Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Nov 1, 2011, 6:54 pm
HP is ushering in the ARM server age with their Project Moonshot initiative that will see the company deliver densely packed servers with thousands of ARM processors that can take over some of the functions that the much more power hungry and bulkier x86 chips are currently being used for. File tra...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Oct 31, 2011, 2:21 am
Lian Li’s PC-TU200 PC case looks forward to the day that you decide that your next LAN gaming rig will be based on a miniITX motherboard which would make it the best choice for your new system since it’s clearly built for dragging around to your next meet. The case is nicely ruggedized with rein...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Oct 25, 2011, 9:21 pm
The Dell Inspiron 14z conjures up images of insane gaming performance while on the go… while that’s a mighty tall task to ask of any notebook that fits into the 14″ category it’s capable of some moderate gaming itch scratching. The machine and its Intel Core i5-2430M processor and its Intel ...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Oct 21, 2011, 2:25 am
AMD’s long awaited Bulldozer architecture was launched last week to a mixed reception. There was hope for a high end contender but there should have been more measured expectations from the FX 8150 and its brothers… still there may be some hope for the processor since AMD is planning on includin...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Oct 19, 2011, 4:31 am
The combined efforts of Google and Samsung will be bringing Google’s open source Android operating system kicking and screaming into the future with their upcoming Ice Cream Sandwich update… or version 4.0 as it were. The update is designed to function on both tablets and smart phones so thereâ€...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Oct 19, 2011, 2:13 am
The Biostar TZ68K+ proves that high performance platforms don’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. The motherboard uses Intel’s Z68 chipset, which supports the company’s LGA1155 processors, and it’s somewhat barebones on the feature front with two PCIe X16 slots (one full x16 and one runnin...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Oct 18, 2011, 11:02 pm
It’s difficult to predict who will come out on top in the strange and crazy heatsink world but the Cooler Master Hyper 612S has managed to pull out some impressive performance numbers from a collection of heatpipes  and aluminum fins. Its design is really quite simple but its capability of mount...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Oct 14, 2011, 5:58 pm
OK, so it’s a little dissapointing that there’s no slimmer, bigger-screened iPhone 5 from Apple this year. Nonetheless, the iPhone 4S still managed to break pre-order records, and judging from the first round of reviews, it was a smart move by Apple to focus its energies on the iPhone’s softwa...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Oct 14, 2011, 5:14 pm
It’s tempting to go with a notebook that offers everything you need at a low price but the Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 notebook fits in a couple of things you want as well for just a bit more. The Intel Core i5-2410M powered device comes prepped with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M GPU which will make gaming ...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Oct 12, 2011, 1:48 am
AMD’s Bulldozer design has been quite elusive with rumored delays on the company’s latest architecture change in quite a few years. The FX 8150 CPU does its magic with four modules that each host two CPU cores that share resources with each other that should improve performance without increasin...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Oct 11, 2011, 11:47 pm
Google’s Chrome OS is designed around a web-enabled future that companies are clamoring to drag us into… kicking and screaming if need be. The Samsung Chromebook is the company’s initial platform to bring us into their idea of the future and it’s a decent enough machine for the task. Its net...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Oct 5, 2011, 11:05 pm
Today, we honor the life and legacy of a visionary man. Thank you, Steve. Image credit: Apple
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Oct 5, 2011, 4:30 pm
The ASUS G74SX gaming notebook is a prime example on why you it’s always a good idea to pick a target and aim for it. The company has manage to craft a machine that can be fitted with an Intel Core i7 2630QM processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M graphics for potent gaming performance wherever you...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 30, 2011, 10:42 pm
Corsair has an impressive lineup of water cooling kits under its belt so it’s not surprising to see their new Hydro Series H80 taking things so seriously. The kit sports an extra thick radiator that should pull heat from the fluid pumping around the system very well while its dual fan configuratio...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 29, 2011, 10:35 pm
AMD’s APU based Llano cores have a reputation for being a bit on the mundane side since they don’t offer the same performance their Phenom II cousins tout, much less whatever Intel has put out in the past three years, but the ASUS F1A75-V Pro motherboard makes the case for this wonder of a chip...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 29, 2011, 2:47 am
It’s rare to see a video card like the PowerColor Radeon HD 6770 PCS+ Vortex II especially when the price range it’s competing in is filled with plenty of inexpensive models that rely on a reference cooling system. Impressively the company has gone with a massive heatpipe and fan combination wh...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 29, 2011, 1:39 am
Laptops like the ASUS A53T rarely come about since they break the mold in so many ways. There’s its quad core APU, which goes by the name of AMD A6-3400M, and a discrete Radeon HD 6650M graphics card that pair up inside of its 15.6″ confines in a mobile CrossFireX frenzy. It disappoints a bit wi...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 28, 2011, 8:20 pm
