As pretty as recently released games like The Witcher III: Wild Hunt are, they don't really hold a candle to future high-end projects like Star Citizen. One other beautiful game that's got a release set far in the future is Kingdom Come: Deliverance, which is set to offer a highly …
Read More »Synology rolls out its first router: 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Ethernet and NAS capabilities
Synology, a well known maker of network area storage solutions, introduced its first router – the Synology RT1900ac – at Computex. The device boasts all modern technologies as well as integrated NAS capabilities, reports Leo Waldock, a KitGuru editor, from Taipei. The product is set to hit the market shortly …
Read More »EVGA 980 Ti Classified K|NGP|N Edition: Engineered to overclock
At the Computex 2015 trade-show, EVGA is demonstrating its new graphics card that has all chances to become the highest performing GeForce GTX 980 Ti-based solution on the planet. The graphics adapter is designed to offer maximum overclocking potential and will also feature very high clock-rates out-of-the-box, when it becomes available later this …
Read More »MSI preps external graphics solutions with Thunderbolt 3 interface
The first two generations of Thunderbolt interfaces revolutionized the market of external storage devices and professional equipment. With 40Gb/s of bandwidth, the third iteration of Thunderbolt can be a game changer for external graphics processing solutions designed for notebooks. In fact, MicroStar International is already working on two Thunderbolt 3-based …
Read More »Asrock demos Z170 platforms: DDR4-3400+, USB type-C, Ultra M.2, SATAe
Several months ahead of commercial release, Asrock demonstrated its upcoming mainboards for Intel Corp.’s “Skylake-S” processors at Computex this week. The initial lineup of motherboards with socket LGA1151 from Asrock will be aimed at enthusiasts, will be powered by the Intel Z170 core-logic and will support numerous premium features and …
Read More »People are now trying to sell fake Amiibo figures
Nintendo seems to have found success with the launch of its Amiibo figures. The little collectibles bring new functionality to a couple of games unfortunately, Nintendo can't seem to make enough of them, which has caused quite the scalper problem. Not only are scalpers buying Amiibos in bulk and selling …
Read More »Apple has had to recall a bunch of Beats Pill speakers
Apple has gone ahead and issued a recall for the Beats Pill XL bluetooth speaker due to fire risk concerns. Earlier this week, Apple announced its “voluntary recall” on the Beats Pill speakers, which were first brought to market in November 2013. Customers affected by the recall will get a …
Read More »Destiny’s big third expansion may have been revealed by Red Bull
Bungie has been working on expansions for Destiny ever since the base game released. So far, we've seen two, The Dark Below and House of Wolves, however, the third expansion is due to be the largest and judging by a previously leaked roadmap, the most exciting. Now it looks like …
Read More »G.Skill demos 3.80GHz quad-channel DDR4 memory, 3GHz 128GB kit
G.Skill revealed its ultimate DDR4 memory kits at the Computex trade-show this week. The upcoming DDR4 kits from the renowned maker of advanced DRAM for enthusiasts, will be able to operate at clock-rates up to 3.80GHz in quad-channel mode. Besides, the company showcased the world’s first and only 128GB DDR4 …
Read More »We Happy Few hits Kickstarter, raises $25K in first few hours
Today Compulsion Games, the studio behind the 2013 title, Contrast, launched a Kickstarter campaign for We Happy Few, a new game focusing on paranoia and survival in a dystopian British city in 1964. While with most Kickstarter games, you would have to wait months before trying it out, early backers …
Read More »The Steam Link and controller now have a release date
Valve's Steam Machine dream may have died down a bit but that doesn't mean that it has given up on the idea of bringing PC gaming to the living room entirely. We've been following the Steam controller throughout its development for some time now and a while back, Valve also …
Read More »Mojang staff were offered $300k to stay after Microsoft buyout
Microsoft acquired Minecraft development company, Mojang, quite a while back and at the time, the Minecraft community was shocked. As you would expect, some of the Mojang staff probably had some concerns of their own so in order to keep people from leaving, Microsoft offered all Mojang employees the currency equivalent …
Read More »PS4 owners are getting an Uncharted collection
After months of rumors and question dodging, Naughty Dog and Sony have revealed Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, due for release this October, in place of Uncharted 4, which was pushed back until 2016. The game was due to be revealed at another time but the PlayStation website accidentally put …
Read More »Kerbal Space Program Gamer’s Edition released
Although the world of digital game purchases is a simple one: you buy, you download, you play, some miss the golden age of physical games. You got a nice box, a detailed manual or instruction booklet, perhaps some art work and physical extras. That's what Gamer's Edition is looking to …
Read More »Antec shows off new PC cases at Computex 2015
Our coverage of Computex 2015 continues, today our own attendee, Leo Waldock, swung by to visit Antec, who have been showing off some new desktop PC cases- one of which we saw teased last week, just ahead of the event. First up, we got a look at the upcoming signature …
Read More »Tim Cook slams rival tech firms over data collection
