By now you should have read our review of the XFX HD6850 Dual Fan cards in CrossfireX. Our review showed how good these cards are, not only in single screen mode, but running across three screens at 5760×1080 resolution – we even have HD videos in the review showing their …
Read More »XFX HD6850 Dual Fan CFx review – ultimate gaming for £300 ?
Without question, 2010 has been a great year for gamers. Both AMD and nVidia have released fantastic graphics cards at all price points and there really has never been a better time to upgrade your system. If you had £300 burning a hole in your wallet and wanted to improve …
Read More »Sapphire Special Edition HD6970 and HD6950 CFx Multi Screen Review
Last week AMD launched their new HD6970 and HD6950 graphics cards. Kitguru has reviewed several partner boards and found them to be high performing, great value for money products. Due to adverse weather conditions in the United Kingdom our review of the Sapphire cards has been a little delayed but …
Read More »Dell Streak Review – ‘Ferrari red’ revisited with Android 2.2 (Froyo)
In August, KitGuru reviewed the Dell Streak and we thought it was one of the most exciting phones on the market. It was a dream combination of an iPad and a smartphone. The only downside was the early state of the Android operating system which meant it didn't quite walk …
Read More »Win an HIS HD 5850 iCooler V Turbo 1GB!
We are running so many competitions now I know its hard to keep track. The latest offering comes from HIS – who are giving away one of their ‘KitGuru Award Winning' last generation cards to one lucky reader. This card is brand new and in the retail box. KitGuru said …
Read More »Inno3D GTX570 Review
Last month nVidia rocked the graphics world with the release of their phenomenal GTX580. This is the fastest single chip card on the market today – although AMD's HD5970 is still the most powerful graphics card on the planet. Today we are looking at the more affordable GTX570, which targets …
Read More »MSI Wind Top AE2400 Review
The iMac has been selling well for Apple for many years and PC centric manufacturers are beginning to realise that there is a viable market for an attractive, capable ‘All In One' unit. Today we are looking at the MSI Wind Top AE2400 desktop system which features an Intel processor …
Read More »HIS HD6970 CrossFireX Graphics Card Review
HIS are famous for performance products and today, as AMD releases the Radeon HD 6900 series they were quick to release their new range of products. To see what this second generation graphics processor is really capable of, we tested a pair of the Radeon HD 6970 cards in CrossFireX …
Read More »Powercolor HD6970 Graphics Card Review
Long known for its value products, Powercolor has been one of AMD's longest serving and most loyal partners. Over the past 12 months, they have also invested heavily in product design – especially coolers. Today we continue our coverage of AMD's Radeon HD 6900 series launch, looking next at the …
Read More »XFX HD6970 3-way CFx & HD6950 CFx review
Ready for eye popping frame rates? This review today might just be the answer to your pre-Christmas hangover. We put AMD's latest and greatest through their paces in a variety of multiple card configurations. While AMD's 6800 series included solid products, the re-naming strategy confused many enthusiast users. AMD effectively …
Read More »Synology DiskStation DS211+ Review
Synology have been riding high in 2010, releasing some of the finest NAS systems ever to hit the consumer market. We use several of these devices in the KitGuru offices for our network file sharing and have found them to be both extremely reliable and fast. Last month we looked …
Read More »Government websites could be hacked in Wikileaks revenge attacks
Websites which hold personal data of British taxpayers could be next in line for computer hackers – who are keen to target organisations who are seen as enemies of Wikileaks. A wide range of companies have been attacked by ‘Anonymous', an online network, after withdrawing support for Wikileaks in response …
Read More »G.SKILL Ripjaws F3 8GB CL7 1600mhz Memory Kit Review
Performance memory used to be a luxury often associated with the wealthier enthusiast user base. This year however, you are now able to buy extremely fast memory kits without causing too much damage to your bank account. Today KitGuru is looking at the new G.Skill Ripjaws F3 8GB memory kit …
Read More »OCZ RevoDrive X2 240GB Review
Kitguru has reviewed a wide cross section of SSD's since we opened earlier this year, but today we are looking at something a little different. OCZ have been at the forefront of SSD development, continually pushing the technology into new and exciting performance sectors. Their latest ‘X2' is the second …
Read More »Win two 3dMark 11 Advanced Edition Codes with Kitguru
To celebrate the release of the new 3dMark 11, Futuremark have kindly given KitGuru two Advanced Edition codes to give away to two lucky readers. All you need to do to enter is to tell us on the forums why you want one of these codes. We want to keep …
Read More »Inno3D Geforce GTX580 Review
