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KitGuru has a passion for Noctua products. In the last year we have been extremely impressed with their range of high quality heatsinks and as regular readers will already know, we have achieved our highest overclocks with their flagship NH D14 product. 5.1ghz with a 2600k, 4.8ghz with a 875k …

There are many high quality power supplies on the market today, however in a recent survey from Hardware.fr it appears that Antec have the lowest recorded failure rate of them all. The study, which was carried out by Hardware.fr, a leading French website dedicated to provided the latest independent hardware …

nVidia and Intel have announced a six year cross licensing deal worth $1.5BN which resolves a long term patent dispute between the two companies. This could mean a potential integration of Nvidia GPUs with Intel's processors. The agreement announced earlier this week means that Intel will pay Nvidia $1.5 billion …

Over the years Sapphire have earned a reputation as one of AMD's strongest partners, bringing to market high quality, performance graphics cards. Their VaporX and Toxic Editions have garnered a passionate enthusiast audience who wait patiently for their release. In the past Sapphire have successfully delved outside the graphics card …

Just seven hours after KitGuru broke the world exclusive story that Dirk Meyer was leaving AMD, the world's major press are now leaping on to the day's most important technology/corporate event and confirming that KitGuru got it 100% right, ahead of everyone. First to take up KitGuru's story was Steve …

Following on from KitGuru's exclusive revelation that there will be a change in leadership at AMD for 2011, a whole heap of new questions now have to be asked. The most important one of which must be, “Who will captain the good ship AMD into the competitive waters of the …

In a shocking revelation coming at the end of the most successful CES in more than a decade, KitGuru has learned that Dirk Meyer will not be in charge of AMD for 2011. Likely to be announced in the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times over the next 72 hours, …

Graphics is a competitive business. Tell us something we don't know. Pricing is important anyway, but even more so around a launch. Fine-tuning the price is important most of the time. Around the launch of a new product, it is crucial. nVidia is aiming to sit the GTX560 on a …

Rumours on the grapevine suggest that Alienware are planning to release the M18x, complete with dual nVidia Sli or ATi CrossfireX options. Alienware laptops prove popular with the wealthier enthusiast audience who want a high performance machine with a unique design. The high end series never boasts incredible battery life …

Since KitGuru was founded last year, we have probably looked at more products from Arctic (Cooling) than any other manufacturer.  We have covered everything from 5.1 surround sound gaming headsets to budget-friendly CPU coolers. Today we are going to look at Arctic Cooling's solution to hot laptops, the NC Notebook …

KitGuru reported on the Nintendo 3DS last month when they issued a warning saying that the 3DS wasn't suitable for very young children in 3D mode. President Satoru Iwata has said that the 3DS isn't dangerous. “We are being proactive about informing our customer, even though it may not necessarily …

The latest reports from the Far East indicate that Apple could release version 2 of the iPad in 3 weeks time, by the end of January. Apple have yet to confirm a single rumor on the new product, which has been the talk of many analysts since November. Kevin Rose, …

Getting the right price for a product is crucial. Too low and you miss out on profits. Too high and the product can fail to sell at all. So what price does the GTX560 need to be in order to succeed. This is a question that has preoccupied nVidia's execs …

A couple of weeks ago a company that we hadn't heard much about before asked if we would like to look at some of their fans.  So imagine our surprise when a huge box, about the size you would expect for a PC case, arrived from said company. We opened …

Here at KitGuru we don't often find the time to look at the latest software offerings on the market but occasionally we make an exception.  There are a number of different video editing packages available on the market from a number of companies to make your own professional movies. Today …

As you all know, nVidia will be launching its GTX560 refresh to the popular GTX460 card on 25th January 2011. Going back to the early part of 2010, when the first Fermi cards began to surface, one of the biggest worries was power draw. Has nVidia got it right with …

While the press NDA lifted a few days back, KitGuru had been under the impression that the actual embargo for selling was closer to Sunday 9th January. If that's true, then it seems that the UK is leading the world again in technology. Sort of. In the UK, there are …

Some things in life are random. “Will a drop hit my nose when it begins to rain in the park?”  is the kind of question that falls into that category. Other things are a little more predictable. Alongside “Will the sun come up in the morning?”,  we can definitely put …

As you know, KitGuru has big love for the inventor of the original 3D card and all they have done for the world. However, nVidia is about to engage in a real ‘take your balls in your hands' exercise as it phases out the GTX460 in favour of the brand …

Different companies market on different things. The idea is to establish a USP or Unique Selling Point and push into the market with that USP. For a long time, nVidia partner EVGA has been pushing a global message that its 10 year warranty was a key reason to but its …

In one of the lighter moments today, Kingston sent us a few links to videos they have on their YouTube channel. If you ever wanted to see some extreme ‘torture testing', then this might just hit the spot. KitGuru says: Nice ‘n wacky, we like it!

Last month we reviewed Antec's new 80 Plus Gold Certified ‘High Current Pro 850W‘ power supply, and we were impressed. Today we are looking at the 900W model in their ‘High Current Gamer' range. As this series is 80 Plus Bronze Certified, it is a little more affordable, with the …

Gigabyte have announced the release of three new motherboards – the G1 Assassin, G1 Sniper and G1 Guerilla. These are based on the X58 chipset and feature Creative and BigFoot Networks technology incorporated. “GIGABYTE is thrilled to be able to introduce the world’s first motherboard series designed solely for elite …

Facebook growth is staggering in recent months. Latest reports from Goldman Sachs show that they raked in $1.2 billion across the first nine months of 2010. Facebooks net income in the first nine months of 2010 peaked at $355 million and Goldman values the company now at $50 billion and …

Skype, the leading VOIP software package has announced that they are buying Qik, a small firm who specialise in mobile video software and services. Qik's software enables users to share video clips. Skype have announced this at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. California based Qik was only founded …

A major chinese website is selling thousands of stolen iTunes accounts. 50,000 accounts are linked to stolen credit cards, listed on auction site TaoBao, the countries equivalent of eBay. Buyers of the accounts are offered temporary access with unlimited downloads from the service for a price of only 1 yuan …

Could Apple be the first company with a $1 trillion market cap?  This is a question that many analysts are asking right now. James Altucher, managing partner at hedge fund Formula Capital seems to think so. As Kitguru reported a few days ago, Apple have just passed the $300 billion …

It is hard to escape the tablet craze in recent months, and CES seems to be a tablet showcase for a a multitude of manufacturers, such as LG and Motorola. The Motorola tablet is called the Xoom – a 10.1 inch tablet which will run on the Verizon 4G LTE …

At KitGuru, when we see the latest and greatest in SSD technology we get a collective tingling in our loins and Zardon drifts off to a happy place where half a dozen of the new drives are strapped together in RAID 0 in order to make one of his benchmarks …

Over the past couple of years the gaming peripherals market has been flooded with new products, both from new and existing manufacturers.  Cooler Master's CM Storm brand is a relitavely new player in the market, competing with the longer-established brands such as SteelSeries and Razer. Today we are going to …