G.Skill has reclaimed its position as performance king after professional overclocker James “YoungPro” Trevaskis reached 4400MHz using G.Skill's TridentX memory earlier this morning. The set-up used to achieve this result consisted of an Intel Core i7 4770k, ASUS Maximus 6 Impact and G.Skill TridentX DDR3 3000MHz C12 4GB. As is …

Today we are going to look at SilverStone's latest addition to the CPU cooler market, the Argon Series AR01. This cooler incorporates three 8mm thick copper heat pipes, a 120mm fan and SilverStone's own anti-vibration fan mounts to strike a balance between performance and silence. Retailing for £23.98 inc. vat, …

UK programmer Elliott Kember has raised a concerning issue on his blog this week. Web browsers Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox can reveal saved logged in user passwords in just a few clicks. According to The Register there is now a debate over whether this is a ‘common feature' or …

The new BMW i3 has gone on sale priced from £25,680 with the £5,000 OLEV Government grant. The car can be ordered now, but the official UK launch date is on the 16th November 2013. The BMW i3 is a hybrid design, powered by a synchronous electric motor with the …

Many people are waiting on the new G2 phone from LG. At their event in New York the company highlighted the features of the watch, calling the G2 ‘The most ambitious phone in history'. Key features of the LG G2 are a new edge to edge display (‘near zero bezel'), …

We've all had that awkward moment when you forget to silence your phone in the cinema and it happens to go off during the quietest scene of the film.  You'll be glad to hear that this may not be a problem for long, as Microsoft are currently developing a technology …

OverclockersUK are teasing everyone with news that they have something ‘big' coming to market. They just sent us a press release which reads “For quite some time Overclockers UK have been working on a top-secret project, a project soon to be unveiled but not first without a taste. In the …

Cooling hardware manufacturer Prolimatech has released a new version of its high-performance Armageddon CPU cooler. The new version sees the single-tower CPU cooler getting a blue and black colour scheme similar to that found on Ford's Mustang sports cars. Weighing in at 750g, the black-with-blue-stripes heatsink features six heatpipes that …

A video published by Xbox's official YouTube channel has shown Larry Hyrb (better know as Major Nelson) unboxing a retail version of Microsoft's upcoming next-generation games console. The video shows the accessories that will be included with retail Xbox One consoles and gives a brief tour of their capabilities. It …

It has been an amazing week in the land of GPU price cuts, with wave after wave of deal lashing the inbox shores of the UK's hard core enthusiasts. Almost all of the action has been coming from NVidia, but now it seems that AMD is ready to get in …

HTC has been make a bit of a come back over the past year, since the release of their flagship One handset.  This handset has been critically acclaimed for it's excellent build quality, sleek design and innovative camera. It seems that HTC are looking to build on their recent success, …

In a press release, Oculus VR has announced that John Carmack has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer. The co-founder of id Software was quoted as saying “The dream of VR has been simmering in the background for decades, but now, the people and technologies are finally aligning to allow …

ARIA, UK retailer are stocking the new Club3D Multi Stream Transport Hub – a device which receives a DisplayPort 1.2 signal from a source and splits up and routes the video streams independently to each display device. The UK retail price is £99.95, but it is currently on offer at …

Serious followers of KitGuru will know that we have been tracking the advances being made in Quad HD TV for a very long time. As the new generation of visual entertainment prepares to land in our living rooms, what happens to the existing dinosaurs?  A shot sent in by an …

This week a flaw was found in Xerox scanners and copiers. The issue meant that numbers in scanned documents were being randomly changed without the input of the user. A scientist posted his findings in a blog, showing the results of the error from various Xerox scanners. He used real …

The British Arts Organisation have joined up with Duggan Morris Architects and UP Projects to launch the ‘Floating Cinema'. This is hitting the waterways of East London until the end of September. Duggan Morris have created an award winning design which has taken a barge and turned it into a …

Google are releasing their music streaming service ‘Play Music All Access' in the United Kingdom. This service provides unlimited access to music from all the major record companies, as well as indie and local groups. The company first announced this at the I/O conference in May. They first called it …

Providing a fresh burst of excitement in Asus' premium Republic Of Gamers series, the Maximus VI Hero is the first ROG motherboard built specifically for the mid-range gamer. Has Asus' price-constricting approach paid off? Sparking attention due to its true gaming-orientated design and a price tag to match, the Maximus …

Wireless charging technology has been around for a few years now in the marketplace, with various products such as the Duracell Powermat and the feint memory that was the Palm Pre.  The technology behind it is fairly simple, relying on the basic principle of electromagnetic induction. When the charger and …

Two weeks ago we launched the Steam KitGuru Group and within a matter of days over 500 people had already joined us. To thank you, our community, for supporting us we held a screenshot competition. Games were played, screenshots were submitted and the winners received their chosen games. To continue the …

LG has officially announced its new flagship smartphone, the G2. The flagship device will run Android 4.2.2 at launch. The South Korean company's flagship device will feature a 5.2″ 1080P screen that provides over 400 pixels-per-inch (PPI) and an IPS panel. Hardware powering the device includes Qualcomm's 2.26GHz, quad-core Snapdragon …

Vodafone has announced that its 4G services will start rolling out on August 29th to London customers, and by the year's end to twelve other cities. The move sees Vodafone's roll-out date coinciding with that set by competitor O2. But the British telecommunications giant could be hoping to install its …

The past days we have reported on price drops from retailers such as Scan, Aria and Ebuyer. Happy to jump into the fray, Overclockers are hot on their heels with some price drops of their own. KitGuru pulls out the company credit card, ready to pick up some deals. The …

The person who has won the excellent PCSpecialist Optimus V laptop has been announced. Could it be you? And the winner is… STEVEN LISSEMORE Congratulations Steven! We hope you enjoy gaming on your new PCSpecialist Optimus V gaming laptop! Make sure you post a picture on our Facebook page when …

Almost a year ago now we took a look at the XMG P502 from MySN UK which turned out to be a pretty decent portable gaming machine.  This was one of their first ventures into the UK market, after the German company set up a dedicated UK arm to handle …

It has been nearly 3 decades since gamers collectively picked up a gun controller and shot digital ducks out of the pixelated air. Now the team behind the Delta Six controller want gamers to relive that experience with their successfully funded Kickstarter project. The idea behind the Delta Six is …

Today we will be taking a look at the SteelSeries Sensei [RAW] Frost Blue Edition. Like the Apex [RAW] that we reviewed a short while ago, this is a stripped down version of the original Sensei. As such, it does not feature a built-in processor, on-board memory or the on-board …

With the early second quarter numbers just in from Asus, it looks like the technology giant has managed to battle its way to increased sales in a tough market. KitGuru sits back to analyse the numbers and ponder what they mean. Small companies always look good. Anything they do – …

It has been a hectic few days since the EVGA move to bring GTX580 cards to market for just £137 at the end of last week. Things got really heated yesterday afternoon when it seemed at one stage that price cuts were coming every half hour. KitGuru checks the latest …

While the ‘bigger is better' philosophy, at least in terms of screen size, has been present in the smartphone industry for a few years now, it has become much more prevalent since the release of the original Samsung Galaxy Note. Since the original Note, we have seen the Note 2 …