PC Specialist has launched its Fusion Zen PC which is built around the new AMD Ryzen 7 1700X CPU and a GTX 1070 graphics card. KitGuru has been impressed by Ryzen 7 with its eight cores and 16 threads and it is quite mind boggling to consider that Intel charges …
Read More »G.Skill TridentZ RGB 32GB DDR4-3200MHz (DDR4 with RGB lighting)
Leo doesn't get excited often, but he loves this memory. Read on to find out why
Read More »Eurocom Sky X4E2 laptop review ( i7 7700k, GTX 1070)
Eurocom are a Canadian company. That’s unusual, but even so we won’t drag up a weak joke about Bryan Adams, Rush or maple syrup.
Read More »32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4-3000MHz
Corsair has jumped on the RGB band wagon with its new Vengeance RGB memory. The 32GB kit we were sent consists of 4x8GB modules and is rated at DDR4-3000MHz which is a perfectly decent speed. The reviewer’s guide also puts the CAS 15 timing front and centre, a point we …
Read More »PC Customiser XSplit Streamer Pro X System Review
The PC Customiser XSplit Streamer Pro X is a compact gaming PC that comes loaded with XSplit Broadcaster and Gamecaster to help you get busy streaming your games as quickly as possible. The £50 one year XSplit license is included as part of the package. Interesting approach, let's take a …
Read More »Is Calyos THE world leader in advanced 2-phase cooling?
Calyos is a young company based in Brussels, Belgium that claims to be the global leader in Advanced 2-Phase Cooling Solutions for electronic components. When you consider that Calyos has a mere 28 employees (and that Belgium is hardly renowned as a hotbed of technology) it sounds like a bold …
Read More »Calyos NSG kit for Thermaltake Core P3
At CES Calyos showed its fanless passive cooling kit for Thermaltake Core P3 and we took a good look at the hardware during the KitGuru visit to Calyos in Brussels. The idea is simple enough: Calyos has taken the hardware used in its NSG-S0 system and applied it to the …
Read More »KitGuru Inside Alphacool HQ – worlds biggest manufacturer of PC radiators
We were invited over to Alphacool HQ - a company with a self set goal to sell 15,000 radiators every month
Read More »Asus ROG G701VI Laptop Review (G-SYNC 120hz, GTX1080)
The Asus ROG G701VI is a beast - 6820HK, 64GB DDR4, 120hz panel and a GTX 1080.
Read More »MSI GE72 7RE Apache Pro Gaming Laptop Review
Are a GTX 1050 Ti and a Core i7-7700HQ a smart team for 1080p gaming on MSI's GE72 7RE?
Read More »Aorus X3 Plus v7-CF1 Gaming Laptop Review
A GTX 1060 and Kaby Lake i7 combined with a 14"-class 3K display. How is the Aorus X3 Plus v7?
Read More »MSI prepares to launch camouflage battle gear
What is MSI's 'Camo Squad'? Read on to find out
Read More »GameMax Silent White Gaming Case Review
GameMax - are they the new budget case kings? At only £45 the Silent White is fully loaded.
Read More »Deepcool Dukase v2 Case Review
A DeepCool case at only £70. No fancy bells and whistles - but is it any good?
Read More »be quiet! Pure Base 600 Chassis review
The Germans have gone budget. be quiet! has launched its new Pure Base 600 case as an entry-level model that sits below the Silent Base and Dark Base cases we saw in 2016 and 2017. As you will see in our video, our initial impressions were a bit … glum. …
Read More »Razer Blade Laptop with GTX 1060 (2016-2017) Review
Razer has updated its Blade laptop with a new graphics chip, moving from GTX 970M to GTX 1060, however it keeps the same name ‘Razer Blade’ which could get pretty darned confusing so we’re going to call it The New Razer Blade, From the outside the New Razer Blade looks …
Read More »Building a custom watercooled system in 2017?
