August 15, 2016
Headphones
If there is one peripheral that is really influenced by personal preference, it's headphones. They can have different sounds, different styles but most obviously, different form factors. Over the ear is pretty common, but then there's on ear, around the ear, in-ear. While Cooler Master has released a tonne of …
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August 15, 2016
Featured Tech News, Headphones, Reviews
ASUS has made a big push into the peripheral game in recent years, offering some unique looking products as part of its Strix line up. That owl-eye aesthetic continues with the latest entry in that range, the ROG Strix Wireless gaming headset. Along with those big orange earcups, it features virtual 7.1 …
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August 5, 2016
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones
Sennheiser is well known for high-quality headphones aimed at an audience that prides itself on substance – and a little style – over anything else. Traditionally though that has meant keeping those headphones firmly rooted to devices through wires – but not so with the Momentum Wireless 2.0 headphones. This set …
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August 2, 2016
Featured Tech Reviews, Keyboards
Cooler Master has added a new keyboard called MasterKeys Pro M White LEDs to its impressive array of peripherals. The name pretty much tells you all you need to know about the hardware, although it takes a certain amount of analysis to pin down the most important details. The M …
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July 24, 2016
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones, Reviews
HyperX Cloud headsets have been some of our highest scoring over the last couple of years, so you can imagine we were excited to get our hands on a new set of cans from the same company. The new Cloud Revolver headset from the HyperX division packs an exciting combination …
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July 19, 2016
Featured Announcement, Keyboards, Mouse, Reviews
Cooler Master has a history of trying to make peripheral packages for gamers on a budget. While we were not overly impressed with the last set up, it did prove at least that it is viable to make a pretty keyboard that does not cost the earth. (review HERE) Well …
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July 18, 2016
Featured Announcement, Mouse, Reviews
Fnatic isn't just an eSports team anymore, these days they are also a producer of gaming peripherals. We have already taken a look at the Rush Gear Keyboard recently but today we are taking a look at Fnatic's mouse offering, the Gear Flick, featuring an ambidextrous design and all necessary …
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July 15, 2016
Featured Tech News, Headphones, Reviews
Astell & Kern has had a place in the high-end Digital Audio Player market for years now, with its top-tier model running up a hefty £3300 price tag. However, there are those out there who enjoy quality audio products but don't want to spend thousands of pounds on equipment and …
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July 7, 2016
Peripheral, Speakers
The Edifier Studio R2730DB Bluetooth speakers are aimed at those who want uncompromising audio quality, a range of connectivity options and appealing aesthetics – all without breaking the bank. The speakers certainly look good, but how do they perform? We will find out. Priced at just under £200, the Edifier …
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July 6, 2016
Mouse, Peripheral
Over the last couple of years, Tesoro keyboards have walked away with awards from KitGuru. Accordingly, I was excited to try out the brand new Ascalon gaming mouse. With fully-customisable RGB lighting and an adjustable DPI of up to 6400, the Ascalon is Tesoro's top-tier mouse. Should it be your …
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July 5, 2016
Featured Tech News, Monitors
The XG2700-4K is a brand new 4K gaming monitor from Viewsonic that offers both excellent image quality and good gaming performance, with full AMD FreeSync support. Viewsonic has always had its eye on both ends of the display market, with an extensive range of entry-level panels backed up with a …
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July 1, 2016
Featured Tech Reviews, Keyboards, Peripheral
With eSports becoming more and more popular in recent years, there has been a growing trend of peripheral manufacturers releasing products aimed at aspiring eSports gamers. Today we look at the Xtrfy XG1-R LED mechanical keyboard which has been ‘approved' by Swedish gamers Ninjas in Pyjamas – on sale for …
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June 24, 2016
Featured Tech Reviews, Keyboards, Peripheral
Cherry are famed for their legendary keyboard switches, but they are less well known for producing their own keyboards. They have recently entered the market, however, and we have already analysed the Cherry MX 6.0 keyboard. The MX-Board 3.0 is an entirely different beast, though. Priced at under £55, it …
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June 16, 2016
Featured Announcement, Monitors
The Acer Predator XB271HK is a 27-inch IPS display that offers both 4K resolution and 60Hz G-Sync support – with a complete package of high-end features and nice touches to round it off. Acer was the first company to bring a 27-inch 4K display with G-Sync technology to market, beating …
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June 14, 2016
Featured Tech News, Keyboards, Mouse, Peripheral
The idea of a ‘lapboard' has been around for a couple of years, but it is only now we have started to see any products materialise. For those who don't know, a lapboard is a way of bringing tried-and-trusted keyboard and mouse gaming to your sofa. The Sova is Roccat's …
