Tag Archives: MSI

One of the most successful MSI mainboard ranges of recent times was the Big Bang. While very appealing in terms of pure specification, the boards were priced high and not accessible to everyone. Now MSI's engineers have taken a step back, pulled out the best features from Big Bang and …

Touting a 17.3” 1080p screen, 16GB of memory, RAID 0 SSDs, a BluRay drive and Killer Gaming network card, is MSI’s latest ‘Gaming Series’ iteration worth its credit card-crunching £1,999 price tag?!

Each generation of graphic card contains a champion, one card that not only outsells most of the market – but does so at a sensible price point and healthy margin. For nVidia, in 2012, that card is the GTX660. KitGuru finds launch plans on a train to Timbuktu and informs …

The bizarre events of the NDA-blowing launch and sale of Intel's new chipset mainboards has moved onto a new stage. Price discounting. KitGuru makes screen grabs and calculations. From the time Futuremark picked up four Intel z77 chipset mainboard reviews, this story has continued to break and change. The latest …

MSI, world's premier graphics card and mainboard manufacturer is excited to announce the availability of it's premium overclocking mainboard for the Intel X79 chipset, the Big Bang-XPower II. Built on the legacy of the world-record holding Big Bang-XPower, it promises equally impressive results for both CPU and graphics card overclocking. …

While the initial designs were all on show at Computex 2011 in Taiwan, detailed pictures of the final mainboards have been few and far between. In most cases, the possibility that these are covered by a dark and devious NDA have prevented too much info from surfacing. The game has …

MSI have been consistently releasing some of the finest enthusiast grade hardware in the last year and today we are looking at their competitively priced CX640 15.6 laptop which features a capable Core i5 processor, Nvidia discrete graphics, 500GB hard drive and 4GB of DDR3 memory. For under £600 is …

Futuremark® today announced the return of its annual Lords of Overclocking competition for PC users everywhere. This year’s event, the largest of its type, will see overclocking pros, enthusiasts and hobbyists from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas use 3DMark® 11 and MSI brand graphics cards to compete for the …

There is certainly no shortage of high powered gaming laptops available on the market today, but it takes something really special to stand out in such a crowded marketplace. MSI have sent us their GT680 gaming laptop for review which features a dual drive configuration (with SSD), powerful Intel Core …

The GTX580 has been Nvidia's finest moment. The card has been a big seller since it was released and it leads many of the performance charts when we factor out the dual GPU solutions. Today we are looking at the MSI N580GTX Lightning, a heavily modified card designed to target …

MSI is proud to present the Wind Top AE2210 All-in-One PC with Intel's latest Sandy Bridge platform. Next to the 22” Full-HD Multi-Touch display, the AE2210 is equipped with Hollywood-class THX TruStudio Pro surround sound technology for a high quality surround sound. To make sure data can be transferred at …

The whole subject of Intel's upcoming Z68 chipset has recently spawned more fevered online articles than a Lohan limousine leg-shot. Pushing all of the minor improvements to one side KitGuru is ready to reveal the key reasons for Intel's latest launch. Almost without fail, each generation of technology products has …

At the opening day of the Gadget Show LIVE at the Birmingham NEC, visitors were able to get hands-on with the fastest MSI notebook yet. It's a bit of a beast and KitGuru spies were on hand to snap the snaps. It's hard to imagine an industry where records are …

MSI is proud to announce the release of its First-Class FX720 notebook. This notebook has a great look and feel thanks to its chrome treatment and anti-fingerprint coating. The exclusive GPU boost technology powered by NVIDIA Optimus gives you an extra performance boost when needed while playing games or working …

AMD's HD6970 has been a popular card since it was launched and some partners have been releasing modified versions based on the AMD reference design. Today we are looking at a rather spectacular design from MSI which features the latest update on their high performance Twin Frozr cooler. KitGuru has …

Everyone is mobile these days. Which means that all of us have a chance to forget stuff at home or arrive at a destination where we need more stuff than we brought with us. What that ‘stuff' is, can vary, but one thing is for sure – MSI has a …

MSI just emailed us this morning to inform our readers that a new version of Afterburner has just been released in beta format. It is version 2.20 Beta 1. This version has a number of tweaks in the code for improved stability and performance but it also fully supports the …

MSi have launched the R6950 Twin Frozr III Power Edition OC card today. The card features the latest Twin Frozr cooler with dual fans with new Propeller Blade Technology for 20% more airflow when compared against a traditional design. MSI claim an 11% cooler running temperature with 13.9dBa lower noise. …

MSI have released two new NoteBooks which feature the latest generations of AMD processor, the U270 and CR650. Both of these systems include the latest AMD dual core E350 processor. As regular readers of KitGuru will already be aware these APR processors feature a X86 core and Radeon HD6310 graphics …

The original ‘just in time' philosophy might have been Japanese, but it seems that Intel's engineers are passing around the parable as well. So, how close are they?  KitGuru attaches safety lines and prepares to investigate the bridge. Working like flayed demons, Intel chipset engineers across the globe have been …

Today we are looking at a rather special card from MSI, the R6870 HAWK Edition with the new Twin Frozr III Cooler. With a 8+2 Phase PWM design and a dual fan speed profile switch connected to a new propeller blade design we have high hopes that this will be …

MSI are next in line with an official statement regarding the high profile Intel Sandybridge chipset issues. MSI has been informed by Intel about the design issues in the Intel 6 series chipsets. According to Intel the performance of some of the Intel SATA ports on Intel 6 series products …

It hasn't been a particularly good week for Intel – the Sandybridge chipset fault has been hitting the headlines across the globe. All of the major Intel partners are busy scrambling around like headless chickens, trying to make sure they look after their customer base. MSI spoke with KitGuru this …

MSI are due to release their new WindPad 10 inch tablet for just under 600 euros. This product features Windows 7 and will be running on Intel's 1.6ghz Atom Z530 processor. The WindPad will be running at 1024×600 resolution and includes 2GB of memory and a 32GB SSD storage device. …

MSI have partnered up with BigFoot Networks, the company responsible for the excellent Killer 2100 Nic which KitGuru reviewed months ago. This means that we might be seeing their hardware incorporated into the higher end MSI motherboards, such as the Big Bang Series. We also reviewed a Big Bang motherboard …

The iMac has been selling well for Apple for many years and PC centric manufacturers are beginning to realise that there is a viable market for an attractive, capable ‘All In One' unit. Today we are looking at the MSI Wind Top AE2400 desktop system which features an Intel processor …

MSI have just announced the release of their new HD6970 and HD6950 graphics cards. While the cards are based on the reference design – like all the rest, they are getting a rather unique feature – a bundled copy of the excellent 3DMark 11. MSI, the world class manufacturer of …

This year has been very healthy for the mobile sector with sales of tablets and mobile phones continuing to grow. Laptop sales are also thriving and many people are now able to pick up a well built machine with killer performance without breaking the bank balance. With this in mind, …

MSI have released a fine looking AMD based laptop – The FX610. There are two models being offered, based around a dual core P340 Athlon II and the Tri core P840 Phenom II processor. The Phenom II model is going to retail at €699 (thats euros, we haven't got confirmed …

So much happens at Kitguru that it is hard to keep track of all the news, reviews and competitions. I just wanted to let our readers know that we have two very nice giveaways running right now in the runup to Christmas. Unfortunately we aren't giving away the very attractive …