Today we are looking at the brand new PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 750W power supply. The latest model is an 80 Plus Gold Certified modular design with a single +12V rail. It also features a new Dual Thermal Control System which enables the unit to switch between …

Today we are looking at the latest 24 inch monitor from ASUS – the VG248QE, which sports a 1080p resolution, nVidia 3D Vision support and a 144hz refresh rate for super smooth 3D gaming. We weren't overly impressed with the VG278HE 27 inch 144hz screen when we reviewed it back …

Today we are looking at the latest VN247H from ASUS. This monitor will stand out in the crowd due to the super narrow bezel which measures less than 1 centimeter. The VN247H is VESA wall mount compatible and has a scratch proof rear panel for ultimate durability. Should this be …

Today we are going to look at the current high grade 800W power supply from Cougar – the GX 800W. This is a modular design which has received 80 Plus Gold Certification and it features Cougar Vortex HDB fan technology. Retail pricing is around £140 in the United Kingdom so …

Today we are taking our second look at a HD7870 Tahiti LE card, this time from Sapphire. Our previous experiences with the HD7870 Tahiti LE have been memorable but today we wanted to show something different. We push the Sapphire card to the limit and manually overclock two competing AMD …

Almost everyone reading this review is likely to have a small USB 2.0 flash drive at home or work. They can be used for transferring files between machines, flashing the BIOS of a motherboard and for offline mirroring of sensitive data. 2012 saw a wealth of fast USB 3.0 drives …

Another new year – and a raft of new hardware to analyse! Today are are looking at a new, high grade power supply from AeroCool. The GT-1050SG is a modular design which has achieved 80 Plus Gold Certification. The unit is very attractively designed and we will find out if …

The last of our big Christmas competitions just closed and today we announce the three lucky winners. This was a very popular competition and we had many thousands of entries over the last month. Firstly – the correct answer to win a prize was c: 7 Years. Not that difficult! …

The enthusiast audience waited throughout 2012 for AMD to come up with a dual GPU HD7970 solution. In the end they failed to deliver, so it fell onto partners to create a solution. Powercolor, VTX3D and Club3d all released the HD7990 last year – a monster dual GPU designed to …

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Today we are looking at the VTX3D HD7990 Graphics card, a flagship product created by partners after AMD failed to deliver an official dual GPU product this year. The VTX3D HD7990 in particular has generated a lot of interest as it is the least expensive HD7990 in the UK today …

Every so often our team can come up with some great, fun ideas – often a little ‘outside the box'. A few weeks ago, Carl, The Kitguru Facebook Monkey thought it would be a cool idea to involve the ladies who read our the Facebook page and main Kitguru site. …

Memory prices have been dropping all year and there really has been no better time to pick up a tasty new kit of DDR3. If you are building a new computer, memory is critical in maximising the performance of the system. With this in mind we are looking at 8GB …

Many people will be heading into 2013 with plans of upgrading their system. MSI sent us their capable, but competitively priced Z77A-G45 Z77 motherboard and we are pairing it up with the monster Lightning GTX680 graphics card. We test a system using these components with the latest games and try …

We recently had the pleasure to sit down with ASRock COO Mr. LL Shiu, one of the key leaders in one of the industries fastest growing technology companies – ASROCK. I asked Mr Shui how he felt about their growth of recognition since 2002 when very few people actually knew …

Seasonic have been consistently releasing some of the finest power supplies for the enthusiast audience this year. This is the reason why their designs are often used by respected companies such as Corsair and BeQuiet! Part of the Seasonic strategy is always to keep an active refresh schedule in place. …

My good friend Terry Makedon is running a PC game of the year poll on his excellent website which deals with music, movies and culture in Canada. Terry says “What is the best PC game of 2012? Simple – it is the one that gamers vote as their favorite. I …

People complain that SSD drives aren't big enough to be used for any serious level of storage. This deal today might just tickle the spot, because you can now pick up a 480GB SSD from ARIA for only £219.95. There will obviously be faster drives than this one as it …

Today we have something special up for review, the latest VTX3D HD7870 Black which is based on a 'new revision' of the popular HD7870 graphics card. Selected partners will be releasing new versions of the HD7870 (Tahiti 'LE') with more horsepower under the hood. Just how good is the new design based on the Tahiti core previously associated with the HD7950 and HD7970?

Enermax have experienced great success with their Mod82+ series of power supplies over the years. Today we are looking at a model in their latest range, the Triathlor FC. The Traithlor FC 700W is the highest rated supply in the new range, a modular design featuring 80 Plus Bronze Certification …

Today we are looking at the latest Edge VS8 Mini PC from Sapphire, the follow up to the Edge HD3 which we reviewed earlier this year. The new Edge VS8 is based around an AMD Quad Core A8 1.6ghz APU with onboard HD7600G graphics. Our review sample ships with a …

Just a quick message, that there may be some downtime over the next couple of days. We are moving servers. If you can't access Kitguru for a short while, don't panic. Normal services will be resumed as quickly as possible. Can we also recommend our readers to visit Multiplay, our …

BeQuiet power supplies have been scoring well this year in our reviews and today we look at the Pure Power L8 430W CM unit. A low cost, power modular design which has achieved 80 Plus Bronze Certification. Is this an ideal option for a high grade media center or general …

Today we are looking at one of the latest 2012 performance units from Synology, the DS713+. This NAS system can be further enhanced with the cost effective partnering expansion units, and we join the DS713+ up with the DX213, which supports an additional two drives. Synology's DS713+ looks to be …

The winter months can be depressing, with saturating rain and icy snow pervading dark evenings, so why not spend some money on a new graphics card for yourself, tuck up tight in bed and game on a big high definition television set? Club3D might have the answer in the shape …

Two years ago a Solid State Drive was a pricy piece of hardware set aside for the elite, wealthy enthusiast user. This year has seen prices drop significantly, and the technology has finally made it into the mainstream. As an all round performance drive, there has been little to match …

BeQuiet! have been releasing great power supplies in 2012, with a focus on minimal noise and great build quality. Today we are looking at the Straight Power E9 700W power supply, a 80 Plus Gold certified design with full 5 year warranty. This is the flagship model in the range. …

Well we had almost 5,000 entries for this one – a very popular competition indeed, so apologies in advance for the thousands of people who didn't win today. Take heart however, head over to our forum here and check out all the competitions you are missing right now! We have …

Today we are looking at a power supply from Aerocool, the Strike X 800W. This power supply is a modular design with 80 Plus Silver Certification. The appearance is certainly bold and dramatic but with such intensive competition today in the sub £100 sector is this unit worthy of a …

If like me, you don't like lugging around a super size 17 inch laptop then today's review product will be interesting. PC Specialist have created a super small 11.6 inch system and they are aiming to make it one of the most powerful on the market, by incorporating the powerful …