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Intel's 9-series chipset saw the widespread adoption of high-speed storage connections operating via the PCI Express interface. While the 10Gbps transfer speeds of SATA Express and M.2 connections were a noticeable speed boost over the ageing SATA 6Gbps interface, they were still a far cry from the bandwidth offered by …

Today we review the highly anticipated Asus ROG Swift PG278Q. This 27 inch Nvidia G-SYNC monitor runs at WQHD 2560×1440 resolution, features a 144hz refresh rate and a 1ms (gtg) response time to cater to the most demanding gamer. The panel features a ‘turbo' button to automatically select refresh rates …

One of the most remarkable stories in the technology industry has been the rise of Asrock as a leading mainboard manufacturer. This company started life as an off-shoot from established manufacturers in 2002. At the start, it provided simple, low-cost alternative options for the system building sector of the PC …

The landscape of peripherals is vast – with many manufacturers all competing in the same space. If you are a regular reader of KitGuru chances are you have seen a few of the same names crop up. Today however we are looking at a product from Gamdias … a Taiwanese …

KitGuru reviews hundreds of products every year and having high performance, up to date test systems at hand to partner with the latest components is always important. This is particularly true when we are reviewing the latest graphics cards. In the last week several of our older 4770k systems have …

The overwhelming audio preference among gamers is headsets. The ability to communicate while playing audio at serious volumes provides a tactical advantage without the need for constant complaints from friends and family. In this review, we’re taking on a set of speakers that is one level of ‘out loud’ above …

We don't often need a 1500 watt power supply – actually most of our systems are probably consuming less than 300 watts under load. What if you are building a new mini or media system into a tiny, space restricted chassis and need some quality juice to power it? Today …

Feeling a bit warm this nice summer's afternoon? Your PC probably is too, which is why it's always important to keep it cool. Don't fret though if your fans are clicking and your wallet is empty, as be quiet! is giving away a bunch of coolers, fans and PSUs once …

We had over 10,000 entries for this competition to win an MSI Z97 Gaming 9 AC Motherboard (product page here) an MSI R9 290X Gaming GPU (product page here) and a Steelseries Limited Edition Siberia V2 in MSI colours! Sadly we could only pick a single person out of the …

We had over 8,000 entries for our Gigabyte Z97X-SOC competition and sadly we can only pick three winners today! The winner of the Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Motherboard, Corsair Raptor HS30 Gaming Headset and bequiet! Shadow Rock Pro 150W TDP CPU Cooler is Christopher Hill (facebook page here). The first runner up …

If you've ever looked at the hard work we do here and KitGuru and thought, “I could do better,” we'd like to give you the chance to prove yourself. Over on our official Facebook page, we're giving away a brand new MSI R9 280 Gaming Edition graphics card to two lucky …

Over the weekend, KitGuru was invited to head down to the Overclockers UK store and warehouse to see their sponsored sale event – if you missed out on this at the weekend then we have some pictures for your enjoyment today! Quite a few people turned up early to grab …

Boards designed for extreme overclockers have been constants for all of Intel’s most recent platforms. Gigabyte hit success with the Z87X-OC motherboard by driving the overclocking-geared part to an aggressive mid-range price point. Many of the key overclocking-orientated features were still present, but the bank-busting price tag was not. Gigabyte …

For many enthusiast gamers, the ‘sweet spot' price point for a graphics card is around the £200 mark. For this kind of cash you can get a solution capable of powering the latest Direct X 11 games at 1080p, and some even at 1600p. We recently had a look at …

Being the nice people that we are here at KitGuru, we thought we'd let you know about a little competition going on over at YOYOTech right now. YOYOTech has teamed up with beQuiet! to give away a Pure Power L8 600W PSU with a Silent Wings 2 120mm fan, with the …

ASUS are the largest motherboard manufacturer on the planet. Within their portfolio they also produce graphics cards, chassis, laptops and a wide range of peripherals. Many of these peripherals are grouped together under their Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand – but not the one we are looking at today. Breaking …

You get a number of clues about the Aerocool Dead Silence DS200 just from reading the name. This is a mid-tower ATX case that promises your new gaming PC build will be very quiet. I know the name says ‘Dead Silent' but the marketing material actually refers to Super Silent. …

Our review of the new Intel Core i7 4790K. It has been some time coming even though we have had an Intel sample for some time now. We wanted to take our time and not only review the processor but create a little overclocking guide for our readers buying one. We found a lot of interesting things - including some processor degradation when we pushed it too hard, for too long. All things considered Is this the processor you want to consider for your next system? What about Intel's new Intel’s NGPTIM? How does it overclock? How is power consumption? How does it rate beside the 4770K?

Today we have a very special review for our readers, a look at the world's slimmest and lightest 15.6 inch Gaming Notebook. The MSI GS60 2PE Ghost Pro is currently available in 3 different flavours – one will ship with a 3K screen, another with Nvidia GTX860M discrete graphics. The …

More and more of us are using Smart TV's, but invariably we try and control this awesome power with a traditional magic wand. Plugging a media centre PC into the TV brings advantages – and challenges of its own. The problem of ‘remote control' is central to this. Logitech has …

While 98% of all competitions flagged on KitGuru are ‘home grown', in the sense that they are all about us – every now and then we hear of an opportunity to win something through a partner or two and we don't want you to miss out. This is one of …

KitGuru focuses primarily on PC oriented hardware reviews – but that doesn't mean from time to time we won't find something genuinely interesting enough for our readers in other hardware related areas. With this in mind we were recently offered a look at the Seagate 1TB SSHD drive, a hybrid …

Well guys it's that time again- the winners have been picked for our giveaway in collaboration with CyberPower UK and Gigabyte! Thanks to everyone who entered. The winner of the grand prize is Owen Davies, enjoy your brand new £1399 PC featuring an Intel Core i5 4690 CPU and a …

I recently took a look at Corsair's Raptor gaming keyboard and although I wasn't overly impressed due to a lack of mechanical keys, the backlighting was top notch. Today we look at the Raptor M45 gaming mouse to find out if it can tickle our gaming sweet spot. Features Adjustable …

You probably read our analysis earlier this week of the MSI R9 280 Gaming v PNY GTX760 XLR8 graphics cards. If you want a solution to game around the £200 sweet spot then you won't get much better! Over the next week KitGuru is giving these cards away to two …

MSI is celebrating the World Cup by launching two new competitions. From now until the 27th of June, anyone who buys an MSI gaming laptop will be entered to win a Samsung 65″ Slim LED HD 3D TV worth £2499.99. Second place will receive a Budweiser fridge and third place will …

We all love to play games! It is likely your dream graphics card will be either a GTX 780 Ti or R9 290X. Not fast enough for you? – then how about AMD's R9 295X2 or Nvidia's Titan Z? Be prepared to dig deep into your bank account at £1,100 …

Mechanical keyboards have been popular with the gaming audience now for some time, but they can often be rather expensive. Corsair recently released their K40 gamer keyboard which uses more mainstream rubber domes but takes a leaf out of the ‘mechanical playbook' by keeping the switches separate from one another. It also …

If you are shopping for a new high performance graphics card, then Nvidia's GTX780 Ti surely has a spot right at the top of the list. Today we look at a highly overclocked and customised model – the Inno3D GeForce GTX 780Ti iChill DHS. This card ships with one of …

We have had a lot of competitions running in the last month and today Gigabyte join the giveaway madness by offering up motherboards, coolers, pen drives and headsets! These prizes are open to residents in Europe. The 1st Prize is a Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Motherboard, Corsair Raptor HS30 Gaming Headset and …