Crucial MX200 1TB SSD Review

Who like to assemble a new PC or want to replace the old hard drive with a fast SSD, needs to select the proper size. If you do not know, if 250 GB or 500 GB is really enough capacity, you should read this review of the brand-new MX200 with 1 TB. Because after the previous test of the MX200 with 500 GB we want to test the 1 Terabyte type of the MX200 on OCinside.de today. We compare the … Continue reading Crucial MX200 1TB SSD Review

Crucial MX200 500GB SSD Review

The new Crucial MX200 SSD series is announced, which is not only very performant, but also designed for a higher reliability. The Crucial MX200 series is currently available with a capacity of 250 GB and 500 GB up to 1 TB. We have tested the new Crucial MX200 SSD CT500MX200SSD1 with 500 GB, compare it with the Crucial C300, m4, M500, M550 and MX100 and compete many more Solid State Drives and Hard Drives against it. Thanks for the support … Continue reading Crucial MX200 500GB SSD Review

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 Crucial M550 512GB mSATA SSD Review

Crucial M550 512GB SSD Review

Crucial has developed the new M550 SSD, which not only has a significantly better performance, but also provides more usable capacity. Fortunately, we tested all Crucial SSD generations since the first Crucial RealSSD C300 on OCinside.de and see again significant improvements at the current Crucial M550 compared to its predecessors. The Crucial M550 is available as 2.5-inch SATA, mSATA and M.2 SSD with a capacity range between 64 GB and 1 TB. The detailed review will show how fast the … Continue reading Crucial M550 512GB SSD Review

Crucial M500 480GB SSD Review

Since this week the new M500 SSD from Crucial is available is in the stores and this SSD has not only an enormously high performance, but now also offers a capacity close to the 1TB at a price where some other fast SSD starts with the half size. Today we have the smaller Crucial M500 480 GB SSD CT480M500SSD1 with integrated 256-bit AES encryption tested and extensively benchmarked. Crucial declares both the M500 480 GB SSD and the Crucial M500 … Continue reading Crucial M500 480GB SSD Review

ASRock B650E Taichi Lite AMD AM5 Motherboard Review

Today on OCinside.de we are testing the price-reduced but still top equipped ASRock B650E Taichi Lite motherboard. ASRock promises maximum features without compromises and at a lower price than the normal B650E Taichi motherboard. Whether this is true, or maybe too much has been saved somewhere, is revealed in our following test report including a video of the review!

ASRock X670E Taichi Carrara Motherboard Review

Today we test the ASRock X670E Taichi Carrara, a top equipped E-ATX AM5 motherboard for the recently released AMD Ryzen 7000 Raphael desktop processors. In the following motherboard review we show many new features like DDR5 and USB4 and in an additional video the chic marble design and the great aRGB effects of the ASRock X670E Taichi Carrara, which by the way is also available in black as ASRock X670E Taichi.

Streacom FC8 Alpha ITX Case Review

Today we test on OCinside.de the new Streacom FC8 Alpha Mini-ITX case and the Streacom Nano160 PSU 160 Watt power supply. The Streacom FC8 is an upper-class passive cooled aluminum ITX case, with which you can build an excellent fanless Office PC or even gaming system without any fan. But of course, the most sensible application would be a silent HTPC for the living room. However, there are also downsides you should know before you buy. We have tested the … Continue reading Streacom FC8 Alpha ITX Case Review

How to build a Fanless PC Tutorial

Step by step to a silent living room HTPC without any fan noise. For the soon coming review of the Streacom FC8 Alpha ITX case, we have written a new HTPC construction guide. This time we have build even a completely silent PC for the living room.

ASRock X99 WS-E/10G Intel LGA 2011-3 Motherboard Review

With the latest X99 WS-E/10G motherboard ASRock shows very impressively the way in the future. Because the abbreviation 10G of the ASRock X99 WS-E/10G stands for one or more specifically two Intel X540 network connectors with up to 10 Gigabit per second transfer rate. We have tested two of these high-end motherboards with Intel Core i5-5930K processors and RAID0 arrays consisting of two Crucial MX200 SSDs to compare the very high 10G LAN speed with the current Gigabit LAN standard. … Continue reading ASRock X99 WS-E/10G Intel LGA 2011-3 Motherboard Review

Arctic Freezer 36 A-RGB Review

Cooler update from Arctic! The cooler specialists Arctic have today updated the popular Freezer 35 single-tower cooler and optimized it for the latest processors from Intel and AMD. There should be something for every preference among the five different versions of the new Freezer 36 and Arctic has included a very special accessory for Intel processors. The following review here on OCinside.de reveals what it is and how the Freezer 36 performs in terms of cooling performance, ease of installation, … Continue reading Arctic Freezer 36 A-RGB Review

Arctic Liquid Freezer III 280 A-RGB Review

New water cooling system from Arctic presented today and already tested on OCinside.de! In order to meet the requirements of the latest CPU generations, the cooling specialists at Arctic have given their successful product of recent years a makeover and released the Liquid Freezer III, an optimized water cooler for AMD AM4/AM5 and Intel Socket 1700. On top of this, the visual aspects have even been taken to the next level with enhanced RGB functions, which can of course also … Continue reading Arctic Liquid Freezer III 280 A-RGB Review

ASRock Z790 Riptide WiFi Motherboard Review

Powerful Intel Raptor Lake refresh motherboard! After the Unboxing Video and the Intel Core i9-14900K Review we test today on OCinside.de the ASRock Z790 Riptide WiFi motherboard from the Phantom Gaming series in detail. The ASRock Z790 Riptide WiFi is a high-end Z790 refresh motherboard with DDR5 and socket LGA1700 for Intel 12/13/14th Gen processors as well as numerous features at a reasonable price!

Icy Dock MB111VP-B ToughArmor Review

Practical Icy Dock U.2/U.3 removable frame as PCIe card! With the U.2/U.3 NVMe PCIe removable frame from the ToughArmor series, Icy Dock impressively demonstrates how easy it can be to replace a U.2 or U.3 SSD. Among others, we test a Crucial T700 1TB M.2 PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD with a special Icy Dock EZConvert adapter on an ASRock Z790 Riptide WiFi motherboard in this PCIe card and want to see how well it works in practice. We also give … Continue reading Icy Dock MB111VP-B ToughArmor Review