Hardware Reviews

Here you’ll see tests and overclocking suitability of the following hardware components …

Icy Dock MB171SP-B TurboSwap Review

Originally hot swap mobile racks were used in large servers to rapidly respond to hard drive failures and to be able to replace the affected hardware easily. But quickly the hard drive caddy found its way into home user computer cases. Be it for testing various hard drives or for better hard drive cooling by the integrated fan. Today Icy Dock delivers the mobile rack TurboSwap, a model which we would like to test for you in the following review. … Continue reading Icy Dock MB171SP-B TurboSwap Review

Rapoo VPRO V900 Review

Recently we have tested the mechanical gaming keyboard from Rapoo V800. But from a beautiful plate alone you will not get well-fed. Of course you still need the right utensils. And that provides Rapoo with their new gaming mouse V900 from the VPRO series. In the following review we will see how well the mouse performs in everyday life and whether it is really suitable for gaming.

Intel SSD 750 1.2TB PCIe SSD Review

What a performace ! With the SSD 750 Series Intel has released a high-end consumer SSD which should drive tears of joy in the eyes of even the biggest hardware enthusiasts due to the x4 PCIe 3.0 NVMe connection. The PCI Express 3.0 x4 card is available in capacities of 400GB, 800GB and 1200GB. We are testing the largest and therefore fastest Intel PCIe SSD of the 750 series with 1.2TB capacity. Let us test the performance of the Intel … Continue reading Intel SSD 750 1.2TB PCIe SSD Review

Rapoo VPRO V800 Review

Today, we have published a review of the latest Rapoo VPRO V800 gaming keyboard with backlight. We have recently tested the Rapoo E6700 Bluetooth keyboard. Now Rapoo offers the new V800 Gaming Keyboard from the VPRO series to beat the competition. Whether and how the Rapoo V800 Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard differs from others, we will work out for you in the following review.

OCZ Vector 180 480GB SSD Review

Today, we test a new OCZ SSD here at OCinside.de. This SSD tries to win the hearts of the users especially with very high reliability. We compared the OCZ Vector 180 against all the previously tested SSDs. Let us check the results of the OCZ Vector 180 480 GB SSD in everyday PC life and see which special features makes this Vector 180 so unique.

Fractal Design Define S Case Review

Today, we have tested the Fractal Design Define S PC case. As a rule, real estates are a smart investment. Why should it be different with computer cases ? Due to the manufacturers the gamer upgrades his computer every 2 years, and simply keeps his computer case. Today we like to present a case with which you might like to move more often – the Define S from Fractal Design. Let us see what innovation the Define S holds for … Continue reading Fractal Design Define S Case Review

Raijintek Triton Review

Today at OCinside.de we published a review of the Raijintek Triton water cooling. Oh no, not a water cooler, again ! Exactly this is what some of you might have thought, reading this new review in the news. At this point, we can give the all-clear, because at least at one point, this water cooling differs greatly from previously tested water coolers. We will find out in this Raijintek Triton AIO water cooler review.

Philips 288P6LJEB UHD Monitor Review

Today we are testing at OCinside.de the Philips 288P6LJEB UHD Monitor. HD television exists for some time now. However, HDTV is not fully established yet, despite the better picture quality. The wide range of BluRay HD movies, the video on demand services and the amount of non-HD televisions keep the sales of HD TVs still high. For the manufacturers that is no reason to rest on their laurels and thus exist for quite some time televisions with a resolution of … Continue reading Philips 288P6LJEB UHD Monitor Review

ASRock Fatal1ty X99X Killer 3.1 Intel LGA 2011-3 Motherboard Review

Today we tested a brand new X99 motherboard with USB 3.1 support here on OCinside.de. This time we have tested and overclocked the ASRock X99X killer 3.1 LGA 2011-3 motherboard with an Intel Core-i7 5930K CPU and four Crucial Ballistix Sports DDR4-2400 memory modules. This motherboard contains, in addition to the built-in USB 3.1 Type-C port an ASRock USB 3.1 Card/A+A for the PCIe slot with two additional USB 3.1 Type-A 10 Gb/s ports as special feature. The ASRock Fatal1ty … Continue reading ASRock Fatal1ty X99X Killer 3.1 Intel LGA 2011-3 Motherboard Review

SpotCam HD Review

After the great interest in our review of the Raspberry Pi PiCam HD camera with monitoring functionality, we have decided to test a Start-Up solution of a WiFi video surveillance with recording and night vision function at OCinside.de as well. The SpotCam HD is a cloud based WiFi security camera, which is relatively easy to install and then can be watched on a PC, Mac or even on mobile iOS or Android based Smartphones and Tablets. Our SpotCam HD review … Continue reading SpotCam HD Review

Sapphire Radeon R9 280 Dual-X OC Review

The first AMD Radeon R9 380 graphics cards with 2 GB and 4 GB are already published. But before we review the 3xx series graphics cards, we would like to evaluate again another inexpensive AMD Radeon R9 280 graphics card. To be more specific, we test the Sapphire R9 280 Dual-X OC 3 GB, compare it with the previously tested video cards and also overclock the Sapphire graphics card.

Thrustmaster TH8A Review

Recently we introduced the Thrustmaster T500RS steering wheel set, which has proven excellently in our review. Although modern race cars today are usually either automatic or have paddle shifters on the steering wheel, one wishes nevertheless now and then a PC shift knob to get the feeling of an old school race car. Exactly this is what Thrustmaster offers with their TH8A Shifter.

Crucial BX100 1 TB SSD Review

Today, we published a review of the Crucial BX100 1 TB SSD on OCinside.de. Recently, we were able to evaluate the Crucial BX100 500 GB SSD and award it with the OCinside price tip. However, many PC and Mac users hope since the beginning of the first Solid State Drives on inexpensive 1 TB SSDs and this hope is fulfilled with this BX100 1 TB SSD ! In this SSD review, we compare the CT1000BX100SSD1 with the other SSD models … Continue reading Crucial BX100 1 TB SSD Review

Cooler Master V550S Review

Today, we test the Cooler Master V550S semi-modular power supply. If one can speak of reason with a power supply, this Cooler Master 550 Watt power supply not only falls in this category for its semi modular design. In the following review we take a closer look to the cable management, the power supply part and the energy efficiency in practice of the Cooler Master V550SM 80PLUS Gold power supply.

Thrustmaster T500RS Review

Driver’s license from 16? That was yesterday. Today, with a computer and a PC steering wheel, everyone can breathe the air of the great road. Driving a 40 ton truck or the latest formula 1 racing car, the main thing is a high realism. Of course, you need not only a well programmed game and a powerful PC. Also the input hardware is very important. For the most realistic racing pleasure we present the Thrustmaster T500RS GT6 force feedback steering … Continue reading Thrustmaster T500RS Review