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You can never have too much of a good thing, that's what previous generations have told us. With the fastest single GPU card ever to grace KitGuru Labs, Sapphire we certainly delivering a good thing – but has the supply well dried up?  That's the question being asked in forums …

There are a large number of companies in the UK who would be willing to build a PC to your own specification providing you're willing to put up enough cash.  There isn't a whole lot which differentiates these PCs from each other, though, as you're usually restricted to the same …

With original Apple founder in control, Apple would say no to small iPad. But with new boss man in charge the company is looking at a global economy and making the tough choices. Smaller iPad is one of these choices and the choice has been made. When OEM manufacturers in …

EXCLUSIVE INTEL INTERVIEW: At a recent Analyst's Day, nVidia went through its usual array of slides regarding a wonderful history, present conditions and how glorious the future is likely to be. All well and good, we'd have done the same if we had Tegra, Tesla, Quadro and GeForce in the …

Arctic's passive MC001-BD earned our KitGuru 'Worth Buying' award. Can its more powerful, $749.00 sibling impress us equally as much?

Has Antec repeated the recipe for success which has been abundant in the Eleven Hundred's ancestors?

This year there are a vast number of gaming headsets on the market, making it much harder for the consumer to find the perfect model to suit their own tastes.  Companies such as Razer and SteelSeries only produce gaming peripherals whereas others like Logitech produce a larger range of products …

The mSATA form factor is rising in popularity and more manufacturers are releasing high performance drives to target the growing audience. Today we are looking at the latest drive from ADATA, the XPG SX300 128GB. In June we looked at the mSATA MemoRight MS-701 240GB mSATA and I was extremely …

This year we have reviewed a number of custom gaming PCs including the Palicomp Alpha Pulse, which we looked at quite recently.  This system offered good value for money and was ideal for someone looking for a capable gaming system without spending a ridiculous amount of money. We don't like …

Nothing is more annoying than disturbing sounds inside your PC. As the name implies, be quiet! has always focused on providing products with unsurpassed noise free operation, at world class levels. This focus has earned be quiet! the honor of being the best selling power supply maker in Germany for …

Today we take a first look at the new single slot HD7850 graphics card from AFOX. The company claim this is the ‘world's most powerful single slot graphics card' and our review will highlight Crossfire performance. If you are building a space restricted media center but don't want to compromise …

We have had mixed experiences with Thermaltake power supplies in the past. A few of them have delivered excellent results while others have left us disappointed. Today we are looking at the Smart M 750W power supply, a modular unit with 80 Plus Bronze Certification. Thermaltake claim the design can …

So finally, after more than half a year's deliberation, AMD has decided to fill the Chief Sales Officer role at AMD with the appointment of Senior Vice President John Byrne. KitGuru has been looking carefully at this situation for many months and is cautiously optimistic for AMD's future financials. When …

If you are in the market for a competitively priced high capacity Solid State drive, then today's product will be particularly interesting. It wasn't so long ago that we were waiting for Solid State pricing to crack the £1 per GB barrier. The Agility 4 is a value oriented SSD, …

With an abundance of cooling configurations, support for 480mm radiators and the ability to house two systems, can Xilence prove that they are ready to compete on the basis of innovation?

Today we look at the latest power supply from Corsair, the Professional Series AX1200i. This is the first desktop power supply to use a digital signal processor (DSP) to digitally control the power output. Corsair class the AX1200i as the ‘ultimate performance power supply for a dream PC system'. This …

We had to work through thousands of entries for three of our competitions. Today we announce the winners. While a few people will be happy, many more will be crying into their keyboard, but rest assured we will have many more competitions running in the near future! First Competition was …

Today we are looking at one of the latest monitors from Asus, the VG23AH. This IPS LED backlit 3D capable 23 inch screen runs at a native 1080p resolution (1920×1080). Thanks to ASUS ‘All-in 3D Technology' the panel can convert traditional 2D content to 3D. Available at around £260 inc …

Today we are looking at the latest BeQuiet Dark Power Pro 10 1200W power supply, designed to target the ultra high end enthusiast audience with sophisticated SLI and Crossfire systems. We already reviewed the 850W model in the same range, so it will be interesting to see if the 1200W …

Touting a 17.3” 1080p screen, 16GB of memory, RAID 0 SSDs, a BluRay drive and Killer Gaming network card, is MSI’s latest ‘Gaming Series’ iteration worth its credit card-crunching £1,999 price tag?!

Today we are looking at the latest Solid State Drive from ADATA … the XPG SX910. This SX910 has native 6Gb/s support and ships with a 3.5 inch adapter and free migration software. The XPG SX910 uses a new optimised firmware to maximise the utilisation of the NAND flash. We …

If you ask an enthusiast user to recommend a high grade power supply you can be sure that Corsair will normally get a mention in the shortlist. The company have worked diligently with several leading partners in the production of their power supplies and today we tear apart their latest …

At the beginning of this year we reviewed the Xebec Tech HTPC Mini Wireless Keyboard, today we are looking at the new Xebec Tech HTPC Mini Bluetooth keyboard. If you have a media center in your living room you have probably been looking for that perfect combination of wireless keyboard …

Last month we saw some of Gigabyte's upcoming Z77 motherboards at Computex which feature their latest Ultra Durable 5 technology.  We have been very impressed by all the existing Gigabyte Z77 motherboards we've tested so we are quite excited to see what the new range has to offer. Today we …

It seems that Microsoft can't stay out of the headlines recently …. but for all the wrong reasons. With Windows 8 and their Surface tablet just around the corner, we have to ask the question. Do they really know what they are doing? Before I go any further, I need …

As our regular readers know, we have some of the best competitions on the internet and today is no exception. If you were paying attention earlier in the day, then you will already have read our review of the excellent new Patriot Viper ‘Black Mamba' 2,133mhz memory. The company have …

Today we are looking at the latest high performance memory from Patriot – the Viper ‘Black Mamba'. This memory has been designed for the latest Intel DDR3 motherboards and features a new ‘high performance heat shield' to reduce the temperatures. The new Black Mamba kits will be available in 8GB, …

Many people don't have the time or expertise to build a new system so there is still a large market for pre-built computers.  There are quite a number of companies who will happily build you a gaming machine, from the smaller custom builders such as PCSpecialist to the large multinational …

While you may have recently read our Cougar Evolution chassis review, Cougar are better-known as a manufacturer of Power Supplies. Currently, they only have 5 cases on the market; the Cougar Solution, Volant, 6XR9, Evolution and the Evolution Galaxy.  The Cougar Solution Chassis was introduced at the beginning of this …

Back in 2010 we had a look at the GS 6400 Arvinia case from Sentey which left us with mainly positive feelings.  Today we take a look at another of Sentey's gaming series cases, the GS-6000 II Optimus. The GS-6000 II Optimus is a black steel mid tower chassis which …