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The storage arm of Corsair has been pretty quiet over the last few months; the last drive we looked at was the Neutron XTi high-end drive back in July 2016. But they are back with a bang at the sharp end with the Force MP500, the fastest SSD drive they …

On the face of it, the new MasterBox 5t case from Cooler Master looks interesting because it is superficially similar to the much more expensive MasterCase Maker 5t with its nifty black and red colour scheme. The idea, clearly, is that enthusiasts who are in the market for a proper …

DinoPC has unleashed its latest Raptor gaming PC to coincide with CES in Las Vegas and the launch of Intel 7th Generation CPU technology aka Kaby Lake. The DinoPC Raptor 2 uses Core i7-7700K with dual GTX 1080 graphics cards, all wrapped up in a liquid cooling system that aims …

The Gigabyte Ultra Gaming motherboard is a fairly new model which was first released for the Z170 chipset shortly after Computex 2016. Only half a year later and Gigabyte has released a Z270 variant of the Ultra Gaming, the Z270X-Ultra Gaming, to coincide with the launch of Intel's new Kaby …

While my team works away on Kaby Lake processor and motherboard reviews for publication in early 2017 I thought it would be a good idea to run another mega NEW YEAR competition – and what better way to start the year than to help 4 loyal readers build a new …

Corsair produces excellent, high-end gaming peripherals but it knows not everyone will want to spend £70 on a mouse or £150 on a keyboard. Enter the Corsair Harpoon RGB- this mouse comes with the multi-coloured lighting of high-end gaming peripherals, without the monstrous price tag. At just £28, the Harpoon is one …

Here at KitGuru, the vast majority of our content – be it news or reviews – is focused on PCs. We love the ability to pick and choose parts tailored to your own specific needs – be it raw performance, aesthetics or low noise levels. You may be surprised to …

2016 is coming to an end, so it's time to take a look back at all of the games that came our way over the course of the year. We have had some highs, some lows and some surprises this year, so today, I am going to be talking about …

PNY might be a new comer to the world of peripheral making, but it is gunning hard for the competitive market of gaming mice with its first effort: the Riot 01. It has an eye catching colour scheme, an ergonomic shape and some neat lighting options that are rather impressive …

Very rarely in the world of PC tech does a product come along and win universal acclaim. The original Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO is one such product, having built up a legendary status over the past few years. It has won our KitGuru Reader Award for best CPU air …

EKWB are a well-known brand in the enthusiast PC market. Their custom watercooling gear looks amazing and is of top quality – but for a beginner, building a custom loop can be a daunting and confusing process. That is why EKWB have released their Predator 280 all-in-one cooler – it is …

Integral may be a new name to some but they have been in the  memory business since the late eighties with all the design, R&D and testing of products done in the UK. The company has a wide portfolio of SSD's from M.2 drives up to specialist hardware encrypted drives …

Christmas is the season of giving so what better way to say ‘Merry Christmas' to our loyal readers than to give you a chance to win £3000 worth of gaming hardware to build yourself an epic new gaming PC?! Read on to find out how easy it is to enter …

If you haven't made the upgrade to 4K yet, we've got news for you. You're too late. The cutting edge has moved on already. The Philips Brilliance 275P4VYKEB is one of the newest 5K screens to hit the market. Although Apple's iMac had a 5K version a while back, and …

Today we are taking a look at the slightly more conservatively clocked ‘A8G' ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1080. With an out-of-the-box boost clock of up to 1809MHz (1835MHz if you enable the OC mode in ASUS' software), the A8G STRIX is around 90MHz slower than the STRIX OC O8G model. …

There are no prizes for deducing the new DinoPC Bulldog BD3 gaming PC is built in a Corsair Bulldog chassis. We first saw this Mini-ITX case at its launch during Computex 2015 so the hardware has been a long while coming. The chassis supports a Mini-ITX motherboard and uses a …

If you follow the competitive gaming/esports scene at all, then you may have heard of Xtrfy. They are a Swedish company specialising in designing peripherals for competitive players, with a little help from the team ‘Ninjas in Pyjamas'. Today, we are looking at the Xtrfy XG-M2 Ninjas in Pyjamas edition, …

The world of eSports has grown tremendously over the last few years so much so that high-profile teams don't need sponsors for peripherals anymore- instead they can design their own. Today, we are looking at Team Fnatic's own keyboard, released under the ‘Fnatic Gear' brand. How does it stack up …

We have reviewed many high end, wallet sapping Super Flower power supplies in recent years, but today we look at a lower cost model – the Platinum King 650W. With 80 Plus Platinum efficiency and a 120mm low noise fan the price point is set at £87.95 inc VAT from …

Tackling the difficulties of getting PC gaming into the living room is currently a key agenda for many companies. MSI's take on the console-sized living room PC is Trident, which comes in a little larger than an Xbox One but features an Intel Skylake CPU, GTX 1060 graphics card and …

Dishonored was a surprise hit for Arkane Studios and Bethesda back when it first launched in 2012. The stealth-action game quickly went on to become one of the best games of that year and now we can finally get our hands on the sequel – Dishonored 2. This time Arkane …

Drobo's 5C is the world's first self-managing USB-C storage device and is a replacement for the Drobo 4-Bay which is getting very long in the tooth. The 5C is a 5-bay DAS (Direct Attached Storage) unit that, as with all Drobo systems, uses the company's BeyondRAID storage technology.  The Drobo …

Cooler Master has launched five new models of MasterFan Pro. In 120mm you can choose Air Flow, Air Balance or Air Pressure and in 140mm there are choices of Air Flow and Air Pressure. Cooler Master sent us one sample of each fan and a pair of the 120mm Air …

As popular as mechanical keyboards are, there are still plenty of people out there who are content with membrane-style alternatives. Today, we are taking a look at the ThunderX3 TK25 gaming keyboard, featuring rubber dome switches, but adding some extra features like dedicated macro keys. Is it worth the £30 …

The GTX 1050 Ti represents Nvidia Pascal's foray into the lower-cost end of mainstream territory that is currently being fought competitively by AMD with the company's current-generation RX 460 and RX 470 Polaris GPUs. With a suggested retail price of £139, Nvidia has carved out a price point which sits …

Mini-ITX as a form-factor is definitely a fast-growing trend. Technology has advanced to the point where you can build a system as a powerful as a regular mid-tower desktop, but in a case with a tiny footprint. The Lian Li PC-Q17 caters to that market – those looking for a …

As important as having a decent keyboard and mouse is for any enthusiast PC gaming setup, having decent audio quality should also be on the priority list. Today, we are taking a look at the Cooler Master ‘MasterPulse' Gaming Headset, aiming to offer a ‘groundbreaking audio experience' with its new …

KitGuru was invited to meet with David Henry, Netgear Senior VP, in London recently. As well as an update on the new Orbi mesh WiFi product, we were also briefed on the latest iteration of the Nighthawk, the X10. Promising to be the fastest WiFi router available is a serious …

The Netgear Nighthawk has been a popular choice with KitGuru readers for quite some time. If you're looking for the fastest line-of-sight wireless networking solution, then the Nighthawk series is hard to beat. But what if you have a different set of criteria? What if you want a strong signal …

The ‘Titan' moniker is iconic in the world of technology – Nvidia have used it to great effect for many years now and after MSI released their first Titan laptop back in 2014, the name has become synonymous with cutting edge hardware. My colleague Leo has already taken a look …