Crucial P3 vs Crucial P3 Plus 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review

After our tests of the Crucial P1, P2, P5 and P5 Plus, we now have a comparison review of the new Crucial P3 and Crucial P3 Plus SSDs! Today, we will take a look at the new Crucial P3 Plus and Crucial P3 M.2 NVMe SSD series in a test with some benchmark results as well as practical tests and check what the exact differences are.

AMD and Intel LGA CPU Installation Guide

No more bent pins in the LGA socket with Intel or AMD! With the new ASRock Z790 Steel Legend motherboard we have published today in advance a written and video tutorial for Intel LGA1700 CPU installation. Since we receive again and again inquiries due to bent pins in the Intel LGA socket and bent pins in AMD AM5 socket are only a matter of time, we have created in our OCinside YouTube Channel a video for AMD or Intel CPU … Continue reading AMD and Intel LGA CPU Installation Guide

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.

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

Arctic P12 Slim PWM PST Review

Flat problem solver! Today on OCinside.de we are testing the new, extra slim Arctic P12 Slim PWM PST fans. The Arctic fans are only 15mm thin and can therefore be real problem solvers. Because often it is very tight especially when installing a water cooling or AIO in the PC case near the motherboard, but also in ITX and server area flat fans can be very helpful. Among other things, we will test how the 15mm fans compare to the … Continue reading Arctic P12 Slim PWM PST Review

Icy Dock MB861U31-1M2B ICYNano Review

Fast installation and high performance! From Icy Dock, we are looking at an external USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gb/s enclosure for PCIe SSDs today on OCinside. In the new Icy Dock MB861U31-1M2B, you can install a M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD in the format from 2230 to 22110 and connect it to USB Type-C or USB Type-A at up to 10Gb/s via USB 3.2 Gen 2. Whether on a notebook, tablet, smartphone or PC, the new ICYNano enclosure can be used … Continue reading Icy Dock MB861U31-1M2B ICYNano Review

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo V2 Review

Compact and affordable! Today on OCinside.de we are testing the brand new Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo V2 cooler, which is designed for AMD Socket AM4, Intel LGA 1200 and many more sockets. Among others, we test the latest Hyper 212 Evo with an Intel Core i5-10500 CPU on the ASRock Z490 Steel Legend motherboard and show thermal images, 360 degree view and of course all results in the following review.