If combining a pair of GTX470-class chips onto a single PCB gives you GTX490, then Asus appears to be on schedule to get to market first with the launch of the Asus Mars II in August 2010. Or is it? It could be a simple toe in the water to …
Read More »How computer power supplies work – KitGuru Guide
KitGuru takes the subject of power supplies very seriously, this is why we have a dedicated team behind the scenes, experts in their specific fields to produce some of the most detailed power related reviews online. Today one of our resident experts ‘IronLaw' will explain exactly how a computer power …
Read More »Powercolor HD 5870 PCS+ Review
KitGuru has looked at many flavours of HD5870 over the last two months. Today we are going to look at a Powercolor version which is moderately overclocked and comes preinstalled with a hefty heatpipe cooler. The HD5870 is still ATI's flagship single core card and has been paving the performance …
Read More »Interview with HIS – Peter Yeung: Director of Marketing
We recently had some time to sit down with Peter Yeung: Director of Marketing with HIS. Peter graduated in the US with a major in Business Administration and Economics. He lived in New York, Silicon Valley and is now based in Hong Kong. His role and responsibility is to continue …
Read More »BigFoot Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card Review
The KitGuru audience love to frag, and while many of us have a high definition console, we know the primary gaming machine will always be a PC. Thats the way it should be. KitGuru review many processors, coolers, motherboards and graphics cards, but what we don't often focus on is …
Read More »GTX460 SLi overclocked, mated and put in context
Has the time finally come for multi-GPU solutions? nVidia stakes its claim again with the GTX460 – although the lack of true scalability (to 3 or 4-way SLi) tells us something very important about this market. At the end of this special article is a single graph that will tell …
Read More »eVGA GTX 460 768MB Superclocked Review
GTX460 is ‘Fermi done right' That's what nVidia wants us to believe after a tough year. On Wednesday 30th September 2009, Jen Hsun Huang stood on a global stage with a ‘Fermi card' in his hand and the watching world was treated to a series of demonstrations. Subsequently, we were told …
Read More »KitGuru dBA Testing. What’s all the noise about?
KitGuru plans to cut through the subjective with noise and try to establish a baseline for all of the future work we do in the Lab. This article will lay down the foundation for what we believe is true. As ever, we will listen to you, The Reader, as well …
Read More »MSI Big Bang XPOWER Intel X58 motherboard review
2010 has been a strong year for MSI so far. They have been releasing some amazing products, such as the R5870 Lightning which not only scored very highly on KitGuru but left us feeling that it was one of the best video cards ever made. Today we are going to …
Read More »SteelSeries 7G Gaming Keyboard Review
There are many reasons why gamers might choose to buy a top-end gaming mouse which has a high-resolution sensor and a variety of configurable options. However with gaming keyboards, things are very different; the performance of a gaming keyboard cannot be configured so manufacturers differentiate them by including extra features …
Read More »Enermax Modu87+ 700w PSU Review
Enermax Technology Corporation are one of the most highly regarded power supply providers to the enthusiast marketplace. I have owned many over the years myself, long before I worked for any publication. They have never let me down and they are one of the few companies I immediately shortlist if …
Read More »HIS Mega Competition – Win a MESH EyeDefinition PC
Working with HIS and MESH, KitGuru is offering readers the chance to enter a competition and win a powerful gaming PC, complete with 3 HD screens. Entries must be received before 26th August 2010. One of the Radeon HD 5000 series' key features is the ability to support a host …
Read More »Sapphire HD5670 Ultimate Edition Crossfire X Review
KitGuru really likes the HD5670 Ultimate Edition and it appears, based on feedback that our readers share similar warm feelings towards Sapphires latest passively cooled graphics card. While a single card is great for a low powered media center and occasional gaming we decided to follow up our initial review …
Read More »Buffalo Microstation 128GB Internal SSD Review
At KitGuru we love our Solid State Storage drives, they consume very little power, outperform any mechanical drive and offer a fantastic real world experience, sometimes cutting down system boot times by half. Today we are going to be looking at the Buffalo 128GB Microstation SSD drive which is based …
Read More »Noctua NH C12P SE14 Cooler review
Noctua are one of our favourite companies when it comes to high end cooling and it would be accurate to say that their NH D14 ‘Austrian Sandwich' shattered all our preconceptions of just what can be achieved on air. Today we are looking at a model further down their range, …
