Hardware Reviews

Here you’ll see tests and overclocking suitability of the following hardware components …

Drive Cages, Hardware Reviews, HDD and SSD

Icy Dock MB973SP-1B FlexCage Review

Today we test the Icy Dock FlexCage MB973SP-1B removable frame. Homeserver or self-built or finished NAS solutions are gaining popularity again. Almost all finished network attached storages have so-called hot-swap bays, which makes it easy to change the hard disks. But what if the performance of a NAS is not sufficient, but you don’t want to do without the comfort of the hot-swap bays? Many consumer cases or 19-inch cases in the lower price segment only have internal 3.5-inch and … Continue reading Icy Dock MB973SP-1B FlexCage Review →

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Hardware Reviews, Intel LGA1151, Intel Motherboards, Unboxing and Video Reviews

ASRock H370 Performance Polychrome RGB Software Video

Today we look at the latest development of the RGB control from ASRock. ASRock now offers addressable LEDs on some motherboards, which are controlled by the ASRock Polychrome RGB software. How exactly this works, which RGB effects are possible with addressable RGB LED strips and the interaction with other RGB LED hardware, we show in the new ASRock Polychrome RGB software video at our OCinside YouTube channel. German with English subs. The complete review of the new ASRock H370 Performance … Continue reading ASRock H370 Performance Polychrome RGB Software Video →

Hardware Reviews, HDD and SSD, NAS Systems

Synology DS218+ NAS Review

Everyone’s talking about the cloud. In this way, large companies achieve a reduction in IT costs and shift responsibility to the cloud provider. But cloud storage is also becoming increasingly important for private users. The goal is to store large amounts of data securely and with high availability and to be able to access them from anywhere. However, the data should be stored in your own home if possible in order to have a certain degree of security. Therefore, today … Continue reading Synology DS218+ NAS Review →

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Air Coolers, Cooling, Hardware Reviews

Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo II Review

We already tested the current Arctic Accelero Hybrid III 140 graphics card cooler on OCinside.de. Today we are testing the Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo II, an universal graphics card cooler from Arctic. Since the Arctic Twin Turbo II is available for a few years now, we are curious to see if it can still handle current graphics cards like a Palit GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Dual. More about this in the following GPU cooler test report.

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Contest, Hardware Reviews, Intel LGA1151, Intel Motherboards

ASRock H370 Pro4 Intel LGA 1151 Motherboard Review

After some Intel X299 and AMD X399 tests there is an ASRock H370 Pro4 motherboard test on OCinside.de with LGA1151 socket for the 8th generation Intel Coffee Lake processor. We tested it with an Intel Core i7-8700K processor and tried to overclock the Intel H370 motherboard – the emphasis is on trying. Of course you will see also interesting thermal images and a 360 degree view as well as several benchmarks. Let’s take a look at where the strengths and … Continue reading ASRock H370 Pro4 Intel LGA 1151 Motherboard Review →

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Hardware Reviews, PC Systems

Raspberry Pi 3 Review

Some time ago we already have reviewed the first Raspberry Pi. With the exception of sophisticated multimedia applications, this could meet all our requirements for a single-board computer. Meanwhile, miniaturization is proceeding. Therefore we would like to take a closer look at the Raspberry Pi 3. This is not shrunk by the board size, but offers more features and performance than the previous models. A further advantage should not go unmentioned at this point: According to current knowledge, the Raspberry … Continue reading Raspberry Pi 3 Review →

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Air Coolers, Cooling, Hardware Reviews, Unboxing and Video Reviews

Cooler Master MasterAir G100M Review

Unlike the recently tested MA410P, MA610P and MA620P tower coolers, the small round Cooler Master G100M UFO cooler is more for the small space requirement in Micro ATX or Mini ITX enclosures, without sacrificing an optical highlight. We test whether the cooling performance is still satisfactory and also have the 360 degree view, a new video with sound and yet another video with all the RGB effects in our OCinside YouTube channel.

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Contest, Hardware Reviews, Intel LGA2066, Intel Motherboards

ASRock X299M Extreme4 Intel LGA 2066 Motherboard Review

Today, we have published an Intel X299 Micro ATX motherboard review with a sweepstake on OCinside.de! After the recently released AMD Threadripper Micro ATX motherboard from ASRock we have the Intel X299 Micro ATX board tested today. The new ASRock X299M Extreme4 not only offers great features like three PCI Express slots, two Ultra M.2 32Gb/s slots, eight SATA3 ports, etc. but even has some more unusual features like the OC header. What this means and how the X299 Micro … Continue reading ASRock X299M Extreme4 Intel LGA 2066 Motherboard Review →

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

Antec Mercury M240 Reader Review

Today a new reader review is published on OCinside.de where Nsp tests the Antec Mercury M240 AIO cooler for us in detail. He had been interested in water cooling before, but found it too complicated to assemble the various components and ensure their correct function permanently and tightly. In the following reader test we will see whether this is easier with the Antec Mercury 240.

Cooling, Hardware Reviews, Unboxing and Video Reviews, Water Coolers

Barrow LTYK3-04 Review

Today we look at a water cooler from the Asian company Barrow, which is less popular in Europe. Can it keep up with the local top dogs of well-known brand manufacturers? Are there any disadvantages and how does it overclock? Also this time there is the test including a new OCinside YouTube channel video of the whole system with the Barrow LTYK3-04, Enermax NEOChanger, Intel Core i7-7700K, ASUS ROG Maximus IX Code, ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, G.Skill … Continue reading Barrow LTYK3-04 Review →

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Hardware Reviews, Keyboards, Peripherals

Cooler Master MasterKeys MK750 Review

Hit the keys! It all started with this set when the new MasterKeys MK750 keyboard from Cooler Master arrived in our test lab. A keyboard that not only comes at a proud price, but also offers the users a lot for their money! Mechanical keys, innovative connectivity and lighting that is second to none. Curious? All this and much more can be found in the current test on OCinside.de!

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Hardware Reviews, Headsets, Peripherals

Teufel Cage Review

Teufel Audio GmbH was founded in 1980 and now employs more than 200 people. The audio specialist from Berlin, Germany is now presenting its first gaming headset with the Teufel Cage and wants to set the bar at the very top in this sector as well. Whether this succeeds, we show in the following review of the Teufel Cage Game Changer!

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Cases, Hardware Reviews

Lian Li PC-K5 Review

Lian Li is mainly known as a manufacturer of aluminium enclosures in the premium segment. With the new Ebonsteel series, the Taiwanese manufacturer now wants to advance into the low mid-range segment by steel chassis. With the Midi-Tower PC-K5WX we have today on OCinside.de the cheapest case offer from Lian Li as window version available for testing. Many thanks for the support … Many thanks for the support to Hipp0campus and the manufacturer Lian Li. The Lian Li Ebonsteel PC-K5 … Continue reading Lian Li PC-K5 Review →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket TR4, Hardware Reviews

ASRock X399M Taichi AMD TR4 Motherboard Review

We have tested another AMD Threadripper motherboard for you on OCinside.de and are excited! This time we test with the ASRock X399M Taichi a small Micro ATX motherboard for AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors. The tiny Socket TR4 motherboard is tested and overclocked in the OC test with an AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X CPU. Looking at the features of the X399M Taichi motherboard, one can hardly believe that this is a Micro ATX motherboard. Because three PCI Express slots, four DDR4 … Continue reading ASRock X399M Taichi AMD TR4 Motherboard Review →

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