Anandtech – If you need hardwarenews you’ll get them here AMDBoard – Tons of AMD page links Club OC – Hardware news and reviews CPU-Central – All about CPU’s Hardwarecentral – Overclocking news H-ODA – The creator of WCPUID and SoftFSB Jathardware – Very huge link-collection Monster-Hardware – Hardware News and Mods OCinside.de – OC and PC Hardware reviews OCTools – News, downloads and links OCWorkBench – Many hardware reviews and daily news Overclockers.com – Best interactive Intel and AMD […] Continue reading
ASRock A790GXH/128M AMD Socket AM2, AM2+ and AM3 Motherboard Review
The ASRock A790GXH/128M motherboard with the AMD 790GX chipset and the SB750 southbridge is not only designed for Socket AM2, but it is also an excellent board for newer AMD Socket AM2+ and AM3 processors with support for DDR2 memory modules. It offers enormously high overclocking results and also the onboard graphics unit is very positive, but read more in the following ocinside.de test report.
AMD Phenom II CPU Unlock Guide – Unlock the Multi, Vcore and X4 CPU Core
AMD Phenom II CPU multiplier unlock, Vcore unlock and fourth core unlocking Unlock an inexpensive AMD Phenom II 710 X3 CPU with 3 cores and multi lock to an AMD Phenom II X4 Engineering Sample with 4 cores, Vcore selection and unlocked multi ! Introduction … It is already well-known that one can unlock the fourth core of a triple core AMD Phenom II CPU. But during a test of the current ASRock A790GXH/128M motherboard at ocinside.de it was possible […] Continue reading
Offtopic pages – Have to see them
ACDSee – One of the best picture viewer (trial version) Damn Small Linux (DSL) – Very small Linux distribution for USB stick, etc. DirectX – Microsoft DirectX download site. Funny Movies – Many funny short-movies. Geocaching – Paper chase without paper, but with GPS device – try it and you will love it! Internet Explorer – Get always the newest versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer JBO – Just hear it. Knoppix – Linux without installation – runs directly from CD […] Continue reading
Less memory – BIOS or Operating System does not recognize the whole memory
Less memory detected Why doesn’t the BIOS or operating system recognize the total installed RAM ? Introduction … The last memory reviews on ocinside.de already contained a few references and information about the problem with 4GB RAM memory expansion in Microsoft Windows 32 bit operating systems. Because of the constantly decreasing RAM prices more questions about these memory sizes reach our mailbox and forum. So there is now a seperate workshop guide, which describes the difficulties with larger memory size […] Continue reading
IR Box Construction Guide
IR Box construction guide Integrate the PC infrared receiver into a plastic box IR Box introduction … The infrared receiver kits had to go without a enclosure so far and it is time to change this. Now there is the new IR box available, where one can insert for example the PCB of the brand-new USB Ultra infrared receiver v2.0, in order to protect the electronic devices and to get a more beautiful construction for the PC or HTPC. Of […] Continue reading
USB Ultra IR-Receiver to PC remote control and power ON – OFF v1.1
USB Ultra Infrared Receiver to remote control and power on/off the PC UPDATE: This Version 1.1 is now replaced by the new USB Ultra IR Version 2.0, to ensure the operation also on newer PCs with more recent motherboards. The extended guide for the infrared receiver with hardware side function to remotely switch the PC on and off as full USB variant is now available and got the name “USB Ultra infrared receiver” or briefly “USB Ultra IR”. Where is […] Continue reading
CeBIT 2009 Coverage
The CeBIT 2009 in Hanover, Germany is like in past years one of the most important fairs for the IT industry. Even if the halls were not completely full this year, it was worth to visit the CeBIT 2009 in any case. On the following 11 pages of the CeBIT 2009 report you will see over 70 pictures with the main focus on current PC hardware components. This ocinside.de CeBIT report contains some new motherboards, enclosures, coolers, PSUs, keyboards, SSDs, […] Continue reading
HTPC Howto guide to build a home cinema computer
HTPC Howto – Beginners guide how to build a home cinema computer. Step by step HTPC guide to build a Home Theater PC … For the recently published Silverstone La Scala SST LC02B HTPC enclosure review, it is now time for a HTPC guide, which explains step by step how to build a living room PC. This beginners guide shows how easy it can be to build a PC for the living room. If you have a few hardware components, […] Continue reading
G.Skill 4GB Kit DDR2-1100/PC2-8800 F2-8800CL5D-4GBPI Memory Review
G.Skill offers with the 4GB PC2-8800 a new High-End DDR2 memory kit, which promises high performance also with a standard DDR2 voltage of 1.8V-1.9V. The memory kit contains two 2GB modules with DDR2-1100 speed at CL5. In this review we will test the performance of the inexpensive 4GB DDR2 kit with CL4 and compare them to several other DDR2 memory modules. Thanks for the support … Many thanks for the support with the F2-8800CL5D-4GBPI F2 4GB PC2 8800 / DDR2 […] Continue reading
ASRock K10N750SLI-WiFi AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review
ASRock left the low-budget market and have entered the high-end market with the K10N750SLI-WiFi Socket AM2+ motherboard. The price of this board is noticeably higher than their usual prices. Of course, not without a reason, because this new ASRock board offers the fast nForce 750a SLI chipset, extensive overclocking settings and excellent equipment in a newly designed cardboard box. The packing is, of course, not the most important thing, but ASRock likes to deviate a little bit from their green […] Continue reading
Crucial Ballistix Tracer Red DDR2-800/PC2-6400 4GB Kit BL2KIT25664AR804 Memory Review
Sure, for most of us DDR2-800 RAM is nothing special anymore, but the new Crucial Crucial Ballistix Tracer Red PC2-6400 memory modules are worth a second look. The current DDR2 4GB kit consists of 2x 2GB PC2-6400 CL4 memory modules and they are a visual treat. This Ballistix Tracer Red edition offers not just more memory for the PC, but thanks to several integrated SMD light emitting diodes it lights up the PC in a bright red. Let us test […] Continue reading
ASRock K10N78FullHD-hSLI R3.0 AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review
Recently ocinside.de reviewed the ASRock A780FullDisplayPort motherboard with AMD 780G chipset and today the new ASRock K10N78FullHD-hSLI socket AM2+ Micro ATX motherboard was tested, which is based on a nVidia GeForce 8200 chipset. Both mainboards have an integrated graphics processor and costs approximately the same. This review will clarify if both motherboards are comparable and if the K10N78FullHD-hSLI R3.0 board can be well overclocked and/or underclocked.
ASRock A780FullDisplayPort AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review
The ASRock A780FullDisplayPort Socket AM2+ Micro ATX motherboard is based on the AMD 780G chipset and offers especially fantastic connection options for the graphics output. VGA, DVI-D, HDMI and also the latest DisplayPort graphics output is possible with this brand-new ASRock board. The review will show, if this reasonably priced board is suitable for a HTPC living room PC and if it can be overclocked for High-End PCs and underclocked for low power consumption PCs.
ASRock ALiveNF5SLI-1394 AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review
The ASRock ALiveNF5SLI-1394 Socket AM2 motherboard is based on the nForce 560 SLI chipset, which is better known as nVidia NF4SLI or NF500SLI. This ASRock motherboard with SLI technology and AMD Phenom CPU support is available for a little bit more than 50 Euro. The following overclocking review will show, if ASRock succeeded once again in creating an attractive board for AMD processors and if this board offers nice overclocking features.