The Asus TP300L Transformer Flip is a 13.3-inch thin and light laptop that doubles up as a Windows 8.1 touch screen tablet. This is a neat trick that hinges, ahem, around the hinge. Instead of simply allowing you to open the screen and fold it back to a comfortable viewing …
Read More »EVGA SuperNOVA P2 1600 PSU Review
We aren't messing around today. Up for analysis is the latest flagship power supply from enthusiast favourite EVGA. Their new SuperNova 1600 P2 Power supply is a monster product designed for power crazy SLI and Crossfire systems. It is 80 Plus Platinum certified, fully modular, and incorporates the highest grade …
Read More »Exclusive interview with TP-LINK’s Eleonora Rocca
With the vast majority of the UK now connected to broadband, a lot of enthusiasts' focus has switched from the cable outside the front door, to the wireless transmission speeds inside their property. One company that claims it is pushing for better/faster transmission standards while keeping costs down, is TP-LINK …
Read More »Asus A88X-Gamer Motherboard Review
Sharp eyed readers will see a strong similarity between this Asus A88X-Gamer motherboard and the MSI A88X-G45 Gaming that we recently reviewed. Fair point. Both motherboards use an AMD A88X chipset to support Socket FM2+ and there is a distinct theme of red and black in the styling. Asus tells …
Read More »OCZ challenge KitGuru to kill 5x ARC 100 SSD drives
OCZ have been creating Solid State Drives for as long as we can remember. They produced a massive amount of drives years ago featuring the Sandforce 2281 controller and sadly they ran into their fair share of issues. They were then bought over by Toshiba and have been recently focusing …
Read More »AMD Catalyst Omega Launch
AMD is making a big splash to end 2014 with a new release of its Catalyst driver. Unusually, this driver goes by the name of Omega. As you would expect Omega is driver version 14.12 (2014, December) and if you look in the Control Panel you will see driver version …
Read More »ASRock M8 Z97 Mini-ITX SFF System Review
We first saw the ASRock M8 Z87 small form factor barebones in the second half of 2013 when it was reviewed by my colleague Luke Hill. This latest Z97 version is a relatively minor refresh with an update to Intel's latest Haswell compatible Z97 chipset. The SFX power supply has …
Read More »Asus ROG Swift monitor competition winner announced
Our competition with Asus for the PG2780 ROG Swift 144Hz G-Sync monitor has come to an end. Last week things were narrowed down to just three entrants who all produced videos, it was up to you guys to vote on who you think should win. The votes have been counted …
Read More »Asus Xonar U5 5.1 USB sound card review
When it comes to upgrading your PC it is usually pretty easy to understand the benefits associated by spending more money. A new CPU and motherboard will give you extra overclocking potential and a snappier system. A new graphics card will give you better gaming performance and a new SSD …
Read More »Aerocool Strike-X open chassis – revisited
Tis the season for a new system upgrade! What better way to end the year than to treat yourself to some new hardware? Bored of the ‘same old' chassis? Then how about an open case with easy access at all times? We reviewed the Aerocool Strike-X case back in March …
Read More »Porn, the new battleground for the internet
If there's one thing the internet loves, it's a good ol' fashioned brawl. We take on all comers too, whether you're a piece of copyright legislation or a woman dumping a cat in a bin; we'll probably win too. You wouldn't imagine it, but there's a lot pluck in this …
Read More »Tesoro Durandal G1NL Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review
Today we are going to look at a mechanical gaming keyboard from a company called Tesoro, the Durandal G1NL. Tesoro are looking to compete with the more established players in the market such as Corsair and Razer who are very popular among the gaming audience. We are excited to see what …
Read More »EVGA SuperNova P2 1200 PSU Review
EVGA have earned a fantastic reputation over the years for their selected range of motherboards and graphics cards. Today we look at one of their high end power supplies – the SuperNova 1200 P2. This is a creation with OEM partner, Super Flower. The EVGA SuperNova 1200 P2 supply is …
Read More »Arctic P614 BT Bluetooth Headphones Review
Today we are going to look at the latest set of Bluetooth headphones from Arctic – the P614 BT. This headset seeks to break new ground for Arctic, moving the brand into the fiercely competitive premium end of the market. Can they compete? We recently tested another Arctic model which …
Read More »Win every-day this December with Antec’s Advent Calendar
It's that time of year again guys. No I'm not talking about the build-up to Christmas, or the Steam Autumn Sale, I'm talking about Antec's Advent Calendar. It's available once again for everyone and anyone to click on and potentially win PC gear. Today is just the first day of …
Read More »Falcon Elite-GT1 Assassin SE System
Falcon Computers supplies this Elite-GT1 Assassin SE as a bare tower priced at £999 inc VAT. If you choose you can also buy peripherals such as mouse, keyboard and screen from Falcon but anyone looking for a gaming upgrade will probably already own those peripherals. Besides, £999 has a nice …
Read More »KitGuru quarter of a million ‘reviewer’ giveaway!
