Few memory companies have been pushing the boundaries as hard as G.Skill over the past 2 years. Following the launch of its latest TridentX modules, G.Skill has decided to celebrate with an easy to enter competition. KitGuru goes to a high street jewellers to play with some clocks. If you've …
Read More »Thermaltake wants to ride on the DISCO stick
High-end products are, generally, aimed at one particular market – hardcore gamers. Sure, the workstation lovers get some focus and there is the more-money-than-sense group, but it is the hardcore, living in the dark, nano-suited, sniper fire specialist that gets the love. No idea if it will ever launch, but …
Read More »Is Kingston the most attractive RAM in the market?
In the UK, buying memory could hardly be more puritanical. You duck into your local PC store, whisper in the ear of the store assistant and leave a few minutes later with a brown paper bag under your arm. Nor so in Guang Hua. KitGuru ignores the Welsh jokes and …
Read More »Inside Silverstone with chassis guru Tony Ou
While all of the world's top chassis designers fight it out in the mid-range to entry-level, only a select few have consistently battled for the accolade of the finest chassis ever produced. KitGuru was lucky enough to be allowed inside Silverstone's Taiwan headquarters for a 1-on-1 with Chassis guru and …
Read More »BeQuiet prepares plans for global expansion, quietly
Roll the clock back 10 years and there was no BeQuiet. At Computex 2011, the company began to flex its muscles.By Computex 2012, the company will have a completely different profile. KitGuru pieces together the info and looks ahead. Germans are a meticulous bunch, by and large. So when a …
Read More »Overclocking World Records – under the G.Skill covers
Computex 2011 was one of the best ever. What we enjoyed most was that no one stand was overly-expensive, but everyone made an effort to do cool/interesting stuff. So, overall, the effect was welcoming and engaging. Arguably, some of the biggest crowds drawn at the show were around the world …
Read More »The King is dead, long live the king says Noctua
It's been a while since any cooler has got close to the performance of the NH-D14. But at Computex 2011, something new was indeed spotted, on a small stand, tucked away in a dark corner. This could get interesting. While the world plus dog prepares for the arrival of Intel's …
Read More »Thermaltake prepares Taiwanese sandwich? Frio Extreme
Computex 2011 saw a lot of emphasis on new, high-end coolers. This will almost certainly be tied into Intel's upcoming socket 2011 products which, if clocked correctly, should make every chip that's gone before look positively ordinary. So what's Thermaltake been up to? The launch of the original Frio marked …
Read More »MSI launches world’s first PCI-Express 3 mainboard
While the race to release the world’s first PCI-Express 3 graphic card is underway in the background, MSI has beaten its rivals to the punch with the world’s first mainboard to support Intel’s new industry standard. It is called the Z68A-GD80 (G3) and KitGuru got happy with the snappy. It …
Read More »Asrock reveals X79 design – world awaits benchmarks
It's been a good many years since Intel first unloaded an Extreme version of its high-end processor into the face of a waiting world. Computex 2011 saw preparations for the next generation in full swing. KitGuru's cameras swung by the Asrock stand to see if there had been any fatalities. …
Read More »Zotac enables mini-ITX overclocking with Z68
There are many cases in life where small is beautiful, but not so many when the smaller product still carries as big a punch as the ‘daddy' in the range. We're thinking Optimus Prime versus the accidental kitchen deceptacons in the Revenge of the Fallen. So what is Zotac up …
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