November 18, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, SSD Drives
Today's market is saturated with SSD drives and it is difficult to know which drive to buy. No one wants to pay over the odds for something they don't need, yet we all want to make sure the performance is up to stratch. This is how Kingston are marketing their …
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November 17, 2010
Cases, Featured Tech Reviews
We have seen many high quality chassis being released this year from various manufacturers, and while it is fun to concentrate on luxury high end products like the Thermaltake Level 10, not many people will be willing to part with £550, just for a case. Enermax, better known for their …
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November 17, 2010
Announcements, Cases, Component, Cooling, Hard Drives
KitGuru has probably looked at more of Arctic’s products than any other brand since we started out. We can’t say that any of their products have failed to impress with many winning our most sought after awards. Arctic are very well known for their top-notch cooling products but are much …
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November 16, 2010
Featured Announcement, Monitors
Kitguru has reviewed many monitors over the last year including those from industry leaders Dell and iiyama. In June we reviewed the Asus MS236H, a stylish monitor which appealed on a design level, but left us wanting in other areas. It delivered much unfulfilled potential. Today we are looking at …
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November 15, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics
Over the past few months KitGuru has looked at several different GTX 460 models leaving very little room for surprises; but today thanks to NewEgg.ca we have the Galaxy GTX 460 768MB card on our bench and ready to rock. This card has at least one unique feature, a removable …
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November 15, 2010
Announcements, Graphics
AMD's HD6850 series was released to a warm public reception, combining great performance, low power drain and very competitive pricing. KitGuru recently reviewed the XFX HD6850 Black Edition and today we are looking at Sapphire's overclocked competitor- the HD6850 Toxic Edition. Core clock : 820MHz Memory clock : 4.4GHz Stream …
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November 12, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics
Buying a new HD5970 or GTX580 is sure to clean out your bank account, and for the majority of people it is totally pointless. If you are in the market for a new high quality graphics card for a media center or 720p gaming system then the product we have …
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November 12, 2010
Featured Announcement, Graphics
KitGuru has already reviewed many AMD HD6800 series cards and we have been impressed with the competitive pricing and mid range performance. The GTX460 dominated the market for many weeks but AMD finally stepped up to the plate. Today we are going to look at the new HIS HD6870 Turbo …
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November 11, 2010
Announcements, Power Supplies
A few weeks ago we reviewed the Coolermaster Silent Pro Gold 600W, an extremely impressive power supply on a variety of levels. While 600W should be enough for most systems, there will always be a more demanding audience who need higher levels of power. For this particular audience we will …
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November 10, 2010
Cases
Recently a new player in the Computer enthusiast sector contacted us and asked us if we would like to review their latest chassis design. Sentey (as they are known) sent over their Arvina GS-6400 chassis, with the intention to impress our readers. Considering big guns like Corsair, CoolerMaster, Silverstone and …
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November 8, 2010
Cooling, Featured Tech Reviews
Many of you reading this will have overclocked a processor at one time or another – we all love added performance for no extra cost. For those who have yet to pop their OC cherry, then the first course of action is to get hold of a good cooler. This …
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November 8, 2010
Announcements, Gaming PC, PC
KitGuru's often spend their time salivating over some of the finest prebuilt systems on the market from the likes of Cryo. They usually feature all the latest, greatest and most expensive tech and are finished off with a full water cooling system. Such systems usually demand a price of £3000+ …
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November 5, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, NAS
Synology have launched two new products this week, the DS411j which we reviewed several days ago and the DS211 which we are looking at today. The DS411j is a quad drive NAS system supporting up to 8TB and the DS211 is a higher performance dual drive NAS offering a maximum …
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November 4, 2010
Announcements, Power Supplies
When building a new PC, it is important not to overlook the importance of a power supply. Without solid, stable power delivery a system can experience hard locks and in worst case scenarios, even component failure. Thankfully the market has no shortage of high quality, cost effective solutions available and …
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November 3, 2010
General Purpose PC, HTPC
