On Monday 20th May, Thermaltake opened its flagship store for liquid cooled gaming systems in the swish Syntrend Creative Park, plum in the middle of Taipei – one week ahead of Computex. Syntrend is a multi-storey technology shopping mall where all of the world’s top tech brands have a presence. …
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The KitGuru Reader Survey has returned for 2019. Share your thoughts on tech with us and be entered for a chance to win a brand new gaming PC, courtesy of PC Specialist.
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In preparation for the EHA Awards 2019 on Monday 27th May, over 100 specialist editors from European Hardware Association publications across the region, have been deciding on a definitive list of the best hardware available in the market. Work on that list is now complete and we’re ready to announce …
Read More »MSI and HTC power next-gen 8K 360 degree VR cinema experience
Working in partnership with HTC and MSI, celebrated director Tsai Ming-Liang created The Deserted, which is a feature length VR film. As part of a celebration of the Taiwanese film industry, it is being shown at a special pop-up VR cinema that has been built in the basement of Asia House, …
Read More »576TB SSD storage systems under 45mm high at Cloud Expo
Several halls at London's Excel were crammed this week for Cloud Expo Europe 2019, which ran alongside Data Centre World, Blockchain Tech World, Smart IoT and DevOps Live. KitGuru hustled and bustled with the huge crowd to get a better look at the hardware that's underpinning the move back from …
Read More »Can SuperMicro rule the gaming and desktop motherboard markets?
Vik Malyala is the Senior Vice President in charge of Field Applications Engineering and Business Development for SuperMicro. We were lucky enough to be invited to the company's headquarters in Silicon Valley for an exclusive interview with Vik about the company's drive into new markets. With over 3,200 employees across …
Read More »Phy, Mattheos and Stodeh join MSI Trident X Launch Event
PC World occupies a huge block in the heart of London and, on Friday 7th December, that store was converted by MSI into a hands-on demonstration arena for the company's latest mobile and desktop gaming products. With the promise that we would also see something that no one has seen …
Read More »EHA Community Awards 2018: Winners Announced!
The winners of the 2018 European Hardware Community Awards have been selected! From start to finish, these awards have been driven 100% by readers of the EHA member publications – published in 9 languages across the continent. In total, almost 1.3 MILLION individual votes were cast by more than 38,000 …
Read More »KitGuru Reader Awards 2018: Winners Announced!
Voting for the KitGuru Community Awards 2018 wrapped up last week and after a long weekend of tallying everything up, we are ready to present the winners- chosen by you!
Read More »Win an RTX 2080 PC from PC Specialist! (closed)
The KitGuru Community Awards are back again this year! Let us know what you think and feel free to enter the prize draw to win a brand new PC with an RTX 2080!
Read More »EGX 2018 – Monitors and more at the UK’s biggest gaming show
The buzz you get at EGX is different from every other UK gaming show. From the chance to experience a 65″ 4K prototype monitor through to games of skill and chance where you can win a £200 keyboard, the whole thing is aimed firmly at serious gamers (who don't need …
Read More »IFA 2018: OlloClip aims to transform smartphone photography
Generation of smartphone brings ever more advanced photographic systems to millions of people across the globe. Whilst most people will be happy with the functionality that comes built into the smart phone there will always be professional and semiprofessional users who want more from the phone they already have. That’s …
Read More »der8auer hits 10460 Cinebench score at Gamescom 2018
Ever tried overclocking to get an extra couple hundred points in Cinebench? Well, der8auer has taken that to next level with his overclocked AMD EPYC server rig
Read More »Behind the scenes at Gamescom 2018
Gamescom is one of the largest entertainment events on the planet, and with its 10th anniversary this year, it promises to be the biggest one yet. A lot of work goes into setting up such a big event, as we get an exclusive look at imposing billboards, crazy PC mods …
Read More »Roccat Launches Next-Gen Gaming Keyboard with Titan Switches
Although still partnering with TTC going forward, Roccat has spent more than a year working on a new design for keyboard switches. The first of this new generation of products is the Vulcan and we managed to get hands on with the product recently. We spoke with Roccat Marketing Guru Jessica …
Read More »Win a £1,250 PC Specialist RECOIL II Gaming Laptop in our READER SURVEY! (Closed)
It's that time of the year again- take part in the KitGuru reader survey for a chance to win a PC Specialist RECOIL II gaming laptop, featuring an Intel Core i7 and GTX 1060!
