May 28, 2011
Featured Announcement, Mouse
Today we are going to look at a new laser mouse designed by Smartfish Technologies. This is no ordinary mouse however because it is specifically designed with ergonomics in mind. Smartfish Technologies feel that this new ground breaking mouse will change how people use a mouse, forever. The Whirl uses …
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May 27, 2011
Cases, Component, Featured Announcement
A few months back we looked at Fractal Design's range-topping Define XL case which impressed us with its great build quality and near silent operation. So we are excited to see what they can deliver at a lower price point where there is much more competition. Today we are going …
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May 26, 2011
Announcements, SSD Drives
This month we have seen the release of a handful of ultra fast Solid State Drives, and Kitguru has been on hand to review them in recent weeks. Today we are looking at the latest drive from market leader OCZ, the Agility 3 240GB. The Agility 3 has been released …
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May 25, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics
KitGuru readers love modified, custom graphics cards and today we are looking at one of the most eye catching designs yet, the new HIS HD6970 ICEQ Turbo Edition – a preoverclocked card with a dramatically designed custom cooler. The HIS HD6970 IceQ Turbo Edition is supplied with a modest overclock …
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May 24, 2011
Featured Announcement, Power Supplies
Antec have been releasing some great products lately, many of which have been reviewed on these very pages. I personally really like their latest Kuhler 620 and 920 liquid coolers and the Rockus speakers certainly hit the spot. They are updating their mainstream ‘high value for money' power supplies and …
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May 23, 2011
Cases, Featured Tech Reviews
Enthusiast users with a constrained budget often have to make compromises in regards to quality, building a PC around a chassis that emits a lot of fan noise due to thin panel design and the inclusion of low quality fans. Enter Cooler Master with their new Silencio 550, a case …
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May 22, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews
Kitguru has been using PowerDVD now for a year in many of our reviews. It is without question a great real world test for processors, and with hardware acceleration enabled it can give a good indication of how a new graphics card can help with high definition media playback. Today …
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May 22, 2011
Announcements, APU, CPU, Graphics
AMD's latest Brazos Platform has proven popular over recent months, with many users adopting a secondary low powered system for general, light duties or as the foundation of a high definition media center. Today we are looking at the Gigabyte E350N USB 3 motherboard which is built to the high …
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May 21, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics
There are no shortage of video cards on the market today, with all sectors perfectly covered with solutions from both AMD and Nvidia. Today we are looking at the new card from VTX3D – a custom cooled Radeon HD6670. The HD6670 was released by AMD to target the HTPC audience, …
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May 19, 2011
Featured Announcement, Graphics
Today we are looking at Zotac's take on the new Nvidia GTX560, a card which should NOT be confused with the GTX560 ‘Ti'. The Ti was released at the start of the year and is a higher end part targeting a slightly different market. Nvidia have released the latest GTX560 …
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May 19, 2011
Featured Announcement, Headphones, iPhone, Mobile
KitGuru has looked at a number of Arctic Sound headsets over the past year which have impressed us by offering great performance at little cost. We were very excited when Arctic offered us a sample of their latest earphones to review which also offer an impressive feature set for the …
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May 18, 2011
Announcements, SSD Drives
There have been many Solid State Drives released in the last couple of months, and today we are looking at the new 240GB Vertex 3 from OCZ which is tagged with the ‘Max IOPS' moniker. This drive has been tuned for users who require greater transactional throughput. Today we will …
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May 17, 2011
Cases, Featured Tech Reviews
I remember vividly when Silverstone released the Raven RV02. It has been one of the stand out products for me in the last decade, utilising the simple theory that ‘heat rises' as the foundation of the design. Until then I had been astonished that no chassis designer had built a …
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May 17, 2011
Announcements, Graphics
For those looking for a new slimline graphics solution, this new midrange card from Powercolor might just tick all the right boxes. If space is at a premium then this card offers ‘full fat' gaming performance with 775mhz core speed and up to four cards supported in CrossFireX. The Powercolor …
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May 16, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, SSD Drives
Solid State Drives are selling well in 2011, with a growing percentage of enthusiast users adopting one as a fast, primary boot drive. A few weeks ago we reviewed the OCZ Vertex 3 240GB drive, and today we will compare it against the ADATA S511 240GB, a hot new model …
