January 6, 2011
Announcements, Mouse, Peripheral
Over the past couple of years the gaming peripherals market has been flooded with new products, both from new and existing manufacturers. Cooler Master's CM Storm brand is a relitavely new player in the market, competing with the longer-established brands such as SteelSeries and Razer. Today we are going to …
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December 19, 2010
Announcements, Peripheral
Over the past few years, high definition video has become much more widely adopted in the market with the introduction and popularisation of HDTV and Blu-Ray. But we have only recently seen the high definition standard expand into video calling with the release of a few HD webcams. Today we …
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December 6, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Keyboards, Peripheral
There are a huge number of gaming keyboards on the market so it can often be very difficult to make a decision on which to buy. When we review gaming keyboards it is always good to see a product that brings more features to the table and differentiates itself in …
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December 1, 2010
Console, Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones, Peripheral
We have been very impressed with SteelSeries’ products in the past and we’re not alone; some of the most highly rated gaming teams only use their products when competing professionally. So we’re always excited when they offer us their new hardware to review. Today we are going to look at …
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November 29, 2010
Featured Announcement, Monitors
It has been a good year to invest in a new 23-24 inch screen, the technology is improving all the time while the price points are becoming almost irresistible. The 1080p market is booming and many high quality LED 24 inch screens can now be bought for less than £250 …
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November 24, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Keyboards
Today we have another item from NewEgg.ca to review – The Rosewill RK-9000 gaming keyboard. This is a mechanical style keyboard that uses Cherry MX Blue switches to provide that ‘old school' feel of an IBM style keyboard. There are multiple types of keyboards available today of which the most …
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November 22, 2010
Drive Caddy, Featured Announcement, Hard Drives, Laptop / Mobile, Mobile, SSD Drives
Kingston have impressed us recently with many of their products, especially the low cost, high performance SSDNow V100 128GB SSD drive. Today we are looking at their new external storage solution called HyperX MAX 3.0 which utilises the latest USB 3.0 superspeed interface. According to Kingston the HyperX Max 3.0 …
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November 19, 2010
Announcements, Component, Headphones, Peripheral, Soundcard
Behind the scenes at Kitguru we are dedicated audiophiles, so whenever we get the chance to look at some of the latest and greatest PC audio hardware, we jump at the chance. Asus have a reputation as one of the finest quality enthusiast companies on the market with a wide …
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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 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 14, 2010
Announcements, Mouse, Peripheral
We were recently impressed by the Roccat Pyra gaming mouse which was designed specifically for gamers on the move. This only appeals to a small section of the market however as most gamers will prefer a full-size mouse with a better specification. Today we are going to look at Roccat's …
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October 3, 2010
Announcements, Apple, Headphones, iPhone, iPod
Although some people are willing to spend upward of £100 on a premium set of earphones, there are many more who cannot afford top-end audio hardware and will opt for a cheap and cheerful product instead. But the lower end of the market is filled with hundreds, possibly thousands of …
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September 29, 2010
Announcements, Mouse, Peripheral
These days it seems every manufacturer is trying to get into the gaming peripheral market including the likes of Thermaltake and Corsair. But there are some brands, like ROCCAT and SteelSeries that have much more experience in the sector and have been producing gaming peripherals for a number of years …
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September 24, 2010
Featured Announcement, Network, Routers
These days, a good deal of ISPs include a router with their broadband packages to sweeten the deal and to make setup easier. But as they are usually included ‘free', such routers are usually made very cheaply and only have the bare essential features. So there is still a sizable …
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September 15, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Pen Drives
Most of us use a USB pen drive on some level or another, whether it is to keep offline document backups or to move files between work and home machines. Today we are looking at the new Kingston Data Traveler Ultimate 64GB drive which is the first USB 3.0 pen …
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September 4, 2010
Announcements, Mouse, Peripheral
