we are testing a new Socket FM2 Trinity motherboard on OCinside.de, which reached a new reference clock record during our OverClocking tests. The AMD FM2 motherboard is based on the AMD A85X chipset and has a total of five PCI Express slots, two PCI slots, seven SATA3 ports, one eSATA3 port, Gigabit LAN and 7.1 audio with optical output. We tested the ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 Socket FM2 motherboard with an AMD A10-5800K Black Edition APU and overclocked it to […] Continue reading →

Cases, Hardware Reviews

CM Storm Scout 2 Review

Cooler Master announces with the CM Storm Scout 2 Midi-Tower a new computer case mainly for the high demands of gamers and allows for example the installation of one or two extra-long graphic cards as well as adding a lot of fans. Although the case already offers some high quality features like an acrylic window, removable dust filter, front USB 3.0 ports and a 120mm LED fan, it is available for less than 100 EUR. We took a closer look […] Continue reading →

Hardware Reviews, Intel LGA1155, Intel Motherboards

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.

Hardware Reviews, Intel LGA1155, Intel Motherboards

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 →

Cases, Hardware Reviews

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 →