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When buying parts to build a new system many people underestimate the importance of the power supply. We receive a lot of emails and Facebook questions from readers who are experiencing system stability issues, many of which we find out are related to poor power delivery. When buying a power supply …

Haswell is just around the corner and many of the motherboard manufacturers are teasing the public with some details and images of their upcoming products. We have some great high resolution pictures of the upcoming Gigabyte boards which show the layout and colour schemes. I do think these look fantastic, …

Today we are going to take a look at the Edifier Predator 2.1 Speaker System which promises to combine a unique design with excellent sound quality characteristics.  It uses a simple configuration which consists of a large subwoofer unit with a pair of front facing drives.  This makes it ideal …

One of the biggest challenges for anyone looking to get into system building for the first time is the ‘but you have never done it before' challenge. If you've never tried to open a system, then it will be as daunting as opening a TV or doing your own plumbing. …

Today we are looking at the new Sapphire HD7790 graphics card which is based around AMD's new 28nm Graphics Core Next ASIC (Bonaire). The new HD7790 slots in between the budget HD7770 and low-mid range HD7850 at around the £125-£130 inc vat mark. Is there really any room for this …

AMD has affirmed its position in the mid-range graphics market with the successful Radeon HD 77xx and 78xx GPUs. With so many individual graphics cards to choose from, how do you decide which is best? Cooler, factory overclock, VRAM and display outputs are all valid reasons for picking one card …

Today we are looking at the new sub £1,000 gaming PC from ARIA – the Gladiator Warbird 660, which features the Core i5 3570K processor and a pair of GTX660 graphics cards. The company also incorporate 8GB of Corsair memory, a 120GB SSD/1TB HDD configuration and a Corsair HX power …

Today we are going to look at the Node 605 from Fractal Design which is designed to be used primarily for home theatre PC builds. It is part of the same range as the Node 304 that we looked at recently which we found to be a very competent product. …

Seasonic really need no introduction, they have been releasing multiple series of class leading power supplies in 2012. They recently launched the latest X-Series KM3 range, superseding the award winning KM2 units which we reviewed last year. Today we are looking at the X-Series KM3 650W power supply, a very …

As the demand for storage space increases we have seen a handful of manufacturers releasing larger and faster USB 3.0 pen drives. In January we reviewed the Kingston DataTraveler HyperX Predator 512GB drive which broke new ground for performance. The only downside was the asking price, a staggering £650 inc …

This week Nvidia are releasing their latest high end graphics card targeting the wealthy enthusiast gaming audience. We can have a quick look at the hardware today, although benchmarks cannot be shared until the 21st February. The Geforce Titan has 2,688 CUDA cores and is built around 7.1 billion transistors. …

Today we are looking at a new mSATA drive from Plextor – the 128GB M5M. Diminutive mSATA drives are without doubt a growing market, adopted in many laptop computers today. As we have seen in recent desktop motherboard reviews on Kitguru many manufacturers are now including a mSATA slot, an …

Today we are looking at the Sapphire Edge HD4 Mini PC, the latest in their Edge lineup which features an Intel Celeron processor. We reviewed the EDGE HD3 in February 2012, powered by the AMD E450 and the EDGE VS8 in December 2012, powered by the AMD A8 4555M APU. …

Today we are going to look at the Corsair H90 which fits into the middle of the Hydro range, in a similar position to the H80i.  It is designed to compete directly with the new NZXT Kraken X40 (review forthcoming), boasting a 140 mm radiator to improve performance over standard …

Aiming to stamp their authority in a rapidly-growing market, the trio of ‘Seidon' units represents Cooler Master's first range of globally-available, new-generation all-in-one liquid CPU coolers. Can the mid-range Seidon 120M prove itself as a viable competitor to the likes of Corsair's H60 and Antec's Kuhler 620? Not to be …

Today we are going to look at the Fractal Design Node 304, one of the companies first attempts at a small-form factor case.  It boasts an impressive feature set which includes support for six hard drives and an ATX power supply   There is also a fair amount of headroom …

It would be fair to say that professional-grade audio and consumer-grade pricing are two characteristics that are usually considered to be mutually exclusive. In the SA950i pair of headphones, RHA aims to break this barrier by combining technologies more commonly found in studio equipment with a price tag that is …

Space constraints and component clearance can always present a major headache for Small Form Factor and mini-ITX users who want to improve their CPU cooling performance. Can Noctua's minute NH-L9i CPU cooler help to address these issues? Measuring in at just 95 x 95 x 37mm, the Noctua NH-L9i is …

Today we are going to look at Silverstone's latest small form factor case, the Sugo SG09. This case is designed for those users who want to build a powerful compact system, boasting enough room for a long graphics card and a full size power supply. This makes it ideal for …

Today we are looking at the VTX3D HD7990 Graphics card, a flagship product created by partners after AMD failed to deliver an official dual GPU product this year. The VTX3D HD7990 in particular has generated a lot of interest as it is the least expensive HD7990 in the UK today …

Cyberpower has always tended to the needs of every gamer with its pre-configured systems. Targeting mid-range gamers with a tighter budget, does the Cyberpower Gaming Battalion 502 PC have what it takes to become a competitor in today's ever-growing system market? Cyberpower has chosen the Gaming Battalion 502 PC's hardware …

Turning towards the computing industry's storage segment, Patriot's latest drive enclosure aims to offer the flexibility of a portable hard drive with the convenience of a wireless streaming function. Can the Patriot Gauntlet Node portable wireless HDD enclosure establish itself as one of the market's firm contenders? Offering support for 2.5″ HDDs and SSDs, the Gauntlet …

Today we are going to look at the Kingston SSDNow V+200 480 GB solid state drive.  This is aimed at those users who require a high capacity solid state drive but don't want to pay a premium for the performance offered by a HyperX drive.  It features the SandForce SF-2281 …

Two years ago a Solid State Drive was a pricy piece of hardware set aside for the elite, wealthy enthusiast user. This year has seen prices drop significantly, and the technology has finally made it into the mainstream. As an all round performance drive, there has been little to match …

Today we are going to look at one of Arctic's low profile CPU coolers … the Alpine 64 Plus, which is designed to be used exclusively with AMD processors.  This makes it ideal for use in small form factor systems or HTPCs.  We imagine many users will purchase this cooler …

Today we are looking at a power supply from Aerocool, the Strike X 800W. This power supply is a modular design with 80 Plus Silver Certification. The appearance is certainly bold and dramatic but with such intensive competition today in the sub £100 sector is this unit worthy of a …

If like me, you don't like lugging around a super size 17 inch laptop then today's review product will be interesting. PC Specialist have created a super small 11.6 inch system and they are aiming to make it one of the most powerful on the market, by incorporating the powerful …

The ADATA DashDrive Elite HE720 500GB USB 3.0 external enclosure is the slimmest of its kind, measuring in at only 8.9mm thick. It also sports a professional-looking brushed Stainless Steel surface with a scratch resistant coating. The company have also added a ‘One Touch Backup' which as the name suggests …

Roccat's gaming mouse portfolio sees the newest leader to its flagship series. Can the 8200 DPI-capable Kone XTD prove that it deserves to sit at the summit of Roccat's critically acclaimed mouse catalogue? Roccat has sent a bold message to its competitors by aiming to improve the already highly successful Kone series …

Can the 16GB 2133MHz XPG Xtreme Series' flagship follow in the footsteps of its successful SSD cousins by offering excellent performance with a user-friendly design?