While sales in the high end market are only a small portion of revenue streams, both nVidia and AMD are keen to be seen to dominate. With the imminent release of AMD's 6900 Cayman cards we thought it was a good time to have a look at the performance of …
Read More »MSI FX600 Laptop Review (with nVidia Optimus Technology)
This year has been very healthy for the mobile sector with sales of tablets and mobile phones continuing to grow. Laptop sales are also thriving and many people are now able to pick up a well built machine with killer performance without breaking the bank balance. With this in mind, …
Read More »Antec High Current Pro 850W Power Supply Review
Antec recently introduced a new range of High Current Pro series power supplies, including 750W, 850W, 1000W and 1200W models. All of these models have 80 Plus Gold Certification and are rated to 92% efficiency using the highest quality Japanese brand capacitors. The High Current Pro Series of power supplies …
Read More »AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Review – overclocking performance
Today AMD release their new Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition processor, the successor to the ever popular 1090T Black Edition. As the 1100T doesn't look that exciting on paper (with a 100mhz clock increase), we felt we would approach this review from a slightly different angle – taking our …
Read More »Hewlett Packard speak to Kitguru about Larry Ellison comments
Several days ago KitGuru published an article on the Oracle SuperCluster, with 1,728 processor cores. In this article Oracle CEO Larry Ellison was rather scathing in his comments about Hewlett Packard. Larry Ellison said that HP's high end products were comparible to a ‘turtle' and highly vulnerable in the market. …
Read More »ASRock Vision 3D System Review
KitGuru has reviewed many pre built systems in recent months and we have made sure to cover all market sectors from extreme high end gaming to more modest HTPC creations. What if you want a media and gaming system capable of handling everything you throw at it while still maintaining …
Read More »AC Ryan Playon!HD Essential Review
Dutch based A.C. Ryan have been receiving critical acclaim recently for their series of Playon!HD media devices. We have reviewed their full range so far on KitGuru and today we look at their latest edition, the Playon! HD Essential. The Essential is the first ‘no network media player' with the …
Read More »Antec Competition: 3 TPN 650’s, 3 HCG 620’s and five notebook coolers!
We have given away thousands of pounds of hardware in only a few short months at KitGuru and today we have a monster Antec competition for all our readers in the run up to Christmas. ‘Tis' the season to give away hardware', thats our motto. Antec have donated 11 very …
Read More »Asus EAH6850 Direct CU Overclock Edition Review
The AMD HD6850 was released just over a month ago and has been warmly received by critics and the public. We have already looked at boards from Sapphire, XFX, Powercolor and HIS and today the Asus EAH6850 Direct CU Overclock Edition is next in line for a thorough workout. Like …
Read More »Iiyama ProLite B2712HDS 27 inch Monitor Review
It has been a good year to invest in a new 23-24 inch screen, the technology is improving all the time while the price points are becoming almost irresistible. The 1080p market is booming and many high quality LED 24 inch screens can now be bought for less than £250 …
Read More »MSI AMD FX610 notebook hits Europe
MSI have released a fine looking AMD based laptop – The FX610. There are two models being offered, based around a dual core P340 Athlon II and the Tri core P840 Phenom II processor. The Phenom II model is going to retail at €699 (thats euros, we haven't got confirmed …
Read More »Win sexy goodies with KitGuru in runup to Christmas (part 2)
So much happens at Kitguru that it is hard to keep track of all the news, reviews and competitions. I just wanted to let our readers know that we have two very nice giveaways running right now in the runup to Christmas. Unfortunately we aren't giving away the very attractive …
Read More »Dell Inspiron One (All In One) 23 System Review
Whether you like them or not, Dell have been working hard to reinvent themselves lately with some very interesting and exciting releases. We have reviewed many of their products in the last 6 months and have often been impressed – particularly with their screen technology and Dell Streak smartphone running …
Read More »Powercolor HD6870 PCS+ Review
Well it was a long time coming, but finally we have a HD6870 with a custom cooling solution. Powercolor have just released the HD6870 PCS+ graphics card which is not only supplied with a rather sexy heatpipe cooler, but substantial overclocks. Both HD6850 and HD6870 were received warmly by the …
Read More »Kingston HyperX Max 3.0 128GB Drive Review
Kingston have impressed us recently with many of their products, especially the low cost, high performance SSDNow V100 128GB SSD drive. Today we are looking at their new external storage solution called HyperX MAX 3.0 which utilises the latest USB 3.0 superspeed interface. According to Kingston the HyperX Max 3.0 …
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