Category - Reviews

Need for Speed Underground 2 Replayed in 32:9 – with WideScreen-Patch, Reshade, a Samsung Odyssey G9 and my Profile Creator

You can love it or hate it, but NfS Underground 2 was and is a milestone of the Need for Speed series. And as original CD version current unfortunately no longer playable. But there is a remedy, because various packs have solved this problem elegantly. Today’s weekend article is meant to be a little encouragement for you to maybe dig out the [...]


be quiet! Silent Wings 3 in test – The neutral fan for all cases

The be quiet! Silent Wings 3 are now almost 5 years on the market, so time to test this case fan. No RGB or other gamer ornaments, but a decent motor, a decent decoupling of the mounting – various awards from colleagues are reason enough to test this model more thoroughly before its possible replacement. After all, we also want to feed our [...]


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 [...]


Lian Li Uni Fan SL120 RGB Review – Hype or Reality?

The current Uni Fan SL120 RGB from Lian Li have triggered a certain hype in the community thanks to the used daisy chain, so that we were asked again and again for a review. However, if Caseking hadn’t provided us with the test samples upon request in an uncomplicated manner, I would have bought them, because, as always, the [...]


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 [...]


WLAN says: Let there be light! How to control LEDs with WLED for lighting purposes simply by yourself via WLAN | Practice

For many years now, the maker scene, i.e. the hobbyist crafting of primarily electronic or information technology applications, has been enjoying lively growth. Projects in optoelectronics are particularly popular, as you get direct visible feedback on your work performance. Furthermore, one could use the term eye-candy as a psychological [...]


Six popular140 mm case fans from Alphacool, Arctic, Cooler Master, Corsair, Noiseblocker and Noctua in a comparison test

Reader requests are of course our command and so today we have a big comparison test with 6 popular 140mm case fans. And yes, fans are a dime a dozen, but in the end, which fan fits which system and which budget? Is a model suitable as a case fan and how does it really perform on different radiators? What about the real speed range, how high is [...]


USB ports and latency measurements – myths and reality | Practice

After the last article about system latency (NVIDIA Reflex & Boost vs. Radeon Boost and ZERO vs. AMD Anti-Lag), we should urgently discuss a few things about testing. So today we’re going to take a look at NVIDIA LDAT in terms of the USB ports it uses. For this I tested two different possibilities regarding the use of LDAT. The AMD [...]