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Hardware Reviews, Intel LGA1150, Intel Motherboards

ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac Intel LGA1150 Mini-ITX Motherboard Review

Today at OCinside.de we test a very small but powerful Mini-ITX motherboard, the ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac with Wi-Fi 802 11ac / Bluetooth v4.0 module and external WiFi antenna. Amazing – on the top of the mini ITX mainboard is not enough space to meet all your wishes, so ASRock has continued without further ADO on the back of this ITX motherboard. The ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac motherboard is based on the Intel Z97 chipset and offers even a M.2 slot, a mini PCIe … Continue reading ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac Intel LGA1150 Mini-ITX Motherboard Review →

Hardware Reviews, Intel LGA2011-3, Intel Motherboards

ASRock X99 Extreme6 Intel LGA 2011-3 Motherboard Review

The new ASRock X99 Extreme6 motherboard in our OC-Review is tested with an Intel Core i7-5930K 6-core processor and brandnew Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4-2400 Quad Channel memory and as befits OCinside.de, overclocked to the limit. The ASRock X99 Extreme6 offers eight DDR4 slots and similar top features, such as the recently tested ASRock Z97 Extreme6 motherboard, like e.g. HDD saver function, Ultra M.2 slot with up to 32 GB/s, Mini PCIe slot, Purity Sound 2 with digital sound output, five … Continue reading ASRock X99 Extreme6 Intel LGA 2011-3 Motherboard Review →

Hardware Reviews, Intel LGA1150, Intel Motherboards

ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer Intel LGA1150 Motherboard Review

Especially enthusiasts and gamers will be happy to read this review about the latest ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer motherboard on OCinside.de. The Fatal1ty Z97X Killer motherboard based on the Intel Z97 chipset offers especially for gamers a great basic equipment with three PCIe 3.0 graphics cards slots, Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200 Gigabit LAN port, Fatal1ty Mouse port, Purity Sound 2 with DTS Connect, digital sound output via optical S/PDIF output, XXL aluminum alloy heatsinks, three more PCIe 2.0 slots, up … Continue reading ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer Intel LGA1150 Motherboard Review →

Hardware Reviews, Video Cards

MSI Twin Frozr Gaming Radeon R9 280 OC Edition Video Card Review

MSI Twin Frozr Gaming Radeon R9 280 OC Edition Video Card ReviewIf you found one or more awesome games on the last gamescom gaming fair, you might want to or must upgrade your PC hardware. Here comes the fast MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280 OC Edition graphics card just at the right time, because in addition to the motherboard, CPU, memory and hard drive or SSD, the graphics card performance is very important for current games. But not only … Continue reading MSI Twin Frozr Gaming Radeon R9 280 OC Edition Video Card Review →

Hardware Reviews, Intel Motherboards

ASRock Q1900M Mainboard with Intel J1900 Celeron Processor Review

Today, we test another awesome power saving motherboard in the low-budget price segment here at OCinside.de, which could find a place in a small media player PC, NAS or office PC. Let us see how fast the approx. 60 EUR inexpensive ASRock Q1900M Bay Trail-D Micro-ATX motherboard with integrated Intel Celeron J1900 APU is and if it is as good as an AMD Socket AM1 Kabini or some other PC systems.

AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM1, Hardware Reviews

ASRock AM1H-ITX Socket AM1 Mini-ITX Motherboard Review

Not for overclockers, but instead a great choice to save power with high standards, this is how you could shortly describe the latest OCinside.de review of the current AMD Socket AM1 Mini-ITX motherboard. The ASRock AM1H-ITX motherboard has one PCI Express slot, two DDR3-1600 slots, four SATA3 ports, Gigabit LAN, 7.1 sound with optical S/PDIF output, and graphics output via D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI, or DisplayPort 1.2 and offers even 4K resolution. The power connection is optimally solved, because the ASRock … Continue reading ASRock AM1H-ITX Socket AM1 Mini-ITX Motherboard Review →

Hardware Reviews, HDD and SSD, HDDs, SSDs

Seagate ST2000DX001 2TB SSHD Review

SSD, HDD or SSHD ? We have already published some SSD and HDD reviews on OCinside.de and for quite some time we are also testing the combination of solid state drive and hard disk drive in one drive – the so-called SSHD. The advantages of the SSHD are obvious: The price is several times below a SSD with identical capacity. Now we like to answer the question if the SSHD can keep at least partially with a SSD, or if … Continue reading Seagate ST2000DX001 2TB SSHD Review →

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 →

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 →

Hardware Reviews, Intel LGA1155, Intel Motherboards

Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 Intel LGA1155 Motherboard Review

Gigabyte offers with the GA-Z68XP-UD3 an Intel LGA1155 Sandy Bridge motherboard with some interesting characteristics and a lot of OC features. The Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 is based on the Intel Z68 chipset for current LGA1155 processors like e.g. the Intel Core i7-2700K, Intel Core i3-2100, or the Intel Core i5-2500K processor which is used for the overclocking tests. We test, overclock and benchmark the Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 with different video cards and compare the current consumption in this review.