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Today we are going to look at a very impressively designed drive caddy which can convert both 2.5 inch mechanical and solid state drives into RAID arrays. It is also built to withstand serious abuse and to fit inside a standard 3.5 inch drive bay. If you have several older …

KitGuru spent the day with AMD in Berlin, learning about the latest addition to their Fusion APU range, the A-Series. There was a lot of hype surrounding Fusion when it launched back in January. We tested some products based on the E-Series Fusion platform and were left with generally positive …

This year AMD's Fusion low cost platform has hit the spotlight, offering hardware accelerated performance with miniscule power demands and heat output. While this will suit many people, some of the enthusiast audience will want to spend more money and aim higher up the food chain. Today's article should tickle …

We don't often review many Foxconn related products but today we are looking at their new mini PC which is based around AMD's successful Fusion platform. Foxconn are a massive manufacturing organisation who produce many goods for leading tech companies such as Apple. Their NT-A3500 is based around an ultra …

There is certainly no shortage of high powered gaming laptops available on the market today, but it takes something really special to stand out in such a crowded marketplace. MSI have sent us their GT680 gaming laptop for review which features a dual drive configuration (with SSD), powerful Intel Core …

If you are the proud owner of a new high end SLI or CrossfireX gaming system, then you might be in the market for a powerful, future proof power supply. The product we are going to be looking at today will be of interest as it is 80 Plus Gold …

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, …

The GTX580 has been Nvidia's finest moment. The card has been a big seller since it was released and it leads many of the performance charts when we factor out the dual GPU solutions. Today we are looking at the MSI N580GTX Lightning, a heavily modified card designed to target …

Powercolor have been one of the more active AMD partners in recent months, releasing many modified cards with custom cooling solutions for all sectors of the market. Today we are looking at their latest HD6870 PCS++ which is supplied with a proprietary cooler and substantial ‘out of the box' overclocks. …

Today we are going to look at a new laser mouse designed by Smartfish Technologies. This is no ordinary mouse however because it is specifically designed with ergonomics in mind. Smartfish Technologies feel that this new ground breaking mouse will change how people use a mouse, forever. The Whirl uses …

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 …

Antec have been releasing some great products lately, many of which have been reviewed on these very pages. I personally really like their latest Kuhler 620 and 920 liquid coolers and the Rockus speakers certainly hit the spot. They are updating their mainstream ‘high value for money' power supplies and …

Today we are looking at Zotac's take on the new Nvidia GTX560, a card which should NOT be confused with the GTX560 ‘Ti'. The Ti was released at the start of the year and is a higher end part targeting a slightly different market. Nvidia have released the latest GTX560 …

KitGuru has looked at a number of Arctic Sound headsets over the past year which have impressed us by offering great performance at little cost.  We were very excited when Arctic offered us a sample of their latest earphones to review which also offer an impressive feature set for the …

We love modified graphics cards at Kitguru, and today's review product should really tickle the taste buds. Not only have Powercolor overclocked AMD's award winning HD6950, but they have added an dual fan cooler, which is height adjustable. Today we will find out if it is worth your money. The …

Several times in the past, Acer has made moves that directly affected Lenovo's business. Could it be that, with all of the senior-level shake-ups at Acer, that Lenovo is ready to make its master-move?  KitGuru hears the rumours, does some digging and looks at the possibility that we're about to …

In the third and final part of our interview with AMD Developer Relations Guru, Nic Thibieroz, we get him talking about the latest Deus Ex, how DirectX may not be so relevant in the future and how consoles might actually take the lead again. KitGuru dons a nano-suit to help …

If you are fortunate enough to have just bought one of the new series of AMD or Nvidia discrete graphics solutions then today's review product might be of interest. Asus have released a new 24 inch IPS screen, set to target discerning users who want to move up from their …

KitGuru has reviewed many AMD HD6870 graphics cards in 2011, but today we are looking at something very special, the Powercolor HD 6870 Eyefinity 6 Edition graphics card. This particular board is supplied with a custom heatpipe cooler, 6 mini DisplayPorts and an additional 1GB of memory to ensure that …

Today we are looking at the new high end quad core processor from AMD. The Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition is the new performance oriented, 4 core multiplier unlocked processor set to replace the 975 Black Edition at the top of their quad core lineup. The big question is …

When Benjamin Yeh joined Asus back in 2003, ATI was still around and its 9800 All-in-Wonder was a popular choice with enthusiasts who knew how to unlock extra pipes. At the same time, nVidia was refining its 5000 series while preparing to reveal the Shader Model 3-enabled 6000 series.  The …

Using the multiple GPUs in a CrossFire or SLi system properly can make a big difference to your benchmarking scores. Now we are hearing something at KitGuru about new technology in this area. With the 6800 cards Nvidia brought SLi to market hard and fast. ATI engineering was looking to …

In the past year we have looked at a number of products from AC Ryan’s PlayOn! range which have all impressed us, earning some of our most prestigious awards over the last year.  So when AC Ryan offered us their latest product for testing, we couldn't refuse! Today we are …

OCZ have been delivering quality power supplies now for over five years and one of their most historic claims to fame was when they purchased PC Power & Cooling, a company well known in enthusiast circles for their extreme high end designs. OCZ have released a new, high end ZX …

Getting ready for its huge Fusion Developer Conference in Bellvue, Washington from 13th to 16th June, AMD is launching Fusion-supporting tools faster than ever. KitGuru has a quick look at an early set of event notes to see what's brewing. In the 21st century, having hardware is probably less than …

Arctic are well known for producing a large range of cooling products which includes both CPU and GPU coolers.  But more recently they have been aggressively diversifying their product range to encompass far more of the PC market. A few months back we reviewed a couple of their gaming headsets, …

The whole subject of Intel's upcoming Z68 chipset has recently spawned more fevered online articles than a Lohan limousine leg-shot. Pushing all of the minor improvements to one side KitGuru is ready to reveal the key reasons for Intel's latest launch. Almost without fail, each generation of technology products has …

OCZ have been at the forefront of Solid State drive development for a very long time now, the original Vertex and the Vertex 2 were both class leading SATA 3Gbps drives. We will be honest when we say that we have high hopes for the 6Gbps successor, today's review product, …

Last October, AMD launched the first cards in their Radeon HD 6000 series, the HD 6850 and HD 6870.  In the six months since then we've seen the release of the top end HD 6950, HD 6970 and HD 6990 cards which are targeted at serious gamers.  But until now, …

When in comes to delivering pure processing power, transistor density is right up there with clock speed as the key ingredient. We're used to AMD and Intel revealing ever more transistors packed onto a piece of silicon, but today's record annoucement comes from a different source altogether. KitGuru pulls out …