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by Rafael Hernandez on September 21, 2011 · 0 comments

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 […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 12, 2011 · 0 comments

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’ll find the three […]

Read more ECS Black Series A990FXM-A Motherboard brings in a weird batch of features

by Rafael Hernandez on October 18, 2010 · 0 comments

There are those brands that put out respectable products that work well for the average PC build but, eventually, manufacturers yearn for that performance badge that sets them apart. The ECS P55H-AK Black Series is jam packed with with Triple SLI and CrossFireX support to go along with SATA 6G, USB 3.0, and dual Gigabit […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 16, 2010 · 0 comments

Intel’s P55 chipset offers a dizzying array of advanced features but in order to bring its costs down, and keep it from competing with its bigger brother the X58, they cut out a few PCI Express lanes which are important for those with Multi-GPU dreams. In comes the ECS P55H-AK which takes the budget minded […]

Read more ECS P55H-AK enjoys more lanes than most

by Rafael Hernandez on July 12, 2010 · 0 comments

The problem with purchasing top of the line cards, besides the price aspect, is the fact that they require a huge system overhaul in order to make them run optimally and you’ll need a new power supply to get them running. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 sports a bit less bandwidth and isn’t as power […]

Read more NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 brings raw power to the mid-range gamer

by Rafael Hernandez on April 4, 2010 · 0 comments

The greatest benefit to all of the computer component miniaturization is that, over time, you can get increasing amounts of computing performance in smaller spaces. Thankfully motherboard manufacturers are now keeping up with the improvements. The ECS H55H-I Mini ITX Motherboard allows you to cram your favorite Intel LGA 1156 CPU into some tight quarters […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 4, 2010 · 0 comments

Enthusiast level motherboards tend to go all out with their component quality and feature sets which, consequently, pushes up the price tag on the very central piece to a PC. Thankfully one company manages to keep costs under control. The ECS A890GXM-A 890GX Motherboard sports AMD’s latest graphics infused 890GX northbridge and SATA 6G toting […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 4, 2009 · 0 comments

ECS hasn’t had the greatest of reputations with the enthusiast crowd but the company has stepped up their game in recent years churning out some great products for your consideration and possible purchase.Case in point is their new A790GXM-AD3 motherboard…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 4, 2009 · 0 comments

Going for the budget brand side of the PC hardware market is a tough proposal given the “bad vibes” associated with inexpensive hardware. The ECS A780GM-A Ultra Black appears to buck that trend competently handling any AMD AM2+ CPU you…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2008 · 0 comments

Another year another IGP refresh, this time around Nvidia gets in on the fun with their new MCP7a chipset. ECS’ GF9300TA Motherboard makes good use of the new chip as Guru3D can attest to. Interesting read:So why is this integrated…

Read more ECS GF9300TA Motherboard Reviewed, MCP7a Fun!