September 8, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, SSD Drives
While we have often focused on small capacity Solid State Drives today we thought it would be interesting to have a look at the 512GB SSDNowV+ Kingston drive aimed at the enthusiast audience with specific demands for the highest levels of storage capacity. Kingston Technology were one of the first …
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September 8, 2010
Cases, Featured Announcement
Many of you may not have heard of BitFenix, a relatively new company on the scene. If you have been following KitGuru over the last few months however, you will have noticed that we have been focusing on them quite a bit. With industry veterans such as Coco Lee (ex …
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September 7, 2010
Announcements, Graphics
The GTX 460 has been nVidia's finest card series in the current generation and the popularity is proving to help generate a good amount of revenue for the guys in green. Compared to other Fermi cards the GTX 460 uses less power, runs cooler and overclocks extremely well, even with …
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September 7, 2010
Accessories, Announcements, Laptop / Mobile
When we were at Insomnia 40 last weekend we came across the Alienbags stand, who were displaying a selection of Alienware-branded laptop bags. Well we managed to talk them into letting us have a sample of the Orion Messenger bag from their stand for review. As we mentioned in our …
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September 6, 2010
Announcements, Component, Cooling, Memory
KitGuru readers love sexy gadgets, and today we are looking at such a device from Corsair – The AirFlow Pro. What does it do? Well it fits above the Corsair AirFlow 2 fan and connects to any Dominator memory that supports DHX Pro technology to provide a dynamic display of …
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September 6, 2010
Featured Announcement, Network
Dutch based A.C. Ryan have been releasing media players for years now and we recently looked at their Playon! and Mini Media Player, which left us with positive impressions. Today we look at their latest model the Playon! DVR HD which includes 2 Digital TV (DVB-T) Tuners so you can …
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September 4, 2010
Announcements, Mouse, Peripheral
Thermaltake are a well known for producing some of the best PC cases on the market like the Level 10 we reviewed recently alongside ranges of CPU coolers and PSUs. But recently they have been broadening their producing range to incoporate different markets such as gaming peripherals with their Tt …
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September 3, 2010
Cases, Component, Featured Announcement
Last weekend KitGuru was reporting from Multiplay's i40 where we caught a glimpse of Thermaltake's range-topping Level 10 case which made us very excited. So we had a word with the kind people at Thermaltake who let us have it for review. It is clear from a glance that the …
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September 2, 2010
Announcements, Gaming PC, General Purpose PC, Laptop / Mobile
Cryo Computers are a UK system builder at the top of their relevant market, I have reviewed many of their systems in the past, including the stunning carbon fibre Cryo Nano and the watercooled, overclocked high end 980X based Nemesis SE. If you want a sexy custom system build then …
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September 2, 2010
General Tech
We all know that the web is fast. Certainly faster than paper. But it's not often that we actually get a chance to put down markers and measure the difference. KitGuru received an email blast this morning from the biggest IT publisher in the UK and it made us do …
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September 1, 2010
Featured Announcement, Headphones, Peripheral
Arctic are a very new player in the gaming peripheral market, competing with much larger manufacturers like Logitech. We recently looked at their top-end pair of headphones, the P531 which really impressed us as it performed very well, was comfortable to use and carried a surprisingly low price tag. Today …
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August 31, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Power Supplies
Every enthusiast knows the Revolution 85+ series of Power Supplies from Enermax, they have been winning awards across the globe for many years. With a lethal combination of performance and efficiency the original 1250W Revolution 85+ powered many of our high end review systems across a 2 year time period. …
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August 31, 2010
Announcements, Headphones, Peripheral
Over the past few months KitGuru has looked at a number of SteelSeries' gaming products from the Ferrari-red Siberia V2 headset to the more understated 7G keyboard. We feel they are some of the best gaming peripherals on the market, combining top-notch quality with awesome performance, so it is no …
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August 26, 2010
CPU, Featured Tech Reviews, Gaming PC
At KitGuru we spend a lot of our time playing with high end hardware, and it can be disheartening for many readers. In the cold hard ‘real world' not everyone can afford a Core i7 980X with SLI'd GTX480's and to be honest, for most people this is totally overkill …
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August 26, 2010
Component, Cooling, Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics
Here at KitGuru we understand that many of our readers won't be running the latest and greatest tech in their system yet will still be interested in squeezing every ounce of performance out of their components. So we shall be looking at how we can improve a low-end graphics card …
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August 25, 2010
Announcements, Cooling