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June 1, 2016
Featured Tech Reviews, Routers
The Netgear Nighthawk X4S D7800 looks just about identical to its slightly more powerful and similarly named cousin, the R7800, and the older R7500 before it. It’s a black trapezoid with four antennas in a porcupine-like arrangement, with the same pair of USB ports and eSATA port. It adds a …
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May 26, 2016
Featured Tech Reviews, Peripheral, Reviews
The Corsair Lapdog is grandly described as a ‘Gaming Control Centre', however that doesn't explain things very well as Lapdog is unlike anything we have seen before. The idea is that you have your gaming PC (ideally a Corsair Bulldog) next to your TV and sit on your sofa with …
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May 25, 2016
Featured Tech News, Mouse
We tend to review quite a lot of high-end gaming mice but are there decent options for those on a tighter budget? Today, we are taking a look at the Ledos Optical Gaming Mouse from SpeedLink, featuring an ambidextrous design, an optical sensor with just enough DPI and ‘rapid-fire' buttons. …
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May 23, 2016
Featured Tech News, Mouse, Peripheral
Back in 2012, we reviewed Tt eSports’ Level 10M mouse, and now there is an updated ‘Advanced’ edition. With 3 zone RGB lighting, a 16,000 dpi sensor and adjustable height options it comes fully kitted out. it will be interesting to see how the Level 10M Advanced fares as a …
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May 18, 2016
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones, Peripheral
Recently, we have looked at some innovative and ultimately expensive gaming headsets at KitGuru. Priced at just under £40, the Roccat Renga bucks that trend as it is firmly positioned toward the budget end of the headset spectrum. If you are looking for a new headset, should this make a …
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May 9, 2016
Featured Announcement, Monitors
The Asus MG248Q is one of the most interesting displays we’ve seen recently. It’s a 24-inch 1080p gaming display with a TN panel and a 1ms response time, a 144Hz refresh rate and Adaptive Sync for users with AMD graphics cards. Plus it uses the exact same styling, menu system …
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May 6, 2016
Featured Tech News, Mouse
Asus has been teasing us with its new flagship mouse, the ROG Spatha, for almost a year now but it is finally here. Featuring Wired and Wireless modes, 12 programmable buttons and a three zone RGB lighting system all wrapped up in a magnesium alloy chassis, painted over with the …
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May 5, 2016
Featured Tech News, Monitors
AOC’s latest affordably priced 1080p display is about managing the basics well rather than high-end features. It costs just £199, a fair price for a 27-inch IPS display, and it has a nifty looking slim appearance that looks more appealing than most displays in this price range. We’ve covered plenty …
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May 4, 2016
Featured Tech Reviews, Mouse, Peripheral
At the end of 2014, we reviewed Corsair's M65 gaming mouse. Now we have an updated version, named the M65 Pro. Aimed at FPS gamers – the M65 Pro has a healthy feature-set and certainly looks good on paper. Today we see how it fares in the real world. While …
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May 2, 2016
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones
Today we are taking a look at MSI's brand new gaming headset, the DS502, boasting 7.1 surround sound, premium build and Hi-Fi level sound quality in a lightweight, ergonomically designed package. How does it hold up? Let's find out… MSI has opted for a self-adjusting headband for the DS502, which …
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April 25, 2016
Featured Tech News, Keyboards
Corsair was the first keyboard maker in the world to hit the market with Cherry's MX RGB switches and now, they are teaming up once again with the brand new Corsair K70 RAPIDFIRE RGB keyboard featuring Cherry's all new MX Speed switches – designed to actuate faster than any other switch …
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April 18, 2016
Featured Tech News, Headphones
Today we are taking a look at the new Plantronics RIG 500E which incorporates a dramatic modular system allowing the user to customise everything about the headset and to switch out specific components whenever desired. The Plantronics RIG 500E is the eSports model in the range but it offers plenty of …
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April 10, 2016
Featured Announcement, Headphones
In the world of extreme headphone hifi, the Sennheiser HD800 have earned legendary status. Since their launch seven years ago the HD800 have not only managed to hold their own against cutting edge planar phones but in relative terms they have proved somewhat of a bargain. Sennheiser have released a …
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April 4, 2016
Featured Tech Reviews, Keyboards
Although we spend a lot of time here extolling the virtues of mechanical keyboards and their switches, there is no denying that they are generally quite expensive. This is why sometimes you have to consider membrane designs. With Speedlink's membrane based Parthica Core, you get programmable buttons, backlighting options, macro …
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March 28, 2016
Featured Announcement, Monitors
At 24 inches, BenQ’s latest IPS display has the smallest diagonal screen size of any 4K screen we’ve tested so far, which normally come in 27-inch or 32-inch sizes. With a price of around £400, that also makes it a lot more affordable than its competitors and the most reasonable …
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