FunTwist Fiono 330 dual core Atom nettop dissected

FunTwist Fiono 330 dual core Atom nettop dissected – Video

The FunTwist Fiono 330 nettop is a nettop with a dual core Intel Atom 330 processor, 2GB of RAM, and a 2.5 inch hard drive. It also features NVIDIA ION graphics, which means that the tiny desktop PC can handle 1080p HD video output.

Netbooked picked one up recently and discovered a few interesting things about the FunTwist nettop. First, the fan is surprisingly loud. Second, there’s a barebones option that comes without RAM or a hard drive or WiFi. The RAM and hard drive are easy enough to slap into place, but when the folks at Netbooked popped the lid and looked for a place to insert a WiFimodule, there was no PCIe slot. Instead, you’re supposed to use an internal USB connector for a USB WiFi dongle. But there’s not really room for that, so you might be better off using one of the computer’s external USB ports.

You can check out a hands-on video of the FunTwist Fiono 330 with its top off after the break. Just for kicks I’ll throw in an unboxing video from Netbooked as well.

Posted on Friday, October 2nd, 2009, 4:27 pm by Brad Linder

MonkeyKing1969

Of course the fan is LOUD…they put a cheap janky desktop computer fan in the case. They didn't even sit down for more then five seconds to plan airflow or give a millimeter of space for air to move, they just shoved the parts in and shoved the cheapest solution they could manage to make up for their lack of engineering talent.

A child could have done better!
uncola

This looks pretty poorly designed.. the acer revo's seem better
datafeilen

Asrock Ion 330 has a loud fan too. It looks like the whole “Ion industry” is all thinking size and nothing else. A bigger case and bigger fan with rpm around 1000 or lower would do magic.
http://dashu2dan.blogsite.org/wordpress/ Victor Zhang

I actually bought this puppy just before Christmas to use as a HTPC + P2P downloader + Blog server (powered by WordPress), and we have it in our bedroom connected to the LCD TV.

The fan is not loud, just a bit annoying especially if you are obsessed and actually pay attention to it (like me). My wife never even noticed it! So I first thought about unpluggin the fun, because the computers runs really cool. I popped the hood and realized the fan itself was not noisy, the noise came from the air blowing on the little holes on the cover above the fan. I decided to leave the lid off, then it was almost absolutely silence. Finally, I thought better and made a custom cover for it using the hard plastic cover of a file folder, but cut out a square hole above where the fan is. It is so quiet now that even if you pay great attention in the middel of night, you can't hear a thing!
http://dashu2dan.blogsite.org/wordpress/ Victor Zhang

Here is a photo I took of my FunTwist 330.
http://dashu2dan.blogsite.org/wordpress/archive…

- we wanted a white one, but forgot to mention it when we bought it online. Once it arrived, I was too excited to ship it back to exchange for a white one.
- we have it stand up
- the thing sticking out on top is the receiver for the wirless keyboard/mouse
- the wifi antenna is sticking up at the back. I assembled the memorey, hard disk, and wifi card myself.
- this photo was taken before I made the custom cover.

Victor
http://dashu2dan.blogsite.org/wordpress/ Victor Zhang

I actually bought this puppy just before Christmas to use as a HTPC + P2P downloader + Blog server (powered by WordPress), and we have it in our bedroom connected to the LCD TV.

The fan is not loud, just a bit annoying especially if you are obsessed and actually pay attention to it (like me). My wife never even noticed it! So I first thought about unpluggin the fun, because the computers runs really cool. I popped the hood and realized the fan itself was not noisy, the noise came from the air blowing on the little holes on the cover above the fan. I decided to leave the lid off, then it was almost absolutely silence. Finally, I thought better and made a custom cover for it using the hard plastic cover of a file folder, but cut out a square hole above where the fan is. It is so quiet now that even if you pay great attention in the middel of night, you can't hear a thing!
http://dashu2dan.blogsite.org/wordpress/ Victor Zhang

Here is a photo I took of my FunTwist 330.
http://dashu2dan.blogsite.org/wordpress/archive…

- we wanted a white one, but forgot to mention it when we bought it online. Once it arrived, I was too excited to ship it back to exchange for a white one.
- we have it stand up
- the thing sticking out on top is the receiver for the wirless keyboard/mouse
- the wifi antenna is sticking up at the back. I assembled the memorey, hard disk, and wifi card myself.
- this photo was taken before I made the custom cover.

Victor

FunTwist Fiono 330 dual core Atom nettop dissected – Video

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