Collecting data on your customers in order to sell to advertisers is a bad idea according to CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, who took a moment during the annual Champions of Freedom dinner, hosted by public interest research group, the Electronic Privacy Information Centre (EPIC), to criticise his technological competitors. …
Read More »Canadian ISP owner calls her own child a ‘VPN thief’
Restricting content to certain parts of the world always seems like a bizarre choice for media companies. In the hope of securing licensing deals in different continents for the same content, they limit where in the world it can be viewed, leaving those that want to watch it two options: use …
Read More »Biggest telescope ever gets the go ahead for construction
The wonder of telescopes, is that they let us look into the present, past and our potential future all in a single piece of hardware. They can be used to view objects that aren't far beyond our own atmosphere, peer back into the multi-billion year history of our universe by …
Read More »Plextor’s Computex PCIe SSD is not NVMe
Even as fast as SATA III SSDs are, the new battleground for the storage performance crown lies with PCIe drives, as the potential read and write times with that interface blow everything away. Which is why Plextor has been showing off its own PCIe solutions at Computex this year, but …
Read More »Total War: Warhammer said to capture chaotic tabletop feel
Even though Games workshop has released a number of games based around its Warhamer and Warhammer 40,000 universes over the years, very few of them really captured the anarchic battles that can feature everything from trolls, to steampunk cannons, to demi-gods and demons. Fortunately then, early reports of the upcoming …
Read More »AMD teases ‘Fiji’, but refuses to reveal ‘Fury’
At a press conference at the Computex trade-show Advanced Micro Devices has officially demonstrated its first graphics processing unit with high bandwidth memory (HBM) code-named “Fiji”, which is set to power AMD’s next-generation flagship graphics card known unofficially as the Radeon Fury X. But while the company did show its …
Read More »Gigabyte’s mainboards for ‘Skylake’ to integrate Thunderbolt 3, USB 3.1 type-C
Gigabyte Technology has announced that some of its upcoming mainboards for Intel Corp.’s code-named “Skylake” processors will support the Thunderbolt 3 technology as well as USB 3.1 type-C ports. Gigabyte is one of the largest makers of mainboards in the world and its support of the new standard is hard …
Read More »Asus readies Strix GTX 980 Ti: The ultimate GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asustek Computer is working on a new Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti-based graphics card that promises to offer no-compromise performance. The new adapter is based on Asus’ own design and will feature increased clock-rates and an advanced cooling system. The board is demonstrated at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan. The Asus …
Read More »Intel unveils Thunderbolt 3: USB type-C connector and 40Gb/s bandwidth
Intel Corp.’s Thunderbolt interconnection introduced in 2011 has been the champion in terms of performance and usability, but its limited adoption by PC makers, high price and other peculiarities have made it an outsider in the market. This week Intel introduced its third-gen Thunderbolt, which uses industry-standard USB type-C receptacle …
Read More »Zotac reveals AMP! Omega GTX 980Ti at Computex
Nvidia launched its new flagship gaming GPU on Sunday evening, the GTX 980Ti. We have already reviewed the reference model directly from Nvidia and now we are starting to see custom cooled solutions from board partners pop up. At Computex 2015, Zotac is showing off a couple of new GTX …
Read More »GOG kicks off its DRM-free summer sale
GOG has kicked off its big summer sale event today, featuring heavy discounts, free games, daily bundles and giveaways, just ahead of next week's Steam sale, which is due to begin on the 11th of June. The GOG sale officially kicked off at midday GMT. The way GOG's sale works …
Read More »Asrock Beebox: Intel ‘Braswell’ NUC with USB type-C and 4K video playback
Intel Corp.’s ultra-small form-factor NUC [next unit of compute] desktops have become pretty popular on the market and many makers of mainboards, PCs and barebones are now trying to offer something similar. Asrock at Computex 2015 introduced its first NUC-like PCs that feature Intel’s new-generation ‘Braswell’ system-on-chip and boast with …
Read More »Extreme overclockers break records with new MSI X99 motherboard
At Computex yesterday, MSI revealed its latest X99 motherboard, the ‘X99A Godlike Gaming' and it is already off to a great start as overclockers have already managed to break records with the board. Renowned overclockers, Benchbros, Wizerty, Vivi and Zzolio, broke seven top global scores and hardware records in total …
Read More »Asus demos Z170 Pro: Digital VRM for CPU and RAM, USB 3.1, 802.11ac
Asustek Computer this week demonstrated one of its upcoming LGA1151 mainboards for Intel Corp.’s “Skylake” microprocessors at Computex 2015. The Asus Z170-Pro motherboard is a high-end, but not the flagship, platform powered by the Intel Z170 core logic from the company. While the new mainboard in many ways resembles last …
Read More »The KitGuru Community Forum is down for maintenance
This is just a quick public service announcement. We have had a few messages from KitGuru regulars asking about the forum- it is in-fact down for maintenance! Nothing to worry about, just performing a software update on the backend. The KitGuru Community Forum shall be back up shortly. The main …
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