While we have often focused on small capacity Solid State Drives today we thought it would be interesting to have a look at the 512GB SSDNowV+ Kingston drive aimed at the enthusiast audience with specific demands for the highest levels of storage capacity. Kingston Technology were one of the first …
Read More »nVidia’s $2 Million Crysis
In a recent article on DX11 market size, KitGuru explored the powerful benefits to being first to market with a new version of DirectX hardware. However, that hardware is tied into the operating system. No new Windows means no new DX. In moments like these, graphics manufacturers turn to the …
Read More »BitFenix Colossus Review
Many of you may not have heard of BitFenix, a relatively new company on the scene. If you have been following KitGuru over the last few months however, you will have noticed that we have been focusing on them quite a bit. With industry veterans such as Coco Lee (ex …
Read More »eVGA GTX 460 1GB Superclocked SLI review
The GTX 460 has been nVidia's finest card series in the current generation and the popularity is proving to help generate a good amount of revenue for the guys in green. Compared to other Fermi cards the GTX 460 uses less power, runs cooler and overclocks extremely well, even with …
Read More »Corsair AirFlow Pro Review
KitGuru readers love sexy gadgets, and today we are looking at such a device from Corsair – The AirFlow Pro. What does it do? Well it fits above the Corsair AirFlow 2 fan and connects to any Dominator memory that supports DHX Pro technology to provide a dynamic display of …
Read More »GTS450 retail pricing exposed – KitGuru Exclusive
Here at KitGuru headquarters, it's raining harder than an English summer. Information, that it. Just as we posted on the $30 price drop for the GTX460, we started to receive anonymous tip-offs on the street price for the GTS450. If you like to see that kind of thing exposed, read …
Read More »GTX460 drops another $10 – nVidia prepares to lose millions
If the stories flowing out of the Far East were not so juicy, we'd have given up on covering nVidia price moves a LONG time ago. But the juice is there, it makes KitGuru all excited and then we start typing. Damn the addiction, when you just can't get enough. …
Read More »nVidia drops the price of GTX460 another $20
If KitGuru had known that nVidia would be announcing weekly price cuts, we would have hired an intern to write these stories. The GTX460 is easily the most popular of the Fermi cards released so far, so why another price cut? KitGuru empties the bins around nVidia's HQ in Theale, …
Read More »PC Partner prepares to float on stock exchange?
Floating a company onto the stock exchange is a great way to evolve. Not only does it bring in a huge amount of investment, it also ensures that the original founders finally get paid for all their initial work. China is full of massive companies that are privately owned. One …
Read More »When fast just ain’t fast enough – XFX HD5970 Black Edition LE
4800MHZ GDDR5, 3200 cores and GPU's running at 850mhz, its every gamers wet dream. KitGuru has had the XFX HD5970 Black Edition card in our labs for some time now and we should have a review up in the not too distant future. We heard from the guys at XFX …
Read More »Win a Thermaltake Level 10 case with KitGuru !
KitGuru has some of the best prizes on the net, bar none. We have given away thousands of pounds of hardware in our short time opening and today we have something REALLY special that be pride of place in your bedroom. The stunning Thermaltake Level 10 Case designed by BMW. …
Read More »Thermaltake Level 10 Full-Tower Case Review
Last weekend KitGuru was reporting from Multiplay's i40 where we caught a glimpse of Thermaltake's range-topping Level 10 case which made us very excited. So we had a word with the kind people at Thermaltake who let us have it for review. It is clear from a glance that the …
Read More »MSI N460GTX Hawk – triple overvoltage support for 1GHZ+
MSI have been releasing some brilliant products in 2010 and KitGuru was first to review many of them. Today they have announced the new N460GTX Hawk which comes with Triple Overvoltage function which supports adjustments for core voltage, memory voltage and PLL voltage – which allows overclockers to exceed 1GHZ …
Read More »Enermax Revolution 85+ 1020W Power Supply Review
Every enthusiast knows the Revolution 85+ series of Power Supplies from Enermax, they have been winning awards across the globe for many years. With a lethal combination of performance and efficiency the original 1250W Revolution 85+ powered many of our high end review systems across a 2 year time period. …
Read More »New nVidia GPU info released in Driver
Graphics card drivers are always a good place to check when looking for upcoming product names and with the recent information posted in AMD's latest Catalyst drivers last week, nVidia have listed some interesting information in their latest 295.47 WHQL certified drivers. The new driver lists the GTS450 as well …
Read More »First ATI HD6870 benchmark – author of GPUz says card ‘not fake’
GPU Design have posted information from a chinese website which shows a GPU Z screenshot and a 3DMark Vantage Extreme benchmark of the upcoming Radeon HD6870 graphics card – expected to retail before the end of the year. – GPU ID: “6718″ according to codenames shown in Catalyst 10.8 driver …
Read More »IBM release Z196 5.2ghz processor – fastest single CPU in world
IBM, creator of the excellent Cell Processor in the Sony Playstation 3 have released details on their newest creation, the fastest single CPU in the world, clocked at a whopping 5.2ghz. The Z196 was announced at the Hot Chip conference this week and is designed to be used in the …
Read More »DDR4 SDRAM aiming to break 4GHZ speed barrier
The memory market is extremely competitive, with manufacturers pushing speeds higher and higher every couple of months. News earlier this week hit the KitGuru newsdesk that HyperX DDR3 from Kingston had managed to break the 3GHZ barrier. DDR4 won't be hitting the market overnight, many manufacturers feel there is plenty …
Read More »Quad Core i5 gaming/rendering system @ 4.2ghz, for less than a grand?
