The new Cooler Master Storm Trooper is a case that is getting a lot of attention. It is a full tower chassis able to handle an array of hard drives, graphics cards and XL ATX motherboards. It also has full dust filter coverage, a fan controller, an external SSD drive …

AMD's HD6970 has been a favourite with the high end enthusiast user since it was released. The reference design card is a powerful discrete solution but it was never equipped with the greatest cooling solution. Sapphire have decided to replace their reference card with a new Dual fan, heatpipe cooler. …

There are no shortage of modified AMD HD6000 series cards currently available on the market, and today we are looking at the latest HD6950 from HIS, featuring the infamous semi transparent IceQ cooler. The HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ Edition is a custom design and based on past experiences …

Those old enough will remember OCZ as being one of the leaders in the enthusiast memory sector and in recent years they have focused on the Solid State Drive sector, producing many cutting edge products. They took over PC Power & Cooling a few years ago to enhance their company …

VTX3D are a relative newcomer to the graphics sector, although we have reviewed several of their graphics cards in the past. VTX3D stands for Vertex / 3D and they are the ‘price aggressive' brand from the TUL Corporation, the parent company of PowerColor. We are looking at two of their …

Almost everyone reading this article today will have either a USB 2.0 flash drive, or removable hard drive. Keeping an offline backup of sensitive and important documents is a very wise move. Today we are looking at the latest USB 3.0 drive from ADATA, the ‘Pro' version of their popular …

Well it has been a little while since I tried to promote our Kitguru Folding@Home team, but I thought id give our readers a quick update on what we have achieved so far. Kitguru is currently ranked just outside the top 200 teams which is already a hell of an …

We know that Kitguru readers love video cards with enhanced cooling, so today's product review will certainly get the juices flowing. We are going to be testing two of the latest KFA2 Geforce GTX580 ‘Anarchy Edition' cards in SLI. These cards feature the excellent Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme Plus with …

Cooler Master have released many quality products this year, from CPU coolers and power supplies to computer chassis. Today we are looking at the latest headphones from their Storm series – the CM Storm Sirus 5.1 Headphones. The Sirus is a product which hopes to target both the gaming and …

Have you read our full review and watched the interview with Sapphire Global PR Director Bill Donnelly? Then you will already be hunting high and low to land yourself one of the new, limited edition discrete cards! This card has won our top award, scoring 9 out of 10. It …

Sapphire are AMD's largest graphics partner and today we are looking at something very special – the new HD6970 Sapphire Flex with Vapor X cooler, which not only comes with a proprietary cooling solution, but with a free copy of the brand new Battlefield 3 game. This will be a …

NAS systems are becoming ever more popular, with many households in 2011 adding one to their network. QNAP need no introduction, being one of the most established players in the networking industry. It has been some time since I have looked at one of their boxes and today we have …

Intel have had a hell of a year, with little competition offered in the enthusiast sector. AMD's Bulldozer chip looked promising, but sadly fell short of the mark, even with double the physical cores. The Core i7 2500k and 2600k have remained the enthusiast number 1 choice, and today we …

SilverStone have a great reputation for their chassis design, but they also make a wide range of peripherals for the enthusiast audience. Today we are looking at two of their latest range, the SST-TS07B USB 3.0 enclosure and the EC03B Internal USB 3.0 PCIe Card. The Silverstone SST-TS07B is a …

Cooler Master and Thermaltake have many years combined experience in the cooling sector and today we are looking at two of their latest cooling platforms designed for hot running, performance oriented laptops. Both coolers are priced between £30 and £40 and feature adjustable height settings with a focus on delivering …

Does your home network suck? Then look no further! We really do like to give away the sexiest of goodies at Kitguru, and today we have not one, but two stunning Buffalo Nfiniti WZR HP AG300H 300 Mbps wireless routers up for grabs in the competition pot. The Dual-Band Wireless-N …

Nokia have had a tough year, facing stiff competition from Android and iOS smartphones. Their future success rides on the partnership with Microsoft which caused some concern for followers of the company when it was announced. According to information from sources, they are due to release a new range of …

Kitguru loves high performance NAS systems, and we have been focusing lately on many of the new Synology range. Today however we are looking at a very competitively priced product from Buffalo – the TeraStation Pro 8 Bay which is supplied with 8x1TB hard drives. This is the most affordable …

If you own an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 console then today's review product might raise an eyebrow. Have you ever wanted to share video content showcasing your gaming exploits? The Hauppauge HD PVR Gaming Edition records high definition video from either console direct to your computer in compressed H.264 …

Not everyone will be happy building a new system from the ground up, due to inexperience or time limitations. Thankfully for these people, the UK has many enthusiast grade system builders vying for attention – some of whom you might not have heard of. We admit we hadn't heard of …

When AMD released the HD6990 it claimed the ‘fastest video card' title and has held it since March this year. While we love the product we absolutely loathe the reference cooler – AMD's choice of tiny red fan has been a bone of contention for me now for years and …

This year we have seen ASRock launch an attack on the high end market with a steady stream of quality motherboards for both AMD and Intel platforms. I use several of their boards myself at home and have found them to be very reliable and extremely straightforward to overclock. Today …

Last week we reviewed AMD's new FX 8150 processor – the world’s first 8 core desktop chip. Today we are following up with a look at the power consumption when compared against Intel's ever popular Core i5 2500k and Core i7 2600k. We received many emails and comments asking if …

When AMD released the HD6990 in March it broke all performance records and seven months later is still the fastest video card on the planet. There are certainly no issues with the frame rates, but there have been plenty of concerns raised about the unpleasant noise emissions. AMD can create …

Well you can't say we don't look after you guys – our latest competition is just as impressive as being able to win a Gigabyte GTX590 courtesy of DABS ! Our review went up a short while ago of the new XFX ‘DD' range of graphics cards. No, the ‘DD' …

Today we are looking at three new cards from XFX which feature their latest ‘DD' cooling system. Before you all jump to wrong conclusions, it actually stands for ‘Double Dissipation' – a dual fan system with 3 direct contact copper heatpipes. XFX claim record low temperatures and equally impressive noise …

The Solid State Drive industry has been rolling ahead at an incredible pace this year, with many companies releasing a range of performance drives for demanding enthusiast users. OCZ have been at the forefront of this market, with a portfolio of quality drives targeting a wide audience. Today we are …

Intel's Core i5 and Core i7 range have been dominating the headlines in 2011, bringing together a heady combination of class leading performance with competitive pricing. Today AMD are set to revitalise their famous FX brand name and we analyse the new flagship FX 8150 Black Edition processor. Is it …

Over the years Lian Li have built up a staggering reputation for creating some of the finest chassis on the market, many of which we have reviewed on Kitguru. When it comes to the quality of aluminum they are really in a class of their own. Today we are looking …

Enermax are well known in enthusiast circles and over the years they have expanded their portfolio to include power supplies, fans, coolers and computer cases. Today we are looking at their new ultra high end Platimax 1200W power supply which is 80 Plus Platinum Certified. The Platimax is the replacement …