Hardware Reviews, Intel LGA1150, Intel Motherboards

ASRock Z87 Extreme4 Intel LGA1150 Motherboard Review

Today we test the new ASRock Z87 Extreme4 Intel LGA 1150 motherboard at OCinside.de. It is based on the Intel Z87 chipset and offers a high-quality solution for current 1150-pin Haswell processors like the Intel Core i7-4770K, Intel Core i5-4570 or the Intel Core i5-4670K, which we have used to test and overclock this motherboard. Surely only a few motherboards can compete with the recently tested ASRock Z87M OC Formula when overclocking, but the basic equipment of the ASRock Extreme … Continue reading ASRock Z87 Extreme4 Intel LGA1150 Motherboard Review →

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Computer Tradeshow Reports, Links and Downloads

gamescom 2013 Coverage

The gamescom 2013 took place in Cologne, Germany and is one of the most important gaming fairs in Europe. Of course also the OCinside.de online magazine visited gamescom and shows new games, hardware, consoles and casemods on 6 pages with more than 170 pictures. It is only available in German language, but it is worth watching the pictures with or without a translation tool to discover the latest gaming trends. Continue reading the gamescom 2013 Coverage …

Links and Downloads, OC Meetings

OCinside.de Motorcycle Tour 2013

Since we have some motorcycle enthusiasts in our community, it was time for the first OCinside.de motorcycle tour this summer. We decided to make an OCinside.de motorcycle tour 2013 instead, which began in Koblenz, a few hours through hairpin bends on the Mosel and along the Rhine from the 02.08.-04.08.13. Because of course, not everyone rides a motorcycle, we will vote soon in the Forum, when and where the next OC meeting takes place. Here are some pictures of the … Continue reading OCinside.de Motorcycle Tour 2013 →

Hardware Reviews, Intel LGA1150, Intel Motherboards

ASRock Z87M OC Formula Intel LGA1150 Motherboard Review

Awesome This is how we could describe the brand-new ASRock Z87M OC Formula motherboard for Intel Haswell CPUs in the shortest mainboard review with just one word. We were also amazed about the plenty of features which can be integrated in such a small micro-ATX 8-layer PCB Z87 motherboard layout. ASRock offers especially very powerful options for overclockers with this LGA1150 motherboard. Overclock enthusiasts will have tears of joy in their eyes when looking in the UEFI Setup, so it … Continue reading ASRock Z87M OC Formula Intel LGA1150 Motherboard Review →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket FM2 and FM2+, Hardware Reviews

ASRock FM2A85X-ITX AMD Socket FM2 ITX Motherboard Review

Today we test a tiny AMD Trinity Socket FM2 motherboard on OCinside.de, which is ideal to build a fast HTPC or even a small gaming PC with its Mini-ITX form factor and AMD A85X chipset. Just 17x17cm in size, the ITX motherboard offers many amazing features of the recently tested ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 ATX mainboard, which received our OverClocking Dream award. The ASRock FM2A85X-ITX motherboard has one PCI Express slot, seven SATA3 ports, one eSATA3 port, Gigabit LAN, 7.1 sound … Continue reading ASRock FM2A85X-ITX AMD Socket FM2 ITX Motherboard Review →

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More Intel Guides, Workshop

Interactive Intel processor product ID guide v2.4

Intel CPU description – The interactive Intel product ID guide The current interactive Intel product ID guide version 2.4 contains additionally to the previous version the latest Intel Core i7 and Intel Core i5 Haswell processors with the most important processor information. The interactive Intel product ID guide is used for a fast and easy identification of the most Intel processors. Just select the description of the processor in the interactive guide and you will see immediately the most important … Continue reading Interactive Intel processor product ID guide v2.4 →

Hardware Reviews, HDD and SSD, SSDs

Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme 256GB SSD RAID Review

We recently reviewed one of the fast Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme 256 GB SSD, but we wanted it faster again. Said and done, because today we test two of these fast Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme 256 GB SSDs. We build a hardware RAID0 striping with two of these SSDs and compare their performance with a software RAID 0, with one single Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme 256 GB SSD and with two Crucial m4 SSDs in RAID 0. Let us continue … Continue reading Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme 256GB SSD RAID Review →

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Links and Downloads, Recommendable Pages