At KitGuru we spend a lot of our time playing with high end hardware, and it can be disheartening for many readers. In the cold hard ‘real world' not everyone can afford a Core i7 980X with SLI'd GTX480's and to be honest, for most people this is totally overkill …
Read More »Coolink GFXChilla Cooler (with Zotac GT 240) Review
Here at KitGuru we understand that many of our readers won't be running the latest and greatest tech in their system yet will still be interested in squeezing every ounce of performance out of their components. So we shall be looking at how we can improve a low-end graphics card …
Read More »Intel Core i3 560: For a Few MegaHz More
Speed bumping a processor is a very natural way to refresh your range. It's the oldest marketing trick in the book, but what does it actualy buy you? In reality, it's very hard to know. KitGuru looks at the upcoming IntelCore i3 560 processor. In the good old days of …
Read More »Catalyst 10.8 driver details new ATI product names
Last night we published news on the release of Catalyst 10.8, which features many performance fixes. After looking at the atiicdxx.da_ file this morning we have seen a 35 new cards listed for support. It seems that Fudzilla also have a story up discussing this today. Going on the information …
Read More »ATI Catalyst 10.8 released – 2-10% performance boost
AMD have just released Catalyst 10.8 with promises of some very nice performance increases. Performance highlights: Far Cry 2: Performance increases 2-6% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series single and ATI CrossFireX™ configurations. Performance increases 2-4% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series single and ATI CrossFireX™ configurations. ·Performance increases 3-8% …
Read More »Corsair H70 Review – versus Vantage & NH D14 @ 4.53ghz
Corsair and Coolit are fighting head to head with ‘high end', yet mainstream all in one liquid cooling solutions and as KitGuru recently reviewed the Coolit Vantage we felt it was time to publish our analysis of the Corsair H70 … the successor to the class leading, and very popular …
Read More »Dabs give FREE Battlefield 2 BC2 with XFX HD5770 Crossfire bundle!
KitGuru was impressed with the new single slot XFX HD5770 Crossfire bundle which we reviewed last week. This bundle is exclusive to highly regarded UK retailer DABS and word has just hit the KitGuru newsdesk that they are offering a free copy of Battlefield 2 Bad Company 2 for the …
Read More »AMD announce details of new CPU designs
AMD have had a great 12 months, with the ATI division delivering the highest level of sales on the market. They also have a nice chunk of change in their coffers after a $1.25BN settlement handout by Intel. Yesterday at the Hot Chips conference held at Stanford University the company …
Read More »LiteOn eTAU108 External Top-Load DVD/CD Writer Review
At KitGuru we review a plethora of different products but it's not often that we look at things like optical drives which are reasonably homogeneous in design and don't differ greatly in terms of performance. Today we are going to look at LiteOn's latest external DVD/CD writer, the eTAU108, which …
Read More »Kingston HyperX hits 3068mhz world record
KitGuru has been impressed with Kingston recently – their new HyperX products are producing some fine results in enthusiast systems across the globe. When we recently spoke with Bernd Dombrowsk their Sales Director, he impressed us with his aggressive and upfront style of answering questions. News has filtered in today …
Read More »Mafia 2 to help sell Fermi hardware – full physX support
Mafia was one of the greatest games ever made, when it was released gamers across the globe embraced its combination of rich story line with Grand Theft Auto style game elements. With the successor to be released in a few days, many predict that this game alone will help push …
Read More »Coolit Vantage Advanced Liquid Cooler Review
With the vast selection of coolers on the market today it is hard to know which model to purchase. Will an £18 Thermaltake Contac 29 do the job or do you really need to spend over £60 on a Noctua NH D14 ? To make matters even more confusing there …
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