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Cases, Hardware Reviews

Fractal Design North Review

Combination of design and technology! The Swedish manufacturer Fractal Design presents us with the North PC case not only a technical component, but also a designer object that can be integrated discreetly and elegantly into the living room like a piece of furniture as hardly any other PC case before. Our following review of the Fractal North Charcoal Black with mesh side panel and Fractal North Chalk White TG Clear with tempered glass side panel reveals whether the North just … Continue reading Fractal Design North Review →

DDR5 RAM, Hardware Reviews, Memory

Crucial 32GB DDR5 2x 16GB DDR5-5600 RAM Review

Today on OCinside.de we are testing the 32GB Dual Channel memory kit with 2x 16GB DDR5-5600 CL46 modules. This kit is focused on efficiency and compatibility, because the speed and the operating voltage comply with the JEDEC specification. So this is not a high-performance overclocking memory kit. We will reveal how much faster this DDR5-5600 memory kit is compared to a standard kit with DDR5-4800 in our following review.

AMD CPUs, Hardware Reviews, Processors, Unboxing and Video Reviews

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review

After the recently published AMD Ryzen 5 7600X review, we take a look at the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X processor on OCinside.de today. We are curious to see how the power of 16 cores and 32 threads compares to the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and how well the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X can be overclocked. We also show an interesting AMD Ryzen thermal image video in the OCinside YouTube Channel.

AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM5, Hardware Reviews, Unboxing and Video Reviews

ASRock X670E Taichi Carrara Motherboard Review

Today we test the ASRock X670E Taichi Carrara, a top equipped E-ATX AM5 motherboard for the recently released AMD Ryzen 7000 Raphael desktop processors. In the following motherboard review we show many new features like DDR5 and USB4 and in an additional video the chic marble design and the great aRGB effects of the ASRock X670E Taichi Carrara, which by the way is also available in black as ASRock X670E Taichi.

Drive Cages, Hardware Reviews, HDD and SSD

Icy Dock MB104U-1SMB and MB031U-1SMB EZ-Adapter Review

Use an M.2 SSD on the fly! We have already tested several removable frames from Icy Dock, which make life easier around the HDD or SSD and these two novelties are definitely one of them. If you want to access a SATA, M.2 SATA or M.2 NVMe SSD on your PC, notebook or even your tablet or smartphone, you can do this easily with a proper EZ-Adapter. Today, we are testing the Icy Dock MB104U-1SMB USB 3.2 Gen 2 docking … Continue reading Icy Dock MB104U-1SMB and MB031U-1SMB EZ-Adapter Review →

AMD CPUs, Hardware Reviews, Processors

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Review

Today on OCinside.de we are testing the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-core processor for the new AM5 socket. Compared to the Ryzen 5000 generation and its predecessor AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, a lot has changed compared to the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X. Starting with the integrated RDNA2 graphics unit up to DDR5 and the new socket, hardly a stone has been left unturned. The following review reveals the final result and how the six-core performed in our tests on an … Continue reading AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Review →

Contest

23 Years OCinside.de Contest Winners

Ho, ho, hoo, today the lucky winners were drawn from our 23 Years OCinside.de Contest! We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers, reviewers, webmasters, news posters and of course our cooperation partners Merry Xmas and a prosperous New Year 2023! The daily Hardware News will also be published during holidays without Xmas break on OCinside.de and Hardwarespot.de and for sure we will also publish some reviews as well.

Air Coolers, Compressor Coolers, Cooling, Hardware Reviews, Water Coolers

Thermal Paste Roundup

Thermal paste comparison! Today we test a rather inconspicuous component on OCinside.de, without which an adequate cooling would not be possible. Various thermal pastes are tested today and we will find out if it is worth investing in them or if the supplementary paste of the newly purchased cooler is actually sufficient. We tested the Arctic MX-4, Cooler Master Cryofuze, Noctua NH-H1, Noctua NH-H2, Endorfy Pactum PT-4, Streacom TX13, Thermal Grizzly Aeronaut, Hydronaut and Kryonaut extreme as well as the … Continue reading Thermal Paste Roundup →

Hardware Reviews, Power Supplies - PSU

Lian Li SP850 Gold SFX Power Supply Review

Energy efficient PCIe 5.0 SFX power supply! Lian Li has taken it upon itself to develop a modern, powerful PC power supply in small form factor format, which should fully meet today’s standards and customer requirements. The result is a fully modular 850 Watt SFX PC power supply with 80 Plus Gold certification and 12-pin high-power connector according to PCIe 5.0 standard. On paper, this reads excellent, but how the small power dwarf performs in practice will be revealed in … Continue reading Lian Li SP850 Gold SFX Power Supply Review →

Hardware Reviews, Intel CPUs, Processors

Intel Core i7-12700K Review

Intel Alder Lake CPU review! Today on OCinside.de we take another look at the Intel processors of the 12th generation. We test and overclock the Intel Core i7-12700K LGA1700 processor on an ASRock Z690 Taichi motherboard with Crucial DDR5-4800 RAM as well as on an ASRock B660 Steel Legend motherboard with Crucial Ballistix Max DDR4-4400 RAM and hope you enjoy comparing the results.