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Intel 510 Series 120GB SSD Review

While Intel will always be known for their range of consumer and business oriented processor designs, their Solid State Drives proved to be extremely popular among the enthusiast audience, selling well across the range of sizes. The X25-M in particular is still a huge seller for the company, especially with …

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nVidia confirms losing to Radeon 6990 took 2 years

With sites as diverse as Guru3D and Hexus all coming to the same conclusion as KitGuru, that the Radeon HD 6990 is measurably faster, overall, than the GTX590 – we decided to sit back on a Saturday night and consider how much work nVidia put into this card, how wayward …

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Bulldozer specs cause Intel to pull in roadmap

It will be quite a while before anyone is benchmarking AMD's new Bulldozer against Ivy Bridge from Intel, but industry watchers who originally thought the match-up would not start until October, might be in for a surprise. KitGuru puts a glass to the wall and tries to discern the relevant …

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Lian-Li PC-X2000F Chassis Review

If you are in the market for a new, high end aluminum chassis, then today's review may very well just tickle the taste buds. Lian Li have a well earned reputation for producing some of the most exquisite designs on the market and today we are looking at their high …

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Nvidia GTX590 suffers from old driver bug: burning out

We got wind of this story yesterday but we wanted to investigate a little further before going live today. It seems now everyone is discussing it, so we feel its important to let our readers know of potential problems with the GTX590. It appears that some people who have bought …

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Sandy Bridge B3 shortage causes channel strain

Even though the flow of B3 chipsets is well and truly under way, the channel is creaking terribly under the strain of trying to service customers. Nope, not end-users and enthusiasts. The customers who are suffering are the channel customers. The system builders. KitGuru dusts off the magnifying glass to …

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ADATA HM Series 650W Power Supply Review

Many regular readers this will never have seen an ‘ADATA' branded power supply before, however like many companies in this sector, the underlying design is created elsewhere. The HM Series 650W power supply we are looking at today is actually based around a Channel Well Design – a company who …

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AMD say Fusion is ideal for IE9 acceleration

AMD sent KitGuru an email yesterday highlighting the benefits of the Fusion APU, saying it was an ideal partner for Internet Explorer 9 and the new hardware acceleration features. AMD say: The AMD Fusion APU based systems will make browsing fast and more like a desktop application experience with exceptional …

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nVidia launches GTX550 (with 3 variants)

Anyone who looks at the existing nVidia line up for the GTX 400 and 500 series, will quickly come to the conclusion that they are almost out of numbers. Nevertheless, that has not stopped the Santa Clara team for pushing out yet another SKU. Is the market ready for the …

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Antec Kühler H20 620 Liquid Cooler Review

Corsair had great success with Asetek's low cost liquid coolers back in 2009 and while they have moved onto new pastures, Antec's Kühler H20 620 has slipped into the market with a unique take on the liquid cooling concept. The reason for buying one of these coolers is simple. You …

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Palit release 1000mhz GTX550 Si ‘Sonic’ Edition

Palit Microsystems Ltd have just announced the new GTX gaming series: Palit GTX 550 Ti 1GB and GTX 550 Ti 1GB Sonic. The GTX 550 Ti Sonic provides superior performance with 1000MHz core speed which runs 10% faster than non-OCed version in both DX10 and DX11 performance. Palit claim that …

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G.Skill Launches New Sniper Memory Series

Memory isn't the sexiest looking of computer components, but GSkill have released new modules which are set to tickle the taste buds of many enthusiast gamers. They have created new ‘Sniper' memory with unique gun styled heat spreaders. The new sniper series is designed specifically for gamers and modders, with …

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Kingston revenues reach $6.5 billion in 2010

Kingston had a good 2010, their revenues in 2010 climbed to $6.5 billion, the biggest ever in company history. In 2009 their revenue was $2.4 billion. “Our company was able to take advantage of an improving global economy as well as catch some lucky breaks to achieve our best sales …

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AMD Bulldozer FX ‘Zambezi’ chip info leaked

Many people are waiting with baited breath on the upcoming AMD Bulldozer range. Xbit labs have leaked an internal AMD document which shows the FX series will be based around four separate chips. The four core FX-4110 is the entry level model, the six core FX6110 takes up the midrange …

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AMD’s official statement over HD6990 warranty

Regular readers will already know that KitGuru broke this news last week, but AMD have now made their official statement regarding the HD6990 warranty, when using the ‘overclocked' bios profile. __________________________________ This statement is provided In order to clarify questions around AMD’s product warranty for hardware overclocked AMD Radeon™ HD …

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nVidia prepares to launch new card – but which one?

If only the software producers could release triple-A titles as fast as nVidia and AMD are releasing new graphics cards – the world would certainly be a more entertaining place. Something has just arrived in the KitGuru sandbox, but there is not much detail attached. Here's what we have. The …

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