Corsair and Coolit are fighting head to head with ‘high end', yet mainstream all in one liquid cooling solutions and as KitGuru recently reviewed the Coolit Vantage we felt it was time to publish our analysis of the Corsair H70 … the successor to the class leading, and very popular …
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August 25, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones, Peripheral
KitGurus across the globe will be familiar with Arctic Cooling, a company renowned for producing some of the best cooling accessories on the market. Earlier this year, they rebranded themselves to ‘Arctic' to reflect their growing range of non-cooling products. Today we are going to look at the Arctic Sound …
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August 24, 2010
Featured Announcement, Mobile
The Apple iPhone is one of the worlds most popular portable devices, but the release of the iPad has opened up a new world of ‘big screen' interaction which is appealing to many people. The problem is, that for many the 9.7 inch screen is just too big to carry …
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August 24, 2010
Component, Featured Tech Reviews, Optical Drive
At KitGuru we review a plethora of different products but it's not often that we look at things like optical drives which are reasonably homogeneous in design and don't differ greatly in terms of performance. Today we are going to look at LiteOn's latest external DVD/CD writer, the eTAU108, which …
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August 24, 2010
Accessories, Apple, Featured Announcement, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Laptop / Mobile, Mobile
KitGuru's often find themselves on the move with various gadgets including laptops, smartphones and MP3 players and usually have to carry around a small mountain of chargers to accompany these devices. Today we are going to look at the Innergie mCube Mini which Innergie claim to be the worlds smallest …
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August 23, 2010
Announcements, Cooling
With the vast selection of coolers on the market today it is hard to know which model to purchase. Will an £18 Thermaltake Contac 29 do the job or do you really need to spend over £60 on a Noctua NH D14 ? To make matters even more confusing there …
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August 22, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Power Supplies
A short while ago we reviewed Corsair's top of the line AX1200 PSU and it walked away with a score of 9.5/10 and our top award. It earned this by delivering record breaking efficiency (93%) with an incredibly potent and ultimately stable power delivery. The only downside with this unit …
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August 22, 2010
Cases, Featured Announcement
We have reviewed many cases recently on KitGuru but today we have something special up for review, the new Lian Li PC-8FIB aluminium chassis. Lian Li have a well deserved reputation for creating beautifully understated designs which appeal to the most discerning of enthusiast user. The PC 8FIB is a …
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August 21, 2010
Announcements, Graphics
KitGuru has reviewed many HD5770 graphics cards since we opened and we still believe it is one of the best value cards on the market, combining very reasonable pricing with decent DX11 gaming performance. There have already been a massive selection of third party cards in recent months with faster …
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August 20, 2010
Featured Announcement, Monitors
KitGuru loves a high quality LED backlit screen and with pricing continually dropping they are now firmly in the grasp of the mainstream audience. Unfortunately while LED television screens are normally much better than traditional CCFL models we have found at KitGuru that buying an LED monitor for your computer …
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August 20, 2010
Announcements, Cooling, Peripheral
Over the past few years NZXT have released 3 variations of their Sentry line of fan controllers. The first 2 models were front mounted inside a case which often meant cables everywhere. Today we have their first external fan controller the Sentry LXE in the KitGuru labs. The Sentry LXE …
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August 19, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Network
With the ever growing market for home networking, it makes sense that companies create media players that can replace the common PC for viewing pictures, playing video content and streaming files from NAS systems. Kitguru recently looked several of these devices from Dutch company A.C Ryan and we felt that …
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August 19, 2010
Component, Cooling, Featured Announcement
Here at KitGuru we spend a lot of time looking at high end products so it's easy to forget about the cheaper products at the other end of the market. Many people aren't interested in how many megahertz they can squeeze out of their top-end i7-980X CPU with the mammoth …
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August 18, 2010
Announcements, Network
Kitguru reviewed the LinkStation Duo last month and it left our offices with a positive review, especially as the pricing was so competitive. Today we look at a more expensive model in their range – the Terastation Duo WXL. The Terastation Duo is aptly named, as it supports a dual …
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August 17, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics
nVidia's GTX460 is without a doubt the strongest card in their current lineup, the pricing is right and the performance has surprised more than a few naysayers. Even though the reference performance is excellent this hasn't stopped manufacturers from releasing their own modded boards and KitGuru recently reviewed the MSI …
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