The small Dutch company Streacom manufactures high quality aluminium products since 2010. Their main focus is in PC cases. We have the opportunity to take a look at the Streacom F7c alpha optical case, which is a compact ITX case, well suited for building a media PC. For testing we used a Streacom Nano PSU and a ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac Intel LGA1150 motherboard.
A40 is not only a German Autobahn but also a so called all-in-one watercooler by manufacturer Cryorig. These kind of coolers are a real trend for CPU cooling for a few years now. It is promised a water cooling without the often maintenance and installation with a cheaper purchase price. Cryorig is known as an innovative manufacturer of CPU coolers and has detected as a weak point of such systems that compared with air cooling systems often the surrounding components … Continue reading Cryorig A40 Review
USB Ultra Infrared Receiver to remote control PC, remote power on PC and remote power off PC ! Today, another interesting infrared receiver solder guide for the PC is finished. Who like to control the PC or HTPC comfortable from the sofa, can solder different IR receiver types for commercially available universal remote controls. There are some self building guides in the ocinside.de modding section for several years and today a new special infrared receiver soldering guide for the PC … Continue reading USB Ultra IR-Receiver v2.0 to PC remote control and PC power On / Off
About a year ago we tested the Fractal Design Define S case. This ATX case with noise reducing elements provides plenty of space for water-cooling. We were so convinced by this inconspicuous case that it was awarded the OCinside price-tip award. This time we are going to test the Define R5 which was the basis for the Define S but shows some significant differences. Its predecessor Define R4 was already a blockbuster and was often recommended in forums if you … Continue reading Fractal Design Define R5 Review
Thermaltake released a new version of its case Core V1 now called Suppressor F1. This is a roomy mini-ITX cube. The front has been reworked completely, the dust-collecting mesh front with its big eye-catching logo has been replaced with a simple matt plastic front.
With the latest X99 WS-E/10G motherboard ASRock shows very impressively the way in the future. Because the abbreviation 10G of the ASRock X99 WS-E/10G stands for one or more specifically two Intel X540 network connectors with up to 10 Gigabit per second transfer rate. We have tested two of these high-end motherboards with Intel Core i5-5930K processors and RAID0 arrays consisting of two Crucial MX200 SSDs to compare the very high 10G LAN speed with the current Gigabit LAN standard. … Continue reading ASRock X99 WS-E/10G Intel LGA 2011-3 Motherboard Review
No matter if you do video editing, graphic design, 3D animation, architectures or if you are just an allrounder or even a gamer – the latest Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 processors offering great performance at an affordable price. Today we are testing on OCinside.de the new ASRock E3v5 WS Intel C232 workstation motherboard with an Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 LGA1151 CPU as well as with an Intel Core-i5 6600K LGA1151 CPU.
To celebrate the launch, we present the revised version of the tower cooler Hyper 212X by the company Cooler Master. The Taiwanese manufacturer has long been an institution in terms of PC cooling and casing. In our test we want to focus on the new features of this version and its performance.
Many gamers are using the so called Claw Grip to navigate their mouse around the pad. Therefore Cooler Master sends the Xornet II from the CM Storm series into race. This mouse is specifically optimized for the Claw Grip, providing comfort and control, to survive the most heated battles. Whether the CM Storm Xornet II can extend its claws, or is only a brave little mouse … we will find out in the following review.
Arctic – formerly Arctic Cooling – has 15 years of experience in PC cooling. This time we test the brand-new Arctic Freezer i32 from the Swiss company, which looks rather common at first glance. With its angular design and 120mm fan it really does not stand out of the huge mass of CPU coolers. But while testing we could find some traits which really make this cooler to something special. This i32 variant is only suitable for Intel systems, but … Continue reading Arctic Freezer i32 Review
Today we are testing a brand new 32 GB DDR4-2666 Crucial Ballistix Tactical Kit on OCinside.de, consisting of four 8 GB DDR4 modules or two 16 GB DDR4 kits with two 8 GB modules each. The four DDR4 modules can be used optimally for both X99 systems in quad channel mode, as well as for Z170 PCs in dual channel mode. The Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR4-2666 8 GB CL16 memory modules have XMP 2.0 profiles for easy load of higher … Continue reading Crucial Ballistix Tactical 32GB DDR4 4x 8GB DDR4-2666 Review
Today at OCinside.de we test the new ASRock Z170 OC Formula LGA1151 motherboard for overclockers with an Intel Core i5-6600K CPU and four Crucial Ballistix Sports DDR4-2400 4GB memory modules. Of course we have not just taken a look at the motherboard and created some benchmarks, but also heavily overclocked it as well. We have overclocked an unlocked Intel Core i5 6600K CPU with an open multi as well as the other a locked Intel Core i5-6400 CPU with fixed … Continue reading ASRock Z170 OC Formula Intel LGA 1151 Motherboard Review
Review of the Cryorig H5 Ultimate CPU cooler. Today we want to present a cooler of a very young company. It is the H5 Ultimate from the company Cryorig. Just 2 years on the market, Cryorig prides itself to start something new, something big, and want to distance them from the competition. Easy installation and top performance are the slogans of their products. Whether the H5 Ultimate from Cryorig can convince us, we now find out on OCinside.de. In addition, … Continue reading Cryorig H5 Ultimate Review
Today we test a very special Intel LGA1151 motherboard at OCinside.de. Skylake supports DDR4 memory modules. Anyway, there are certainly some users who like to install, at least for some time, their DDR3 modules. For this reason ASRock offers this new H170 Combo motherboard. The ASRock H170 Combo motherboard can be equipped optionally either with up to four DDR3 modules or two DDR4 modules. We have tested both and done some benchmarks with two DDR4 and with two DDR3 memory … Continue reading ASRock H170 Combo Intel LGA 1151 Motherboard Review
Today we will test the Enermax ETS-T40F-BK tower cooler on OCinside.de. You find countless CPU coolers, at the moment 310 of 675 total listed models have the so called tower design. This makes it hard for the consumer to choose the right one and for the manufacturer to stand out against others. We will check closely if Enermax achieved that with its model ETS-T40F-BK. In this cryptic label the F stand for fit and the BK for black, we will … Continue reading Enermax ETS-T40F-BK Review