Corsair certainly seem to have the Midas touch – earning a great reputation within whatever market they decide to target. Their reputation in the power supply sector is already one of the best and today we are looking at the follow up to the original CX430 – the new CX430 …
Read More »Win 2 Hauppauge HD PVR – record HD Video
We have paired up with Hauppauge, and two lucky winners will walk away with a sexy, brand new HD PVR. Hauppauge’s HD PVR is the world’s first High-Definition video recorder for making real-time H.264 compressed recordings. Ideal for those wanting to record their favourite HD content, the HD PVR can …
Read More »Synology Diskstation DS3611xs Review
Kitguru has reviewed many of the Synology range over the last year and today we are looking at something very special indeed. The new Diskstation DS3611xs, which is an ‘ultra high' performance NAS server which can scale up to 100TB, for larger businesses. Synology claim that the Diskstation DS3611xs can …
Read More »Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z Motherboard review (mATX)
If you enjoyed our review of the new Sapphire Mini ITX H67 motherboard, then today's review product will be just as appealing. We are looking at the latest Micro ATX Asus Maximum IV Gene-Z motherboard which brings the Z68 chipset to the HTPC audience. The Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z motherboard …
Read More »Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro BQT P9-550W Review (80 Plus Gold)
Be Quiet! are well known in enthusiast circles, they combine quality German engineering with an attractively designed range of products. Today we are looking at their latest ‘P9' version of the Dark Power Pro 550W, a supply that will suit a wide audience of enthusiast user, especially those seeking an …
Read More »Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3 Motherboard Review
While everyone waits with baited breath for AMD to release their new range of processors, we felt it was a good time to have a look at another Intel Z68 motherboard – the Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3. Gigabyte have earned a good reputation in the industry over the years for producing quality …
Read More »Noctua NH-U12P Special Edition SE2 Review
If you read Kitguru regularly, there is no chance you will have missed us singing the praises of the Noctua NH D14 cooler which we have affectionately dubbed ‘The Austrian Sandwich'. Even all this time after the initial release, competitors are still using it as the yardstick to judge cooling …
Read More »Lian Li PC-Z70 Diamond Series Case Review
Lian Li produce some of the most beautiful cases on the market. Today we are going to look at one of their newest designs – the PC-Z70. Designed for the serious enthusiast, this case features ventilated PCI expansion slots, support for graphics cards up to 390mm long, nine 3.5 inch …
Read More »Asus GTX580 Matrix Platinum sneak peak gallery
We currently have the new ASUS GTX580 Matrix Platinum in our labs, and the review will be published shortly. We thought in the interim that our readers might like to see some high resolution pictures of the card before our full indepth analysis. The GTX580 is one of my favourite …
Read More »G.Skill RipjawsX 4GB DDR3-2133mhz Review @ £50 inc vat
There was a time when a good kit of memory cost as much as a few weeks salary … how times have changed. With the recent earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan many analysts had predicted that memory prices would rise. While they might still increase by the end of …
Read More »Why is 3D TV failing to gain momentum?
3D TV in the UK has failed to capture the imagination of the public and sales figures in recent months indicate that the buying people are quite happy with their ‘regular' high definition LCD and Plasma screen. We ask the big question. ‘Why?'. Well it doesn't take a rocket scientist …
Read More »Win a Core i7 Media PC with Yoyotech & KG!
Today Kitguru are partnering with YoyoTech to provide one lucky reader with a state of the art media center. Over the last year we have given away crates of hardware to readers and forum members – this competition today is quite easily one of our best. Regular readers will already …
Read More »ICY DOCK MB982SPR-2S SATA HDD & SSD Raid Review
Today we are going to look at a very impressively designed drive caddy which can convert both 2.5 inch mechanical and solid state drives into RAID arrays. It is also built to withstand serious abuse and to fit inside a standard 3.5 inch drive bay. If you have several older …
Read More »Win 20GB of 1600mhz & 2000mhz DDR3 Gaming Memory with ADATA!
