Two students from Ajdovscina, Slovenia will be starting a project in January called Oriolus on IndieGoGo. Visit the Project Oriolus website over HERE. As you'll see in our video this is a fun USB gadget for the PC enthusiast that reports CPU and RAM usage with a pair of traditional …
Read More »Asus GTX980 ROG Matrix Platinum Review
If you are feeling those January winter blues, then we hope to cheer you up today. What better way to start the New Year than with a look at the flagship Asus GTX980 ROG Matrix Platinum? This Republic Of Gamers card ships with a customised PCB to target overclockers worldwide. …
Read More »Can the Nvidia GRID service make cloud gaming viable today?
Several major gaming hardware makers are in the midst of making a big push for cloud gaming, with new services like the Nvidia GRID and PlayStation Now beginning to pop up with technological gains over tried and failed services, such as On Live. However, despite cloud technology coming as far …
Read More »Cooler Master opens 2015’s case mod contest
It's 2015 people, which means that not only are we all getting older, but it's time for Cooler Master's annual case modding competition. It opens today and will remain so for the next month, giving those of you with the prettiest PCs or a project in mind, plenty of time to …
Read More »Corsair CS850M Power Supply Review
Today we look at one of the latest power supplies from Corsair, the CS850M – a semi modular unit which ships with 80 Plus Gold certification. Corsair have a wide range of power supplies available as it stands so how does this unit slot into their current portfolio? Regular readers …
Read More »Fractal Design Kelvin S36 360mm Liquid CPU Cooler Review
Today we are going to take a look at one of the first ever liquid CPU coolers from Fractal Design – the Kelvin S36. This particular model sits at the top of their range and is designed for those who are looking to get achieve the best possible cooling performance …
Read More »Exclusive interview with Dr Carolyn Duran from Intel
At CES in January 2014, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich told the audience some home truths about the origins of various goods that we take for granted in our every day lives. Specifically, minerals and the way they can be obtained from twisted governments that support conflict. Dr Carolyn Duran is in …
Read More »KitGuru Annual Awards 2014
We love this industry and the logic behind that love is quite simple. Billions are spent on R&D each year – much of which goes toward making games run quicker and film/video stream quicker/smoother than ever before. In other words, thousands of scientists around the world are working toward one …
Read More »Asus Chromebook C300 Review
After all the fanfare around Chromebooks when they were first launched in 2011, the concept seems to have dropped off the radar in the last year. Samsung, once a Chromebook champion, has stopped selling them in Europe, and indeed pulled out of the entire notebook market as well. But there …
Read More »Phanteks Enthoo Mini XL Chassis Review
Phanteks has taken a bold step with its new Enthoo Mini XL case as we are seeing the introduction of a new form factor called Super Micro ATX. The idea is that you can install two motherboards inside the case along with their power supplies, processors and all the other …
Read More »Raijintek Triton AIO Liquid CPU Cooler Review
Today we are going to take a look at an interesting water cooling product – the Raijintek Triton, an ‘all in one' CPU cooler. The Triton has been designed to be user upgradable … in fact Raijintek take things a step further and actively encourage users (who have the necessary …
Read More »Thermaltake Core V1 Mini-ITX Case Review
Today we are going to take a look at one of the latest cases from Thermaltake – the Core V1. This model has been designed for those looking to build a compact system, offering room for a mini-ITX motherboard alongside a full-size power supply. Thermaltake are well known for producing …
Read More »Logitech G302 ‘Daedalus Prime’ MOBA Gaming Mouse Review
Logitech's G-series of mice have been getting a lot of attention from the enthusiast audience. We already reviewed the G602 wireless and G502 ‘Proteus Core' mice last year and today we are looking at the latest entry to the product line, the G302 ‘Daedalus Prime'. This mouse features new switches …
Read More »Raijintek Morpheus GPU Cooler Review
Today we are going to take a look at the first GPU cooler from Raijintek, the Morpheus. This is a high end model which has been designed to compete with the best coolers on the market from the likes of Arctic, although Raijintek offer it as a ‘heatsink only' model …
Read More »Asus Maximus VII Impact (Z97) mITX Motherboard Review
In the computing world, bigger is usually better. But that doesn't stop us trying to squeeze the same performance out of something that is physically smaller in size. ‘Why?' you ask. Well, perhaps desk space is at a premium or maybe you simply never plan to use multiple graphics cards …
Read More »Asus Echelon Forest Gaming Headset Review
Asus tends to be very well known for its PC hardware but the company also makes a wide range of very good gaming peripherals as well. Today we are going to take a look at the latest headset from the Echelon line of camo themed peripherals, featuring multi-platform compatibility, 50mm drivers …
Read More »Antec ISK 600M Case Review
This is the review that almost failed to happen. When the Antec ISK 600M arrived it didn't raise a huge amount of excitement and was temporarily placed in the pile of hardware that may get a second look at some point in the future. Happily for Antec, KitGuru and the …
Read More »OCZ ARC100 SSD’s all pass 22TB warranty point
Regular readers will know of the challenge submitted to KitGuru by OCZ – to kill 5 of their ARC 100 Solid State Drives. If you need a recap, then head back to this page posted on December 10th. Since then, we have been stress testing the drives to see if …
Read More »Festive tidings from the KitGuru team!