Thermaltake are a well known for producing some of the best PC cases on the market like the Level 10 we reviewed recently alongside ranges of CPU coolers and PSUs. But recently they have been broadening their producing range to incoporate different markets such as gaming peripherals with their Tt …
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September 1, 2010
Featured Announcement, Headphones, Peripheral
Arctic are a very new player in the gaming peripheral market, competing with much larger manufacturers like Logitech. We recently looked at their top-end pair of headphones, the P531 which really impressed us as it performed very well, was comfortable to use and carried a surprisingly low price tag. Today …
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August 31, 2010
Announcements, Headphones, Peripheral
Over the past few months KitGuru has looked at a number of SteelSeries' gaming products from the Ferrari-red Siberia V2 headset to the more understated 7G keyboard. We feel they are some of the best gaming peripherals on the market, combining top-notch quality with awesome performance, so it is no …
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August 25, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones, Peripheral
KitGurus across the globe will be familiar with Arctic Cooling, a company renowned for producing some of the best cooling accessories on the market. Earlier this year, they rebranded themselves to ‘Arctic' to reflect their growing range of non-cooling products. Today we are going to look at the Arctic Sound …
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August 20, 2010
Featured Announcement, Monitors
KitGuru loves a high quality LED backlit screen and with pricing continually dropping they are now firmly in the grasp of the mainstream audience. Unfortunately while LED television screens are normally much better than traditional CCFL models we have found at KitGuru that buying an LED monitor for your computer …
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August 20, 2010
Announcements, Cooling, Peripheral
Over the past few years NZXT have released 3 variations of their Sentry line of fan controllers. The first 2 models were front mounted inside a case which often meant cables everywhere. Today we have their first external fan controller the Sentry LXE in the KitGuru labs. The Sentry LXE …
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July 30, 2010
Announcements, Keyboards
KitGuru has been very impressed with Thermaltake this year, their product range keeps getting stronger. We have reviewed a plethora of their products in the last couple of months, such as the very capable 775w PSU, The Contact 29 and Frio Coolers and the cost effective Armor A60 Chassis. They …
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July 8, 2010
Featured Announcement, Keyboards, Peripheral
There are many reasons why gamers might choose to buy a top-end gaming mouse which has a high-resolution sensor and a variety of configurable options. However with gaming keyboards, things are very different; the performance of a gaming keyboard cannot be configured so manufacturers differentiate them by including extra features …
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July 4, 2010
Mouse, Peripheral
Many gamers will agree that mice are the most important peripheral of all for gaming. It is therefore imperative that gamers can choose a gaming mouse which is well-suited to their needs. These days there is a huge choice of different gaming mice which offer a variety of different features. …
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June 28, 2010
Monitors
KitGuru has already reviewed monitors from heavyweights such as Dell, but today we are going to be looking at a very dramatically designed panel from Asus. The Asus MS236H is a member of the Designo MS range of screens and the focus is not on class leading specifications, but on …
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June 5, 2010
Gaming PC, Headphones
Steelseries … without even seeing the product in question, the name alone gives an immediate feeling of quality. Rightly so, because for the last few years they have been producing some of the finest gaming equipment on the market. The Siberia was a popular full size headset which won many …
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May 31, 2010
Featured Announcement, Pen Drives
Almost everyone today has a Flash drive sitting on their computer desk, after all they are invaluable for moving data between work and home or to pass files between friends. Another important use for USB drives is to back up sensitive and important data, which leads me nicely into the …
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May 27, 2010
Featured Announcement, Monitors
Dell have always had a very strong range of panels available, from the strictly low end mass market TN panels for the budget aware audience to the high end 30 inch panels for the discerning designer and enthusiast. A few weeks ago we looked at their bargain SP2309W which we …
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May 8, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Monitors
There has never been a better time for a gamer – even the modern day mid range cards are capable of delivering some incredible frame rates at high resolutions with eye candy cranked to the hilt. If you want to get the greatest and most immersive experience from your games …
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