While the majority of YouTube is full of stuff that wasn't worth the upload bandwidth that carried it to the great server farm in the sky, other clips put a smile on your face. Here's a handful of short vids to give you a soft Saturday smile. One might even …
Read More »Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro BQT P9-550W Review (80 Plus Gold)
Be Quiet! are well known in enthusiast circles, they combine quality German engineering with an attractively designed range of products. Today we are looking at their latest ‘P9' version of the Dark Power Pro 550W, a supply that will suit a wide audience of enthusiast user, especially those seeking an …
Read More »Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3 Motherboard Review
While everyone waits with baited breath for AMD to release their new range of processors, we felt it was a good time to have a look at another Intel Z68 motherboard – the Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3. Gigabyte have earned a good reputation in the industry over the years for producing quality …
Read More »Noctua NH-U12P Special Edition SE2 Review
If you read Kitguru regularly, there is no chance you will have missed us singing the praises of the Noctua NH D14 cooler which we have affectionately dubbed ‘The Austrian Sandwich'. Even all this time after the initial release, competitors are still using it as the yardstick to judge cooling …
Read More »Brinkmann brings his new skills back to OCZ
Well, it's official, Tobias Brinkmann is back within the OCZ fold as Director of Caching and Hybrid Drives. So what is this new role all about and why was OCZ so keen to get their business development guru back on board? KitGuru peaks at satellite footage from San Jose and …
Read More »KitGuru launches facebook page, gives away goodies to celebrate!
KitGuru has finally given into peer pressure and created a Facebook page so you can access all our latest news and in-depth reviews from the comfort of your Wall – this compliments our Twitter page. But we never miss an opportunity to give away some of the tastiest kit on …
Read More »Lian Li PC-Z70 Diamond Series Case Review
Lian Li produce some of the most beautiful cases on the market. Today we are going to look at one of their newest designs – the PC-Z70. Designed for the serious enthusiast, this case features ventilated PCI expansion slots, support for graphics cards up to 390mm long, nine 3.5 inch …
Read More »Thermaltake wants to ride on the DISCO stick
High-end products are, generally, aimed at one particular market – hardcore gamers. Sure, the workstation lovers get some focus and there is the more-money-than-sense group, but it is the hardcore, living in the dark, nano-suited, sniper fire specialist that gets the love. No idea if it will ever launch, but …
Read More »SteelSeries Spectrum 7XB Wireless Xbox 360 Gaming Headset
Recently we looked at the Spectrum 5XB, SteelSeries' first attempt at an Xbox 360 gaming headset …. essentially their 5H headset with a clever adapter which allowed you to plug it into an Xbox controller for Xbox Live chat. Not to rest on their laurels, the SteelSeries' boffins have been …
Read More »G.Skill RipjawsX 4GB DDR3-2133mhz Review @ £50 inc vat
There was a time when a good kit of memory cost as much as a few weeks salary … how times have changed. With the recent earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan many analysts had predicted that memory prices would rise. While they might still increase by the end of …
Read More »Win a Core i7 Media PC with Yoyotech & KG!
Today Kitguru are partnering with YoyoTech to provide one lucky reader with a state of the art media center. Over the last year we have given away crates of hardware to readers and forum members – this competition today is quite easily one of our best. Regular readers will already …
Read More »SteelSeries 6G V2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review
We recently took a look at Razer's first attempt at a mechanical gaming keyboard which left us with mainly positive impressions. Throughout our review we compared it to SteelSeries' existing mechanical keyboard, the 7G, which has been around for a good few years now and can be found on the …
Read More »Can MIT protect you from remote assassination?
Imagine a world where advanced electronic devices can be embedded into the human body, correcting problems and monitoring/enhancing function. Impressive stuff. But there is a dark side. A very dark side. KitGuru dreams of a jump-suited Raquel Welch while considering a modern day fantastic voyage. Roll the clock back 40 …
Read More »ICY DOCK MB982SPR-2S SATA HDD & SSD Raid Review
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 …
Read More »AMD launches new A-Series Llano APU, shares Vision for the future
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 …
Read More »Win 20GB of 1600mhz & 2000mhz DDR3 Gaming Memory with ADATA!