Apple’s iPad is an accessory and app wonderland that has yet to be matched. The bulk of the tablets making their way to the market are an intriguing mix of hardware with an odd collection of software which may, or may not, stick around long enough to make any measurable difference. Why the dispar...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 28, 2011, 6:21 pm
Plenty of book fiends know full well the awesome amounts of reading material they can cram on to an Amazon Kindle and the ding to their credit cards that follows once you’ve gone through all of that literature. Since Amazon is in the business of selling multimedia content as well the company has a...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 27, 2011, 11:07 pm
As far as massive structures go the Cooler Master Storm Trooper case is right up there with the best of them. Most people are content to compute within the confines of a mid-tower case but the Storm Trooper is set to take on your XL-ATX motherboard and whatever over sized graphics cards you plan to ...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 27, 2011, 2:51 am
Gimmicks aren’t a big selling point for me but there is something to be said for the ASUS F1A75-I Deluxe motherboard and its assortment of tricks. It’s an FM1 socket board so you’re going to be making fine use of an AMD Llano based APU on it which suits it quite well since it believes itself t...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 27, 2011, 2:10 am
The Dell U2311H monitor sits in a good spot for those that want a reasonably priced display. Its E-IPS LCD has improved viewing angles which is extremely useful for those that hate odd angles ruining their view but it doesn’t quite reach the pinnacle of display clarity like a full blown IPS panel ...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 26, 2011, 1:22 am
The bulk of Android tablets kind of just meld together but the good news is that if you pick up the Motorola Xoom 2, which might just come out in 7 and 8.2-inch versions, you’re guaranteed some powerful hardware and some distinctive cladding that just might set it apart from the millions of tabl...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 25, 2011, 10:03 pm
The Alienware M18x notebook has plenty of great things going for it. Its Intel Core i7 2960XM processor can handle plenty of heavy applications and games, which you’d want from your portable gaming notebook, and its Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M SLI graphics chips provide the sort of horsepower you...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 25, 2011, 8:01 pm
The ASUS P8H67-M EVO motherboard is the sort of board you want when there’s a system to be built which won’t see any form of enthusiast level tweaking. Aside from the restrictions on pushing your CPU there are a ton of reasons to consider this microATX board with its LGA1155 processor support a...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 23, 2011, 11:52 pm
The ASUS GeForce GTX 560Ti video card is, by all accounts, a mid range graphics card which sports the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560Ti GPU but its cooling solution is a little over the top which allows for quite a bit of overclocking that no longer allows it to slot into that middle of the road but that’...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 22, 2011, 4:55 pm
NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 ARM chip is set to answer many questions which you never even knew you had. The first is probably you questioning your need for an even more powerful platform for all of your mobile applications, and gadgets, to run on which you’ll answer with a hearty yes then stop your brain f...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 21, 2011, 9:56 pm
The ECS A75F-A is a bit overkill for playing host to a CPU platform that’s a bit more budget oriented than the rest but that just gives you more reasons to upgrade further on down the road. When it’s paired up with the AMD Fusion A6-3650 APU you have yourself a potent machine capable of running ...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 21, 2011, 9:02 pm
ASUS is well known for performance products which puts the Radeon HD 6770 DirectCU Silent video card in a bit of a weird spot. It offers the great gaming performance a 6770 card should offer but they’ve piled on a silent heatsink that should keep temperatures under control and minimize the amount...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 20, 2011, 2:16 pm
Computing devices, such as the HP Touchpad, sport an amazing amount of flexibility despite its less than powerful processor but that hasn’t stopped the fervent communities, that pop up around, to squeeze as much performance as possible from their handy portable devices. Interestingly there are som...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 19, 2011, 10:03 pm
It’s going to be difficult to compare the relative performance of any product without having them on hand and that can get cost prohibitive very quickly if you’re dealing with Solid State Drives so be glad sites like ITShootOut takes the reigns on this sort of endeavor. They’ve taken a look at...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 18, 2011, 4:23 pm
The Corsair TX750M Power Supply doesn’t overplay its hand and go crazy with all manner of LED lighting system or overkill wattage ratings. Instead you’ll find a very solid 80Plus 750Watt PSU that will handle the vast majority of mid-range PC builds with ease and is designed, at least in part, t...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 18, 2011, 3:37 pm
It’s hard to ignore the Samsung T27A950 27″ 950 Series LED monitor with its slim dimensions and well placed curves that make it look more like a piece of art than the dull screen you’re staring at right now. Thankfully its features go beyond showing computing device images, which it handles ...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 16, 2011, 11:55 pm
