Every performance enthusiast system needs high levels of cooling. An unfortunate side effect is that many fans on the market today can generate excessive noise. There is nothing you will regret more than buying a handful of cheap fans online without research. Unless you want to end up with a …
Read More »Asus ROG Rampage III Black Edition Motherboard
Following hot on the footsteps of the success of the ROG Rampage III Extreme, a revamped version of the motherboard was introduced at CES 2011. Listening to user feedback from the gaming community, ASUS went over all suggestions and incorporated the best into the all-new ROG Rampage III Black Edition. …
Read More »IBM sign 14nm deal with ARM
ARM are one of the UK's most exciting companies and they have just announced a deal with IBM to help with the 14nm production process. ARM are dominating the low power market right now with a high percentage of their designs being used in smartphone, tablet and embedded sectors. They …
Read More »Kingston launch worlds fastest SDHC cards
Memory giant Kingston are releasing their newest SDHC cards, which are the highest speed class available on the market. These new Secure Digital High Capacity cards – ‘(SDHC) UHS-I Ultimate XX' are built to high security standards and offering class leading speeds. Aimed at the professional photographer and video creation …
Read More »NZXT HALE90 750W Power Supply Review
NZXT are better known for their chassis design but they have also been expanding their power supply range, targeting a broad and demanding enthusiast audience in the process. Today we are reviewing our first power supply from the company, the 750W model from their newest HALE90 series. NZXT have been …
Read More »Intel declares DX11 not mainstream until 2013
While some chip manufacturers nail everything to the mast of DX11, it seems that industry daddy Intel has a completely different view on the graphics technology. Given Microsoft enabled the world with DX11 way back in October 2009, why does Intel have such a different view and are they right …
Read More »Intel report highest ever $11.7 billion net profit
Intel, the processor giant has posted their best earnings ever in 2010 with a net profit of $11.7 billion for the year on revenue of $43.6 billion, a 167 percent increase from the profit posted in 2009. “2010 was the best year in Intel's history,” Intel's chief executive Paul Otellini …
Read More »AMD’s perfect CEO candidate revealed by KitGuru
Using KitGuru's ring of global spy satellites, we have managed to piece together the job description for Dirk Meyer's replacement as CEO. It does not really look like a normal job description, but we're certain that this the basis of AMD's search for an ideal candidate. KitGuru prepares to reveal …
Read More »GTX560 outperforming GTX460 by 25 percent – early leaks
nVidia's upcoming GTX560 is a hot topic right now and KitGuru has revealed loads about it already. It now looks as if some benchmark figures were leaked on the chiphell.com forums. These numbers show that KitGuru's much earlier prediction actually seems to have nailed the GTX560's performance to within 3%. …
Read More »nVidia & TSMC ship 1 billionth Geforce GPU in 12 year span
The latest news to emerge from the green team shows that they have shipped 1 billion Geforce processors. With the help of TSMC this is certainly a stunning milestone. Jen Hsun Huang, the president and chief executive of nVidia said “Since inventing the GPU more than a decade ago, Nvidia …
Read More »Asus triple slot GTX 580 Direct CU II on show
NordicHardware have some images on their site of the new Asus Geforce GTX580 DirectCU II graphics card that hasn't been showcased anywhere, not even at CES last week. The card is a triple slot design (!) which uses a custom PCB on a 10 phase VRM, with 8 phase on …
Read More »Enermax Modu 82+ II 525W (ErP Lot 6) Power Supply Review
Enermax are highly respected in the enthusiast community, especially for their high quality power supplies. Today we are looking at an update on their new Modu 82+ II 525W unit, which adds EU regulation ‘ErPLot6' compliancy. These new revisions are being rolled out in 2011 to meet the new guidelines …
Read More »OCZ leaving Ram behind to focus on SSD
OCZ has shocked the industry by announcing that they are leaving the RAM market behind to concentrate on the SSD sector, which is the source of much profit for the company. OCZ only make 22 percent of their overall profits from memory in the third financial quarter. Ryan Petersen, CEO …
Read More »Win Noctua NH D14, NH C14 and other goodies!
KitGuru has a passion for Noctua products. In the last year we have been extremely impressed with their range of high quality heatsinks and as regular readers will already know, we have achieved our highest overclocks with their flagship NH D14 product. 5.1ghz with a 2600k, 4.8ghz with a 875k …
Read More »Are Antec PSU’s the most reliable on the market?
