Hardware Reviews

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

Hardware Reviews, Intel LGA1155, Intel Motherboards

Gaming with Fatal1ty on an ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional

ASRock Motherboard Preview 2011 The latest ASRock Motherboards Gaming with Fatal1ty on an ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional … Of course, ASRock not only wanted to show the pure facts of their current Intel boards, but also to demonstrate the impressive performance of the newest ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional motherboard. Thus, without farther ado, ASRock build two PC systems with their Fatal1ty P67 Professional … Then Fatal1ty warmed up a few minutes and invited to a short Quake match. However, these … Continue reading Gaming with Fatal1ty on an ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional →

Hardware Reviews, Power Supplies - PSU

Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1000W Modular PSU Review

Cooler Master already showed in our previous reviews, that they manufacture excellent power supply units and their Silent Pro Gold 1000W power supply underlines this impressively. The results are so impressive, that the Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1000W received the ocinside.de OverClocking Dream 02/2011 award. In the review we will examine, among other things, how high the current consumption is with this enormously high power of 1KW and if it is worth to buy such a PSU. Thanks for … Continue reading Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1000W Modular PSU Review →

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Hardware Reviews, Power Supplies - PSU

Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 600W Modular PSU Review

After the recently tested Cooler Master Silent Pro M500 power supply we have reviewed the modular Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 600W PSU. In this review we like to test not only the power supply under real conditions, but also the difference between that 80Plus Gold power supply unit and previously tested 80Plus PSUs. No one like to spend money for too high power consumption, so we want to achieve the best energy efficiency, also for our overclocked PCs. Let … Continue reading Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 600W Modular PSU Review →

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Hardware Reviews, HDD and SSD, SSDs

Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 1.8-inch SATA3 CTFDDAA064MAG-1G1 SSD Review

The Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB SSD is the first SSD in 1.8-inch size, tested at Redaktion ocinside.de. With this tiny, 5mm thin SATA3 SSD it is possible to upgrade a netbook, notebook, MP3 player, media player or also a conventional PC and Mac in order to reach an undreamed-of SSD performance. In today’s test report one can see several benchmarks compared with other 3.5-inch hard disk drives and 2.5-inch SSDs installed on the SATA2 and SATA3 port. Furthermore on visitor … Continue reading Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 1.8-inch SATA3 CTFDDAA064MAG-1G1 SSD Review →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM3 and AM3+, Hardware Reviews

Sapphire IPC-AM3DD785G Socket AM3 DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard Review

The Sapphire IPC-AM3DD785G is the first Mini ITX motherboard for AMD Socket AM3 processors tested at ocinside.de. Thanks to the small form factor, Mini ITX motherboards are excellently suitable for mediaplayer, NetTop PCs, or industrial PCs. The AMD 785G chipset is already recommended in some ocinside.de reviews and offers with its onBoard graphics unit a good basis to build such a system. However, on these systems overclocking is less important than a low current consumption. So the current review of … Continue reading Sapphire IPC-AM3DD785G Socket AM3 DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard Review →

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Hardware Reviews, Power Supplies - PSU

Cooler Master Silent Pro M500 500W Modular PSU Review

The Cooler Master Silent Pro M500 has a good price for a 500 Watt power supply unit. Let us see, if we can expect high quality at such a low price, if the power supply is sufficient for overclocking, if the energie efficiency is good and if the Silent Pro M500 is really as silent as promised by the name. Thanks for the support … Many thanks for the support with the Silent Pro M500 PSU RS-500-AMBA-D3 by the manufacturer … Continue reading Cooler Master Silent Pro M500 500W Modular PSU Review →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM3 and AM3+, Hardware Reviews

Sapphire PC-AM3RS890G AMD Socket AM3 DDR3 Motherboard Review

Sapphire offers a high-quality AMD Socket AM3 DDR3 motherboard with their PC-AM3RS890G, which is based on the current AMD 890GX chipset and the SB850 Southbridge. We already know the AMD 890GX chipset with the fast onBoard HD4290 graphics unit and 128MB sideport memory from previous ocinside.de reviews. This review will show if the Sapphire PC-AM3RS890G motherboard is an amazing board with a fast performance and high overclocking values.

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Hardware Reviews, Power Supplies - PSU

Cougar SX-700 700W Modular PSU Review

Who like to overclock the PC to get a better performance, should buy an recommendable OC motherboard, RAM, processor, heatsink, carefully selected enclosure and a suitable power supply. Because at least during a longer operation time on high power consumption an unsuitable PSU can get unstable. Not only Overclocker can profit from a well dimensioned power supply, but also all other users, who prefer a stable PC and also like to reduce the electricity bill. In this review the modular … Continue reading Cougar SX-700 700W Modular PSU Review →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM3 and AM3+, Hardware Reviews

Sapphire PI-AM3RS785G AMD Socket AM3 DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard Review

Some Socket AM3 motherboards with AMD 7xx chipset were already tested at ocinside.de and today the Sapphire PI-AM3RS785G is overclocked and tested. The micro ATX motherboard is based on the AMD 785G chipset with SB710 southbridge and it has a HD4200 onBoard graphics unit with 128MB sideport memory. This combination was already very powerful in previously tested AMD 785G standard ATX boards. In the current review we will see if the Sapphire micro ATX motherboard performance is also impressive and … Continue reading Sapphire PI-AM3RS785G AMD Socket AM3 DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard Review →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM3 and AM3+, Hardware Reviews

ASRock 890FX Deluxe4 Socket AM3 DDR3 Motherboard Review

ASRock 890FX Deluxe4 is really a Deluxe Socket AM3 motherboard based on the AMD 890FX chipset with SB850 southbridge. Five PCI Express slots, four USB3.0 ports, whereby two of them are connected with the enclosed USB3.0 front panel, six SATA3 connectors provided by SB850, two additional SATA3 ports provided by a Marvel SE9120 chip, one eSATA3 connector, one conventional IDE port, Gigabit LAN, optical and coaxial SPDIF sound output in addition to the six analog sound connectors of the ALC892 … Continue reading ASRock 890FX Deluxe4 Socket AM3 DDR3 Motherboard Review →

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