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Noctua NH-D15GDKT Gourmet Edition Cooking Pot Cooler Review

The EU saving madness continues! After light bulbs prohibition and 2-slot toaster prohibition now CPU coolers have to be expensively upgraded! On the basis of the latest eco-design-2017/0104/EC all CPU coolers must have a sense starting next year according to the EU Commission. No CPU cooler should fry more useless energy and what is there closer to put a frying pan on the cooler? We have two new Noctua cooler models looked at, the NH D15BP frying pan cooler and … Continue reading Noctua NH-D15GDKT Gourmet Edition Cooking Pot Cooler Review →

Just for fun, Workshop

CPU with integrated Nano Fans

AMD currently doesn’t show CPU innovations ? You’re wrong ! According to rumors the new AMD A11 8800 processor is build with four integrated nano fans. We show first pictures today on OCinside.de, but you should watch necessarily today. Edit 02.04.2016 – Yes, it’s only an April fool.

Just for fun, Workshop

Plastic wrap display discovered – SCD Guide !

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 Plastic wrap display discovered – SCD Guide ! →

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SSD Capacity Doubler

Double your SSD capacity Double the SSD capacity with a SSD puncher … All of us will know this … just bought a new SSD and the SSD has not enough space, at least very soon. OCinside.de has discovered a tricky solution how you simply can double the SSD capacity with a puncher ! Some still remember the 5.25-inch floppy disks, where you could also double the capacity with a simple hole and a similar procedure is now possible with … Continue reading SSD Capacity Doubler →

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 →

Overclocking Results, Workshop

Benchmark Database to compare PC performance

The Benchmark Database got an extensive update. Most overclockers like to compare their computer performance with other results after successful PC overclocking. For this reason, the Redaktion ocinside.de Benchmark Database is available additionally to the OC-Database, which contains already more than 11000 entries. You can compare the results of the well-known benchmarking tools: Futuremark 3DMark11, 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark06, 3DMark05, 3DMark03, 3DMark01, Aquamark and Super PI. The benchmark database is updated like the oc-database each night, so the profile entry is … Continue reading Benchmark Database to compare PC performance →

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Interactive AMD Phenom product ID guide v1.2

Interactive AMD product ID guide now also with AMD Bulldozer processors ! A so called product ID or OPN description is on each AMD Phenom, Phenom II and Athlon II CPU, but the product ID is not really easy to understand without studying several datasheets. On the new AMD Phenom product ID guide v1.2 simply select the description of your processor over the drop-down fields or type it directly into the new OPN field. Then you will see the technical … Continue reading Interactive AMD Phenom product ID guide v1.2 →

Misc Guides, Workshop

Interactive power consumption calculator – calculate current consumption and energy costs

Interactive electricity costs calculator – calculate power consumption Calculate the current consumption and cost of electricity … With this simple online tool one can calculate fast and easy the current consumption and electricity costs. No matter, if one would like to calculate the computer power consumption or other household equipment. Simply change the values in the lower range and watch the approximate costs for your inputs. The interactive power consumption calculator and the examples are an excerpt from our last … Continue reading Interactive power consumption calculator – calculate current consumption and energy costs →

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Interactive AMD Athlon 64 product ID guide version 3.1

AMD description – The interactive AMD Athlon 64 product ID OPN guide The interactive AMD Athlon 64 product ID guide for the identification of the AMD CPU description (OPN) is available in the version 3.1 and contains all current AMD processors. Simply select the description of the AMD Athlon 64 CPU over the dropdown fields and get the technical data of the processor virtually. The service is of course completely free and can be directly controlled by online Shops, forums, … Continue reading Interactive AMD Athlon 64 product ID guide version 3.1 →

Intel Overclocking, Intel Unlock Overclock Guides, Overclocking Results, Workshop

Intel Unlock Overclock – Intel Core i7 Overclocking Guide

Intel Unlock Overclock – Intel Core i7 Overclocking Guide Intel Unlock Overclock Phase 3 – Overclocking the Intel Core i7 PC … Who did not already read the beginning of the guide, find here the first page of the Intel Unlock Overclock article. Well, then we power on the PC and look if everything is working. This Gigabyte full screen boot logo looks very nice, but we should deactivate it in the BIOS. BIOS Update … Before we change any … Continue reading Intel Unlock Overclock – Intel Core i7 Overclocking Guide →

Intel Overclocking, Intel Unlock Overclock Guides, Workshop

Intel Unlock Overclock Guide

Intel Unlock Overclock Mission Last week the Redaktion ocinside.de got a request, if we are interested in an unique Intel Unlock Overclock Mission. Intel Unlock Overclock Mission? That sounds a bit unreliable, but after a few mails it was almost clear what we are talking about and of course ocinside.de like to participate in any Unlock or Overclock topic. Thus we agreed without further ado and a few days later came a large package from the United States. The Intel … Continue reading Intel Unlock Overclock Guide →

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AMD Overclocking, AMD Phenom, AMD Phenom II and AMD Athlon II OC, Workshop

AMD Phenom II CPU Unlock Guide – Unlock the Multi, Vcore and X4 CPU Core

AMD Phenom II CPU multiplier unlock, Vcore unlock and fourth core unlocking Unlock an inexpensive AMD Phenom II 710 X3 CPU with 3 cores and multi lock to an AMD Phenom II X4 Engineering Sample with 4 cores, Vcore selection and unlocked multi ! Introduction … It is already well-known that one can unlock the fourth core of a triple core AMD Phenom II CPU. But during a test of the current ASRock A790GXH/128M motherboard at ocinside.de it was possible … Continue reading AMD Phenom II CPU Unlock Guide – Unlock the Multi, Vcore and X4 CPU Core →

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DDR4, DDR3, DDR2, DDR RAM Guides, Workshop

Less memory – BIOS or Operating System does not recognize the whole memory

Less memory detected Why doesn’t the BIOS or operating system recognize the total installed RAM ? Introduction … The last memory reviews on ocinside.de already contained a few references and information about the problem with 4GB RAM memory expansion in Microsoft Windows 32 bit operating systems. Because of the constantly decreasing RAM prices more questions about these memory sizes reach our mailbox and forum. So there is now a seperate workshop guide, which describes the difficulties with larger memory size … Continue reading Less memory – BIOS or Operating System does not recognize the whole memory →

AMD Athlon 64 OC, AMD Overclocking, Hardware Reviews, Overclocking Results, Processors, Workshop

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 →

DDR4, DDR3, DDR2, DDR RAM Guides, Workshop

Interactive Memory Product ID guide to decode RAM part numbers

RAM designation identify – The interactive memory module product ID guide DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 memory modules can be overclocked very simple over the BIOS to get a better PC performance. But what does this frequently mentioned part marking like e.g. Micron D9GMH, D9HNH, etc. exactly mean and how to find out the memory size on basis of the part number? This new interactive guide will answer you these and more questions about memory modules.