2014 has been a great year for KitGuru and I wanted, on behalf of the team, to thank you all for the support throughout the year. Before you fall asleep fat and happy on the sofa watching the TV, never fear, our content hasn't quite stopped for the year – …
Read More »be quiet! Advent competition ending soon!
If you haven't entered the Christmas Advent competition from be quiet! You only have a couple of days left to do so, as it comes to an end this Saturday. It's been running all throughout December, with special prizes being awarded to lucky Facebook fans every Sunday and this one …
Read More »Cyberpower Fangbook Edge 4K Laptop Review
The killer feature with the Cyberpower Fangbook Edge 4K, as the name suggests, is the inclusion of a 4K display with a mighty resolution of 3,840×2,160 pixels. Adding a 4K display to a regular Fangbook Edge laptop bumps up the price by £90 from £1175 to £1265 inc VAT and …
Read More »Asus X99-A Motherboard Review
Perhaps one of the biggest surprises about Intel's most recent iteration of the High-End Desktop (HEDT) platform has been its relative affordability from the perspective of an enthusiast's budget. OK, DDR4 isn't cheap, and nor are processors starting at £300. But when you consider the additional cost over an LGA …
Read More »Abyss 1266 Headphone Review
If you were given the task of creating the world's best headphones how would you do it? American cable experts JPS Labs proposed the same question but took it a stage further by taking the lofty challenge head on. Targeting the wealthy audiophile audience, money was firmly a secondary factor …
Read More »Super Flower Leadex Gold 650W Review
While we have been focusing recently on super high power output supplies in excess of 1000 watts, we felt today it was worth revisiting a popular unit sold by Overclockers UK for £85.99 inc vat. The Super Flower Leadex Gold 650W is fully modular with 80 Plus Gold Certification and support …
Read More »MSI GT80 Titan Gaming Laptop Sneak Peak
Next year MSI will officially release their GT80 Titan … a machine kitted out with mouth watering hardware – it is also the first gaming laptop to feature a fully fledged mechanical keyboard. KitGuru has already published information on the laptop in recent weeks, and my colleague Andrzej was on …
Read More »Lian Li PC-O5S Chassis Review
The new O series of Lian Li cases (that's O for Omega, not zero) continues a proud tradition of aluminum construction and a smart, stylish appearance that stands out from the crowd. This Mini-ITX PC-O5S is priced at £214, while the Micro-ATX PC-O6S costs £254 and the ATX PC-O7 is …
Read More »ASUS STRIX Tactic Pro gaming keyboard review
Getting yourself the right gaming keyboard can be a very personal experience. Chances are you want mechanical, even if you have not used one before. Switch choice is important, backlighting too – and you might want some macro buttons for good measure. If you want all that and love the …
Read More »CPU coolers, the truth: KitGuru TV
One of the hottest topics of debate among KitGuru readers is the correct approach to installing a CPU cooler We took a test system consisting of a 3.9GHz Core i7-4770K CPU (stock clock speed), an ASRock Z87 Extreme4 motherboard, Sapphire R9 290 Trix graphics card, Samsung 840 EVO SSD and …
Read More »be quiet! Silent Base 800 competition winners announced!
The results are in for our latest competition, which we ran in conjunction with be quiet!, three lucky readers shall be receiving a Silent Base 800 Desktop PC chassis, which we recently reviewed, praising its low noise levels and solid build quality. In order to win, entrants had to email …
Read More »Seasonic Snow Silent 1050W PSU Review (XP3)
Today we look at the latest power supply from Seasonic – just in time for Christmas! Their festive looking ‘Snow Silent' power supply is fully modular, with 80 Plus Platinum certification. Seasonic have incorporated a new low noise fluid dynamic bearing fan along with a rather eye catching white paint …
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