There are many high quality power supplies on the market today, however in a recent survey from Hardware.fr it appears that Antec have the lowest recorded failure rate of them all. The study, which was carried out by Hardware.fr, a leading French website dedicated to provided the latest independent hardware …
Read More »Intel and nVidia shake hands with $1.5B deal
nVidia and Intel have announced a six year cross licensing deal worth $1.5BN which resolves a long term patent dispute between the two companies. This could mean a potential integration of Nvidia GPUs with Intel's processors. The agreement announced earlier this week means that Intel will pay Nvidia $1.5 billion …
Read More »Sapphire Pure Black X58 Motherboard Review – overclocking performance
Over the years Sapphire have earned a reputation as one of AMD's strongest partners, bringing to market high quality, performance graphics cards. Their VaporX and Toxic Editions have garnered a passionate enthusiast audience who wait patiently for their release. In the past Sapphire have successfully delved outside the graphics card …
Read More »Bloomberg confirms KitGuru’s story that Dirk Meyer is leaving AMD
Just seven hours after KitGuru broke the world exclusive story that Dirk Meyer was leaving AMD, the world's major press are now leaping on to the day's most important technology/corporate event and confirming that KitGuru got it 100% right, ahead of everyone. First to take up KitGuru's story was Steve …
Read More »Will AMD be RIVETed in 2011 ?
Following on from KitGuru's exclusive revelation that there will be a change in leadership at AMD for 2011, a whole heap of new questions now have to be asked. The most important one of which must be, “Who will captain the good ship AMD into the competitive waters of the …
Read More »Price of nVidia GTX 560 drops to compete – is it enough?
Graphics is a competitive business. Tell us something we don't know. Pricing is important anyway, but even more so around a launch. Fine-tuning the price is important most of the time. Around the launch of a new product, it is crucial. nVidia is aiming to sit the GTX560 on a …
Read More »nVidia execs uncertain GTX560 can command $299
Getting the right price for a product is crucial. Too low and you miss out on profits. Too high and the product can fail to sell at all. So what price does the GTX560 need to be in order to succeed. This is a question that has preoccupied nVidia's execs …
Read More »Airen RedWings and Aimaxx eNVicooler Fan Roundup
A couple of weeks ago a company that we hadn't heard much about before asked if we would like to look at some of their fans. So imagine our surprise when a huge box, about the size you would expect for a PC case, arrived from said company. We opened …
Read More »nVidia GTX 560 power requirement revealed
As you all know, nVidia will be launching its GTX560 refresh to the popular GTX460 card on 25th January 2011. Going back to the early part of 2010, when the first Fermi cards began to surface, one of the biggest worries was power draw. Has nVidia got it right with …
Read More »UK first to launch Sandy Bridge with Scan and Overclockers
While the press NDA lifted a few days back, KitGuru had been under the impression that the actual embargo for selling was closer to Sunday 9th January. If that's true, then it seems that the UK is leading the world again in technology. Sort of. In the UK, there are …
Read More »nVidia GTX 560 Performance Score in 3DMark Vantage?
Some things in life are random. “Will a drop hit my nose when it begins to rain in the park?” is the kind of question that falls into that category. Other things are a little more predictable. Alongside “Will the sun come up in the morning?”, we can definitely put …
Read More »nVidia GTX560 launch confirmed at 820MHz for 25th January
As you know, KitGuru has big love for the inventor of the original 3D card and all they have done for the world. However, nVidia is about to engage in a real ‘take your balls in your hands' exercise as it phases out the GTX460 in favour of the brand …
Read More »Thermaltake launches GT version of Level 10 – lower price promised
The original Level 10 is widely regarded as one of the most stunning chassis of all time. Whatever your feelings about the thermals, weight and price – it stands alone as one of the most amazing designs ever. The only real issues were the ones we have listed. But price …
Read More »EVGA set to slash warranty support by up to 80% ?
Different companies market on different things. The idea is to establish a USP or Unique Selling Point and push into the market with that USP. For a long time, nVidia partner EVGA has been pushing a global message that its 10 year warranty was a key reason to but its …
Read More »Kingston throw PC with SSD off 50 foot building – does it survive?
In one of the lighter moments today, Kingston sent us a few links to videos they have on their YouTube channel. If you ever wanted to see some extreme ‘torture testing', then this might just hit the spot. KitGuru says: Nice ‘n wacky, we like it!
Read More »Antec High Current Gamer 900W Power Supply Review
Last month we reviewed Antec's new 80 Plus Gold Certified ‘High Current Pro 850W‘ power supply, and we were impressed. Today we are looking at the 900W model in their ‘High Current Gamer' range. As this series is 80 Plus Bronze Certified, it is a little more affordable, with the …
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