Read More »European Hardware Awards – Winners Announced!
In the aptly named Mega Room on the 8th floor of the W Hotel in Central Taipei, the European Hardware Awards 2018 became our largest event to date, by some margin. With almost 200 of the industry’s most important people in the room, the EHA presented not only the EHA …
Read More »Computex 2018: Klevv launches world’s first ‘wireless’ RGB M.2 NVMe SSD and new DDR4 memory
One of the more surprising launches at Computex 2018 is the CRAS X memory kit from Korean memory brand, Klevv, alongside the innovative CRAS X NVMe RGB M.2 module. The intended position for Klevv (within the SK hynix extended hierarchy of corporations) is to be the high end consumer brand. …
Read More »FSP puts safety first ahead of IEC 62368
As part of its preparation for the introduction of tough new EU safety requirements for power supplies in 2019, FSP invited KitGuru along to its main office in Taiwan just ahead of Computex 2018. We were given a tour of the safety lab process by the engineer who runs it, …
Read More »ROG Takeover at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere this weekend
If you want to play games on the latest hardware, get hands on with watercooling kit and have the chance to win loads of prizes, then you might want to get down to the Red Bull Gaming Sphere – opposite Shoreditch High Street Station – on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th …
Read More »Win the Fastest WD Consumer SSD Ever – 1TB Black NVMe!
Fancy a storage upgrade? Thanks to the folks over at Western Digital, you could win a WD Black NVMe SSD!
Read More »KitGuru Editorial Awards 2018 – Finalists Announced!
Today KitGuru is proud to announce the finalists for our Editorial Awards 2018. The initial results have been tabulated and we're now ready to announce the finalists for the largest ever survey of its kind! While KitGuru's editors will select the best products on sale in the UK, our results …
Read More »Save up to £340 on laptop bargains at EGX Rezzed in London
Overall, EGX is now the largest gaming exhibition in the UK, with its main event up at the NEC in September and the hugely popular EGX Rezzed at London's Tobacco Dock every April. While the event itself was jammed with gamers trying all sorts of new games – from major …
Read More »Kingston launches Nucleum Hub and Bolt Duo back up
Apple users have long looked smug about their stable operating systems and easy-to-use UI. The PC army, on the other hand, has connectivity to spare and a variety of clever back up options. Kingston’s new products look to even up the balance, starting with the 7-in-1 Nucleum connecting hub, featuring …
Read More »Drobo adds Thunderbolt connectivity to its 5D3 DAS for Windows
The Photography show at Birmingham’s NEC is one of the largest of its kind in the world. While the majority of the hall space is given over to the latest and greatest in capture, lighting and editing kit – there is a small, but significant area assigned to back up …
Read More »(Closed) Win an ACER Swift 3 Thin & Light Laptop worth almost £800!
The ACER Swift 3 comes armed with an AMD Ryzen 5 2500U quad core processor that can turbo up to 3.6GHz.
Read More »What future is there for Intel without a big slice of the 5G market?
For 25 years, Intel sat on top of the pile as the undisputed king of the semiconductor hill, but last summer, Samsung took the number one revenue spot away for the first time. For 20 years, systems powered by American chips topped the charts of the world's most powerful supercomputers, …
Read More »XMA, Blizzard, Playstation and more back innovative project for computing in schools
For most of us, it's hard to imagine a world where you don't have access to powerful computing devices and high speed internet 24/7. While a quarter of UK pupils are now classed as ‘extreme' internet users (spending up to 3 times the international average online), as many as 10% …
Read More »Velocity is introducing Amazon-style ‘smart lockers’ for IT support
For decades, delivery was largely synchronous. You had to be in the right place at the right time, or you'd end up with a look of disappointment and a ‘hastily scribbled card through the door’ from the courier. Amazon is revolutionising the delivery mechanism with technologies like ‘smart lockers' that let …
Read More »Kodak moves to take big slice of 51 billion security pie
Security is all about trust. Trust comes from familiarity. There are few brands with the same familiarity as Kodak. Now the company is taking a wider view of its ‘focused on imaging' mission – broadening it to include security. Kodak Smart Security has its own CEO, David Haddad, and KitGuru …
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