Today, we would like to focus on an IT branch that is currently enjoying great popularity and is forecast to continue to grow strongly in the coming years. We are talking about Smart Energy. In particular, we would like to take a closer look at an IoT module that allows us to control domestic devices via smartphone. The NodeMCU ESP8266MOD module contains WLAN functionality, various inputs and outputs, a relatively powerful CPU and enough memory for programs. In this WLAN […] Continue reading
The new Samsung SSD 860 Pro and Samsung SSD 860 Evo 2.5-inch SSDs which are available from 250GB over 500GB, 1TB, 2TB up to 4TB total capacity are being tested on OCinside.de. The EVO and PRO are looking almost identical and they are fast at first glance, but why are their prices so different? We also take a second look at the two brand-new Samsung SSDs and show the differences between the Samsung SSD 860 PRO and Samsung SSD 860 […] Continue reading
Smartphones and tablets are nowadays an integral part of everyday life. In addition to the usual activities such as writing and reading e-mails and maintaining social media, they are also increasingly taking on the task of a modern jukebox. Powered by the local media library or web radio, the mobile devices usually lack the sound needed to create the right atmosphere. Aukey would like to change this with the SK-S1 Bluetooth loudspeaker and brings a loudspeaker to the market, which […] Continue reading
We are living in a smart world. Refrigerators that order food on their own, televisions that are better connected than some PCs and Home automation which can relieve the user of even the simplest tasks. Today, we want to take a closer look at an area that makes things easier for the user and at the same time contributes to physical exercise. We are talking about intelligent wristwatches, also known as smartwatches. Our well-informed users are likely to have followed […] Continue reading
Notebook manufacturers are following the trend of new USB-C ports, while other hardware manufacturers are still sleeping. Nevertheless, there are already Ultrabooks that do not have previous USB 2.0 or 3.0 ports. Like with the Acer Swift 7, there are only three USB-C ports left! But we wouldn’t be OCinside if we don’t have a pragmatic solution: The Multiport USB-C Hub from Aukey. What it provides and much more can be found on OCinside.de!
At Cooler Master, the sails have been set on RGB course for a while now. With the MA410P, Cooler Master combines a heat pipe tower cooler with their proven RGB fans. Today, we are checking whether the Cooler Master MasterAir MA410P can convince both with its cooling performance and its optics. Additionally there is a new video in the Cooler Master MasterAir review and another video with all RGB effects in our OCinside YouTube channel.
After testing the AOC AG241QG nVidia G-Sync monitor we are testing today on OCinside.de the 27-inch AOC AG271QX FreeSync monitor with 2560×1440 16:9 WQHD resolution and up to 144 Hz frame rate. In the detailed review we also give some tips on buying a monitor, on display settings and a comparison of the current monitor resolutions.
Today we are testing the brand new Arctic Freezer 33 eSports One cooler, which Arctic offers in red, white, green and yellow. Of course the cooler is eSports compatible, but the price is even more sporty, because at the moment the new Arctic Freezer 33 eSports One CPU cooler is even significantly lower than the recently tested Arctic Freezer 33 Plus. We test the air cooler with an Intel Core i9-7900X system in different scenarios and show what to consider.
Today a new reader review is published on OCinside.de where Itchi is testing the new MSI X370 Krait Gaming AMD Ryzen motherboard. In the following review we will see how the MSI X370 Krait gaming motherboard performs with an AMD Ryzen 5 1600 CPU and an AMD Radeon RX480 8GB graphics card and how well it can be overclocked.
Today we test with the ASRock X299E-ITX/ac on OCinside.de the first ITX sized motherboard for the Intel LGA 2066 socket. When you look at the mainboard layout, it quickly becomes clear that ASRock had to use every millimetre of the board to accommodate this excellent basic equipment. The Intel X299 ITX motherboard even offers room for four DDR4 SODIMM modules with quad channel support, three fast Ultra M.2 32Gb/s slots, six SATA3 ports, 802.11ac WiFi, Bluetooth v4.0, 7.1 Purity 4 […] Continue reading
Today we have published something very special on OCinside.de: A guide how to build an arcade machine or a worklog to do so. Daniel, one of our longtime PC forum members built a fully fledged 24-inch arcade machine construction using Raspberry Pi 3. As always, we wish you a lot of fun reading this new arcade machine diy guide and of course to copy the Retro arcade machine.
Today we tested and overclocked the ASRock X299 Taichi motherboard. After the AMD Ryzen Threadripper ASRock X399 Taichi motherboard we now have the pleasure to test an Intel Core i9-7900X Skylake-X CPU on the ASRock X299 Taichi motherboard. As previously reported in the Intel OC Community, we were able to overclock the Core i9-7900X from 3.3 GHz to almost 5.2 GHz and this is an awesome result in this high-end range. Also great is the basic configuration of the ASRock […] Continue reading
Today we released a video in German with English subtitles about the ASRock X299E-ITX/ac motherboard with a Bitspower Leviathan Xtreme All In One 240 water cooling on OCinside.de. The water cooling has been specially adapted to the ASRock motherboard and cools not only the Intel Core i9 LGA2066 processor, but also the motherboards voltage regulators and power chokes. The detailed review of the new ASRock ITX motherboard and the water cooling review will follow soon.
