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In our daily life we all keep hearing terms like “230V AC power plug”, “AC to DC power supply” and “1.5V DC battery”; however only very few people know and even actually understand the difference between AC and DC current. Through a search engine it is very easy to find …

Almost everyone reading this review is already aware of the benefits that a Solid State Drive (SSD) drive can bring to the table. Not only are boot times dramatically lowered, but overall operating system performance is massively improved. Being KitGuru's we still believe that adding an SSD drive to your …

In our second Powercolor article today from Computex we managed to get our hands on the upcoming HD5770 Evolution which is another of the ‘firsts' for Powercolor which has Lucid's Hydra chip on the PCB. The idea behind this card is that it can be paired up with ANY other …

We spent some time with Powercolor at Computex and had a look at their products on display. An interesting model they had on show was the HD5770 Sniper – the ‘World's First GPU & NPU'. “What on earth is a NPU?” I hear you ask? well it is not only …

KitGuru enjoys a big breakfast – it comes with age and we are happy to give in to the urge. We're not quite at the ‘Lord of the Rings stage' where 2 breakfasts are required for happiness, but we're close. During this morning monster munch, KitGurus love to ponder the …

Computex has become THE event for the launch of new products. Ancient KitGurus remember the days when companies would hold onto new products and wait for the old Comdex show in Las Vegas in November. Comdex has died and CeBIT is dying – but Computex is still going strong. Thermaltake's …

KitGuru has been concentrating recently on many mid range boards, however today we are going to be looking at the high end custom HIS HD5870 graphics card, a product we know that will get you excited. The HIS HD 5870 iCooler V Turbo is completely redesigned and it ships with …

EyeFinity is the really neat trick that ATI Radeon HD 5000 series cards bring to the market. Forget simply stretching your desktop – why not actually support monster resolutions like 5760×1080 straight out of the box and let the gamers enjoy wrap-round, immersive shoot-em ups? KitGuru spies snuck into a …

KitGuru has noticed that (almost) every company now wants to make (almost) every product. Not 100% – but close. EVGA has long been associated with high end graphics cards, so what else did they have hidden on the 17th floor? “Where to stick your brand?” is a common question for …

KitGuru's like speed. SSD delivers speed in buckets. Few companies took off with the idea of SSD as fast as OCZ. Given that the leader into this market was Intel, with the stunningly good X.25, we think that OCZ has done a great job of jostling for first place in …

Most exhibitions in the world have the best products, you know, at the show. It doesn't work that way at Computex. Far from it. KitGuru's spies went behind closed doors and into Corsair’s exclusive little suite – tucked away on the 10th floor of a hotel. Corsair’s existing moves into …

Right now, the most hotly anticipated mainboard in a long time is the EVGA SR2. KitGuru has heard that the mainboard design team itself has moved to Sapphire. But is it true and what does it mean for the industry? First, it needs to be said, that all of this …

Our favourite cooling company Noctua have been showcasing some upcoming products at Computex in Taipei and we have a little gallery of images to show you this morning. For those of you who don't know, KitGuru recently hit 4.8ghz on air with a Core i7 875k with their monster Austrian …

AMD's first APU products will be available in the first half of 2011. Codenamed Ontario and Llano they are set to shake up the market. Accelerated Processing Units combine CPU and GPU into a single die processor and are created with 3d video and HD support as the primary focus. …

Google made a statement to inform the press that they are releasing their Chrome OS later this year. Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been outspoken about Windows operating systems and has even instructed his staff not to use it, citing security concerns. Apparently Chrome OS will be more secure than …

We reported recently on the suicides at the Foxconn factory in the far East, which attracted a lot of attention. In a very public move, Foxconn have decided to raise pay at the factories by 30 percent which is set to cost them millions in extra wages. Staff at the …

ATI have been enjoying huge success in 2010. The 5xxx series of graphics cards has been fondly received by both the public and critics … the combination of low power requirements with top tier performance has proven hard to beat. nVidia have managed to level the playing field lately with …

Steve Jobs was interviewed by AllThingD's Walt Mossbery and Kara Swisher at the D8 conference and he was, as usual, in fine form for making memorable quotes. Apple recently surpassed Microsoft in market capitalisation but he said “It's surreal, but it doesn't really mean anything”. When he was asked about …

MSI have a reputation for making great motherboards and their previous 790FX GD70 board received much critical acclaim. Not willing to rest on their laurels however, they went back to the drawing board and made some changes with the 890FXA GD70 in regards to board layout. With the new AMD …

ADATA are a growing company, well known amongst enthusiast circles for producing a wide range of memory products. We recently had some time to sit down and have a chat with JJ Jan, ADATA's Managing Director in The Netherlands. Allan: Hello JJ Jan, can you tell our readers a little …

Exposé – the hallmark of why using the OSX desktop is usually thought to be miles ahead of the one in Windows. The truth of the matter however, is that with Windows 7, Microsoft managed to one-up Apple with some nifty tricks of its own. Sure, switching between open windows …

Ah the memories … the good old days. When we had 64k of memory and a plastic computer built into a keyboard housing. If you are as old as me you will fondly remember waiting for 20 minutes, praying that the game would actually load. According to latest news reports …

Hothardware posted a picture of a rather sexy looking videocard which features two Fermi class GPU's on a 12 inch PCB. It comes supplied with three DVI connectors on the back and takes power from two 8x pin power connectors. There is no pricing or availability information yet, but we …

With the high profile launch of the GTX465 series this week nVidia are cooking on gas, with several partners releasing non reference editions of the card to the public. Palit are the latest and their version of the card features two 90mm fans as well as two dual link DVI, …

After the launch of their successful ECO for single CPU systems, Coolit have followed up with the dual CPU version for workstations and server platforms. “Our aim is to offer a wide variety of configurations to satisfy a vast amount of individual cooling requirements across many IT platforms whilst maintaining …

Corsair have released some of the finest power supplies over the last 24 months and their new range has been eagerly anticipated now for many months. KitGuru has all the juicy news on the upcoming “AX” range. They are offering a new series of ‘Professional Series Gold' power supplies in …

SSD's are finally getting a firm grip within the market, helped in part by dropping prices and increasing capacities. If you have been holding off on upgrading then perhaps today we can change your mind. We would go so far as to say that from our experience, adding an SSD …

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been rather proactive in his campaign against Windows with reports that he ‘ordered' his employees to move away from Windows machines. The Financial Times reported that Google have started to tell their employees that they are no longer able to request Windows based PCs instead …

The iPad – love it or hate it, there is just no getting away from it. The latest sales figures in last night show that Apple have sold 2 million units in just under 2 months … yep, less than 60 days. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said “Customers around the …

KitGuru has been up most of the night, researching the market ahead of the retail launch of nVidia’s GTX 465 card. As you know, this card delivers decent performance at almost the right price. But can you buy it? In case you didn’t know, Scan is one of the biggest …