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Creating a cool piece of hardware is really just one of many steps needed to create a great user experience. Almost everything made out of silicon has microcode, drivers and program code loaded onto it from every angle – to try and make it as good as it can be. …

AMD's latest Brazos Platform has proven popular over recent months, with many users adopting a secondary low powered system for general, light duties or as the foundation of a high definition media center. Today we are looking at the Gigabyte E350N USB 3 motherboard which is built to the high …

There have been many Solid State Drives released in the last couple of months, and today we are looking at the new 240GB Vertex 3 from OCZ which is tagged with the ‘Max IOPS' moniker. This drive has been tuned for users who require greater transactional throughput. Today we will …

For those looking for a new slimline graphics solution, this new midrange card from Powercolor might just tick all the right boxes. If space is at a premium then this card offers ‘full fat' gaming performance with 775mhz core speed and up to four cards supported in CrossFireX. The Powercolor …

Intel's Sandybridge has been dominating the headlines in 2011 with a heady combination of performance and competitive pricing. The H67 chipset enabled on-CPU graphics and Intel's new Quick sync transcoding engine and the P67 chipset delivered great overclocking capabilities with the new K series processors. The Z68 is set to …

Although the regular consumer might not be aware of the way that the PC market shifts and changes, data experts IDC are fully aware of all the major movements in the market. So what are their latest findings?  KitGuru dons a lab coat, glasses and clipboard to investigate. Research house …

A couple of months back we looked CM Storm's latest gaming mouse, the Spawn, which impressed us greatly and achieved our prestigious must have award.  We were very excited when CM Storm offered us a sample of their latest gaming mouse for review which has recently been released. The Sentinel …

Corsair made ‘all in one' liquid cooling popular a few years ago and today the market is literally saturated with new ‘updated' versions based on the same theme. KitGuru reviewed the Antec Kühler H20 620 in March, and it earned our highest award for the combination of class leading performance …

In the second part of KitGuru’s exclusive interview with AMD’s Developer Relations Guru, Nicolas Thibieroz, we managed to cover a lot more ground – specifically when it comes to his company’s approach to technologies like 3D. Nic also has opinions on Intel’s abilities. KitGuru replaces the batteries in its active …

Originally released on 15th March 2011, Shogun 2 is the latest in the famous Total War series. Across most of the top sites, this epic was seen as a return-to-form for its developers and it scored over 90% in most tests. But is it as good as it can be?  …

Sandybridge has been dominating the press for many months, delivering high levels of performance for the mainstream enthusiast audience. Until the end of the year however, X58 still remains the best choice for designers, 3d rendering artists and wealthy gamers. Today we are looking at a new high density 12GB …

Sharkoon may not be a brand that you immediately associate with gaming headsets; they are better known for their golf ball style fans.  But they have been producing headsets for a while now and currently have nine different models in their lineup.  These range from budget-friendly stereo headsets to full-fat …

KitGuru is working with AMD on a promotional campaign for the HD6000 Series, below is a presentation from AMD, highlighting the benefits of the HD6000 series technology. The stunning AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series is complete! AMD continues to lead the charge by providing innovative features for all segments and …

KitGuru has teamed up with the world's biggest component supplier, Asus, to bring you an exclusive competition which will certainly upgrade your life! When KitGuru Labs put the Asus GTX580 DirectCU II under the microscope back on 8th February, the result could not have been clearer. It was by far …

We have already had some astonishing prizes at KitGuru, but this was probably one of our best yet. Our good friends at XFX are giving away four fantastic prizes to KitGuru readers. Four lucky readers are going to be playing with some sexy new hardware. The question was: How many …

By now, 50 lucky readers should have a key for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call Of Pripyat in their inboxes. We had a huge interest for a free copy of this game and unfortunately we didn't have enough to send all 3,453 people a serial. The question was simple: How much cooler is …

AMD's new HD6790 has already proven to be a great performer for the gaming masses, delivering HD gaming capabilities without breaking the bank. Today we are looking at the new XFX HD6790 Edition which features a lovely, custom made dual fan cooler. As we have said before, AMD are marketing …

KitGuru has saved the most powerful of Sapphire's range for the last in our series of FleX reviews. The HD6950 FleX Edition is created to target the hard core gamer who wants to game at the highest resolutions. Sapphire have been steadily releasing FleX edition cards to cover all bases …

AMD has a strong naming system for products. The numbers have meanings and partners are not allowed to make up new numbers. There are changes coming to this system we hear. The new naming system for graphics with second generation Fusion (Llano) will bring a lot of new numbers to …

As if coming along to the UK’s number one LAN party 3 times a year for the chance to win huge cash prizes wasn’t enough, the Multiplay team insist on bringing more and more exclusive content to the event every time. KitGuru sneaks under the red rope and risks getting …

This Easter's gaming extravaganza at Newbury Racecourse has seen some notable ‘firsts'. Some software. Some hardware. KitGuru spies were on hand to see real world gaming on a special keyboard. Multiplay's i42 will attract more than 2,000 gaming enthusiasts over the toasty Bank Holiday weekend. Pro-gamers, exhibitors and sponsors were …

For the mainstream gaming enthusiast audience, today's review product is both feature packed and attractively priced. The Asus P8P67 Deluxe is a 16+2 phase DIGI+ VRM design which fully supports Intel's VRD12 specifications. There are three PCI Express x16 slots and a PLX PEX8608 chip to add 8 additional PCI …

With Intel's new Z68 overclocking platform close to launch, Gigabyte's team took time out of their busy schedules to discuss with KitGuru the changes that are happening in the market, the way that Gigabyte is pushing hard on R&D and the value of long term customer support. KitGuru's recent article …

Enermax have earned a solid reputation as one of the leading power supply manufacturers and they have recently launched a new series of units aimed at the entry level marketplace. These power supplies are rated between 350w and 850w and have been designed for a wide range of applications such …

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, …

This weekend, its a competition frenzy @ KitGuru. We have some incredible prizes, which are yours for the taking. We have partnered up with Multiplay for the chance to win a 32GB iPad 2. How do you win an iPad 2? It surprisingly easy – find out over here. NZXT …

While the whole world plus dog is still looking at the ripples made by the Sandy Bridge recall, Intel is jogging on at a tremendous rate of knots. KitGuru dons a bee-keeper suit and enters the FAB-u-lous world of CPU technology. In January, everyone's jaw dropped as Intel asked the …

External hard drives have grown in popularity in the last year, allowing users to expand storage capacity with minimal effort and at a very low cost.  The external solution is ideal for ‘offline' data backup or to share media and data files quickly across multiple machines. Today we are going …

Many readers looking at this review today will already have a performance gaming system and others will be contemplating a second system, hooked into a new high definition television for light gaming and media demands. To specifically target this sector AMD are releasing a very low cost Direct X 11 …

For most of us the AMD HD6990 is a pipe dream, the cost is very hard to justify. Let's not forget that unless you are gaming at super high resolution or across multiple screens it is often not needed. With the recent release of nVidia's GTX550 ti, AMD have decided …