Tag Archives: competition

For many years now, the smartphone market has felt like two different races. The front runners, Apple and Samsung jockeyed for position as the world's biggest mobile providers, while the rest of them battled it out for third. But those glory days for the Korean manufacturer appear to be over, …

If you are in the market for a new case, be quiet! may have the solution for you and you won't even have to pay for it! On the company's Facebook page, it's currently giving away one of its new Silent Base 800 Window chassis. It offers customised airflow control, …

In an effort to support the growth of interest in space travel at home, the UK Space Agency is offering prizes of up to £50,000, to anyone that can produce a piece of creative work related to micro-gravity and space flight most notably, video games. However it can also relate to visual …

If you have been following KitGuru for a while, then you have probably noticed that we like to keep our readers informed of competitions and giveaways floating around the web. We have a pretty good one to let you know about today as DABS is giving away an Asus STRIX …

Since KitGuru is based here in the UK, our US readers do sometimes get the short end of the stick when it comes to giveaways. However, we recently decided to make up for that with our US only giveaway, in collaboration with 4GamerGear. This competition is now closed and the …

Fancy winning yourself a low profile CPU cooler from be quiet? The company officially begun selling its brand new Shadow Rock LP (low profile) cooler today and to celebrate the occasion, be quiet! is giving away three of them over on its own Facebook page. The giveaway is open worldwide …

Last month, like most months, we held a competition with one of our select partner companies to give away a fantastic prize. In this case, a Chillblast Fusion Barbarian full system, featuring an i5-4690K, Corsair H75 watercooling loop and a Gigabyte GTX 970 GPU. All in all it's worth over …

Since KitGuru's HQ is firmly nestled in the UK, our readers across the pond do get the short end of the stick sometimes when it comes to competition prizes. But not today friends, as we've teamed up with 4GamerGear to offer our US readers the chance to win a bunch …

The European Union's regulatory body for international competitiveness is set to perform a thorough investigation into eCommerce within the EU, amid reports that some companies and nations may be deliberately blocking online trade, in order to further their own aims. It hopes that as part of the study it will …

When OCZ challenged KitGuru back in December to kill five of its Arc 100 SSDs by writing and rewriting to them constantly for the foreseeable future, nobody could have predicted that four months and several hundred terabytes later we'd still be talking about it. However we need to really, since a …

If you've been a regular KitGuru reader for the past few months, then chances are you'll have spotted at least one of Leo's videos discussing the ongoing challenge from OCZ – to kill 5 ARC 100 SSD's by continually writing data to them, until they cave in. While the warranty …

Sony in Japan has accidentally deleted its list of all 123 winners of the company's PlayStation 4 Anniversary Edition giveaway, meaning that those originally picked will miss out and the whole competition will be restarted. Sony offered its “deepest apologies” for the mix up. Sony was not able to reverse …

Over the past few months we've taken a look at a few different Chillblast PCs, including the Fusion Ares and Raptor systems and they've come across very well indeed. One Fusion system we haven't had a chance to get our hands on though is the Mantis, but perhaps one of …

As cable and satellite companies vie to bring the fastest connection to your door, many of us are still hamstrung by a weak router. With out TP-Link Faster Wireless Technology competition now closed, two of you will be enjoying a brighter future. We asked you just how fast the data flowed …

In the next-gen console wars, Sony's PlayStation 4 has been the runaway winner. Only significant recent price drops from competitors have managed to slow the PS/4 down at all. So, given how popular this gaming hub is, how can you make it better? KitGuru has teamed up with storage giant …

One of the worst parts of a new GPU launch is dealing with that jealous devil in the pit of your stomach that broils around as you watch other hardware enthusiasts snap up the new cards, boasting of their boosted frame rates. But what if you could be one of …

It's 2015 people, which means that not only are we all getting older, but it's time for Cooler Master's annual case modding competition. It opens today and will remain so for the next month, giving those of you with the prettiest PCs or a project in mind, plenty of time to …

If you haven't entered the Christmas Advent competition from be quiet! You only have a couple of days left to do so, as it comes to an end this Saturday. It's been running all throughout December, with special prizes being awarded to lucky Facebook fans every Sunday and this one …

2014 has been a big year for KitGuru. We've gone from strength to strength and you guys have been right there with us, helping us to become bigger and better than ever before. We have new staff, loads of new content and plenty of new fans, as is evidenced by …

We've got another competition to tell you all about today, courtesy of Warner Bros and NAS specialists, Synology. In preparation for the upcoming Sci-fi flick, Jupiter Ascending, Synology and Warner will be giving away a new home theatre system. Entrants will be in for a chance to win a 48″ …

Our competition with Asus for the PG2780 ROG Swift 144Hz G-Sync monitor has come to an end. Last week things were narrowed down to just three entrants who all produced videos, it was up to you guys to vote on who you think should win. The votes have been counted …

It's that time of year again guys. No I'm not talking about the build-up to Christmas, or the Steam Autumn Sale, I'm talking about Antec's Advent Calendar. It's available once again for everyone and anyone to click on and potentially win PC gear. Today is just the first day of …

Did you enter our competition with ASUS to win the ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144hz GSYNC monitor? If so, then we will have a winner for you very soon as the submissions are closed and the competition has entered the final voting stages. Things have been narrowed down to just three …

We like to give things away here at KitGuru, which is why today we are announcing our latest collaborative competition with be quiet!. We are teaming up to give away not one, but three brand new be quiet! Silent Base 800 desktop chassis, which we reviewed just last week, giving …

Well, well. The time has come. Over 20,000 of you sent through responses to one of our biggest competitions of the year, to try and win a brand new MSI GT70, 2OD gaming laptop worth over £2,500, and now the task lies with me to let down 19,999 of you. For …

While much of the world was dressing up in scary outfits for Halloween this weekend, some of us were stepping into a digital horror movie, with a snarling beast and four wily humans, hoping to take it down. Yes, this weekend was the Evolve Big Alpha and we asked you to …

Overclockers UK is making trick or treating a little easier this year by offering up three years worth of Haribo and better yet, you don't even need to leave the house to bug any strangers- you will need to snoop around the OCUK site though. Overclockers has hidden the word …

This weekend is a lot of things for a lot of people. For some, it means dressing up and going out collecting chocolate with their children, for others it's about getting wasted and trying not to drown while bobbing for apples, but for the rest of us, it's about gaming. …

As the weather in Taipei tips past the 30 degree mark, the situation for pro-class gamers is also set to heat up with the kick off for the Beat IT 2014 event just around the corner. Ahead of the main event, KitGuru spots a chance for you to win. We …

V-Sync has been a necessary evil for some time. Fortunately though, in the past year Nvidia came up with its own version of the technology which makes for a smoother synchronisation between GPU and display and does away with input lag. You do need a compatible monitor for it though …