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Intel’s Technology Open House in London was an exhibition of products from the chipmaker and its partners that showcase the capabilities provided by Intel. Core to the showcases were 10th Gen Ice Lake and Comet Lake laptops, Optane-accelerated systems, and gaming PCs designed for high framerate horsepower.

Following on from CES earlier this year, we saw many new gaming laptops launch with new RTX graphics but the downside at the time was that they were packing Intel 8th Gen CPUs, with 9th Gen just around the corner. Now just a few short months later, Intel has updated …

It's a very sleek laptop from ASUS ROG, packing RTX 2080 Max-Q graphics. Is it worth £3200?!

It has been several years since Skylake was at the forefront of the CPU market. In the lead up to Coffee Lake’s desktop launch, Intel announced that the Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K would be discontinued in 2018. Now, the rest of the Skylake 6th Gen lineup is being put …

The spotlight continues to remain on Intel’s 9th Gen launch this week. We’ve already taken a look at the specs for the new Core i9-9900K, Core i7-9700K and Core i5-9600K. If any of our UK readers are planning on upgrading, then you’re in luck as retail listings have already gone …

Fancy upgrading your CPU? We've teamed up with Intel this month to give away TWO Core i7-8700K processors. We have one processor each for two lucky KitGuru readers worldwide. Competition ends this Sunday!

AMD’s Ryzen has forced Intel’s hand when it comes to the core and thread counts of their new CPUs. With the Ryzen 7 packing eight cores and 16 threads, Intel was in danger of lagging behind, but leaked specifications of its 9XXX series of CPUs shows it is willing to …

Got a spare £1400 for a thin and light notebook? The Zenbook 3 Deluxe could be worth a look

Intel has officially launched its first six-core Coffee Lake processors for laptops. The new Coffee Lake-H series brings Core i9, Core i7 and Xeon chips to laptops, featuring six cores for the first time on an Intel mobile platform. Intel has been sticking with quad-core chips for high-end laptops since …

Xiaomi, the fifth largest smartphone maker in the world, is now venturing into the world of gaming. Xiaomi has branched out into mainstream laptops in the past, but this time around, Xiaomi is targeting gamers in China with the Mi Gaming Laptop, which packs a 15.6-inch display, a 7th-Gen Core i7 …

It's a tiny SFF rig from MSI, but at £1885 is it just too expensive for its own good?

Razer has a new Blade Pro - this time with a GTX 1060 and 1080p display. Is it worth £2099?

The KitGuru Advent Calendar is still going strong! For day 10 we are teaming up with MSI & Intel to give away a brand new MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC motherboard paired with an Intel Core i7 8700K! We even have a few extra MSI goodies to throw into the mix- this is one you don't want to miss!

It has a 'gamer friendly' 120hz panel, but do the rest of the specs stack up?

Core i7, GTX 1070, SSD, 17.3 inch screen - all for £1,399? Is this too good to be true?

If you've been struggling to find a Coffee Lake CPU in stock, then we have some good news for you...

It has an Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor, 16GB of DDR4 RAM running at 2667MHz, a 512GB PCIe SSD (boot), a 1TB HDD (storage) and a powerful Nvidia GTX 1070 with 8GB of GDDR5. It could be yours for nothing!

If you are in the market for a new motherboard - this one should be right at the top of your list.

Its liquid cooled and its specifically built for KG readers by MESH - be sure to read and watch the review

This version of the Aero15X is a little more expensive than the model we’ve reviewed before – and it’s more expensive than the Razer Blade, which is its key rival.

Intel’s 8th Gen Coffee Lake processors have launched and the Z370 platform has begun its rollout, which means it is time for overclockers to get their hands on all of this new hardware and push it to its limits. Today, it was announced that overclocker ‘der8auer’ was able to push …

Today is a big day for Intel, following pressure from AMD’s success with Ryzen, Intel is launching its 8th-Gen Coffee Lake CPUs, bumping up the core count for its Core i7 and Core i5 SKUs and rolling out a new chipset- Z370. We have already had a chance to review …

The leaks are continuing to roll in for Intel’s upcoming 8th generation desktop processors. Last week word of an October 5th launch date began circulating and now, the first Core i7-8700K benchmark scores have leaked, giving us a good idea of the performance to expect from Intel’s first 6-core CPU …

Earlier this morning, Intel kicked off its series of 8th Gen CPU announcements by unveiling the low-power U-series for notebooks. However, there is still more to come, as Intel still has its desktop 8th Gen processors to announce. We have already heard several rumours about these processors and now, thanks …

We were sent the R3 version with OLED panel. It really is a sight to behold.

It has been the year of super sexy laptops - and this time we look at the Aero 15 from Gigabyte.

The Acer Predator 21 X is a huge laptop that is packed with top notch gaming hardware. The headline feature is the curved IPS panel with a refresh rate of 120Hz that sports G-Sync technology. There is minor controversy about the size of the screen as the specification says 21-inches …

Super Thin, super quiet, 120hz IPS panel, New GTX 1080 Max-Q, Intel Core i7 7700HQ. Is this the new laptop YOU want?

Gigabyte has been keeping busy since the launch of X299, bringing together some veteran overclockers to put the Gigabyte X299-SOC Champion motherboard to the test. It seems the tests taking place at Gigabyte’s OC lab were successful too, as four new benchmarking records were set, using an Intel Core i7-7740K …

Update 2: Intel’s new Core-X CPU family has been made official. Intel made the announcement at Computex this morning, going into detail on the X299 platform and the benefits these new CPUs bring. You can read our report on that, HERE.  Update: A few weeks back, we first caught wind …