Last week we reviewed the Atom powered ASRock ION3D which we felt offered a cost effective solution for media computing demands. Today we are looking at a similarly compact, higher specification system from Dell, featuring an AMD Phenom processor with HD5450 mobility graphics. Although Dell sometimes get a bad name …
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November 2, 2010
Announcements, NAS
Over the last month we have looked at the full range of Synology products from the entry level USB Station 2, to the range topping DS 1010+ with partnering DX510 expansion bay. No matter your demands Synology say they have a solution for you … without breaking the bank. Today …
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November 1, 2010
Accessories, Drive Caddy, Featured Announcement, Hard Drives
After an eight year wait, the third version of the universal serial bus (USB) is finally available on the retail market. Sadly because of the high pricing – low end and many mainstream motherboards often do not often incorporate USB 3.0 controllers and many enthusiast users are unwilling to perform …
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October 29, 2010
Announcements, Power Supplies
The Power Supply market is very healthy with a wealth of offerings for all user demands. Today we are focusing on the enthusiast user who wants maximum efficiency combined with the lowest possible noise for a performance gaming or media center. The Cooler Master Silent Pro GOLD 600W power supply …
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October 28, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, HTPC, PC
Defining a ‘media PC' is a difficult proposition, everyone has a different view on what makes a perfect HTPC computer. Some users will aim for high performance components in a large chassis while others will opt for the smallest possible physical footprint with virtual silence. Today's review of the ASRock …
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October 26, 2010
Featured Announcement, Graphics
Last friday AMD released the HD6870 and HD6850 series to a warm reception. Many journalists (including myself) admired the competitive price points with class leading performance … finally AMD had the performance edge to compete directly with the GTX 460's. Today we have one of the first pre-overclocked HD6850's – …
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October 26, 2010
Announcements, Cooling
Arctic Cooling have been releasing some great products this year and we have reviewed many of them on KitGuru, such as the incredible Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME Plus cooler, which we really liked. Today we are looking at the baby brother of the Freezer 13, the new Freezer 11 LP …
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October 25, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Network
QNAP are well respected for their high end business solutions and today we look at one of their newest products aimed at the mid market audience – the Qnap 259 Pro+, based around a 1.8ghz dual core Atom processor with 1GB of DDR2 memory onboard. With a retail price around …
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October 23, 2010
Cases, General Tech
Today we have a new product from the NZXT line of accessories in our test lab. The product we are going to look at is a set of LED’s with a black mesh sleeve that runs the entire length of the cable. These LED’s come in a wide range of …
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October 22, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics
When nVidia released the GTX460, everyone was literally blown away – this was a mid range card that utterly dominated the market and delivered staggering levels of performance, particularly when overclocked. AMD had left a big hole in its range, from the 5770 to the 5850 – with only the …
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October 22, 2010
Announcements, Graphics
KitGuru is old in the tooth and likes naming conventions which don't change. With the launch of the Radeon HD 6000 series, AMD has altered its naming strategy. The high end cards will now be the 6900 series (due November) and the 6800 cards that we're looking at today, will …
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October 22, 2010
Featured Announcement, Graphics
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 …
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October 21, 2010
Cooling, Featured Announcement
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 …
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October 20, 2010
Announcements, Cases, Component
Lian Li are world-renowned for producing some of the best quality cases out there which we experienced with their PC-8FIB case a few weeks back. So when Lian Li offered to send us another case from their range we were eager to see how it would compare. Today we're going …
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October 19, 2010
Cooling, Featured Tech Reviews, Memory
Kingston can sometimes be overlooked in enthusiast circles, which is a shame as they have some fantastic solutions on the market. They recently announced several new memory products and today we are looking at their high end HyperX H20 memory modules. The HyperX H20 are targeted at demanding gamers and …
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October 16, 2010
iPad
The iPad has been a resounding success this year for Apple, and justifiably so – it is a fantastic product with a huge diversity of application support. One of the big problems however is that in its ‘naked' form it is very vulnerable and somewhat easily dropped. This weekend, as …
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