Holy Giveaway! Carl Muller here – the Kitguru Social Media admin. We wanted to thank our loyal readers for all the great support this year. With your help we have had fantastic growth in 2014, both on our main site at Kitguru.net, and on social media. Facebook contacted us a …
Read More »Final round of voting commences for Asus ROG Swift monitor competiton
Did you enter our competition with ASUS to win the ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144hz GSYNC monitor? If so, then we will have a winner for you very soon as the submissions are closed and the competition has entered the final voting stages. Things have been narrowed down to just three …
Read More »GALAX GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent ‘Infinity Black Edition’
Today we take a look at the new modified, custom card created in a partnership with Overclockers UK called the GALAX GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent ‘Infinity Black Edition'. Gibbo at Overclockers has created another custom card built with a nickel plated heatsink and the I/O plate is also nickel …
Read More »Logitech G910 ‘Orion Spark’ Mechanical Keyboard Review
We have seen a sudden influx of RGB based products over the last few months. Corsair has launched a new line of peripherals, Razer swiftly followed suit with its Chroma lineup and now Logitech is jumping in with the Orion Spark G910 Mechanical Keyboard. Main features of this new keyboard include …
Read More »G.Skill Phoenix Blade 480GB PCIe x8 SSD Review
Everybody loves speed, and there's no easier way to enhance the snappiness of general usage tasks than by using a solid state drive. But the primary storage interface – SATA 6Gbps – saw its speed limit reached by fast SSD's more than two years ago. If you wanted higher performance, …
Read More »Logitech wants to spark a wireless revolution
If you'd asked me a couple of weeks ago, whether I'd like to trade in my wired mouse for a wireless one, I'd have thanked you with a polite smirk and told you that since I work and play with mine 12 hours a day, I don't want to be …
Read More »OcUK GeForce GTX 970 ‘NVIDIA 970 Cooler Edition’ Review
We have been impressed with the wide cross section of GTX970's and GTX980's we have reviewed since Nvidia's official launch. It was interesting to note on launch day that Nvidia didn't sample a reference GTX970, instead relying on partners to supply custom cooled overclocked solutions. Nvidia's distinctive reference cooler has …
Read More »Win one of three be quiet! Silent Base 800 chassis with KitGuru
We like to give things away here at KitGuru, which is why today we are announcing our latest collaborative competition with be quiet!. We are teaming up to give away not one, but three brand new be quiet! Silent Base 800 desktop chassis, which we reviewed just last week, giving …
Read More »Fractal Design Define R5 Chassis Review
Fractal Design has given the Refine R4 a makeover and the result is the Refine R5. If you judge a book by its cover the R5 may not impress you as it looks pretty much identical to the R4 but once you get inside the case you'll find it is …
Read More »MSI GT70 2OD competition winner announced
Well, well. The time has come. Over 20,000 of you sent through responses to one of our biggest competitions of the year, to try and win a brand new MSI GT70, 2OD gaming laptop worth over £2,500, and now the task lies with me to let down 19,999 of you. For …
Read More »MSI GS30 Shadow and GamingDock Preview
One of the major problems when buying a gaming laptop is that you are stuck forever with the graphics inside. Within 18 months they are very often struggling to keep up with the latest game engines. MSI is looking to resolve this problem with their upcoming MSI GS30 Shadow Super …
Read More »KitGuru visits Logitech’s G Labs in Switzerland
It's often been joked that the internet is serious business and at times, it can be. However something that you'd be unlikely to suggest as having such importance is peripheral production. Sure gaming puts a lot of strain on keyboards and mice and we all like a little competitive edge, …
Read More »Asus RT-AC87U 4×4 (Bridge Mode) Review
We have reviewed many of the latest high performance 802.11AC capable routers in recent months. ASUS recently sent us not one, but two of their RT-AC87U routers to test performance in single and bridge mode. Bridge Mode allows a second RT AC87U to be utilised as a ‘receiver' – theoretically …
Read More »ASUS Strix Claw gaming mouse and Strix Glide Speed mat review
ASUS may be best known for their motherboards but they have a diverse portfolio including graphics cards, cases, peripherals alongside a new range of ‘wearables'. The technology giant has various product ranges – such as the Strix series, aimed at the enthusiast user and designed to supplement the Republic Of …
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