ASRock K8 Combo-Z AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 & 754 Motherboard Review

There’s probably no better way to switch from AMD Socket 754 Reviews to Socket 939 motherboard Reviews, as with a test from a Combo board. The ASRock K8 Combo-Z can be equipped alternatively with one of these two Athlon 64 processors without any adapters, so that it’s possible to buy the inexpensive Socket 754 CPU at present and change it later without buying a new motherboard. Whether the extremely inexpensive K8 Combo-Z board is suitable despite this ingenious option also … Continue reading ASRock K8 Combo-Z AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 & 754 Motherboard Review

AMD Athlon 64 Socket AM2 CPU in a Socket 939 Motherboard

An AMD Socket AM2 CPU in an AMD Socket 939 motherboard won’t work ? It works 😉 As already mentioned in the previous Review, the ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2 motherboard offers beside the AMD 939 pin CPU socket also a so-called ASRock Future CPU Port. Who already own this board and would like to buy now one of the inexpensive AMD AM2 CPUs, is able upgrade the board for Socket AM2 within a few minutes This Review contains the final result, the … Continue reading AMD Athlon 64 Socket AM2 CPU in a Socket 939 Motherboard

ASRock K8S8X Socket 754 (AMD Athlon 64) motherboard test

Today I’m glad to present the first AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754 test after more than 20 AMD Socket A motherboard tests. I’d like to start the Athlon 64 test series with a very cheap motherboard, the ASRock K8S8X, which also was the very first motherboard to achieve the ocinside.de Overclocking Pricetip award. The list of features which this motherboard offers and its overclocking abilities are definitely worth being read, especially (but not only) for those who are new to … Continue reading ASRock K8S8X Socket 754 (AMD Athlon 64) motherboard test

Chaintech VNF3-250 Socket 754 (AMD Athlon 64) motherboard Review

Chaintech was able to bring the very good reasoned VNF3-250 socket 754 nForce3 motherboard on the market, which isn’t only for overclockers with the manifold features a real bliss, but rather also convinces through the good equipment and great performance in daily allround applications. All important details of the Chaintech VNF3-250 mainboard, which got the first OverClocking Dream award in the year 2005, are written in the latest Athlon 64 motherboard Review.

Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro SLI AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 PCIe motherboard Review with SLI special

Today there’s a combined test of the fast Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro SLI Motherboard with an introduction to the SLI technology on ocinside.de Gigabyte once again enthuse an overclocker, who would like quite recommend this board with little modifications to the chipset cooling as a well Tuning motherboard. All further equipment details, performance comparison SLI vs. Non SLI and the explanation of the SLI technology are in the current Gigabyte Motherboard Review.

ASRock Motherboard Preview August 2006

ASRock Motherboard Preview August 2006 The newest ASRock Motherboards The introduction to the ASRock product presentation … Also in this year the company ASRock invited again to the current product presentation on 30.08.06 and presented a couple of interesting AMD and Intel Motherboards. The presentation was in the above shown hotel “van the Valk” in Cuijk (Netherland). On the following pages the new AM2NF6G-VSTA, ALiveNF4G-DVI, 939Dual-VSTA, ALiveSATA2-GLAN and AM2NF3-VSTA ASRock AMD Motherboards are presented, which were partially also Live demonstrated. … Continue reading ASRock Motherboard Preview August 2006

Sunbeamtech Silent Storm / Silent Twister Case Review

Build a complete PC without any screws ? Nearly, because a few screws are still needed, but thanks to several tool-less mechanisms all drives up to the hard disks, as well as the expansion cards can be installed without any screws. After the recently published test report of the Sunbeamtech Tuniq 2 case, there’s now the current Mid-Tower from Sunbeamtech reviewed on ocinside.de This inexpensive case appeared with the name Silent Storm and got the name Silent Twister within Europe. … Continue reading Sunbeamtech Silent Storm / Silent Twister Case Review

The handling of the interactive AMD Pin-Mod guide

The handling of the new interactive AMD Pin-Mod guide … Very important, if you’ve already an option to change the multi in your BIOS, you HAVE TO change this multiplier to “Autodetect” !!! (unless you just like to use the unlock function in the Pin-Mod guide) The same applies to the Vcore, please also leave the Vcore settings of your BIOS (if existing) at Default respectively at Autodetect if you like to change the Vcore with the Pin-Mod guide.And please … Continue reading The handling of the interactive AMD Pin-Mod guide

3 possibilities to get the Athlon system to a new speed record

There are 3 possibilities to get the Athlonsystem to a new speed record: – You can carefully increase the FSB clock with SOFTFSB / BUSRACING / CPUBOOST and if it’s possible with your mainboard, adapt the Vcore a little. The advantage of this method is that you don’t have to open the case and you don’t need to use the soldering iron. The disadvantage is in the limitation of the CPU rate, because you should only pull up the FSB … Continue reading 3 possibilities to get the Athlon system to a new speed record

ABIT KR7 and KG7 (RAID, Lite) VCORE MOD

It’s very easy to increase the Vcore of Abit KR7 and KG7 (Lite, Raid) by soldering just one resistor to the right point to allow your CPU much higher frequency. Of course it’s necessary to be very careful if you’re soldering something on your mainboard in order not to kill your board. And of course your warranty void if you solder anything on your mainboard ! Therefore i recommend a good grounding and a soldering station with seperate grounding ! … Continue reading ABIT KR7 and KG7 (RAID, Lite) VCORE MOD