The discovery of the year! Scotch tape as a storage medium was discovered a few years ago, but today certainly even the Fraunhofer Institute is amazed, because on OCinside.de published a guide, how to use plastic wrap, salt and pencil to build an energy-efficient, highly flexible display with extreme versatility! You should not miss the sodium chloride crystal display guide – short SCD. Edit 02.04.2015 – Yes, it was just an April Fools joke, but may be it is possible […] Continue reading
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
More than 15 years ago, OCinside.de is published in the Web and reaches a wide visitor range with several hundreds of reviews and tutorials. Since years, OCinside.de is not only publishing articles about PC overclocking, but rather about every interesting hardware. Minor updates included in the daily business, but now the largest update of OCinside.de along with new logo is succeeded still on time for the CeBIT 2015. Certainly there will be some readers who are looking back to the […] Continue reading
CH Products Pro Pedals USB Review One of the major controls for an aircraft is the rudder. Not only during flight, to move left or right, but also to guide it on the ground by steering the nose wheel. It is just the same on your home computer playing flight simulators. It might be sufficent to map only 2 keys on the keyboard for these functions but the ambitious flight simulator pilot wishes to add more realism. Exactly for this […] Continue reading
Some older gamer might still remember it … One of the most famous joystick in the world was the Atari CX-40 – an orange button with a black handle. Nearly 30 years later, the technology has made great progress so that we can proudly present the latest generation of joysticks today – the Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog. In fact, it is a set of two devices. As the name implies, HOTAS means Hands On Throttle And Stick. So take your seat, […] Continue reading
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
Rapoo E6700 ReviewIf you followed OCinside.de from the beginning, you surely know about our numerous USB Infrared Receiver guides and kits to remotely control a HTPC and turn it on and off. So you can operate the PC in the living room with a commercial remote control from the sofa. However, you might want to write something or make system settings and that is more difficult with a universal remote control. For this purpose, a Bluetooth wireless keyboard with touchpad, […] Continue reading
Raspberry Pi und Raspberry Pi PiCam Review Raspberry cake at OCinside.de – of course overclocked. In the German kitchen the Raspberry Pie is rather less common. However, a device is becoming increasingly popular, which owes its name to this very sweet fruit cake. The Raspberry Pi single board computer. In this test, we will look more closely at the shooting star of the single-board computers and clarify who could use it. Furthermore, we will also test the PICAM – a […] Continue reading
DVB-T Stick SDR Guide – SDR-Receiver with DVB-T USB Stick … Almost everyone has it in his electronic accessories box – a DVB-T USB stick. Actually, it was a good idea, but with the introduction of digital TV Everywhere-DVB-T there rises the mighty cable, satellite and IPTV lobby. And so many parts of Germany are supplied only with the bare minimum. But as a resourceful hobbyist you do not throw those sticks away … Now there is a great possibility […] Continue reading
The first mice looked like carved from a block of plastic, today, there are plenty of much sleeker mice out there. This has become necessary in view of the increasing demands for ergonomics and modifier keys are becoming increasingly important for gamers. A well-known manufacturer of gaming mice is Logitech. The latest creation from Logitech, we want to take you for a little more closely today – the G502 Proteus Core Gaming Mouse. Thanks for the support … Many thanks […] Continue reading
Today we are testing the Philips Brilliance 272G5DY G-line 144 Hz Gaming Monitor with nVidia G-Sync. There used to be monochrome monitors, either green/black or amber/black for example, on which Larry Laffer has entertained for hours. Powered by graphic cards that are found today only in museums or in the lunar module. Then came the redemption, not only for visitors of Lan Parties – the flat panel display – also TFT (Thin Film Transistor) display called. Almost 40 years after […] Continue reading
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
Today we test the Crucial CT512M550SSD4 M550 SSD with 512 GB capacity as M.2 2280 module. The Crucial M550 is available as M.2, mSATA and conventional 2.5-inch SATA SSD with a capacity of 128 GB, 256 GB and 512 GB up to 1 TB. After the review of the award winning Crucial M550 512 GB 2.5-inch SSD and the test of a powerful M.2 PCIe SSD, we will evaluate now how good the M.2 implementation is managed by this Crucial […] Continue reading
We do a lot to make your small rotating noisemakers in the PC case more silent. In addition to sound insulation and decoupling, there are more ways to achieve this. Or just install a fan controller to pulse the fan voltage or reduce the fan voltage. The air flow is then usually still enough for a good cooling, but the volume of the fan is massively reduced. The offer on the PC market is manageable, and controller starts with simple […] Continue reading
Multi-channel or 5.1 sound has over ordinary stereo sound the advantage that you get a much more precise location of the sound source. There is for example music that was recorded especially in multi-channel technology and where you can perceive the position of each instrument in the orchestra. But even in computer games, it gives the gamer a distinct advantage of knowing exactly from direction the enemy is attacking. For that usually a large room and a potent surround sound […] Continue reading