Crucial Ballistix 2GB Kit DDR2-1000/PC2-8000 CL4 BL2KIT12864AA1005 Memory Review

Crucial recently brought new Ballistix PC2-8000 memory modules to the market, which are particularly well suitable to overclock a PC or Mac. It was possible to reach excellence results also with default DDR2 voltage and fast timings in the test, so the modules are also well applicable on more inexpensive motherboards with less BIOS settings. The test report shows the performance of the Crucial Ballistix 2 GB DDR2-1000 kit and offers an overclocking comparison to 5 other memory modules. Thanks … Continue reading Crucial Ballistix 2GB Kit DDR2-1000/PC2-8000 CL4 BL2KIT12864AA1005 Memory Review

Crucial Ballistix 1GB Kit DDR2-800/PC2-6400 CL4 BL2KIT6464AA804 Memory Review

Crucial Ballistix 1GB Kit (2x512MB) PC2-6400/DDR2-800 Memory Review Not only Intel PCs are using DDR2 modules, in the meanwhile it is also necessary for AMD PCs to look for DDR2 memory modules. Who like to upgrade for example to a current AMD Socket AM2 system, will find only the newer 240-pin DIMM sockets instead of the usual 184-pin sockets on these motherboards. However, in spite of the higher memory bus range you should expect no miracles. The Crucial Ballistix 1GB … Continue reading Crucial Ballistix 1GB Kit DDR2-800/PC2-6400 CL4 BL2KIT6464AA804 Memory Review

Crucial Ballistix 1GB Kit PC4000 LED BL2KIT6464L505 Memory Review

Memory is an important component of the PC system and with current operating systems e.g. Microsoft Windows XP in combination with current games or DTP applications nowadays 512 MB are by far not enough and should be upgraded to at least 1GB memory. However memory is not like memory and naturally there’re dozens of DDR (double data rate) module types on the market, that the choice isn’t really easy. In order to make the choice somewhat easier, there’s a new … Continue reading Crucial Ballistix 1GB Kit PC4000 LED BL2KIT6464L505 Memory Review

Intel Core i7-12700K Review

Intel Alder Lake CPU review! Today on OCinside.de we take another look at the Intel processors of the 12th generation. We test and overclock the Intel Core i7-12700K LGA1700 processor on an ASRock Z690 Taichi motherboard with Crucial DDR5-4800 RAM as well as on an ASRock B660 Steel Legend motherboard with Crucial Ballistix Max DDR4-4400 RAM and hope you enjoy comparing the results.

ASRock Z690 Extreme Intel LGA1700 Motherboard Review

Solid OC motherboard with many great gimmicks! Today on OCinside.de we take a look at the ASRock Z690 Extreme. In addition to the latest Z690 chipset, it is also equipped with the brand new Socket 1700 for Intel Alder Lake processors. Reason enough for us to check what ASRock’s new board has to offer and if the name Extreme also lives up to its name in terms of features and performance. All this and more can be found out in … Continue reading ASRock Z690 Extreme Intel LGA1700 Motherboard Review

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.

Cooler Master MasterBox 540 Review

New Cooler Master case! On OCinside.de we take a look at the new MasterBox 540 from Cooler Master, which is a special midi tower. Besides a cool look, the manufacturer also promises a lot of space as well as tool-free installation. Whether Cooler Master can keep their promise, we will show in the following review including a video of the outstanding effects and hope you enjoy it.

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 16GB Review

Initially, we wanted to wait a bit with the graphics card review until the prices normalize again, but normal graphics card prices are still out of sight! Therefore, we are testing the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 16GB graphics card on OCinside.de today. After AMD has successfully attacked the nVidia RTX 3000 series with RDNA2, also known as Big Navi, we take a look at the Sapphire RX 6800 Nitro+ today. This is equipped with the currently smallest chip of … Continue reading Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 16GB Review

iiyama G-Master GB3461WQSU Red Eagle Monitor Review

Who still remembers the 90s knows that you could play Super Mario Kart on a 80cm tube TV without any problems with four players. Even if the comparison to the iiyama G-Master GB3461WQSU is a bit weak, they have one thing in common. As huge as the TV looked when we were young back then, this monitor looks as big today. Whether it also shines in other points besides its impressive size of 34 inches, we show in detail in … Continue reading iiyama G-Master GB3461WQSU Red Eagle Monitor Review

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D 8G Review

Affordable graphics card for Full HD Gaming and more! We recently tested an AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics card and today we would like to test and overclock a lower priced graphics card on OCinside.de with the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D 8G. The ASRock graphics card not only shines with a very good price/performance ratio.

AOC 16T2 Touchscreen Monitor Review

Today on OCinside.de we are testing the AOC 16T2, a mobile 10-point touchscreen panel with integrated battery and speakers as well as a touch-sensitive Full HD 15.6-inch IPS panel. The panel can be connected to a smartphone or notebook on the go via USB-C or used as an additional display on a desktop PC via micro HDMI, for example. We also show a 360-degree view and test the display on an Arctic X1-3D monitor arm with gas spring by using … Continue reading AOC 16T2 Touchscreen Monitor Review

Intel Core i9-11900K and Intel Core i5-11600K Review

Intel Core i processors are now in their 11th generation and despite difficulties with 10nm or smaller chip production, Intel still wants to improve performance and sends the Intel Core i5-11600K and the Intel Core i9-11900K from the Intel Rocket Lake-S series into the race today on OCinside.de! As a platform, we have chosen the brand new ASRock Z590 Steel Legend LGA1200 high-end motherboard with Z590 chipset. RAM and NVMe SSD are also pretty fast and come from Crucial, so … Continue reading Intel Core i9-11900K and Intel Core i5-11600K Review

ASRock Z590 Extreme Motherboard Review

Extreme good LGA 1200 motherboard! Today we test the brand new ASRock Z590 Extreme motherboard on OCinside.de for Intel LGA1200 processors of the 11th and 10th generation. Besides Hyper M.2 and Ultra M.2 slots it offers 2.5 Gigabit LAN and 1 Gigabit LAN, USB 3.2 Gen2, ALC1220 audio codec and 14 phases for latest Intel processors. How the motherboard compares to previous Z490, H470 and B460 motherboards and if it can convince, we will now show in the following review.

ASRock B550 Taichi Razer Edition AMD Motherboard Review

Today we are testing the ASRock B550 Taichi Razer Edition, a powerful ATX motherboard for current AMD Ryzen 3000 Matisse, 4000 Renoir and 5000 Vermeer processors. We have overclocked the AMD Ryzen motherboard extensively in the test. In the following motherboard review we will show the features and in an additional video the extensive aRGB effects of the ASRock B550 Taichi Razer Edition and will see how it compares to the previous AMD motherboards.