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Gigabyte announced the winners of the GIGABYTE Locked ‘n’ Loaded contest, hosted on HWBOT.org. To create an even playing field, the Locked ‘n’ Loaded contest featured two stages based on the ability to overclock Intel® Core™ Sandy Bridge processors with a ‘Locked’ multiplier of 31x.  Running from October 1st to …

We had thousands of entries for a chance to win a stunning Gigabyte GTX 590 graphics card and 5 copies of the fantastic Battlefield 3 for the PC. Special thanks to DABS for their hard work and support with the prizes! The six winners will all be getting emails in …

Today Intel are celebrating 40 years of creating world class microprocessors. This day, 40 years ago they released the Intel 4004, which kick started the digital revolution. For those of you old enough to remember all of the 40 years with clarity then I envy you, because you have assuredly …

The speed of a modern CPU is such that the more bandwidth you feed it, the better the results you get. So the question becomes, just how far can modern memory be pushed?  Working in tandem with AMD and one of the world's top overclockers, ADATA has pushed the boundary …

G.Skill are earning a reputation as one of the finest memory manufacturers on the market and today they announced a whole new family of modules for the new X79 platform. Yesterday we reviewed the 2,133mhz kit, which you can see over here. They have announced the following new configurations and …

Yesterday we published a little news story regarding the epic Skyrim – simply place a pot over someone's head and you can nick everything they own. Bethesda may have built in a great ‘line of sight' algorthim, but the Skyrim citizens really are as dumb as a box of frogs. …

Cray, the famous American supercomputer organisation have landed a $188 million (£120) contract with the University of Illinois to provide a supercomputer for the ‘Blue Waters' project – only 3 months after IBM pulled out. This news is a much needed injection for the company who achieved a 10 percent …

Samsung Electronics have decided to withdraw the injunction they had planned to try and stop sales of the iPhone 4S in Korea.  The new iPhone 4S when on sale at the weekend and news hit that Samsung would do everything in their power to stop Apple selling the new phone …

Bethesda make some stunning games for the PC, and I have to admit that I spent most of my weekend in the world of Skyrim wandering the huge map and killing anything with a pulse. My character is only level 9, but I am having a blast already. One thing …

Much of the attention today will be on the flagship Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition processor, however there is a review on CNET of the new Falcon NorthWest Mach V system which features the Core i7 3930K processor. They give it a score of 4 out of 5, but …

Apple are recalling the first generation Nano device due to a faulty battery that overheats. Apple posted a note on their website which said that the problem seemed to be rare among the first generation owners, but that devices sold between September 2005 and December 2006 may be affected. Apple …

If you listen to the prophets (and mainstream news industry), some have been claiming that the earth will be destroyed next year. Some have even associated this with a massive Sun's flare due in 2012. Everyone can rest easy, because NASA have said that this huge flare will not destroy …

Intel launch their X79 platform today and we have several reviews ready for your enjoyment, focusing on various aspects of the technology and associated performance with partnering hardware. In this article we are going to be testing the Intel i7 3960x with the new Asus P9X79 Deluxe motherboard with a …

Today Intel are launching their new high end X79 platform and Kitguru has prepared several reviews for your viewing pleasure. In this specific review we are looking at the new Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition processor when paired up with the flagship ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Edition motherboard and …

Today we have multiple reviews focusing on the new Intel X79 launch, featuring two high end motherboards from Asus … the £280 P9X79 Deluxe and flagship £335 Rampage IV Extreme … for those with deeper pockets. That said, we know that many people won't want to spend £300 (or more) …

Once upon a time, on the flashest sods in a company would be armed with laptops and mobile phones. The costs associated with these technologies were prohibitive. But things have changed. A lot. KitGuru takes a peak at the stats and wonders how much worse things can get for the …

Noctua make some fantastic quality coolers, many of which have been reviewed on Kitguru in the last year. Today we received a news announcement from them regarding the release of their new NF-12 fan. Teaming up eleven stator guide vanes with a specially conceived seven blade impeller, the NF-F12’s Focused …

Nvidia have reported quarterly results which look very healthy indeed, exceeding analyst expectations. Their profit has more than doubled compared against the same period a year ago. They reported sales of $1.07 billion for the quarter which ended October 30th, up 4.9 percent from the previous quarter. This is up …

The Wall Street Journal have issued a report after speaking with Sony CEO Howard Stringer. It would appear that Sony engineers are rushing to develop their own ‘four screen' strategy before Apple can get their own product to market. Stringer said “There’s a tremendous amount of R&D going into a …

Apple have had to deal with reports that their iPhone 4S has suffered from poor battery life. Kitguru reported on this before and it was apparently tied down to a bug in iOS. Apple said they would be working on a fix. Apple issued a statement to All Things D …

Turtle Beach are one of the biggest names in the gaming audio industry and their products are favoured by gamers across the globe.  We recently looked at one of their PC headsets – the Z6A, which was very impressive indeed.  Going on past experiences we were very happy to receive …

My good friend Terry Makedon has a new ‘PC Game Of the Year' set up for 2011 at his own hobby site. He said “The PC game of the Year for 2011 will be an interesting fight and the time is right to see who gamers will choose as a …

The challenges of using the Sandforce 2200 series controller are well documented. It's the ultimate draw. World's fastest SSD technology needs updates and improvements in order to get the best from the technology. AData's engineers have been busy, it seems. Moving from ‘another gaming memory brand' to ‘world leader in …

Kitguru has worked hard over the last year reviewing many NAS systems and we have found that Synology really are leading the way in many key areas, including cutting edge performance and the fantastic multi tasking DiskManager Operating System. If you want to read our independent reviews on many products …

Today Synology launch their latest NAS system, the DS212j. This NAS is the budget friendly ‘entry level' consumer model and over the years has proven to be one of the biggest selling NAS systems in the United Kingdom. The DS212j can support up to 6TB of storage from two hard …

ARCTIC is pleased to introduce the 120 mm add-on module fan for its passive VGA cooler – the S1 PLUS Turbo Module. At just a low noise level of 0.25 Sone, the S1 PLUS Turbo Module in combination with the passive VGA cooler Accelero S1 PLUS can attain much higher …

Toyota are recalling over half a million cars due to problems which could make them more difficult to steer. The recall affects 447,000 cars in North America as well as 38,000 in Japan, 25,000 in Australia and New Zealand. 14,000 cars are affected in Europe, with another 10,000 in the …

The U.S. has charged seven people with a ‘massive' computer intrusion scheme involving malicious software to manipulate online advertising and divert users to infected servers. Over 4 million computers were infected across 100 countries according to Bloomberg. A Russian and six Estonians have been charged with wire fraud and conspiracy …

You can accuse graphic companies of a lot, but never a lack of humour. When XFX rocked up with its latest technology, you could see the double entendres begin the flow. Welcome to the world of the Double D cooling technology. Superior technology almost invariably means a bigger price. When …

Research In Motion are investigating claims that some users are experiencing delays with their BlackBerry services. RIM have acknowledged that they are looking into the reports which seem to be affecting users in Europe, India, Africa and the Middle East. The company updated their statement yesterday and said that services …