Diablotek’s Legend PC case, and others like it, can make one question the need for extremely expensive cases. This particular design is wonderfully painted a subtle shade of black, inside and out, which is a step many budget case options don’t exactly go for. They have managed to sneak in tool ...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 16, 2011, 11:12 pm
The Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 is one of the reasons why AMD has plenty of fans. It can handle current AM3 processors quite nicely and will be there for your inevitable upgrade to their major architecture shift in the upcoming Bulldozer CPUs. Lets go beyond the main reason you’d buy an AM3+ motherboard ...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 15, 2011, 8:26 pm
ASRock’s A75M-ITX motherboard is a welcome change of pace from the usual AMD FM1 based boards, well at least in the miniaturization department as it’s one of the few Mini ITX boards to show up on the market that support the Llano based processors. You’ll be giving up a bit of expansion capabil...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 14, 2011, 5:38 pm
Lucidlogix is a technology company that sits in a very strange place. They’re knee deep in video technology but they don’t produce GPUs themselves, instead they create technology like HyperFormance which they hope will improve how gaming feels to the gamer. Their software sits between gaming sof...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 14, 2011, 5:14 pm
The Intel Sandy Bridge E processor is set to become a monster of a performance chip with its massive amounts of cache and 4 channel memory controller making it one of the most anticipated CPUs this year but all of the added features makes for one large, and very power hungry, processor. So the compa...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 13, 2011, 9:56 am
The MSI A75MA-G55 is the sort of motherboard you dream of. It offers the ability to run your Fusion infused AMD Llano processor with its integrated graphics core so you can get your system up and running with a minimum of fuss, which is perfect for building that budget PC, but it also offers up a p...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 12, 2011, 4:11 pm
It’s hard to ignore a motherboard like the ECS Black Series A990FXM-A especially when it hits all of the right feature marks and it sports the AMD 990FX chipset which is their, current, top of the line model and will allow you to expand to the company’s future Bulldozer based CPUs. Sure you’l...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 8, 2011, 11:06 pm
Cards like the Areca ARC-1882i come into play when you have a huge need for healthy dosages of storage bandwidth. Of course in order to thoroughly test a solution you can just throw a laughable spindle based hard drive at it, you’re going to have to give it some juice to the tune of seven solid s...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 8, 2011, 2:39 am
ASUS’ P6X58-E WS motherboard goes all out for those with a massive need for high bandwidth expansion. It takes Intel’s old fashioned X58 chipset, and its LGA 1366 processor support, and tacks on a NVIDIA nForce 200 chip to add quite a few extra PCI Express lanes so you can pile on quite a few vi...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 7, 2011, 9:58 pm
Antec’s Sonata Series Solo II case is yet another design that attempts to keep the noise your system generates at a minimum. It comes equipped with a single quiet exhaust fan but it does provide mounting points for a pair of 120mm fans at the front which should handle moderate cooling needs effici...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 2, 2011, 2:41 pm
The Thermaltake Chaser MK-I is taking a stab at being all things to all people so you shouldn’t be surprised to see the massive number of features in their overkill design. It comes with a 200mm intake fan and 200mm top fan with an open spot for yet another 200mm fan to go along side it and if th...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 1, 2011, 7:04 pm
Toshiba’s Portégé Z830 Ultrabook notebook has gone on a bit of a slimming regimen, or at least we’d be envious if it hadn’t, in order to squeeze into its sub 2.5 pound 0.63 inch frame. Yes it’s sharp and sleek but it manages to pack in a 13 inch display, LED back lit keyboard, and a 128GB...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 1, 2011, 6:38 pm
The ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z motherboard is set to become the company’s gold standard when it comes to tweaking and overclocking your PC. Its Intel Z68 based design will gladly accept your LGA1155 CPU but you’re going to want to pair it up with a K series processor in order to get the most out...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Sep 1, 2011, 5:55 pm
Lian Li’s PC-90 case might be a prime example of losing your train of thought. It has a few modern features such as USB3 ports, massive amounts of airflow courtesy of the two 140mm fans at the front of the machine, an ingenious hard drive mounting system that keeps hard drives out of the path of...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Aug 31, 2011, 5:04 pm
Count the OCZ Technology RevoDrive 3 X2 PCI-E 480GB SSD as something that’s out of reach for most people’s PC building budget… which doesn’t stop us from dreaming now does it? What you’re looking at is a fine selection of flash memory chips being accessed by a pair of SandForce memory con...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Aug 31, 2011, 4:51 pm
The Gigabyte Z68XP-UD5 motherboard is the sort of platform you want to base your next PC build on. It’s not the snazziest of designs but it does offer enough features to keep you and your Sandy Bridge processor happy. Its LucidLogix Virtu capability will have your PC using less power with its gr...
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Pedro Hernandez posted an article on ecoINSITE - Aug 29, 2011, 5:23 am
The Corsair Hydro Series H100 Liquid CPU Cooler is proof that self-contained liquid cooling kits are turning into a viable option for those looking to push their processors to even higher clock rates. The bulk of the designs that have been on the market offer a single 120mm radiator that can allow ...
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