Today we have something very special for review, one of the very few early samples of an upcoming kit developed by Kingston specifically for Intel's Sandybridge platform – a new certified 8GB HyperX bundle which runs at a very tasty 2133mhz. Kingston might not always come to mind first when …
Read More »Kingston launch worlds fastest SDHC cards
Memory giant Kingston are releasing their newest SDHC cards, which are the highest speed class available on the market. These new Secure Digital High Capacity cards – ‘(SDHC) UHS-I Ultimate XX' are built to high security standards and offering class leading speeds. Aimed at the professional photographer and video creation …
Read More »Kingston throw PC with SSD off 50 foot building – does it survive?
In one of the lighter moments today, Kingston sent us a few links to videos they have on their YouTube channel. If you ever wanted to see some extreme ‘torture testing', then this might just hit the spot. KitGuru says: Nice ‘n wacky, we like it!
Read More »Kingston HyperX 2133MHz XMP Certified for Intel Sandy Bridge
Kingston have just announced that their new 2133mhz XMP certified memory modules have been approved (Intel XMP certification) for use on the p67 Sandy Bridge platform. The Kingston HyperX T1 kits of four are the world’s first 8GB memory kits to be validated. Intel has posted the XMP certification results …
Read More »Amazon Kindle being bought by iPad owners
When the iPad was launched, and we found out the sales figures many analysts thought that it would be the death of other tablets, such as the Amazon Kindle. This has not been the case as Amazon have said that iPad owners are buying the Kindle, just for books. Amazon …
Read More »Kingston HyperX Max 3.0 128GB Drive Review
Kingston have impressed us recently with many of their products, especially the low cost, high performance SSDNow V100 128GB SSD drive. Today we are looking at their new external storage solution called HyperX MAX 3.0 which utilises the latest USB 3.0 superspeed interface. According to Kingston the HyperX Max 3.0 …
Read More »Win ONE OF FIVE HyperX Blu Kits with Kingston & KitGuru!
Today our good friends at Kingston have very kindly offered not one, but five HyperX Blu memory kits as a prize for five lucky KitGuru readers! (KHX1600C9D3B1K2/4GX) KitGuru have reviewed many Kingston products over the last couple of months, and be sure to check out our latest review on the …
Read More »Kingston predicts SSD will be $1 per GB in 2011
KitGuru has seen an interview with a Western Digital VP who claimed that the SSD would never seriously impact the sale of hard drives because the cost was so high. The world has spun through space several times since then and now SSD is very affordable. KitGuru puts Steve Hall, …
Read More »Kingston HyperX hits 3068mhz world record
KitGuru has been impressed with Kingston recently – their new HyperX products are producing some fine results in enthusiast systems across the globe. When we recently spoke with Bernd Dombrowsk their Sales Director, he impressed us with his aggressive and upfront style of answering questions. News has filtered in today …
Read More »Juggernaut Kingston continues to capture market share
Speak with the average Jo(sephine) and they will tell you that the biggest memory brands are Corsair and OCZ. Overclocking enthusiasts might also add Apacer, Geil, G-Skill, Crucial and others to the list. However, real Gurus of the Kit know different. Real KitGurus know who the big dogs are in this …
Read More »Size of UK market for SSD in 2011 revealed
Not many things will increase the performance of an existing system as much as GPU, CPU and SSD. KitGuru spends a lot of time in the Lab looking at this kind of thing, so we know what we're talking about. While every PC has some form of CPU and GPU, …
Read More »Get up close and personal with David Ginola on 29th May
Although most of us remember David Ginola from his shirt-ripping days at Aston Villa, his most successful spell actually came at the other North London Club, Spurs. Turns out though, he's done more useful work than simply kicking his balls around a pitch. If you are a Spurs fan or …
Read More »Rival’s Crucial taunt: Can its DDR3 really go ballistic?
Professional applications and benchmarks can be as sensitive to memory response times as they are to overall throughput. On that basis, what has happened to Crucial's top performaing memory – why has it fallen behind? Now that rivals Corsair, Kingston and OCZ are all shipping DDR3 with a CAS latency of …
Read More »Memory Buying Guide
Some people swear that memory is crucial to performance, while others think it's the ‘Emperor’s New Clothes' of upgrades. How much memory do you need, what speed should it run at and is it worth upgrading at all? Technologies Actual memory comes in tiny chips. These chips are mounted in …
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