Read More »Thermaltake Frio review
I admit that I have a slightly unhealthy obsession about coolers and whenever I build a system I spend a lot of time fine tuning to get the lowest possible temperatures, while achieving the maximum possible overclocks. Thankfully in 2010 there are no shortage of high quality heatsinks to choose …
Read More »Antec Truepower 750W New Series Review
Antec are one of the industries most respected companies, especially when the topic of quality power supplies is raised. Earlier this year they released the new TruePower series which replaced the older Truepower Trio and NeoPower lines. This new lineup not only brings new technology to market but streamlines the …
Read More »Silverstone Precision SST-PS05 Chassis Review
Silverstone have been designing some of the industries most appealing chassis for the last decade and at KitGuru we were always fans of the Fortress and Temjin series. The Raven 02 in particular has been a favourite in our offices for the last year as it combines subtle and attractive …
Read More »Sapphire HD5670 Ultimate Edition Review
We have reviewed many Sapphire graphics cards on KitGuru over the last month and we have found them all worthy of serious consideration in their respective sectors. They often include some of the finest cooling solutions and we have been particularly enamoured with their silent range of products- such as …
Read More »Thermaltake Contac29 Cooler Review
We know KitGuru readers love good coolers – our review of the Noctua Austrian Sandwich (NH D14) has been read by over 60,000 people in the last three weeks. That said, we also know that a substantial portion of that readership couldn't afford to pay almost £70 for pride of …
Read More »KitGuru Makes Massive Move to Multiplay (hosted on $40k boxes)
From 26th June 2010 KitGuru, the fastest growing technology site in the world, will be hosted by the awesome power of Multiplay’s advanced server technology. Bonza! This is, indeed, amazing news. With your help, we've managed to touch 100,000 sessions in a single day and deliver over 1 million pages …
Read More »How to Install Windows 7 from a USB drive – easy way
KitGuru reviews a ton of products every month and quite often this involves making sure that our operating systems are clean, fresh and performing at maximum efficiency. The only way to achieve this quite often is to reinstall the operating system, which if you are handling via a DVD can …
Read More »Zotac GTX 480 AMP! Graphics Card review
A few weeks ago we reviewed the GTX480 and walked away with generally favourable feelings – after all there was no doubting the astonishing tessellation performance and frame rate prowess with all of the leading game engines. We did however have reservations as it was running at a shade under …
Read More »KG Competition – Win a HIS HD5830 iCooler V Turbo GFX
Don't say we aren't looking after you guys ! After our ATI giveaway we have another competition already to take its place. I bet you all like 5 series graphics cards from ATI, especially when they are combined with third party cooling solutions for maximum performance. Right? The latest KitGuru …
Read More »KitGuru server changeover
Hello everyone! The KitGuru team just wanted to let you all know that if you are reading this, you are successfully viewing the front page hosted on our new server. We will be publishing information on our new host and server configuration in the near future and we thank you …
Read More »Music Mafia threatens Google with hit?
The music industry is a lap dancer. Pure and simple. It wants to fill the room with it, plaster it everywhere, wave it right in front of your nose and then imprison you if you have the audacity to put a finger on its product. KitGuru just read an article …
Read More »Understanding the different UPS systems
There are many UPS systems available to the home and business consumer … however many people aren’t aware of the differences. It is very common for even an experienced enthusiast to be confused over the different UPS styles or even be unaware of their existence. Additionally, a large percentage believe …
Read More »Best TV theme tune ever?
As a kid growing up in the UK, you were limited to less than a handful of TV channels. As a nation, we developed a strong part of our national identity sitting glued to the box from Friday night to Sunday evening. KitGuru eats some cheese from behind the oven …
Read More »HIS HD5550 Silence 1GB DDR3 Review
If you hate noise and want to build a media center then today's product will be of particular interest – the HIS HD5550 Silence 1GB graphics card. At KitGuru we have focused recently on this market, covering several ATI and nVidia solutions as we know many of our readers are …
Read More »Guru downtime and issues
Well here we are a month later and I just wanted to update our readers. When we opened in May we had hopes the site would get decent hits, but in all honesty our hit rate has exceeded anything we could have imagined. As such the site is often inaccessible …
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