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AMD have been in charge of the DX11 battlefield since their HD5000 series cards were released last year. It took nVidia many more months to come to market with competitive solutions and while their GTX480 and GTX470 received a half hearted welcome, the GTX460 has literally taken the mid market …

Enthusiast PC users are rarely satisfied with the performance or appearance of reference bundled CPU coolers. These coolers are either not good enough, too loud or lack aesthetic appeal to be installed inside a very carefully designed system. This alone explains the huge demand for aftermarket cooling solutions and the …

Today our good friends at Kingston have very kindly offered not one, but five HyperX Blu memory kits as a prize for five lucky KitGuru readers! (KHX1600C9D3B1K2/4GX) KitGuru have reviewed many Kingston products over the last couple of months, and be sure to check out our latest review on the …

KitGuru has reviewed many Synology products recently and our findings have shown that they have been incredibly successful targeting both the business and home enthusiast markets with high performance solutions. As many people are immediately discouraged by typical NAS pricing however today we are going to look at one of …

We have reviewed many GTX460's on KitGuru over the last month and we are confident that this nVidia product is quite possibly the best value for money gaming card on the market today, bar none. It has won our highest awards, and deservedly so. We have already compared the GTX460's …

2010 has been a fantastic year for quality chassis design and today we are going to have our first look at a chassis from Xigmatek, a company better known for their coolers and power supplies. Following with traditional Xigmatek marketing concepts, the Utgard is a product clearly paying homage to …

Powercolor are one of a handful of graphics card manufacturers who are trying to create additional revenue streams by entering into the power supply marketplace. We took a look at their Extreme Series 1000W unit a few weeks ago and we found that Solytech based (SL-X1000EPS) unit actually delivered very …

Today we are looking at a new power supply from XFX, the Pro Series 650W – the smallest in a series of three units recently released (750W and 850W are also available and will be reviewed shortly). This is not the first time XFX have released a series of power …

I am a sucker for a well designed aluminum chassis and Lian Li have always been one of the pioneers in this sector. They recently updated their fantastic Q series of compact enclosures with the PC-Q11. While these designs are based around the tiny ITX standard they allow for people …

It seems that many companies have ‘jumped upon the PSU wagon' in recent years with Corsair, Sapphire and XFX all having dipped their toes into the market with various levels of success. Recently Tul Corporation, or ‘Powercolor' as they are more commonly known announced their intentions to enter this sector …

These days, a good deal of ISPs include a router with their broadband packages to sweeten the deal and to make setup easier.  But as they are usually included ‘free', such routers are usually made very cheaply and only have the bare essential features.  So there is still a sizable …

ASRock aren't often considered as one of the top motherboard manufacturers around but at KitGuru, we think their products are somewhat underrated.  We recently looked at their P55 Extreme4 Motherboard which walked away with our most prestigious ‘Must Have' award. Today we are going to look at the 890GX Extreme4 …

nVidia have had a rocky year, with Fermi delays costing them sales and market place. With the release of the GTX480 and 470, people still weren't sold on the new architecture as it ran hot, sucked a lot of power and didn't really offer considerable improvements over the current HD5000 …

Apple's iPad has dominated the press this year, with incredible sales figures verifying that there is a huge market for easy to use, portable devices. I will hold my hand up and say I use an iPad regularly, from reading the Times newspaper every morning to playing with latest games …

Today we have another graphics card from HIS to test. This time around we will be focusing our attention on the HIS HD 5830 1GB PCI-e.  This is a product that sits somewhere between the 5770 and 5850 both in terms of price and performance. Currently here in Canada the …

KitGuru has looked at a number of Arctic Cooling's products over the past weeks and they've all been impressive, winning some of our most sought after awards.  One of these products was the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro (Rev.2) which proved to be a great upgrade from the Intel Stock …

Imagine for a moment that you were a multi millionaire and had no limits when it came to budgeting for your gaming rig. Well, today we hope to take you on a trip down fantasy lane as we look at not one, but two of the XFX Radeon HD 5970 …

Many of you may not have heard of BitFenix, a relatively new company on the scene. If you have been following KitGuru over the last few months however, you will have noticed that we have been focusing on them quite a bit. With industry veterans such as Coco Lee (ex …

Dutch based A.C. Ryan have been releasing media players for years now and we recently looked at their Playon! and Mini Media Player, which left us with positive impressions. Today we look at their latest model the Playon! DVR HD which includes 2 Digital TV (DVB-T) Tuners so you can …

Last weekend KitGuru was reporting from Multiplay's i40 where we caught a glimpse of Thermaltake's range-topping Level 10 case which made us very excited.  So we had a word with the kind people at Thermaltake who let us have it for review. It is clear from a glance that the …

Arctic are a very new player in the gaming peripheral market, competing with much larger manufacturers like Logitech.  We recently looked at their top-end pair of headphones, the P531 which really impressed us as it performed very well, was comfortable to use and carried a surprisingly low price tag. Today …

KitGuru spent the weekend at Newbury Racecourse attending the UK's largest LAN gaming event, Insomnia 40 (i40).  Being gurus of kit, we were mostly interested in the hardware on show from the numerous exhibitors. First of all we had a look at Immacula's stand, displaying products from Alienbags, SteelSeries, Synology …

The Apple iPhone is one of the worlds most popular portable devices, but the release of the iPad has opened up a new world of ‘big screen' interaction which is appealing to many people. The problem is, that for many the 9.7 inch screen is just too big to carry …

KitGuru's often find themselves on the move with various gadgets including laptops, smartphones and MP3 players and usually have to carry around a small mountain of chargers to accompany these devices. Today we are going to look at the Innergie mCube Mini which Innergie claim to be the worlds smallest …

We have reviewed many cases recently on KitGuru but today we have something special up for review, the new Lian Li PC-8FIB aluminium chassis. Lian Li have a well deserved reputation for creating beautifully understated designs which appeal to the most discerning of enthusiast user. The PC 8FIB is a …

KitGuru loves a high quality LED backlit screen and with pricing continually dropping they are now firmly in the grasp of the mainstream audience. Unfortunately while LED television screens are normally much better than traditional CCFL models we have found at KitGuru that buying an LED monitor for your computer …

Here at KitGuru we spend a lot of time looking at high end  products so it's easy to forget about the cheaper products at the other end of the market.  Many people aren't interested in how many megahertz they can squeeze out of their top-end i7-980X CPU with the mammoth …

While slow and timid interviews are the stuff of weary insomniacs, there's nothing KitGuru likes more than an experienced senior executive that's prepared to tell it like it is. To help stir the spirits, Kingston kindly lent us Bernd Dombrowsky. And we are very greatful that they have. You'll soon …

ATI's HD5770 has been a monster success story for them – and rightly so, it combines a killer combination of gaming performance and value for money. KitGuru has reviewed many HD5770's in the past and we have also concentrated on Crossfire performance. Today however we have something special in mind …

Not long ago NZXT officially announced their upcoming new Full tower chassis The Phantom. This case is targeting the enthusiast market and offers many exciting features. The company spent countless hours working with members of the Case modding community like Craig Brugger and Bill Owen to help bring a product …