Hardware and Software manufacturer Links

3com Acer Adaptec Adobe AMD Advanced Micro Devices AMI ATI Belinea Brother Canon Corel Creative Labs C’T (Heise Verlag) Dell Diamond Multimedia Elsa Enermax EPSON Fujitsu Gateway Hauppauge Hewlett Packard Hitachi IBM iBuyPower ICS IcyDock Intel Iomega Matrox Microsoft Microtek Mitsumi Novell Olympus Panasonic PhaseLink Pinnaclesys (Miro) Pioneer Plextor Quantum Sharp Teac Tekram Texas Instruments Toshiba Via Winbond Western Digital Yamaha Discuss in our forum … Back to the Links & Downloads Page …

Hardware Reviews, HDD and SSD, SSDs

Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme 256GB SSD Review

Today we have a Xtreme fast SSD for review at ocinside.de, the Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme 256GB. The Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme 256 GB SSD is based on the Marvell 88SS9187-BLD2 controller like the previously tested Crucial M500 480 GB SSD and reached an amazing high performance with the new Plextor firmware 1.03. So let us continue with the SSD comparison and the review of the Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme 256 GB. Thanks for the support … Many thanks for … Continue reading Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme 256GB SSD Review →

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Hardware Reviews, HDD and SSD, SSDs

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 →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket FM2 and FM2+, Hardware Reviews

ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M AMD Socket FM2 Micro-ATX Motherboard Review

The AMD Socket FM2 platform has an excellent price/performance ratio and is especially very interesting for those who like to build a less expensive PC. ASRock top this with this AMD Trinity motherboard and offers for less than 60 EUR a micro-ATX motherboard with three PCI Express slots, one PCI slot, five SATA3 ports, one eSATA3 port, Gigabit LAN, 7.1 sound with optical output, USB3.0, USB2.0 and in addition to the optional COM port even an optional LPT port, which … Continue reading ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M AMD Socket FM2 Micro-ATX Motherboard Review →

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Hardware Reviews, HDD and SSD, HDDs

Seagate Constellation.2 ST91000640NS 1TB HDD Review

SSDs are currently the first choice for a high performance at very small dimensions. The SSD prices are getting lower, so that now even 256 GB or 512 GB are getting affordable. But those who would like to equip their notebooks with a bigger drive like e.g. 1 TB, will probably buy a conventional hard drive. And even for desktop PCs or servers a 2.5-inch hard drive can make sense, which Seagate is showing us with their fast Seagate Constellation.2 … Continue reading Seagate Constellation.2 ST91000640NS 1TB HDD Review →

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Computer Tradeshow Reports, Links and Downloads

CeBIT 2013 Coverage

The CeBIT 2013 computer fair in Hanover showed also in this year a lot of new products. On the following 10 pages of our CeBIT 2013 report you will see approx. 150 pictures with new IT products. This ocinside.de CeBIT 2013 report is hardware related and contains new Haswell and Mini-ITX motherboards, chassis, cooler, PSUs, SSDs, memory modules, NAS and wireless storage solutions. It is only available in German language, but it is worth watching the pictures or use a … Continue reading CeBIT 2013 Coverage →

Cases, Hardware Reviews

Xigmatek Gigas Review

The Xigmatek Gigas PC case does not look like a standard Midi-Tower, but rather like a subwoofer in a high-quality aluminium chassis. So the enthusiast can decide to use the Xigmatek Gigas case cube made of brushed aluminium as HTPC in the living room or as stylish gaming PC. Because the case is not only very attractive, but provides also great cooling for high-end PC hardware. We examined the Xigmatek Gigas enclosure and test the practicality on the following 5 … Continue reading Xigmatek Gigas Review →

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Hardware Reviews, PC Systems

HP TouchSmart 520 All-In-One Touchscreen PC Review

Touchscreen systems are fully in line with the trend – as Smartphone, Tablet PC or as complete All-In-one PC with touch and multitouchscreen panel, which OCinside.de is testing now after several HTPC and media player reviews. Today we have a review of the Hewlett-Packard TouchSmart 520 All-In-one PC with 23-inch touch display, integrated webcam, sound system and many other features that will make the PC life easier for the user. Let us test, how well the touch panel is working … Continue reading HP TouchSmart 520 All-In-One Touchscreen PC Review →

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