ASRock K10N750SLI-WiFi AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review

ASRock left the low-budget market and have entered the high-end market with the K10N750SLI-WiFi Socket AM2+ motherboard. The price of this board is noticeably higher than their usual prices. Of course, not without a reason, because this new ASRock board offers the fast nForce 750a SLI chipset, extensive overclocking settings and excellent equipment in a newly designed cardboard box. The packing is, of course, not the most important thing, but ASRock likes to deviate a little bit from their green … Continue reading ASRock K10N750SLI-WiFi AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review

Crucial Ballistix Tracer Red DDR2-800/PC2-6400 4GB Kit BL2KIT25664AR804 Memory Review

Sure, for most of us DDR2-800 RAM is nothing special anymore, but the new Crucial Crucial Ballistix Tracer Red PC2-6400 memory modules are worth a second look. The current DDR2 4GB kit consists of 2x 2GB PC2-6400 CL4 memory modules and they are a visual treat. This Ballistix Tracer Red edition offers not just more memory for the PC, but thanks to several integrated SMD light emitting diodes it lights up the PC in a bright red. Let us test … Continue reading Crucial Ballistix Tracer Red DDR2-800/PC2-6400 4GB Kit BL2KIT25664AR804 Memory Review

ASRock K10N78FullHD-hSLI R3.0 AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review

Recently ocinside.de reviewed the ASRock A780FullDisplayPort motherboard with AMD 780G chipset and today the new ASRock K10N78FullHD-hSLI socket AM2+ Micro ATX motherboard was tested, which is based on a nVidia GeForce 8200 chipset. Both mainboards have an integrated graphics processor and costs approximately the same. This review will clarify if both motherboards are comparable and if the K10N78FullHD-hSLI R3.0 board can be well overclocked and/or underclocked.

ASRock A780FullDisplayPort AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review

The ASRock A780FullDisplayPort Socket AM2+ Micro ATX motherboard is based on the AMD 780G chipset and offers especially fantastic connection options for the graphics output. VGA, DVI-D, HDMI and also the latest DisplayPort graphics output is possible with this brand-new ASRock board. The review will show, if this reasonably priced board is suitable for a HTPC living room PC and if it can be overclocked for High-End PCs and underclocked for low power consumption PCs.

ASRock ALiveNF5SLI-1394 AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review

The ASRock ALiveNF5SLI-1394 Socket AM2 motherboard is based on the nForce 560 SLI chipset, which is better known as nVidia NF4SLI or NF500SLI. This ASRock motherboard with SLI technology and AMD Phenom CPU support is available for a little bit more than 50 Euro. The following overclocking review will show, if ASRock succeeded once again in creating an attractive board for AMD processors and if this board offers nice overclocking features.

CeBIT 2008 Coverage

The CeBIT Hannover was in this year 2008 one day shorter than the years before, but it remains nevertheless one of the most important computer exhibitions worldwide. And ocinside.de published once again a comprehensive CeBIT report, which has more than 100 pictures of the latest PC hardware. This 11 pages long CeBIT 2008 report has the main focus on current motherboards, heatsinks, enclosure and of course much more interesting stuff. It is only available in German language, but I’m sure … Continue reading CeBIT 2008 Coverage

AMD Athlon64 X2 4000+ Socket AM2 CPU overclocking

AMD Athlon64 X2 4000+ Socket AM2 CPU overclocking. Here are some AMD Athlon64 X2 4000+ Socket AM2 CPU overclocking results. AMD Athlon64 X2 4000+ Socket AM2 CPU overclocking review. Fast processors are due to the very low prices at the top of most PC enthusiasts’ shopping lists. But which one should you buy and what CPU overclocking result can you expect? ocinside.de ordered 3 x AMD Athlon64 X2 4000+ socket AM2 CPUs and overclocked these very inexpensive CPUs. Without betraying … Continue reading AMD Athlon64 X2 4000+ Socket AM2 CPU overclocking

Solder your own USB power connector cable for LC-Displays

USB Power cable connection for LC displays self-made Succeeding the different solder instructions I would like to describe with the following little instruction how to use rather simple the 5 V power supply of an USB connection. Sense of the USB power supply … I received a lot of questions about how to move the power supply of LC displays to the outer part of the case. Here you have two possibilities: 1.) you could lead a 4-cable-plug of the … Continue reading Solder your own USB power connector cable for LC-Displays

ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard with AGP and PCIe Reviewed

The ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 Socket AM2 motherboard is an exceptional board with AMD Phenom processor support. Well, Phenom support isn’t unusual these days, but which current board offers an AGP port? ASRock once again comes up with something special, because they make it possible for customers to upgrade their older systems more smoothly with less money. Thanks to the nVidia M1695 and nForce3 250 chipset combination, this board is able to manage an AGP 8x video card or a PCI Express … Continue reading ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard with AGP and PCIe Reviewed

OCZ 2GB kit PC2-8500/DDR2-1066 OCZ2N1066SR2GK nVidia SLI-Ready Edition Memory Review

OCZ offers optimized memory modules for different application ranges for years. It does not only concern the memory module overclocking with sophisticated RAM heatsinks, but also an optimal adjustment of the RAM to the respective system. For example the reviewed OCZ PC2-8500 nVidia SLI-Ready Edition 2GB kit is optimized for current nVidia motherboards. This SLI ready PC2-8500 memory was tested on a motherboard with ULi M1697 chipset and also on a motherboard with nVidia nForce 590 SLI chipset (SLI-Ready support). … Continue reading OCZ 2GB kit PC2-8500/DDR2-1066 OCZ2N1066SR2GK nVidia SLI-Ready Edition Memory Review

CompuStocx CSXO XAC-1200 Diablo 2x 1GB PC2-9600/DDR2-1200 Memory Review

With the CSX XAC-1200 2GB kit we would like to take a look at the first DDR2-1200 memory kit from CompuStocx. CSX Diablo DDR2-1200 / PC2-9600 memory modules are specificated for memory voltages up to 2.40 V and thanks to the Micron D9GMH chips, this RAM can already operate as DDR2-1066 / PC2-8500 modules starting from 1.90 Volt. This high performance DDR2 RAM kit was able to reach nearly the top speed of all modules tested so far and satisfied … Continue reading CompuStocx CSXO XAC-1200 Diablo 2x 1GB PC2-9600/DDR2-1200 Memory Review

Mushkin XP2-6400 2x1024MB PC2-6400/DDR2-800 (996523) Memory Review

Mushkin’s current XP2-6400 DDR2-800 memory is not only highly overclockable, but also reasonably priced. The high performance of the DDR2 800 modules exceeds the expectations and the reason becomes clear with a look under the heatspreader. Because Mushkin uses the well-known Micron D9GMH memory chips on the tested modules and these memory chips are also used on high-end DDR2-1200 modules. Just the maximum allowed memory voltage for the Mushkin XP2-6400 RAM is a little bit lower with 1.9 Volt up … Continue reading Mushkin XP2-6400 2x1024MB PC2-6400/DDR2-800 (996523) Memory Review

Crucial 2GB Kit DDR2-533/PC2-4200 CT2KIT12864AA53E Memory Review

In the last months there were speculations in many forums regarding the Micron ICs used on the very inexpensive Crucial PC2-4200 DDR2 memory modules (e.g. here in our forum). At ocinside.de we’ve already published several reviews of Crucial PC2-8500, PC2-8000, PC2-6400 and PC2-5300 memory modules, whereby we’ve recently also tested a 2GB PC2-4200 ECC kit. However the ECC kit was equipped with Elpida memory chips instead of high overclockable Micron D9GMH ICs. Who order the memory modules in online shops, … Continue reading Crucial 2GB Kit DDR2-533/PC2-4200 CT2KIT12864AA53E Memory Review

Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-1066/PC2-8500 2GB Kit BL2KIT12864AL1065 Memory Review

It is a pleasure to test the new Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC2-8500 memory modules, because memory is not the same as memory. Even if the technical data is equal with some other PC2-8500 modules, at least overclocking separates the wheat from the chaff. The DDR2-1066 memory is available as Ballistix Tracer with integrated LED lighting and as Ballistix without LED’s, so the choice for the additional modding feature is left to the buyer. One thing is certain, the modules would … Continue reading Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-1066/PC2-8500 2GB Kit BL2KIT12864AL1065 Memory Review

OCZ 2GB kit PC2-8500/DDR2-1066 Reaper HPC Edition Memory Review

Today, ocinside.de published again an overclocking review of some High-End DDR2 memory modules. The new OCZ PC2-8500 2GB Reaper HPC edition DDR2 RAM looks extraordinarily good and offers high overclocking, thanks to the excellent heatpipe cooling. OCZ permits the users to operate the modules with up to 2.35 V without loosing the OCZ Lifetime Warranty and this Vmem should be enough to achieve very good overclocking results. If you like to know if the memory is also well overclockable with … Continue reading OCZ 2GB kit PC2-8500/DDR2-1066 Reaper HPC Edition Memory Review