General Tech

Intel Extreme Masters is kicking off for 2025 and the first event, taking place in Katowice, is just around the corner. Acer Predator Gaming has re-signed as the official hardware partner for IEM Katowice in 2025. The event, which will see 24 teams competing in a series of tournaments, will …

ASUS is kicking off 2025 with a plethora of launches from every one of its business units. While graphics will be at the forefront after the official RTX 50 launch, there are also a lot of new products coming from the monitor, motherboard, power supply and cooling departments.

The KitGuru team has been over in Las Vegas at CES 2025- today they managed to get some time to visit Endorfy at their room and look at new keyboards, headsets, mice and some new air coolers - as well as a prototype case they are releasing later this year.

At CES this week, a mysterious company known as Shenzen Fluence Technology caught our eye. This company is responsible for the PC Cooler / CPS brand and it appears they share some similarities with another company many KitGuru readers are familiar with - Deepcool. 

Both AMD and Nvidia announced new GPUs this week and that means there are a ton of custom-cooled graphics cards heading our way in the coming weeks. At CES this week, Leo caught up with Gigabyte to get a closer look at their new Radeon RX 9070 graphics cards, as well as new RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 models. 

When it comes to ultra high-speed DDR5 memory, typically names like G.Skill and Corsair spring to mind. However, Patriot looks to be making a push to rank amongst the fastest DDR5 memory providers with its new 9600MT/s kit. Join Leo as we take a closer look, live from the CES show floor. 

We've already taken a look at laptops, now it is time to take a look at components

Delidding your CPU has a number of benefits, mostly related to better cooling, but the process can be a tricky task. Thermal Grizzly is looking to make it easier with their new 1851 Delid-Die-Mate Heater, a tool designed to assist in removing the heat spreader from Intel Core 200 CPUs.  …

Get a sneak peek at upcoming Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 graphics cards...

At CES this week, Nvidia launched its new RTX 50 series graphics cards, which naturally means that lots of board partners are now showing off their upcoming custom-cooled models. Today, Leo stops by to meet with Palit to take a look at all of their upcoming graphics cards. 

Day One of CES continues. This time around, Leo and Mat stop by the Acer booth to check out everything from new gaming monitors and laptops, to new PCs and even an interesting prototype known as the 'DualPlay Laptop'. 

Aside from new X3D CPUs for laptops, AMD is also launching new Ryzen 9 X3D processors for desktops. Following on from the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, AMD is now unveiling the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D CPUs with up to 144MB of total cache. Ryzen X3D processors are well …

AMD has announced new CPUs for both laptops and desktops at CES this week, but what about gaming handhelds? For the next generation of handheld gaming systems, AMD is offering up the Ryzen Z2 series, consisting of the Ryzen Z2, the Ryzen Z2 Extreme and the Ryzen Z2 Go.  These …

CES begins in just a few days time, but MSI has getting in on the action early. We covered their new generation of QD-OLED gaming monitors yesterday. Now, our attention turns to Smart Monitors with Google TV functionality, as well as new compact PCs.  While most of us are used …

VESA, the Video Electronics Standards Association, is introducing new quality standards to represent display motion clarity and HDR experiences better. The organisation has announced revisions to its ClearMR and DisplayHDR True Black standards, introducing new performance tiers to cater to the latest advancements in display technology. These updates will be …

Get ready for a jam-packed CES 2025 from AMD! The red team is reportedly planning a triple whammy of gaming product launches, with the Ryzen 9 9000X3D CPUs, the Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU, and FSR 4 all set to be announced during the event and launched simultaneously. AMD leaker …

After weeks of reports regarding Sony acquiring Kadokawa, the story has concluded. Instead of a full acquisition, Sony is “only” becoming the largest shareholder of Kadokawa, the same company that owns the acclaimed FromSoftware. For that, Sony had to buy 10% of the company's shares. While this falls short of …

SanDisk, the memory giant known for its flash drives and memory cards, is getting a new branding. The company has revealed a sleek new logo inspired by the “pixel” and a new slogan: “Mindset of Motion”. Founded in 1988 as SunDisk, the name Sandisk was only established in 1995. Acting …

Intel is in for another big change behind the scenes. In an unexpected move, Intel CEO, Pat Gelsinger, officially stepped down and left the company today,

Lexar has slashed prices on XMP and EXPO compatible DDR5 RGB memory, along with some fast M.2 SSDs for Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the UK.

Samsung Display is reportedly producing a new QD-OLED 500Hz panel, which would beat out LG's current fastest OLED display, which top out at 480Hz.

Edifier launches the M60 Compact, perfect for those who need a pair of speakers that save on desk space without sacrificing audio quality.

The launch of the new Intel Core Ultra 200S family of CPUs along with Z890 motherboards was a thorny process. KitGuru suffered along with pretty much every other review site on the planet and you may have noticed we held off from reviewing of the Core Ultra 9 285K, Core Ultra 7 265K and Core Ultra 5 245K as it is clear to us that Intel has some work to do before this platform is ready for action.

The evolution of language models has accelerated considerably in the last few years. Users can now easily deploy sophisticated LLMs (Large Language Models) through applications like LM Studio. For users who work with such applications, a system capable of efficiently handling AI workloads is important, and AMD wants to ensure …

Nvidia is positioning itself to become a cornerstone of future consumer PCs through its renowned graphics cards and the development of new Arm-based CPUs. According to a recent report, the company is working on a PC platform that integrates both Nvidia CPU and GPU technology that will be revealed in …

Following on from the announcements of new M4-powered iMacs and Mac Minis, Apple has today announced the latest generation of MacBook Pro laptops. 

The Sharkoon Skiller SGK50 Aviator cable set is a premium keyboard accessory that will keep your desk tidy and your cable in perfect shape.

The Snapdragon Mini PC, intended as a Windows on Arm dev kit to encourage developers to port their apps, has been cancelled.

The time has arrived. The days of Intel Core i5, i7 and i9 are over. Now, we have Intel Core Ultra for desktop processors. The new Core Ultra 200S desktop processors are based on the Arrow Lake architecture, with Intel taking design elements from its mobile processors to improve efficiency on desktop machines. 

Nearly ten years on from its original reveal, Microsoft is discontinuing the HoloLens and has no plans for another consumer AR headset.