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May 14, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Power Supplies
If you are in the market for a 1U Mini ITX server power supply then today's product will be of interest. The Athena Power 350W FlexATX supply is designed to provide compact flexibility for mini servers. It is also compatible with many Shuttle XPC, HP Pavilion and IBM SurePOS systems. …
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May 13, 2011
Featured Announcement, Graphics
We love modified graphics cards at Kitguru, and today's review product should really tickle the taste buds. Not only have Powercolor overclocked AMD's award winning HD6950, but they have added an dual fan cooler, which is height adjustable. Today we will find out if it is worth your money. The …
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May 12, 2011
Announcements, Motherboard
Intel's Sandybridge has been dominating the headlines in 2011 with a heady combination of performance and competitive pricing. The H67 chipset enabled on-CPU graphics and Intel's new Quick sync transcoding engine and the P67 chipset delivered great overclocking capabilities with the new K series processors. The Z68 is set to …
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May 11, 2011
Announcements, Mouse, Peripheral
A couple of months back we looked CM Storm's latest gaming mouse, the Spawn, which impressed us greatly and achieved our prestigious must have award. We were very excited when CM Storm offered us a sample of their latest gaming mouse for review which has recently been released. The Sentinel …
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May 10, 2011
Cases, Featured Tech Reviews
You may not have heard much about Cubitek before as they are a very new player in the PC case market. In fact they only broke cover from the OEM market at the end of last year, releasing a small range of retail PC cases to compete with the likes …
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May 9, 2011
Announcements, Cooling
Corsair made ‘all in one' liquid cooling popular a few years ago and today the market is literally saturated with new ‘updated' versions based on the same theme. KitGuru reviewed the Antec Kühler H20 620 in March, and it earned our highest award for the combination of class leading performance …
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May 7, 2011
Featured Announcement, Monitors
If you are fortunate enough to have just bought one of the new series of AMD or Nvidia discrete graphics solutions then today's review product might be of interest. Asus have released a new 24 inch IPS screen, set to target discerning users who want to move up from their …
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May 6, 2011
Announcements, Memory
Sandybridge has been dominating the press for many months, delivering high levels of performance for the mainstream enthusiast audience. Until the end of the year however, X58 still remains the best choice for designers, 3d rendering artists and wealthy gamers. Today we are looking at a new high density 12GB …
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May 5, 2011
Announcements, Console, Headphones
Sharkoon may not be a brand that you immediately associate with gaming headsets; they are better known for their golf ball style fans. But they have been producing headsets for a while now and currently have nine different models in their lineup. These range from budget-friendly stereo headsets to full-fat …
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May 3, 2011
Featured Announcement, Graphics
KitGuru has reviewed many AMD HD6870 graphics cards in 2011, but today we are looking at something very special, the Powercolor HD 6870 Eyefinity 6 Edition graphics card. This particular board is supplied with a custom heatpipe cooler, 6 mini DisplayPorts and an additional 1GB of memory to ensure that …
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May 3, 2011
CPU, Featured Announcement
Today we are looking at the new high end quad core processor from AMD. The Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition is the new performance oriented, 4 core multiplier unlocked processor set to replace the 975 Black Edition at the top of their quad core lineup. The big question is …
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April 29, 2011
Featured Announcement, Network
In the past year we have looked at a number of products from AC Ryan’s PlayOn! range which have all impressed us, earning some of our most prestigious awards over the last year. So when AC Ryan offered us their latest product for testing, we couldn't refuse! Today we are …
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April 28, 2011
Announcements, Graphics
AMD's new HD6790 has already proven to be a great performer for the gaming masses, delivering HD gaming capabilities without breaking the bank. Today we are looking at the new XFX HD6790 Edition which features a lovely, custom made dual fan cooler. As we have said before, AMD are marketing …
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April 27, 2011
Featured Announcement, Power Supplies
OCZ have been delivering quality power supplies now for over five years and one of their most historic claims to fame was when they purchased PC Power & Cooling, a company well known in enthusiast circles for their extreme high end designs. OCZ have released a new, high end ZX …
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April 26, 2011
Announcements, Graphics
KitGuru has saved the most powerful of Sapphire's range for the last in our series of FleX reviews. The HD6950 FleX Edition is created to target the hard core gamer who wants to game at the highest resolutions. Sapphire have been steadily releasing FleX edition cards to cover all bases …
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