Kitguru has some of the best competitions on the net, we have given away video cards, computers, power supplies, and even a brand new iPad 2 in recent months. Today something very useful for your next system build, or even for a current upgrade. Our good friends over at ADATA …
Read More »Enermax MaxRevo 1350W Power Supply Review
There are no shortage of quality 80 Plus Gold Certified power supplies on the market today, but when a new model is released from Enermax it always deserves a closer look. The MaxRevo range is their new flagship series of power supplies with three hardcore flavours – 1200W, 1350W and …
Read More »Dirt 3 competition winners
We would like to thank everyone for entering the Dirt 3 competition and we had many entries in the last couple of weeks. The five lucky winners are David Holt ‘Bruno' Padre Schlauch Kurt san juan Edmund Trent Please check your email for the key to get your game online …
Read More »Powercolor HD6850 Single Slot CrossfireX Review
One of AMD's most active partners in recent months has been PowerColor. They have been releasing a wide selection of quality HD6000 series cards with custom PCB and proprietary cooler designs. Today we are looking at an affordable CrossfireX configuration which will work perfectly inside a chassis with limited physical …
Read More »Building a Core i7 HTPC with Sapphire Mini ITX H67
This year AMD's Fusion low cost platform has hit the spotlight, offering hardware accelerated performance with miniscule power demands and heat output. While this will suit many people, some of the enthusiast audience will want to spend more money and aim higher up the food chain. Today's article should tickle …
Read More »Cooler Master GX650 Bronze Power Supply Review
Cooler Master have been releasing power supplies now for many years and today we are looking at an upgrade to their long standing 650w non modular unit. It receives 80 Plus Certification and a range of internal design changes, with a new Enhance implementation. Cooler Master are also aiming for …
Read More »Win an XFX HD6990 with KG!
Hands up if you need a new video card? Well Kitguru might just have the cure for that. Today we are giving away an XFX HD6990, the fastest video card on the market! Amp up your graphics with the XFX Radeon HD 6990 dual GPU graphics card. With GDDR5 high-speed …
Read More »Foxconn AMD Fusion NT-A3500 Nettop Review
We don't often review many Foxconn related products but today we are looking at their new mini PC which is based around AMD's successful Fusion platform. Foxconn are a massive manufacturing organisation who produce many goods for leading tech companies such as Apple. Their NT-A3500 is based around an ultra …
Read More »Corsair HX1050 Power Supply Review
Corsair have built up a great reputation over the years, and their power supplies have always scored very highly on KitGuru, with the AX range setting a new benchmark standard. Today we are looking at the new HX1050, the replacement for the successful HX1000 unit. Should this be on your …
Read More »MSI GT680 Gaming Laptop Review (SSD/Bluray/i7/Nvidia)
There is certainly no shortage of high powered gaming laptops available on the market today, but it takes something really special to stand out in such a crowded marketplace. MSI have sent us their GT680 gaming laptop for review which features a dual drive configuration (with SSD), powerful Intel Core …
Read More »Titan Hati Cooler Review (TTC-NC15TZ/KU(RB))
Many of you might not have heard of Titan, however they have over 20 years experience with cooling technology. Their headquarters are in Taiwan and they have an office in Germany. Titan are no small player either, with 500 employees and the capability of producing over 2 million coolers every …
Read More »Crucial M4 256GB SSD Review (C400)
When Crucial released the C300 series of Solid State Drives last year they outperformed anything else available at the time. With read speeds around 340MB/s the Sandforce drives had a serious performance disadvantage, only offering around 280MB/s. The market today is in a very different state and the new SATA …
Read More »SilverStone Strider Gold 1200W PSU Review (SST-ST1200-G)
If you are the proud owner of a new high end SLI or CrossfireX gaming system, then you might be in the market for a powerful, future proof power supply. The product we are going to be looking at today will be of interest as it is 80 Plus Gold …
Read More »Competition winners announced
We had so many entries for both the Asus GTX580 and AMD HD6990 competition that it took us literally days going through all the emails. Sadly, there will be many disappointed people when the two winners are announced, but rest assured we will have many more competitions coming up, with …
Read More »MSI N580GTX Lightning Review
The GTX580 has been Nvidia's finest moment. The card has been a big seller since it was released and it leads many of the performance charts when we factor out the dual GPU solutions. Today we are looking at the MSI N580GTX Lightning, a heavily modified card designed to target …
Read More »Corsair Force 3 120GB SSD Review
This month Kitguru has been at the forefront of many Solid State Drive reviews including the new models from ADATA and OCZ. Today we are looking at the new model from Corsair, the Force 3 120GB which is set to target a wide audience, offering high levels of SATA III …
Read More »Asus Sabertooth 990FX Motherboard Review
Today AMD are launching their new 990FX chipset motherboards and we are looking at the Asus Sabertooth model which is a board loaded with a plethora of features. The Ultimate Force (TUF) Sabertooth 990FX has a 10 phase Digi+ VRM and it is wired to four DDR3 DIMM slots which …
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