November 2, 2011
Featured Announcement, Pen Drives
Almost everyone reading this article today will have either a USB 2.0 flash drive, or removable hard drive. Keeping an offline backup of sensitive and important documents is a very wise move. Today we are looking at the latest USB 3.0 drive from ADATA, the ‘Pro' version of their popular …
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October 31, 2011
Featured Announcement, Headphones
Cooler Master have released many quality products this year, from CPU coolers and power supplies to computer chassis. Today we are looking at the latest headphones from their Storm series – the CM Storm Sirus 5.1 Headphones. The Sirus is a product which hopes to target both the gaming and …
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October 31, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones
In the past year or so we have seen a number of component manufacturers such as Thermaltake and Cooler Master expand their product ranges into the gaming peripherals market. While some of these manufacturers have entered the market very quickly with a large range of gaming peripherals, Corsair has taken …
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October 24, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones
Those who read KitGuru on a regular basis will know that we review quite a number of gaming products from SteelSeries. They are renowned for being one of the best gaming peripheral manufacturers on the planet and are held in high esteem by gamers across the globe. Take a trip …
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October 10, 2011
Featured Announcement, Headphones, Peripheral
A little while ago we took at two Xbox 360 headsets from Plantronics and were very impressed with what they offered for the money. We did however comment that the Wireless X95 headset would be a much better product if it featured an integrated rechargeable battery, as buying replacement batteries …
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September 19, 2011
Featured Announcement, Headphones
Despite being a well established company in the audio market, Plantronics are a relatively new player in the gaming audio arena. We have been generally impressed with the gaming products we've seen form them so far, though, especially the GameCom X40 Xbox 360 headset which offered excellent value for money. …
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September 16, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Mouse
Steelseries have built up a reputation over the years for producing some of the finest mice available to the gaming audience. Their Xai has been my gaming mouse of choice for the last year as I immediately bonded with the shape, weight and size. Today we are looking at their …
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September 16, 2011
Featured Announcement, Keyboards
The gaming keyboard market is becoming more and more competitive with recent releases such as the Razer Black Widow Ultimate and SteelSeries 6G V2 leading the way. Roccat have decided to throw another choice into the mix with the latest addition to their gaming peripheral range. Today we are going …
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September 12, 2011
Featured Announcement, Keyboards
Today we are looking at a new product from Xebec – the iTouchpad Diamond Series Wireless keyboard which features a built in touchpad. It is rechargeable and is designed for Windows operating systems. Is this the ideal ‘controller' for media use? Being a compact, wireless design means the Xebec iTouchPad …
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September 10, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones
Many serious gamers will have heard of Turtle Beach as they are renowned for producing some of the best gaming headsets on the market for both console and PC gaming. Turtle Beach as a company have actually been around for over 20 years now so they have many years more …
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September 3, 2011
Announcements, Monitors
Today we are looking at the new ASUS PA238Q LED Monitor, the little brother to the PA246Q which we reviewed back in May this year. The Pro Art 238Q is targeted at web professionals, designers and the discerning enthusiast audience who demand a high quality image. The Asus PA238Q is …
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September 1, 2011
Featured Announcement, Headphones
The gaming market is very competitive this year with key players such as Steelseries and Razer unleashing a wide selection of superb products. Thermaltake may be relatively new to the scene, but under the TT eSports name they have managed to come up with a number of impressive products such …
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August 31, 2011
Featured Tech News, Keyboards
The gaming market has been thriving in 2011 thanks to a steady release of quality products from Razer, Steelseries and Thermaltake. Today we are looking at the new Tt eSPORTS MEKA G Unit Gaming Keyboard which is targeted at the FPS, RTS and MMORPG audience. In a similar fashion to …
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August 17, 2011
Featured Tech News, Routers
While some of you may be using routers provided by your ISP, such as BT or Virgin Media for instance, there are still many people, myself included, who own routers. The market for networking devices might have peaked a few years back but it is still one of the major …
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August 13, 2011
Announcements, Featured Announcement, Headphones
Over the past couple of years we have seen a mass influx of brands into the gaming peripheral market, making things more competitive than ever. The longer established brands like Razer and Logitech still win favour with many gamers but that might be about to change. It seems that Asus …
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August 12, 2011
Featured Tech News, Headphones, Peripheral
We have looked at a couple of products from Thermaltake's eSPORTS division over the past year including the impressive MEKA mechanical gaming keyboard and the great value Black Gaming mouse. So we are excited to see what they can deliver with their latest gaming headset. Today we are going to …
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August 1, 2011
Announcements, Mouse
Today we are going to look at another mouse designed by Smartfish Technologies – The Whirl Mini. which just like the Whirl is designed with ergonomics in mind. Smartfish Technologies say that their new portable mouse will have a major impact on conventional notebook mouse designs. The Whirl Mini also …
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July 31, 2011
Announcements, Console, Headphones
Plantronics are a relatively new player in the gaming peripheral industry, especially when compared to the likes of SteelSeries, Razer and Logitech. They do however have plenty of experience with other types of audio products aimed at both corporate and consumer markets. We recently looked at their GameCom X40 headset …
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July 27, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Mouse
Back in 2008, NZXT released the Avatar gaming mouse featuring an ambidextrous design. As with all of NZXT’s PC accessories, ‘Avatar' was designed to provide gamers with an advantage over their competitors. Move forward to summer of 2011 and NZXT has released the Avatar S, the successor to the original …
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July 19, 2011
Featured Announcement, Peripheral
The winds of change have been blowing hard for XFX in the last year. As one of the most respected Nvidia graphics card manufacturers, it was a shock when they started making AMD solutions in 2009. With a hiatus in new graphics card releases, they have been diverting some of …
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July 17, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Keyboards
Thermaltake have had great success with their range of TT eSPORTS gaming keyboards, with the MEKA G1 earning many awards worldwide. It is a tasty product on paper, incorporating a beautiful finish with fast response time, USB 2.0 inputs and high grade mechanical keys. Today we are looking at the …
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July 14, 2011
Announcements, Mouse, Peripheral
An XFX Mousemat? eh? say what? Normally, when someone offers me a mousepad for review, I immediately feign interest and try to end the phone call as quickly as possible. Reviewing a mouse mat is generally as exciting as watching the coffee pot boil. Today however we are looking at …
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June 29, 2011
Cooling, Toys
KitGuru has reviewed many items from NZXT since we opened a little over a year ago. Today we have one of their latest items to hit the market, the Sentry Mesh. The Sentry Mesh is a new fan controller that features 5 individual 30 watt channels and it fits into …
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June 25, 2011
Console, Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones
Over the past year or so, we've seen a number of PC gaming peripheral manufacturers like SteelSeries and Sharkoon adding Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 headsets to their lineups, building on the products they have in their PC ranges. Despite not having had a range of PC gaming headsets on …
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June 21, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones, Peripheral
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 …
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June 20, 2011
Announcements, Keyboards, Peripheral
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 …
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June 18, 2011
Headphones, Peripheral
There seem to be an ever increasing number of brands trying to take a slice of the gaming headset pie, especially at the value end of the market where consumers are less ‘brand' conscious. We hadn't actually heard of Cyber Snipa before they sent us a headset for review but …
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June 11, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Keyboards, Peripheral
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 …
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June 10, 2011
Announcements, Apple, Headphones, iPad, iPhone, 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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May 28, 2011
Featured Announcement, Mouse
Today we are going to look at a new laser mouse designed by Smartfish Technologies. This is no ordinary mouse however because it is specifically designed with ergonomics in mind. Smartfish Technologies feel that this new ground breaking mouse will change how people use a mouse, forever. The Whirl uses …
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