Category - Practice

Faster than light? Definetely not with the memory – Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Tachyon test with teardown and overclocking

Gigabyte’s Z590 Aorus Tachyon, unlike many other Rocket Lake XOC (Extreme Overclocking)  motherboards, has been available virtually since the platform’s launch, albeit in fairly limited quantities. A 2-DIMM topology optimized for RAM overclocking, ample power supply and OC features en masse are supposed to squeeze out the absolute [...]


DDR5, is that you? – Kingston Fury Renegade DDR4-5333 CL20 2x 8 GB RAM kit test with teardown and overclocking

As CPUs become faster and faster, the main memory must be able to keep up with the volume of data to not become a bottleneck. For the same reason, the upcoming generation of Intel CPUs will also rely on the new DDR5 standard, which is supposed to bring more bandwidth through higher clock speed and at the expense of latency compared to DDR4. With [...]


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 [...]


TDP simulation and measurement station for pastes, pads, radiators, coolers and much more under construction | igorsLAB internal

After we already tried to set new standards in semi-professional measurements for reviews of case fans with some reasonable effort, I would like to present you the next project today, which is close to completion. Together with Bernhard Baumgartner from CrankzWare we are currently building a digitally controlled TDP measuring station, where we [...]


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 [...]