Hardware Reviews, HDD and SSD, SSDs

Crucial M550 512GB SSD Review

Crucial has developed the new M550 SSD, which not only has a significantly better performance, but also provides more usable capacity. Fortunately, we tested all Crucial SSD generations since the first Crucial RealSSD C300 on OCinside.de and see again significant improvements at the current Crucial M550 compared to its predecessors. The Crucial M550 is available as 2.5-inch SATA, mSATA and M.2 SSD with a capacity range between 64 GB and 1 TB. The detailed review will show how fast the … Continue reading Crucial M550 512GB SSD Review →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket FM2 and FM2+, Hardware Reviews

ASRock Fatal1ty FM2A88X+ Killer Socket FM2+ Motherboard Review

Today, here at OCinside.de we test the ASRock Fatal1ty FM2A88X+ Killer – a brand new Socket FM2+ motherboard with special gaming features, or rather killer features. The Socket FM2+ motherboard is backward compatible with Socket FM2, so we have tested it with an AMD Richland and AMD Trinity in addition to the latest AMD Kaveri processor. Not only the compatibility has been tested, but also the performance and the overclocking options with an AMD A10-7850K, A10-6800K and A10-5800K APU on … Continue reading ASRock Fatal1ty FM2A88X+ Killer Socket FM2+ Motherboard Review →

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Hardware Reviews, HDD and SSD, SSDs

Crucial m4 128GB CT128M4SSD2 SSD RAID Review

Today, two fast Crucial m4 128GB SSDs were tested in RAID0 to get more performance. Regarding TRIM there are still weak points for a SSD RAID, but the ocinside.de review will show if this is really important. The team of 2x Crucial m4 128GB in RAID0 is compared against 1x 256GB Crucial m4 and against 1x 128GB Crucial m4. We will see who keeps one step ahead and if it is better to buy one large SSD or two smaller … Continue reading Crucial m4 128GB CT128M4SSD2 SSD RAID Review →

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Just for fun, Workshop

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 →

Hardware Reviews, Mice, Peripherals

CM Storm Alcor and CM Storm Mizar Review

Surely everyone wonders what it is about the star constellation. A few days ago Cooler Master has introduced the two computer mice CM Storm Mizar and Alcor. It is becoming harder to find good sounding names for computer hardware. In this case, however, Cooler Master managed to choose two names for their latest creation, arising not from imagination, because at Mizar and Alcor are two stars that are located in the constellation Big Mouse uh Ursa Major. But instead of … Continue reading CM Storm Alcor and CM Storm Mizar Review →

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Links and Downloads, Recommendable Pages

Hardware and Software Web Links

3DChip.de – News, information and reviews about 3D Chips and Graphiccards (D) alaTest.com – Review database and price comparison (E) Au-Ja! – Daily News and Reviews (D) Bios Info – Help about the BIOS and BIOS Kompendium download (D) CHIP online – News and many shareware downloads (D) ComputerBase – Hardware, Software, News, Reviews and more (D) Computer-Hilfe – Computerhelp, Reviews, Workshops and Downloads (D) Forums.Amd.com – The official english AMD Community about processors (E) Hardwareecke.de – News, Reviews and … Continue reading Hardware and Software Web Links →

Computer Tradeshow Reports, Links and Downloads

CeBIT 2014 Coverage

The CeBIT 2014 computer fair in Hanover showed also in this year a lot of new products. On the following 9 pages of the OCinside.de CeBIT 2014 report we published an overview of new IT products with approx. 150 pictures. Our CeBIT 2014 report has the main focus on current PC hardware and contains new Desktop, Server and NUC motherboards, mobile products, chassis, cooler, PSUs, SSDs, NAS and wireless storage solutions. It is published in German, but it is worth … Continue reading CeBIT 2014 Coverage →

Case Modding, Modding

Cooler Master CM 690 III Casemod Guide

Cooler Master CM 690 III Casemod Guide Cooler Master Casemod Guide … We have the short CM 690 III enclosure casemod instructions splitted into two guides, we start the top coverin the first modding instructions. Modify the top cover plate … As mentioned on the previous page, the cover plate on the top of the Cooler Master CM 690 III case is designed to cover not only the storage, but also the USB ports, the jacks for the headset and … Continue reading Cooler Master CM 690 III Casemod Guide →

Cases, Hardware Reviews

Cooler Master CM 690 III Review

Almost 4 years ago, we tested the Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced chassis and after some variations of the award winning Mid-Tower, the new CM 690 III is now published by Cooler Master, which we tested in this review. However it quickly became clear that this CM 690 III offers in comparison to the CM 690 II predecessor not only improvements. That is why we have decided to integrate a CM 690 III casemod guide in this review to … Continue reading Cooler Master CM 690 III Review →

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Hardware Reviews, Video Cards

MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GeForce GTX 780 Ti OC Edition Video Card Review

MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GeForce GTX 780 Ti OC Edition Video Card Review Before starting with the review of the MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 Ti OC lets make a little time travel … A small company called 3dfx presented the Voodoo 3d accelerator card in October 1996. In addition to the introductory price of around 600 Dollar you still need to buy a standard graphic card that costs 200-300 Dollar. What has then begun holds to be persistent: … Continue reading MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GeForce GTX 780 Ti OC Edition Video Card Review →

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Air Coolers, Cooling, Hardware Reviews, OCinside.de Reader Reviews

Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler Reader Review

A new reader review is published today at OCinside.de. This time the current Phanteks PH-TC14PE tower cooler is tested and the cooler made a very good impression. If you are looking for a new CPU cooler, you will literally overwhelmed by the wide selection that is available on the market. Was it in times of 386 processors still safe to use the boxed cooler, so a current CPU generates about 80-120 watts heat output, which can not be easily discharged. … Continue reading Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler Reader Review →

Cases, Hardware Reviews

CM Storm Stryker Review

Today, OCinside.de presents a test of the CM Storm Stryker Big Tower from Cooler Master. Who associates the word Stryker with a 8×8 multifunction armored vehicle from the U.S. Army is not so wrong. But until we get one of those to make a test, we present you a much more interesting product from Cooler Master – the CM Storm Stryker Big Tower – which received our Overclocking Dream Award 01/2014. Together with his brother CMStorm Trooper Cooler Master wants … Continue reading CM Storm Stryker Review →

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Air Coolers, Cooling, Hardware Reviews, OCinside.de Reader Reviews

Xigmatek Prime SD1484 Reader Review

Today, we present a new reader review at OCinside.de. This time, the reader Hattiro tested the Xigmatek Prime SD1484 CPU cooler. So let us take a look at the results of the Xigmatek Prime SD1484. And in the interactive fit for fan guide, you can listen to the sound of this cooler with one or two fans and you can virtually measure its size on different motherboards. Here is the Xigmatek Prime SD1484 reader review.

AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket FM2 and FM2+, Hardware Reviews

ASRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ AMD Socket FM2+ Motherboard Review

Today, we test the first motherboard with the new Socket FM2+ for AMD Kaveri processors at OCinside.de that is also backward compatible with Socket FM2 Richland and Trinity processors. The AMD FM2+ motherboard based on the AMD A88X Bolton-D4 chipset and has a total of five PCI Express slots, two PCI slots, four memory slots with AMP and XMP support, seven SATA3 ports, one eSATA3 port, Gigabit LAN, HDMI-In, HDMI output, D-Sub VGA, DVI, DisplayPort, 7.1 purity sound and lots … Continue reading ASRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ AMD Socket FM2+ Motherboard Review →

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