October 20, 2010
Announcements, Cases, Component
Lian Li are world-renowned for producing some of the best quality cases out there which we experienced with their PC-8FIB case a few weeks back. So when Lian Li offered to send us another case from their range we were eager to see how it would compare. Today we're going …
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October 12, 2010
Announcements, Cases
There has never been a better time to purchase a sexy, svelte chassis for a new system build. You no longer have to pay a small fortune either as prices continue to drop and discerning customers keep demanding higher levels of build quality. Unfortunately in such a crowded marketplace it …
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October 8, 2010
Cases, Featured Announcement
2010 has been a fantastic year for quality chassis design and today we are going to have our first look at a chassis from Xigmatek, a company better known for their coolers and power supplies. Following with traditional Xigmatek marketing concepts, the Utgard is a product clearly paying homage to …
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October 4, 2010
Cases, Component, Featured Tech Reviews
Corsair have been building on their success in the memory business, expanding into many other areas of tech in the past few years. But they haven't done so in a half-hearted way – each new product they have launched has been class leading like their H70 watercooler which we reviewed …
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September 28, 2010
Cases, Featured Announcement
I am a sucker for a well designed aluminum chassis and Lian Li have always been one of the pioneers in this sector. They recently updated their fantastic Q series of compact enclosures with the PC-Q11. While these designs are based around the tiny ITX standard they allow for people …
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September 11, 2010
Cases, Component, Featured Tech Reviews
Kitguru spends a lot of time looking at mid and full-tower cases such as the Bitfenix Colossus but don't often get the chance to review more compact cases. Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX systems are favoured by many as they take up a lot less space than their full-size counterparts whilst retaining …
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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 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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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 16, 2010
Cases, Featured Tech Reviews
The PC chassis market now is inundated with models from a plethora of manufacturers, so it gets harder and harder for a design to get noticed, especially by the demanding enthusiast audience. The size has to be right, the airflow has to good enough to cool the latest hot running …
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August 12, 2010
Cases, Component, Featured Announcement
Not long ago NZXT officially announced their upcoming new Full tower chassis The Phantom. This case is targeting the enthusiast market and offers many exciting features. The company spent countless hours working with members of the Case modding community like Craig Brugger and Bill Owen to help bring a product …
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August 4, 2010
Announcements, Cases, Gaming PC
Today in the KitGuru labs we are looking at the latest offering from NZXT. This is the third chassis from NZXT that we have recently dissected and after the mixed results we experienced with the Beta EVO, we are hoping for a better showing this time. The NZXT Vulcan is …
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July 27, 2010
Announcements, Cases, Graphics, HTPC, Motherboard
Silverstone have created some stunning products and we have always been avid followers of the Sugo Range which redefined small form factor chassis designs when they were first released, making HTPC both practical and quite beautiful to look at. The Sugo range has been in production for many years now …
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July 17, 2010
Cases, Featured Tech Reviews
KitGuru has reviewed a range of budget cases since we opened but today we decided to move up into a higher price bracket by taking a look at the Antec Dark Fleet DF 85 Full Tower case. Last month Antec released a new series of cases which they dramatically called …
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July 16, 2010
Cases
Today we will be looking at our second chassis from NZXT. This time we have the NZXT Beta EVO in the KitGuru test labs. As with the previous chassis the Tempest EVO, the Beta EVO is a second generation of the original NZXT Beta chassis. The Beta EVO is designed …
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July 14, 2010
Cases
Thermaltake has released some great products lately and KitGuru's reviewed many of them. We had a look at the excellent Frio and Contact29 Coolers and we also were impressed with the Toughpower XT 675W power supply. Today we are going to be looking at their latest budget gaming chassis called …
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June 27, 2010
Cases, Featured Tech Reviews
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 …
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June 17, 2010
Cases
Today in the KitGuru labs we have the enthusiast grade steel mid tower Tempest EVO chassis from NZXT. This case has been designed with the focus on expandability offering E-ATX support which allows for compatibility with higher end graphics cards, power supplies and server boards while also allowing the installation …
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