The highest-end OC platform for Intel? – EVGA Z590 Dark motherboard review with teardown and overclocking

EVGA’s Z590 Dark is probably one of the most sought-after XOC motherboards for the current generation of Intel CPUs, not least because of its uncompromising design, legendary reputation and limited availability of its predecessors. Whether EVGA has created a worthy successor with the project name “E599” to also fire Intel’s [...]


Not just a visual eye-catcher – Corsair Vengeance RGB RT 2x 16 GB 3600 CL18 Kit Review with Overclocking and Teardown

With the first DDR5 platforms on the doorstep at the end of this year – if the leaks are to be believed – it’s the dash to the line for DDR4 and for memory manufacturers this means it’s time to refine the design one last time. Corsair launches the Vengeance RGB RT DDR4 series today, specifically tailored for Ryzen systems [...]


Jack of all Trades, with some tuning – Crucial Ballistix MAX RGB 4400 CL19 2x 16 GB Kit Review with Overclocking and Teardown

5000 “MHz” is known to be the new sound barrier in the RAM market, which many manufacturers are already promoting in the XMP profile with specially tailored kits at the end of the DDR4 era. But even older DDR4 kits can still be helped to impressive heights on modern platforms. One such kit is Crucial’s 2x 16GB Ballistix MAX with [...]


On bang and drop – power failure as a power supply killer

Who doesn’t know it, that moment of unbridled hatred when the power generally goes out. So when not only the fuse does its work, but the whole place suddenly goes dark? Storm or no storm, it doesn’t even have to be a direct lightning strike, which then gives the domestic electronics the final neck break. This is exactly what happened [...]


Boosters for the Rocket (Lake) – G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-5066 CL20 2x 8 GB Memory Kit Review with Overclocking

Intel’s new Rocket Lake CPU generation is known to have brought many changes, including to the memory controller. With the new “Gearing” , much higher clock rates can now be achieved than ever before. Accordingly, the focus of the system memory also changes, so that IC types with particularly high clock potential are especially [...]


Windows 11 and TPM – So easy and mostly free for all via BIOS!

First of all, I can actually reassure everyone with some newer hardware, because the discussions about the compatibility with TPM 2.0 and especially the exploding prices for external TPM modules have virtually expoded in the last few days since Microsoft’s announcements about Windows 11 and the availability of such modules is now close to [...]


Corsair 7000D Airflow Review – elegance and function on a grand scale

With the generously dimensioned 7000 series, Corsair brings two full-tower cases with high-end requirements to the market. In this article, I want to put the feature-oriented Airflow version through its paces and find out if the 20kg Behemoth lives up to its claims. An all-in-one compact water cooling system can be installed by anyone, there is [...]


Long time waiting – but DirectStorage only works with Windows 11

Already at the launch of NVIDIA’s Ampere graphics cards, this feature was the talk of the town and subsequently on the wish list of those who want to move large amounts of data directly and without the tedious detour via the CPU. The DirectStorage function was promised for Windows 10, but is now only available from version 11. In the [...]