June 8, 2014
Featured Tech Reviews, Mouse
Nobody ever wants to feel left out, which is why even though our recently reviewed AVIOR mouse was designed to offer a grip for both palm and claw grip gamers, Mionix didn't release an ambidextrous mouse and tell you to ‘get on with it'. No it's also got an ergonomic …
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June 3, 2014
Highlights-new, Mouse
There are a lot of household names in the PC peripheral industry, especially when it comes to gaming. However, like the games themselves, there are brands that are more dominant in certain parts of the world – it is often only after much time and growth that they start showing up outside …
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June 2, 2014
Featured Tech News, Mouse
The SteelSeries Sensei mouse was a hit with gamers and tournament players but now the peripheral has taken the next step in its evolution. SteelSeries has released the Sensei Wireless with an improved sensor and a slightly different aesthetic amongst other additional features- but is it worth the extra cost? …
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June 1, 2014
Peripheral
As the results of KitGuru's recent online poll has shown, a whopping 93% of you are PC gaming aficionados – masters of the keyboard and mouse on a decent PC. Our latest KitGuru Labs test focuses on the connection between mouse and desk. The all important mousepad. Sticky fingers need …
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May 30, 2014
Featured Tech Reviews, Monitors
2014 is the year of Ultra HD 4K. Prices have been dropping steadily in recent months and today we look at the latest 4K panel from AOC, the U2868PQU. This WLED/ TN panel has onboard speakers, a 60hz refresh rate, 1ms GTG response and a 1000:1 typical contrast ratio. At …
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May 29, 2014
Featured Announcement, Routers
With growing adoption in laptops and portable devices, as well as desktop systems, 802.11ac WiFi continues to gain pace in the consumer market. With a theoretical transfer speed of well over a Gigabit per second, wirelessly, can the Linksys EA6900 802.11ac router prove that ultra high-speed WiFi connections are indeed …
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May 28, 2014
Highlights-new, Monitors
KitGuru was one of the first websites to regularly start using an Ultra HD 4K monitor in graphics card reviews, mid 2013. We adopted the wallet sapping Asus PQ321QE and have been mighty impressed with the gorgeous IGZO display. PQ321QE prices have dropped from £3,000 to £2,400 recently, but the …
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May 26, 2014
Featured Tech Reviews, Mouse
The modern gaming mouse market is a diverse one, from ambidextrous, cut back and clean looking mice, to those festooned with buttons, bells whistles to look like something created in a future space race. Today we review one that looks like it was lifted straight from the latest Tron movie. …
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May 25, 2014
Featured Announcement, Pen Drives
While there is no doubt that in the not too distant future we will be transferring gigabytes quickly across the planet at very little cost – right now the movement of very large files still requires a physical device. Always happy to play at the high end in terms of …
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May 25, 2014
Network, Routers
Today we are going to take a look at one of the latest wireless routers from Netgear – the R6300. This offers the latest in dual-band wireless technology, supporting the 802.11ac specification. This should offer significantly better throughput than a 802.11n network, theoretically up to around 1,300 MB/s. We are …
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May 17, 2014
Featured Announcement, Headphones
If you find yourself jumping from rooftop to rooftop, wallrunning your way between kills and blasting away at 30ft tall metal behemoths on a regular basis you are either playing Titanfall or need to reduce your meds. Either way though, you will probably appreciate the style of Turtle Beach's latest …
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May 13, 2014
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones
In the wake of Zardon's amazing Top 10 listing of the greatest headphones 2014 we look at a much more affordable pair of headphones in this review. No more Grado or Sennheiser headphones weighing in at well over £1,000 as Mionix are aiming the ‘regular luxury' part of the market. …
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May 7, 2014
Headphones
Microlab is a relatively small company in the audio world but that isn't stopping it from delivering decent quality speaker systems. Previously we have had a look at the Solo 6C as well as the FC360 2.1 speaker systems and were impressed by both. Can Microlab deliver similar sound quality …
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April 18, 2014
Featured Announcement, Pen Drives
Go back just a single decade and you would find many high end gaming PC's with 80GB boot drives or some with even smaller 36GB Raptor drives – for added performance. Today multi-terrabyte drives aren't something we bat an eyelid at and most modern smartphones ship with tens of gigabytes …
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April 7, 2014
Headphones, Highlights-new
One of the toughest markets to compete in these days is gaming accessories. Where once upon a time Razer stood alone, now there are dozens of companies vying to be the gamer's number one choice when they go into battle. KitGuru has just taken delivery of a gaming headset from …
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March 31, 2014
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones, Peripheral
