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Spend any time around kids and you will be asked, “Can I be a gamer when I grow up?”.  When there was no money in electronic sports (eSports), the question was moot – there was no living to be made. Then a handful of plucky players started to earn some …

Technically, the reason KitGuru spent 18 hours travelling to the other side of the planet was the MSI Beat IT 2014 Gaming Finals. Along the way, we got first hands on a brand new laptop, graphics card and main board. In our final ‘live' report, we cover the gaming itself. …

The array of mainboard options facing enthusiasts toward the back end of 2014 is nothing short of astonishing. With four mainstream manufacturers vying for position and several chipsets available, everyone is looking for any advantage they can get. KitGuru spies the latest step forward in this competition. For the most …

The launch of nVidia's high end Maxwell cards has been a bit of a game changer. Not only were the first cards into the market astonishing performers, they also managed to deliver so much in-game performance with so little wattage. Now MSI has pushed the boat out just a little …

While the world will need to wait a while for the actual review, it's fair to say that we have had hands-on with the latest gaming laptop from MSI. At the Beat It 2014 gaming event in Taipei, we managed to convince the guards to remove the protective perspex just …

At Beat IT 2014 in Taipei, alongside a whole heap of new hardware from MSI, its partners were also on hand to show their wares. KitGuru spoke with Chris Liu, hardware guru for Silverstone. With the move toward smaller form factor PCs (SFF) and emphasis on performance-per-watt etc, you would …

Over at MSI Beat IT 2014, the main focus is on the global gaming competition which brings together teams from across the planet for a chance to win over $113,000 in prize money. At the same time, there is some interesting hardware on show – and a lot of senior MSI …

As MSI prepares to launch a brand new, top of the range gaming laptop, KitGuru took the opportunity to spend time with Alex Lin, the Product Manager for notebooks. We were interested to know what kind of challenges he and his team face when trying to bring a new product …

With a load of the world's top media in attendance, Saturday will see the action begin for the finals of the MSI Beat IT 2014 gaming championships. While the clever money is going on the American and Far East teams, one story stood out a mile for KitGuru. We hunker …

As the weather in Taipei tips past the 30 degree mark, the situation for pro-class gamers is also set to heat up with the kick off for the Beat IT 2014 event just around the corner. Ahead of the main event, KitGuru spots a chance for you to win. We …

It's that time of year again folks, where MSI's Master Overclocking Arena brings together some of the best overclockers in the world to see if they can push commercial hardware to complete benchmarks and produce raw numbers faster and higher than anyone else. Over a couple of  days of frantic …

Microsoft Corp. last week announced the return of its hardware-focused event. The purpose of Windows Hardware Engineering Community (WinHEC) will be to bring the hardware engineering community together in one place. The software giant will provide an opportunity to interact with technical and business experts from Microsoft, other partners, and …

Kitguru were lucky enough to receive an invitation to Creative Assembly’s offices last week for an early look at Alien Isolation. We thought that Sam Grant, being a big brave gamer type, would be the right person for job. We were wrong. Here is his account. It was about 15 …

If a data disaster strikes a small/medium sized business then, according to Synology, 48% of them will be bankrupt within 12 months and a further 29% will go down before the end of the second year. If correct for all markets, then that is a staggering statistic. To find out …

If you've read my earlier quick coverage of the AAA offerings at EGX 2014, you'll know I wasn't impressed by the idea of standing around all day. That wouldn't make for much in the way of interesting content for you guys and it certainly wouldn't have made for a fun …

If you're heading to EGX, Eurogamer's gaming expo, this weekend, with plans to check out some of the biggest game launches over the next few months, you'll have plenty to choose from. Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is there, as is Battlefield Hardline, Far Cry 4, Batman: Arkham Knight, Alien …

Mike Chen, Managing Director of Synology UK, kicked off the annual Synology event with a bit of history. Synology was founded in 2000 and created its first NAS in 2004, which means that Synology 2015 (yes, held in September 2014) heralds the tenth anniversary of the first Synology NAS. In …

As promised, here is our weekend coverage for those of you who missed out on Friday night's Nvidia Game24 event in London to celebrate the launch of the highly rated GTX 980 and GTX 970 graphics cards.   There was plenty going on at the venue, we  got to take …

GaymerX, a gaming convention with a decidedly inclusive ethos when it comes to sexuality and gender, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help it continue running next year. On top of that, to better reflect its ongoing focus – not just gay gamers, but everyone – it's rebranding to GX: …

Multiplay iSeries events aren't the world's biggest exhibitions – they are still built around the LAN itself afterall – but they're getting bigger every year, which means its ever harder to decide what to showcase as part of our “what's on at Multiplay series.” We've covered iSeries events before, which …

Multiplay's bi-yearly gaming festival, the Insomnia iSeries, is in full swing at the moment and as usual, the opening ceremony was a cacophony of shouts, screams and freebies, as OCUK, Iiyama and 2K Games dispensed goodies to the eagerly stretching hands of those in attendance. The summer LAN is always …

If that was just one too many acronyms for you to figure out, don't worry, it's not as complicated as it looks. That's the Electronic Sports League, an eSports organisation, that's looking to take Valve's Defense of the Ancients two, to Madison Square Garden, for what it's describing as New …

If you're heading to the Multiplay Insomnia i52 LAN party next week, then make sure you say hi if you spot us wandering around. On top of that though, you're probably going to want to stop by the YoYotech booth too, as it's teaming up with MSI to offer some …

Most of us here at KitGuru are pretty big gamers, so it's no surprise that a few of us will be showing up at Multiplay's Insomnia 52 LAN party in a couple of weeks time. For those of you joining us, it's worth noting that if you need some new …

As the conveyor belt of made-up holidays continues its never ending cycle past us punters, the next on the list is Father's Day. This year, it falls on 15th June – which gives you a last window of opportunity to show your appreciation. Go on. You know you want to. …

As you might expect, E3 this year is going to be the platform that a lot of game developer use to debut their new games, but I don't think anyone expected there to be quite so many unannounced ones. Thanks to the new official streaming parter Twitch, we now know …

As you might expect at Antec's booth at Computex, there's a lot of cases on show, including its new P380. What you might not have expected though, is a bunch of mobile products being promoted by a fully Antec stickered Ferrari. Going for an incredibly clean look, the P380 has …

Intel isn't just looking to position itself as the best solution for desktop PC users going forward (with what it describes as a reinvention of the platform) but also as the main provider for wearable devices. At this year's Re/Code it's been showing off a ‘smart' shirt, featuring a built …

As big as E3 is, there's a lot of us that won't be attending, but it seems like Sony is keen to give as many people as possible a great view of its new gaming experiences, because during its conference, it'll be broadcasting the entire thing to cinema screens around …

KitGuru was invited to a recent Gigabyte event, and we saw new cooling products as well as a specially designed cooler for the Nvidia Titan graphics card. Gigabyte also wanted to show their new AORUS products, including new gaming laptops, keyboard and mice. The other cooling news centred around WaterForce which is a liquid cooling system that is suitable for triple graphics card systems. The radiators and control system are located in a bulky unit that sits on top of your case.