Hardware Reviews

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

SOLTEK SL-75FRN2-RL mainboard test with great overclocking options.

Today I would like to present a completely special nForce2 chipset based mainboard. The SOLTEK SL-75FRN2-RL compared to more than 20 tested mainboards is a real tough competitor and clearly reaches the top past all mainboards tested in overclocking. With changeable VDD, VDIMM, Vcore, multiplier, FSB, AGP bus and many other options the SL-75FRN2-RL offers as standard. Before I continue, I would like to let the readers know that the SOLTEK SL-75FRN2-RL won the Overclocking Dream Award 12/2003.

EPoX EP-8NPA SLI AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754 PCIe SLI motherboard Review

The EPoX EP-8NPA SLI Motherboard is the first Socket 754 board in the test, which has the nForce4 SLI chipset like current Socket 939 boards and can be equipped with two PCIe 16x video cards. Altogether this SLI board gives the Socket 754 a completely new meaning and an ample scope for new AMD PC system combinations. All further details of the overclocking result, equipment and performance of SLI vs. Non SLI in comparison are in the current EPoX S754 … Continue reading EPoX EP-8NPA SLI AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754 PCIe SLI motherboard Review

Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro socket 754 (AMD Athlon 64) motherboard Review

I don’t like to bore with socket 754 motherboard reviews, but this Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro motherboard is really worth to attract attention. The so far best equipment of all tested AMD A64 motherboards, great features and several overlocking options may convince you to buy this reasonably priced board with an inexpensive AMD Socket 754 processor to get high speed at low price.

EPoX EP-9NPA+ SLI AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 PCIe motherboard Review

The EPoX 9NPA+ SLI Socket 939 PCI express motherboard offers in addition to the two 16x PCIe SLI video card slots even three PCI card slots. And in spite of the original chipset voltage this board was overclocked to a HT reference clock of 330 MHz, so also processors with locked multiplier are able to reach a real good frequency. There’re many reasons why this EPoX motherboard got the OverClocking Dream Award, so you shouldn’t miss out on.

Asetek WaterChill Xternal Water Cooling Review

There are many water cooling systems for the PC and Mac on the market, whereby the choice isn’t really easy. The company Asetek offers beside the well-known VapoChill Compressor cooling units (see ocinside.de Test section) since a few years in addition also water cooling units with the name WaterChill. But new is the concept, that the radiator with pump unit, water reservoir, and fans are embedded in one complete cooling unit, which is managed with a special USB control panel … Continue reading Asetek WaterChill Xternal Water Cooling Review

ASRock Motherboard Preview August 2006

ASRock Motherboard Preview August 2006 The newest ASRock Motherboards The introduction to the ASRock product presentation … Also in this year the company ASRock invited again to the current product presentation on 30.08.06 and presented a couple of interesting AMD and Intel Motherboards. The presentation was in the above shown hotel “van the Valk” in Cuijk (Netherland). On the following pages the new AM2NF6G-VSTA, ALiveNF4G-DVI, 939Dual-VSTA, ALiveSATA2-GLAN and AM2NF3-VSTA ASRock AMD Motherboards are presented, which were partially also Live demonstrated. … Continue reading ASRock Motherboard Preview August 2006

Sunbeamtech Silent Storm / Silent Twister Case Review

Build a complete PC without any screws ? Nearly, because a few screws are still needed, but thanks to several tool-less mechanisms all drives up to the hard disks, as well as the expansion cards can be installed without any screws. After the recently published test report of the Sunbeamtech Tuniq 2 case, there’s now the current Mid-Tower from Sunbeamtech reviewed on ocinside.de This inexpensive case appeared with the name Silent Storm and got the name Silent Twister within Europe. … Continue reading Sunbeamtech Silent Storm / Silent Twister Case Review

Just another way of cooling :-)

You don’t see this each day but i think it’s worth to spend a view 🙂 Here’s a mainboard in oil: Here’s no place for pizza: One 12cm pipe sucks cool air from outside and another one is blowing outside: If you’ve a funny PC please mail me your photo. Discuss in our forum …

Socket A Cooler Comparison

Socket A cooler test – hear all cooler sounds online. I’ve expand the big socket A fan roundup with online mp3 sound in the detailed test of following 21 fans: Alpha PAL 6035, Chrome Orb, EKL 462, Global WIN FOP 32, FOP 38, Golden Orb, Super Orb, Taisol CEK 733092, Taisol CGK 742092, Top Cooler, the Twin Orb, Twin Orb Rev 2, Alpha PAL 6035 N2/GH, Alpha PAL 6035 NGML, Coolermaster CH5 5K12 Heatpipe, Hedgehog 238M NGML, Hedgehog 238M N2/GHH, … Continue reading Socket A Cooler Comparison

Sunbeamtech SUNNUO550-EUAP-SV 550 Watt modular PSU Hardware Review

Current processors, video cards and also strongly overclocked components have larger Requirements of the used PSU. Because straight with the popular increase of the voltage (e.g. Vcore, VDDR, GPU voltage, etc.) to the achievement from better overclocking results increases also drastically the power consumption of the PC. If one uses compressor cooling or other high performance cooling systems to the heat dissipation, it can also result in an overloading of the power supply unit (PSU), which results in the most … Continue reading Sunbeamtech SUNNUO550-EUAP-SV 550 Watt modular PSU Hardware Review