Over the past few months we have looked at quite a range of different products from SteelSeries, a few of which have been gaming headsets. They all scored well thanks to a combination of good performance and build quality leading to a number of awards being given out. Today we …
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Enermax are highly respected in the enthusiast community, especially for their high quality power supplies. Today we are looking at an update on their new Modu 82+ II 525W unit, which adds EU regulation ‘ErPLot6' compliancy. These new revisions are being rolled out in 2011 to meet the new guidelines …
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Over the years Sapphire have earned a reputation as one of AMD's strongest partners, bringing to market high quality, performance graphics cards. Their VaporX and Toxic Editions have garnered a passionate enthusiast audience who wait patiently for their release. In the past Sapphire have successfully delved outside the graphics card …
Read More »Since KitGuru was founded last year, we have probably looked at more products from Arctic (Cooling) than any other manufacturer. We have covered everything from 5.1 surround sound gaming headsets to budget-friendly CPU coolers. Today we are going to look at Arctic Cooling's solution to hot laptops, the NC Notebook …
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A couple of weeks ago a company that we hadn't heard much about before asked if we would like to look at some of their fans. So imagine our surprise when a huge box, about the size you would expect for a PC case, arrived from said company. We opened …
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Here at KitGuru we don't often find the time to look at the latest software offerings on the market but occasionally we make an exception. There are a number of different video editing packages available on the market from a number of companies to make your own professional movies. Today …
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Last month we reviewed Antec's new 80 Plus Gold Certified ‘High Current Pro 850W‘ power supply, and we were impressed. Today we are looking at the 900W model in their ‘High Current Gamer' range. As this series is 80 Plus Bronze Certified, it is a little more affordable, with the …
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Over the past couple of years the gaming peripherals market has been flooded with new products, both from new and existing manufacturers. Cooler Master's CM Storm brand is a relitavely new player in the market, competing with the longer-established brands such as SteelSeries and Razer. Today we are going to …
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Regular readers of KitGuru will already know that the Noctua NH D14 is always at the center of our high end system builds, especially when it comes to overclocking articles. Today we are looking at the NH C14, a dramatic design combining two 140mm fans, in a stack based air …
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Almost two years ago, AMD began to push its successful Dragon Platform for desktop systems. The fastest chip in the line-up was the Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition. Today, AMD releases the latest in a long line of Black Edition CPUs, in the shape of the quad core Phenom …
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The release of Intel's second generation of Core Processors has been a hot topic of conversion among the enthusiast audience now for many months. They have a total of twenty nine new chips reaching retail and today KitGuru will be looking at the i5-2500k and the i7-2600k, both of which …
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The world's fastest desktop processor is the 6 core, 12 thread, Intel Core i7 980 Extreme Edition which comes purring out of its box at 3.33GHz. Costing more than £800 from UK stores, it's a monster in terms of raw processing power. Upon opening the latest shipment of second generation …
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Dell have been releasing some great mobile products in 2010, and KitGuru has reviewed many of their range, including the fantastic Dell Streak smartphone which earned our coveted ‘must have' award. While Dell release a plethora of machines over the course of a year, one of their latest releases caught …
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In a living room or bedroom the pleasures of high definition entertainment are becoming adopted by a wider audience. A large percentage of users however don't want a full sized computer chassis taking up precious space next to their television. KitGuru has reviewed many products from A.C. Ryan but today …
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Without question, 2010 has been a great year for gamers. Both AMD and nVidia have released fantastic graphics cards at all price points and there really has never been a better time to upgrade your system. If you had £300 burning a hole in your wallet and wanted to improve …
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Last week AMD launched their new HD6970 and HD6950 graphics cards. Kitguru has reviewed several partner boards and found them to be high performing, great value for money products. Due to adverse weather conditions in the United Kingdom our review of the Sapphire cards has been a little delayed but …
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In August, KitGuru reviewed the Dell Streak and we thought it was one of the most exciting phones on the market. It was a dream combination of an iPad and a smartphone. The only downside was the early state of the Android operating system which meant it didn't quite walk …
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Over the past few years, high definition video has become much more widely adopted in the market with the introduction and popularisation of HDTV and Blu-Ray. But we have only recently seen the high definition standard expand into video calling with the release of a few HD webcams. Today we …
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Startech may not be very well known as a brand but they have been around for about 25 years and have a diverse range of products on sale. They specialise in connectivity so it’s no surprise that we have some of their latest USB3.0 gear to test today, more specifically …
Read More »Last month nVidia rocked the graphics world with the release of their phenomenal GTX580. This is the fastest single chip card on the market today – although AMD's HD5970 is still the most powerful graphics card on the planet. Today we are looking at the more affordable GTX570, which targets …
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The iMac has been selling well for Apple for many years and PC centric manufacturers are beginning to realise that there is a viable market for an attractive, capable ‘All In One' unit. Today we are looking at the MSI Wind Top AE2400 desktop system which features an Intel processor …
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HIS are famous for performance products and today, as AMD releases the Radeon HD 6900 series they were quick to release their new range of products. To see what this second generation graphics processor is really capable of, we tested a pair of the Radeon HD 6970 cards in CrossFireX …
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Long known for its value products, Powercolor has been one of AMD's longest serving and most loyal partners. Over the past 12 months, they have also invested heavily in product design – especially coolers. Today we continue our coverage of AMD's Radeon HD 6900 series launch, looking next at the …
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Ready for eye popping frame rates? This review today might just be the answer to your pre-Christmas hangover. We put AMD's latest and greatest through their paces in a variety of multiple card configurations. While AMD's 6800 series included solid products, the re-naming strategy confused many enthusiast users. AMD effectively …
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Synology have been riding high in 2010, releasing some of the finest NAS systems ever to hit the consumer market. We use several of these devices in the KitGuru offices for our network file sharing and have found them to be both extremely reliable and fast. Last month we looked …
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Performance memory used to be a luxury often associated with the wealthier enthusiast user base. This year however, you are now able to buy extremely fast memory kits without causing too much damage to your bank account. Today KitGuru is looking at the new G.Skill Ripjaws F3 8GB memory kit …
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Kitguru has reviewed a wide cross section of SSD's since we opened earlier this year, but today we are looking at something a little different. OCZ have been at the forefront of SSD development, continually pushing the technology into new and exciting performance sectors. Their latest ‘X2' is the second …
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While sales in the high end market are only a small portion of revenue streams, both nVidia and AMD are keen to be seen to dominate. With the imminent release of AMD's 6900 Cayman cards we thought it was a good time to have a look at the performance of …
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This year has been very healthy for the mobile sector with sales of tablets and mobile phones continuing to grow. Laptop sales are also thriving and many people are now able to pick up a well built machine with killer performance without breaking the bank balance. With this in mind, …
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Antec recently introduced a new range of High Current Pro series power supplies, including 750W, 850W, 1000W and 1200W models. All of these models have 80 Plus Gold Certification and are rated to 92% efficiency using the highest quality Japanese brand capacitors. The High Current Pro Series of power supplies …
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