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The pre-built PC market is becoming increasingly populated with major OEMs and System Integrators, many of which are now targeting the high-end PC gaming and enthusiast audience. Yet very few of those brands offer something truly exciting or unique in this space – Overclocker UK's Ian ‘8Pack' Parry is one …

Last year, the Remix Mini was one of the most successful campaigns on Kickstarter, with 21,975 backers pledging $1,647,155 to fund the innovative mini-PC. Today, we look at the Remix Mini as it is now available for general purchase and assess whether it is worth the £50 asking price. If …

Palicomp i5 Aurora is a gaming PC that promises serious performance with a price that sneaks in just under the £1,000 mark. In addition to those two key points Palicomp has jazzed up the case with a green vinyl wrap that makes it stand out from the mainstream. The PC …

STOP! If you have never built a PC before, this video is not a step by step guide for newbies. It doesn’t explain how to insert a processor, or what you do with a power supply. It won’t tell you how to tweak your bios and overclock. If you are …

Early last year we reviewed the ECS LIVA X, and now there is an updated version – the X2. On the face of it, the LIVA X2 has changed slightly, as it is now white not black, and it has rounded, rather than square, edges. We will also look at how …

KitGuru reviews thousands of products every year and having high performance, up to date test systems at hand to partner with the latest components is critical. This is particularly true when we are reviewing the latest graphics cards. In the last week several of our older 4770K and 4790K systems …

KitGuru visited Ian ‘8Pack' Parry at Overclockers UK to answer the burning questions of the day; what exactly do you get when you spend between £3,000 and £12,000 on a gaming PC and why doesn't he use AMD graphics cards? The answer to the first question is ‘Many, many GigaHertz' …

The FiercePC Imperial Stormer is a gaming PC that squeezes a custom-built water-cooling loop and some very nifty lighting effects into a rather svelte Corsair Chassis. This enables a mighty 4.7GHz overclock for the Intel Core i7-6700K, which coupled with a GeForce GTX 970 – delivers some very good performance …

The design of MSI Vortex clearly borrows a fair amount from the latest Apple Mac Pro, however there is more to this tiny powerhouse of a PC than meets the eye. Apple packs a Xeon and dual AMD FirePro GPUs inside the Mac Pro and aims directly at the workstation …

The Gladiator Apocalypse has a quad-core Skylake processor with a 3.2GHz Turbo Clock, 8GB of memory and a GeForce GTX 970, and costs just £750. While that’s a purely mid-range specification, it’s more than enough to enjoy PC games at high detail settings at 1080p resolution. Good news, folks. Around …

The Overclockers UK 8Pack gaming PC range has an excellent reputation when it comes to monstrous liquid cooled towers but today, OCUK is announcing something new- the 8Pack Asteroid, an all new Mini-ITX system packed with high-performance hardware that has been finely tuned by 8Pack himself. For those who perhaps …

Back at CES, MSI impressed us with its new gaming PC known as the Vortex, which uses a similar cylinder shaped design to Apple's 2013 Mac Pro. The Vortex successfully crams a lot of power into a small form factor with a unique thermal design that ensures everything stays cool and …

DinoPC GS3 is a small form factor gaming PC that would ideally earn pride of place beside your TV. The look and feel of DinoPC GS3 is determined by the choice of windowed SilverStone Raven RVZ02 case which can either lay down flat or stand up vertically. This is an …

The Raspberry Pi first launched four years ago and to celebrate its birthday, a third iteration of the tiny computer launched today, featuring more power and additional features all at the same low price. The Raspberry Pi 3 comes with a 50 percent power boost over the Pi 2 with …

HTC opened up pre-orders for The Vive today, its Valve-backed virtual reality headset that makes use of room-scale technology. It is a pricey bit of kit, coming with a £689.99 price tag so you will want to make sure that your PC is up to scratch for VR and to …

Microsoft is attempting to crack into PC gaming once again this year with a big push for new games coming to the Windows 10 app store. However, there are some problems with that as it turns out that Windows Store games come with some pretty big limitations, with games like …

We have known that Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is coming to the PC for a while, with full DirectX 12 support as well as a big focus on 4K. It looks like the game may finally be on the way as the system requirements have finally been released, including …

The HTC Vive is set to arrive at the start of April, with pre-orders for the $800 virtual reality headset set to go live next Monday. While we have known about recommended PC specifications for the Oculus Rift for some time, we haven't heard much on the Vive side of things …

Remember last year when screenshots and videos of Valve's Aperture Science/Portal virtual reality demo started popping up on the web? Well, now you can download that demo for yourself as Valve has just released it as a SteamVR performance testing tool. The tool is obviously designed to rate your system …

Overclockers UK is well known for its range of PC builds and today, a new category of systems are joining the ranks. OCUK is now offering PC builds themed after specific game titles, with options ranging from Fallout 4 to The Division and Hitman. More system builds will be added …

Microsoft has been gearing up to release its massive 84-inch Surface Hub for a while now but unfortunately, due to manufacturing issues, things have been pushed back once again. The Surface Hub was originally scheduled to begin shipping to customers back in September 2015 and was later pushed to January …

For each generation of components, you get the periphery, the mainstream and the sweet spot. According to Chillblast, this Mini-ITX system is perfect for Fallout 4 at maximum detail. Ben also told us that it's VR-ready for HTC and Oculus. We asked him to bring one into the KitGuru studio and …

You can look at the MSI Gaming 24 6QE All-in-One in a number of different ways and the most obvious (and laziest) is to compare it with Apple iMac. This misses the point because iMac comes in 21.5-inch and 27-inch sizes and places the emphasis on a svelte design where …

It seems that Japan could have a new PC giant on the block as word has it that VAIO, Toshiba and Fujitsu are currently planning a huge merger in order to form a new PC-focussed company to rival the likes of Lenovo, the biggest PC maker operating in Japan. This …

Chillblast has launched a budget PC called Fusion Drone which, despite the name, does not have the ability to fly. On the other hand it is very cheap and this fully configured Windows 10 PC costs a mere £499 inc VAT. For that sort of price you may expect a …

Microsoft appears to be experimenting with how we build and upgrade computers as the company has patented a new modular PC design, which would be upgraded by ‘stackable' components. Microsoft is describing this as a “modular computing device” and the patent actually dates quite far back, with it being applied …

The Oculus Rift is finally hitting the market at the end of next month and while you can already pre-order the headset itself for $600, Oculus has now announced the first batch of Oculus-Certified PCs for pre-order, which come with a Rift headset. Oculus has partnered up with big names like …

If you are a PC gamer, then you have probably heard of Mad Catz, the peripherals maker has been responsible for plenty of well-received products over the years. However, it looks like the Mad Catz team has fallen on hard times following its co-publishing deal with Harmonix for Rock Band …

Not too long ago, Square Enix and IO Interactive officially announced that the 2016 Hitman game will be an episodic release and now, we have the system requirements for the PC version of the game and they are fairly high on both the minimum and recommended specifications, particularly where CPU …

Cyberpower has taken an interesting approach with its Infinity Luxe 805 GT gaming PC. On the one hand they have pushed the specification of the hardware with an overclocked 4.7GHz Core i7-6700K and GTX 980Ti graphics card while on the other they have also emphasised the look of the PC …