Cases

This whole industry is based on innovation. Like the man said, it’s not the most intelligent creature that wins – it’s the more adaptable. Having been inundated with images from the show, some of the most interesting came from Xigmatek. Let’s see what the company’s design and marketing guru, Tony …

BitFenix is proud to introduce the latest entry in their critically-acclaimed lineup of gaming enclosures. Dubbed Merc, this mid-tower ATX design offers killer features and styling at an unbelievable price point, making it the ideal case for gamers on a budget. “Packed with premium features and BitFenix design DNA, users …

No matter how hard you try, it can be a right pain to get all of the cabling right when hooking up any set of kit. With all of the various options, cables are often too long or short or simply have connectors at the wrong angle. Has Silverstone tried …

The RAVEN team’s continued push to redefine and perfect the enthusiast tower chassis has resulted in yet another benchmark in the RAVEN RV03. With world-class cooling performance from the previous RAVEN chassis models retained by the included 180mm Air Penetrator fans, a rethinking of the interior layout enabled dramatic reduction …

Thermaltake Technology began its road of innovation in the year 1999, and the mission “delivering the perfect user experience” has always been the indicator of all followers. Thermaltake, the go-ahead for the liquid-cooling system Bigwater SE to the PC gaming hardware and DIY market development was presented in 2002, the …

Tony Ou and the folks at Silverstone have been busy designing useful add-ons for existing systems. The result? A new team of USB3 upgrades. KitGuru prepares to download the specs faster than ever before. And in more places. And without the need for knee pads. The annoying thing about USB3 …

Xigmatek have been earning a solid reputation among the enthusiast community for their high quality range of products. Today we are looking at the gargantuan Elysium case, which on paper looks to be possibly one of the best value and most capable cases on the market. The Xigmatek Elysium is …

Corsair is a relatively new player in the case market as they've only been selling cases for about two years.  But every case they've produced to date has been very well received by enthusiasts and most have won a number of prestigious awards.  In fact, their Graphite 600T case won …

Companies always come into the technology market with a range of products. You can normally expect a wide variety of colours, shapes, sizes and design philosophies. Not so much with Xigmatek. Everything, including the personnel, seem to be built to military grade. We caught up with Xigmatek's Marketing, Engineering and …

Lian Li produce some of the most beautiful cases on the market. Today we are going to look at one of their newest designs – the PC-Z70. Designed for the serious enthusiast, this case features ventilated PCI expansion slots, support for graphics cards up to 390mm long, nine 3.5 inch …

High-end products are, generally, aimed at one particular market – hardcore gamers. Sure, the workstation lovers get some focus and there is the more-money-than-sense group, but it is the hardcore, living in the dark, nano-suited, sniper fire specialist that gets the love. No idea if it will ever launch, but …

nVidia has always loved a bit of GT action. Going back as far as the original 6800 series SLi cards, the GT version was extremely popular. So, on that basis, is the new chassis from Thermaltake any surprise?  KitGuru sneaks in for a close-up. While the original, BMW-designed Level 10 …

While all of the world's top chassis designers fight it out in the mid-range to entry-level, only a select few have consistently battled for the accolade of the finest chassis ever produced. KitGuru was lucky enough to be allowed inside Silverstone's Taiwan headquarters for a 1-on-1 with Chassis guru and …

Looking around the Cooler Master private booth at Computex 2011 show you an array of new gaming (CM), mainstream (Cooler Master) and high-end (Choiix) products. So what DID catch the KitGuru spy's eye? The funny thing is that, even though a small fortune has been spent on the décor and …

Kitguru are over at humid Computex and there are plenty of very attractive products on display. Hand assembled only days before Computex 2011, the TJ12 is at least 12 months away from production – but is already attracting serious attention The case itself is a whopping 78cm deep…  And YES, …

A few months back we looked at Fractal Design's range-topping Define XL case which impressed us with its great build quality and near silent operation.  So we are excited to see what they can deliver at a lower price point where there is much more competition. Today we are going …

Enthusiast users with a constrained budget often have to make compromises in regards to quality, building a PC around a chassis that emits a lot of fan noise due to thin panel design and the inclusion of low quality fans. Enter Cooler Master with their new Silencio 550, a case …

I remember vividly when Silverstone released the Raven RV02. It has been one of the stand out products for me in the last decade, utilising the simple theory that ‘heat rises' as the foundation of the design. Until then I had been astonished that no chassis designer had built a …

You may not have heard much about Cubitek before as they are a very new player in the PC case market.  In fact they only broke cover from the OEM market at the end of last year, releasing a small range of retail PC cases to compete with the likes …

When KitGuru got an early look at the Enforcer chassis from Cooler Master's gaming division, CM Storm, we were only taken aback by the pricing. Now things have changed. For the better. The CM Storm range includes some very interesting products – especially the robust Sniper with its integrated carry …

Yes, it is that time again. Time for Kitguru to work with one of our many partners in bringing you, our readers, some sexy new hardware. This time our partner of choice is BitFenix, one of the most exciting new chassis developers, who recently announced their new SHINOBI case. You …

It seems a lot of people really wanted a shiny new NZXT Phantom case and Bunker, it was a very popular competition and we had thousands of entries on the forums to create a slogan for NZXT. It took our team 48 hours to pick two winners from a shortlist …

NZXT surprised PC enthusiasts across the world when they released the stunning Phantom case, it also won our most prestigious ‘Must Have' award when we reviewed it last August.  We are excited to see what NZXT has in store with their latest design – the budget friendly Classic Series H2. …

We dedicate a lot of our time to reviewing PC cases as there are so many different models on the market, making the choice of which one to buy very difficult indeed.  Around the £80 – £100 mark there is a huge amount of competition from manufacturers such as Antec, …

Every now and then you find a product that stops you in the tracks and turns your head. Something that breaks the mould. Immediately, you know that it will split the audience.If you want to generate fierce love and passion – you also risk alienating people and attracting haters. KitGuru …

Thermaltake released one of the most stunning looking products in 2009, the spectacular Level 10 Chassis. Co-Designed with car manufacturer BMW it was a unique concept idea which caused many people to sit up and take notice. Sadly, the £500+ price point meant it was strictly for a small hard …

If you are in the market for a new, high end aluminum chassis, then today's review may very well just tickle the taste buds. Lian Li have a well earned reputation for producing some of the most exquisite designs on the market and today we are looking at their high …

While KitGuru loves to get its hands on an enormous chassis with more fans than Justin Bieber, our real passion is silent performance. The idea that you can achieve excellent performance, in complete silence, is a real draw. Cooler Master has something very special coming up in this area. Something …

Lots of great new products at CeBIT 2011, all of which will be brought to your attention soon enough. We thought we'd also like to bring you some unusual stories as well – stuff you're never normally likely to see. Chenbro used to have a large amount of the consumer …

Many smaller manufacturers across the globe have recycled the box that a chassis comes in. While the likes of Dell and HP have neat boxes printed, most of the smaller operations just send the complete PC straight back out in the chassis box. At CeBIT 2011, Asus has taken that …