I had already installed an Aqua Computer Kryos NEXT block on my Intel Xeon along with a Watercool Heatkiller top on my D5 pump and had one of their Tube 100 reservoirs on order. The EKWB X3 reservoir you can see in that video worked perfectly well (although the location …
Read More »Cooler Master MasterBox 5t Case Review
On the face of it, the new MasterBox 5t case from Cooler Master looks interesting because it is superficially similar to the much more expensive MasterCase Maker 5t with its nifty black and red colour scheme. The idea, clearly, is that enthusiasts who are in the market for a proper …
Read More »DinoPC Raptor 2 System Review (Kaby Lake 7700k 5ghz)
DinoPC has unleashed its latest Raptor gaming PC to coincide with CES in Las Vegas and the launch of Intel 7th Generation CPU technology aka Kaby Lake. The DinoPC Raptor 2 uses Core i7-7700K with dual GTX 1080 graphics cards, all wrapped up in a liquid cooling system that aims …
Read More »Cooler Master MasterCase Maker 5t Review
Cooler Master MasterCase Maker 5t (the ‘t’ stands for Turbo) can trace its heritage directly from the original MasterCase 5 via the Pro 5 to the Maker 5. The most obvious visual change to previous models is the addition of glass panels on both side of the case. Maker 5 …
Read More »PC Specialist Vortex VI Laptop Review (6700K/GTX1080 SLI)
KitGuru has reviewed a handful of high end gaming laptops that fail to deliver the level of performance you might expect to see from one or two GTX 1080 graphics chips. Our working theory is that 45W mobile Intel CPUs such as Core i7-6820HK and 6920HQ simply do not have …
Read More »Aerocool Project 7 C1 Case Review
Aerocool Project 7 C1 is a mid-tower case with a windowed side panel, integrated lighting in the front panel and a PWM hub behind the motherboard tray. These are all useful features however none of them is unique so the simple fact is that Aerocool faces a stiff battle in …
Read More »AWD-IT Wraith System review (AMD FX-6350)
AWD-IT has delivered a budget gaming PC called Wraith that gets its name from an unlikely source, the cooler on the AMD processor. That’s right, an AMD processor. We have become so used to seeing laptops and PCs with Intel processors that it seems worthwhile emphasising the combination of AMD …
Read More »Corsair RM1000i Special Edition unboxing (one of 100 made!)
This Special Edition of the Corsair RM1000i power supply is extremely limited as only 100 will ever be made. Corsair is giving away 30 (to whom we have no idea), 20 will be given away to key members of the Press such as KitGuru and 50 will be sold from …
Read More »Do you WATERCOOL? Leo shows you his …
There are two important things you need to know about my PC. The first is that it lives under a desk so the current colour clash between blue coolant and red memory isn’t a factor as the CPU area is completely out of sight. The second is that this is …
Read More »Corsair Carbide 270R Case Review
The Corsair Carbide 270R Windowed is a significant new case as it comes in at a bargain price. Bargain, that is, for Corsair which has a massive range of cases with prices that start at £50 and head north of £150. Corsair Carbide 270R is very much at the lower …
Read More »DinoPC Bulldog BD3 4K Gaming PC Review
There are no prizes for deducing the new DinoPC Bulldog BD3 gaming PC is built in a Corsair Bulldog chassis. We first saw this Mini-ITX case at its launch during Computex 2015 so the hardware has been a long while coming. The chassis supports a Mini-ITX motherboard and uses a …
Read More »Corsair Crystal Series 570X RGB Tempered Glass Chassis Review
The Corsair Crystal 570X is an impressive new case from Corsair that uses tempered glass on all four main panels and then tops off the looks with three Corsair SP120 RGB fans at the front. These LED fans are available as an add-in kit for an existing case in a …
Read More »Lian Li PC-O9WX Tempered Glass Case Review
Lian Li PC-O9 is a large dual chamber case that can accommodate an E-ATX motherboard, every part you can see is made of aluminium (there are a few pieces of steel tucked away) and the finishing touches are two slabs of tempered glass that display the interior of the main …
Read More »MSI Launches Trident – Console-Sized Gaming PC
Tackling the difficulties of getting PC gaming into the living room is currently a key agenda for many companies. MSI's take on the console-sized living room PC is Trident, which comes in a little larger than an Xbox One but features an Intel Skylake CPU, GTX 1060 graphics card and …
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