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Almost everyone today has a Flash drive sitting on their computer desk, after all they are invaluable for moving data between work and home or to pass files between friends. Another important use for USB drives is to back up sensitive and important data, which leads me nicely into the …

KitGuru has been overclocking since speeds were measured in MegaHz. In all those years, we’ve never seen a chip taken to 5GHz on air. Never. Until now. After the FX fell to Conroe, Intel has dominated the performance CPU market for many years. AMD’s eggs are all in the Fusion …

Dell have always had a very strong range of panels available, from the strictly low end mass market TN panels for the budget aware audience to the high end 30 inch panels for the discerning designer and enthusiast. A few weeks ago we looked at their bargain SP2309W which we …

Asus are one of the largest and most successful technology companies on the planet right now – producing some of the finest motherboards known to man with particular emphasis on engineering and build quality.  All these efforts do not go unnoticed by the enthusiast however as their annual turnover is …

Noctua are an Austrian company well known in enthusiast circles for producing some of the finest fans on the market. I will hold my hand up – all of my systems at home incorporate their 120mm fans (NF12's) on one level or another, simply because they are class leading products. …

Over the past week or so, we have heard a lot of rumours about nVidia's products. As wizened KitGurus, you can trust us when we say that our sources are both plentiful and well placed. We report this kind of story when we have no reason to doubt a story. …

XFX are bundling the critically acclaimed Alien V Predator DX11 game with some of their video cards such as the excellent HD5870 Black Edition which we reviewed a short while ago. KitGuru are working in partnership with XFX and have 10 copies of Aliens V Predator on the PC platform …

The AMD 5xxx series has been a resounding success, dominating the mid/high range sector since it was released many months ago. We wouldn't be the Guru's of Kit we proclaim to be if we didn't take a look at one of the sexiest 5850's on the market – The Sapphire …

System failure and instability?  We all used to love blaming Windows, but poor power supplies are often the cause. Whether you’re solving issues, upgrading or buying a complete new rig – KitGuru investigates the dark art of PSUs for you. Why do we need a PSU? Your home is probably …

For as long as I can remember enthusiasts around the world have been keen to see how their systems perform with many commercially available benchmarks from such companies as Futuremark. While these applications are extremely useful to a wide audience sometimes it can be helpful to focus on a ‘real …