Kitguru has some of the best competitions on the net, we have given away video cards, computers, power supplies, and even a brand new iPad 2 in recent months. Today something very useful for your next system build, or even for a current upgrade. Our good friends over at ADATA …
Read More »Enermax MaxRevo 1350W Power Supply Review
There are no shortage of quality 80 Plus Gold Certified power supplies on the market today, but when a new model is released from Enermax it always deserves a closer look. The MaxRevo range is their new flagship series of power supplies with three hardcore flavours – 1200W, 1350W and …
Read More »Decision made on AMD CEO – our Oracle speaks
“Beat the bushes to startle the snakes” is an age old maxim and, in the case of KitGuru's earlier story about the possible merger of AMD with nVidia – we seem to have stirred up a response to the question, “Who will be AMD's new CEO?” While there is definite …
Read More »Apple prepares to block iPhone users from filming concerts
News just in from the interwibble indicated that Apple is in the process of instigating 1984-style controls on what you can do and when you can do it with an iPhone. Big brother is watching you – and preparing to zap you with evil infra-red rays. KitGuru steps into room …
Read More »Jen Hsun Huang new CEO of AMD?
Rumours are flying thick and fast out of California today about something that the industry has considered impossible for two decades. A merger of two companies that have been sworn blood enemies. Could it be true? KitGuru genuflects and prepares to utter sacrilegious words. Lordie, lordie. nVidia invented the modern …
Read More »YOYOTech slashes GTX580 price by almost £60
We're not in the habit of flagging individual deals from resellers, but every now and then you come across something that's so far outside the norm that you need to step back, check the facts and let your jaw drop slowly down. This seems to be one of those moments. …
Read More »Powercolor HD6850 Single Slot CrossfireX Review
One of AMD's most active partners in recent months has been PowerColor. They have been releasing a wide selection of quality HD6000 series cards with custom PCB and proprietary cooler designs. Today we are looking at an affordable CrossfireX configuration which will work perfectly inside a chassis with limited physical …
Read More »Building a Core i7 HTPC with Sapphire Mini ITX H67
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 …
Read More »Cooler Master GX650 Bronze Power Supply Review
Cooler Master have been releasing power supplies now for many years and today we are looking at an upgrade to their long standing 650w non modular unit. It receives 80 Plus Certification and a range of internal design changes, with a new Enhance implementation. Cooler Master are also aiming for …
Read More »Cooler Master NotePal Infinite EVO Notebook Cooler Review
We have reviewed several exciting products from Cooler Master over the past few months from cases to CPU coolers. They have built up a strong brand in both these markets thanks to a combination of good performance and high value. They do produce other cooling products, though, like notebook coolers. …
Read More »Win an XFX HD6990 with KG!
Hands up if you need a new video card? Well Kitguru might just have the cure for that. Today we are giving away an XFX HD6990, the fastest video card on the market! Amp up your graphics with the XFX Radeon HD 6990 dual GPU graphics card. With GDDR5 high-speed …
Read More »Asus M4A88T-M Motherboard Review
We have recently looked at two impressive AMD motherboards from Asus which performed well in our tests and offered great feature sets and build quality. Today we are going to look at the M4A88T-M motherboard which offers a similar feature set to the other two boards we've tested but in …
Read More »Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
If you are in the market for a new keyboard then there are literally thousands available today which use membrane technology – but this won't be the first choice for the discerning enthusiast user as they can often feel ‘spongy' when typing. Where we really see a step up in …
Read More »Foxconn AMD Fusion NT-A3500 Nettop Review
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 …
Read More »SteelSeries 7H Headset Review (for iPad, iPhone and iPod)
Ever since Apple implemented the App Store on their mobile devices, iOS has becoming a serious contender in the portable gaming space. There are a huge number of games available on the app store from racing games to FPS games so there has never been a better time to buy …
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