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

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.

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.

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

ASRock B550 Taichi Razer Edition AMD Motherboard Review

Today we are testing the ASRock B550 Taichi Razer Edition, a powerful ATX motherboard for current AMD Ryzen 3000 Matisse, 4000 Renoir and 5000 Vermeer processors. We have overclocked the AMD Ryzen motherboard extensively in the test. In the following motherboard review we will show the features and in an additional video the extensive aRGB effects of the ASRock B550 Taichi Razer Edition and will see how it compares to the previous AMD motherboards.

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo V2 Review

Compact and affordable! Today on OCinside.de we are testing the brand new Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo V2 cooler, which is designed for AMD Socket AM4, Intel LGA 1200 and many more sockets. Among others, we test the latest Hyper 212 Evo with an Intel Core i5-10500 CPU on the ASRock Z490 Steel Legend motherboard and show thermal images, 360 degree view and of course all results in the following review.

Thermaltake Level 20 RS ARGB Review

Today we are testing here at OCinside.de the large Level 20 RS ARGB Midi Tower PC case from Thermaltake. It is equipped from factory with a conventional 120mm fan and two 200mm fans, which have addressable RGB lighting. It can also be equipped with up to four radiators for advanced custom water cooling. What else it has to offer is revealed in the following product review.

Icy Dock MB795SP-B and MB703M2P-B Review

Today we take a look at a 5.25-inch Icy Dock flexiDOCK MB795SP-B removable frame on OCinside.de, which can be equipped with a 3.5-inch HDD and a 2.5-inch SSD as hot-swap. We also test the Icy Dock EZConvert MB703M2P-B, with which you can convert a standard M.2 SATA SSD into a 2.5-inch SSD. In the following test we’ll see if both products from Icy Dock deliver what they promise.

ASRock X299 Creator Motherboard Review

Today we test the ASRock X299 Creator High-End motherboard on OCinside.de. The latest X299 Creator motherboard supports Skylake-X and Skylake-X Refresh, as well as the current Cascade Lake-X processor series. ASRock has raised the bar even higher with their new Creator series and impressed us with a phenomenal basic equipment. From 10 Gigabit LAN up to Mini DisplayPort inputs, everything is included!

DreamHack 2019 Coverage

From 15 to 17 February 2019, the DreamHack took place for the third time in Leipzig. As in previous years, the DreamHack in Leipzig is divided into 3 main areas: the gigantic LAN, the area for the USK 16 visitors and the area for USK 12 visitors. With almost 170 pictures, the OCinside.de Berlin team collected impressions from the areas of hardware, gaming, cosplay and we even brought some pictures of new products.

CPU Cooler Comparison 2018 Part 2

After the big CPU cooler comparison 2018, where we tested numerous coolers on an AMD AM4 system, we would like to present another cooler test overview on OCinside.de today. In the second part of the cooler chart there is now an overview with selected CPU coolers from Antec, Arctic, Cooler Master, Cryorig, Enermax, Intel and LEPA that have been tested on an Intel Core i5 PC system. So you can easily find the right air cooler or AIO water cooler … Continue reading CPU Cooler Comparison 2018 Part 2

CPU Cooler Chart 2018

We have tested numerous coolers on OCinside.de during the last 18 years. Today we would like to present in the new CPU Cooler Chart 2018 a roundup with selected CPU coolers from AMD, Antec, Arctic, Cooler Master, Cryorig, and Noctua that have been tested on an AMD AM4 system. So you can quickly find the right air cooler or AIO water cooler for the AMD Socket AM4 PC and compare the test results.