MSI has just introduced a new series of limited-edition products. Simply named Limited Series, these products will have a limited manufacturing run and will only be available via select merchants for a short time. The first product is an Nvidia-themed RTX 4060 graphics card designed by MSI. The MSI RTX …
Read More »Corsair is acquiring Drop to further expand peripheral business
Corsair has made a number of key acquisitions in recent years, greatly expanding its product portfolio. This week, Corsair announced the acquisition of another company – Drop, a custom peripherals retailer. Drop is perhaps best known for its line-up of mechanical keyboards, along with accessories like custom keycaps. However, the …
Read More »For the first time in nine years, iPhone sales have slipped
Don't declare the iPhone dead and buried just yet, it's still selling tens of millions of phones every few weeks, but for the first time in the best part of a decade, Apple's iPhone is not as popular as it was the year before. In its second fiscal quarter, Apple …
Read More »King players paying more, but revenue continues to fall
King, much like many other companies that went before it, is really struggling to come up with a viable replacement for its flagship game, Candy Crush Saga. Despite the game's continued huge popularity, it is no longer the juggernaut it once was and people are moving on at an ever increasing …
Read More »Samsung to post first profit drop in years
Korean electronics giant Samsung, has confirmed reports that it is heading for its first drop in annual profits since 2011, with its market share dipping all the way until September last year. However, a mild resurgence near the Christmas period may have saved it from a complete washout. Of course …
Read More »AMD drops pricing on Radeon 7000 products
The battle for Xmas sales is hotting up overall, but the surprising news from the channel is just how well received the AMD move to ‘R9' was. While new products were introduced, a quick look at several BIOS dates/product IDs showed that some were simple refreshes. But it seems to …
Read More »Bitcoin crash 2.0 could be happening right now
We've talked about it for a few weeks now, the stupendous rise of Bitcoin's value as Chinese investors jumped on board the gravy train and started buying up the digital currency in huge quantities and they're still doing it, but that doesn't mean the price is going to continue to …
Read More »Ubisoft shares take a beating in wake of Watch Dogs delay
Ubisoft isn't sitting pretty after its recent announcement that its next-gen flagship title, Watch Dogs, would be delayed until 2014, as much of its near-future earnings were locked up in that hacking sandbox. At least that's what shareholders must have been thinking, as Ubisoft's stock has dropped 26 per cent since …
Read More »Asus drops the price on GTX680 by £90
As we move to a world where all of the nVidia graphics cards are in the GTX700 series, more and more deals on end of life stock are appearing on the web. KitGuru scans places for electronics buyers for details. When KitGuru had a look around 2GB Asus GTX680 Direct …
Read More »AMD loses over 1,000 jobs during evolution
During last night's Q3 financial call, AMD executives delivered the news that KitGuru has expected for almost a year – a significant reduction in workforce going forward. It simply doesn't need the same workforce going forward as it did in the past. KitGuru pulls out the abacus to calculate the …
Read More »240GB SATA III SSD hits £129 on OcUK
While some of the big players in the market, like Kingston working with Overclockers and eBuyer, have peppered the £100 mark with some 240/256GB SSD deals, those have been for the older SATA II technology. Old stock depleted, cluster bombs of SATA III product are now targeting the same area. …
Read More »HDD prices drop – rejoice, rejoice
The tragic loss of life during last year's Thailand floods was only the first in a series of steps that negatively impacted an economically wobbly world. As the price of hard drives increased by close to 300% at times, PC prices increased and specifications fell – something we'd not seen …
Read More »Can SSD prices get pounded any lower?
These days, watching heavyweight boxers in the ring is like watching children eyeing up chocolate bars. Almost nothing happens for ages, then a tiny bit of action and it’s all over. Back in the day, when Ali, Foreman, Norton, Frazier and co ruled the world – the action started when …
Read More »OCZ throws down on SSD pricing – 240GB at £149
We all knew it would happen, the only question was “Which of the major SSD brands would want to be first?” The latest deals coming out of eBuyer show that the 240GB Agility drive from OCZ has ducked under the magic £150 mark. KitGuru hangs in a buffalo stance and …
Read More »AMD Radeon price cuts come crashing through
Naturally, KitGuru has powerful sauces – thick, rich and spicy. But there's always an element of doubt when bringing the best new stories to market. It's possible that your sauce has it wrong, that you mis-heard or you've been lied to [been the subject of a good humoured prank, if …
Read More »Does Dabs deal indicate 6 core price move from AMD?
Whenever a deal comes together, you can look at the component parts and make some kind of guess as to how the reduction was made possible. KitGuru gets tons of emailed offers every day, but this one grabbed our attention. Here's why. The deal itself is for a CPU with …
Read More »GTX460 price cut kicks in to hurt GTS450 – AMD forced to react
As KitGuru reported a week ago, nVidia has pointed the business end of a $2 Million marketing budget at price protecting the channel. This will allow nVidia to drop the price of the GTX460 by up to $30. It's a powerful statement and a very strong move in a bid …
Read More »Cut price GTX470 already appearing on sites
As we reported yesterday, nVidia is prepared to pull out all the stops to re-take market share from AMD in the tough graphics market. Information KitGuru heard about the latest round of price cuts was that the GTX470 could be cut by over 21%. Searching the big sites today, we …
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