Today we are going to take a look at the latest product to be released in Antec’s Mobile Products range, the Pulse Bluetooth headset. This is the first full-size headset in the a.m.p. range building on the success of the more compact wireless earphone models. We are excited to see …
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March 27, 2014
Camera, Featured Tech Reviews, General Tech
Korean action cam company iSAW has come up with a neat idea. The EXtreme action cam offers a fascinating proposition. The package includes a fully featured 1080p 60fps action cam with 802.11n Wi-Fi, a 2-inch LCD and a stack of accessories for an SRP of £249.99. That's everything you need …
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March 25, 2014
Highlights-new, Mouse, Peripheral
Today we are going to take a look at one of Logitech's more advanced gaming mice – the G602. This was released last year and is designed for those gamers who are looking for a capable gaming mouse, offering lag-free wireless connectivity. Logitech are one of the longest established and …
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March 24, 2014
Featured Tech Reviews, Speakers
Wavemaster designs speakers in Germany and then manufactures in the Far East. It's a clever partnership that allows them to get the best of both worlds: Teutonic desire for engineering perfection with a Chinese love of cost control and affordability. In 2013, that resulted in the most impressive set of …
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March 21, 2014
Featured Announcement, Headphones
Corsair has been refreshing its gaming headset range as of late. Today we will take a look at the value-orientated Raptor HS30 analogue gaming headset. Built around 40mm Neodymium drivers encased in closed ear cups, Corsair's circumaural Raptor HS30 headset is targeting gamers who are looking for a low cost …
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March 11, 2014
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones
Kingston's reputation as a maker of storage solutions is well cemented at this point – they have been making memory modules, flash drives and solid state drives for years now. Today however we look at something new from the company after a partnership with QPAD. The resulting amalgamation of influences …
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March 10, 2014
Featured Tech News, Keyboards
Very few companies have made such a positive mark on the peripherals sector as the Taiwanese based ‘Ducky'. While their name is almost comical, their keyboards are rated as some of the best that money can buy. Today we look at their latest DK 9008 Shine 3 Tuhaojin Mechanical keyboard, …
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March 9, 2014
Featured Tech Reviews, Mouse
Remember the old days when we were all using ball mice crafted from a yellowing, beige shell? That time is long gone but thanks to a few select trendsetting companies the landscape today is dominated by matt black plastic and glowing LEDs, so it's no wonder Mionix is also in …
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March 5, 2014
Featured Tech News, Headphones
While ASUS might be more well known for motherboards than peripherals, that doesn't mean their headsets aren't worthy of consideration and today we look at one of their latest models. It's called the ASUS Cerberus, and with a peripheral named after the three headed, dog guardian of Hades our interest is certainly …
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February 20, 2014
Peripheral
Smartphones and mobile devices are such an integrated part of our everyday lives now. We all know what it’s like to be using our beloved tech when that dreaded ‘Low Battery’ symbol appears. It’s not an ideal situation at all, especially if you have a busy lifestyle and spend a …
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February 19, 2014
Featured Announcement, Keyboards
Today we are going to take a look at Logitech’s latest all-in-one wireless keyboard, the TK820. This is designed to be used in conjunction with a multimedia PC or home theatre PC, featuring a large touchpad with gesture controls. This particular feature means that you don’t need to use a …
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February 12, 2014
Featured Tech Reviews, Peripheral, Speakers
Today we are going to take a look at the latest set of speakers from Edifier, dubbed the Luna Eclipse e25. Previous Edifier reviews have highlighted high build standards and excellent sound quality so we are interested to see how the Eclipse e25 compares. Edifier has designed the Luna Eclipse …
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February 5, 2014
Featured Tech Reviews, Mobile, Speakers
Thanks to the likes of Apple (and Android to some extent), the world of mobile phones has become as much about style as it has about substance. This goes double so for audio devices, thanks to companies like Dr Dre's Beats. But while there are plenty of companies willing to …
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February 4, 2014
Featured Announcement, Keyboards
It seems ironic really that despite all the modern technological developments surrounding the 21st century desktop gaming PC, it's the mechanical switch, a design that has been around far longer than most, that is hailed as the pinnacle of keyboard input mediums. Still, there is at least some debate on …
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January 28, 2014
Drive Caddy, Hard Drives, Highlights-new
Thunderbolt, and lightning, very very frightening me! Tacky ‘Bohemian Rhapsody' quotes aside, it is great to see that the Thunderbolt interface is finally seeing some traction in the PC marketplace, having already experienced great success with Apple's hardware. The major motherboard manufacturers are adopting Thunderbolt on a handful of their …
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