Comments on: ASRock ION 330 dual core w/NVIDIA ION nettop review http://liliputing.com/2009/12/asrock-ion-330-dual-core-wnvidia-ion-nettop-review.html Compact Computing Sat, 26 May 2012 08:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kobaljov http://liliputing.com/2009/12/asrock-ion-330-dual-core-wnvidia-ion-nettop-review.html#comment-46354 Kobaljov Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:33:59 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=14996#comment-46354 "ASRock sells the ION 330 nettop as a barebones unit, which means that it comes with everything but the operating system."<br><br>As far as I know the barebone means a "half-machine" from hardware side, e.g. a machine with case, power supply, motherboard (maybe ODD) but no RAM, HDD, etc. So it's more hardware related term than OS, and not valid for this PC.<br><br>"the Asus UL20A with integrated GMA 3150 graphics"<br><br>This GMA is the integrated one with the new Atom, the UL20A has the GMA 4500MHD<br><br>This ASRock machine is a interesting one, I already thinking about it, but it has a some (smaller) cons too, like the glossy finish and no ports on the cover and I'm afraid of the the two smaller fans in it. The Antec has a similar but little bit larger mITX case (ISK300-65) where 80 mm case fans can be used, but it's for the DIY builders. Maybe we can see new models at the CES.<br><br>From software side the free media center "XBMC" supports the Ion's video acceleration, so can be used with this machine for HTPC (unfortunately without TV tuner support yet). “ASRock sells the ION 330 nettop as a barebones unit, which means that it comes with everything but the operating system.”

As far as I know the barebone means a “half-machine” from hardware side, e.g. a machine with case, power supply, motherboard (maybe ODD) but no RAM, HDD, etc. So it's more hardware related term than OS, and not valid for this PC.

“the Asus UL20A with integrated GMA 3150 graphics”

This GMA is the integrated one with the new Atom, the UL20A has the GMA 4500MHD

This ASRock machine is a interesting one, I already thinking about it, but it has a some (smaller) cons too, like the glossy finish and no ports on the cover and I'm afraid of the the two smaller fans in it. The Antec has a similar but little bit larger mITX case (ISK300-65) where 80 mm case fans can be used, but it's for the DIY builders. Maybe we can see new models at the CES.

From software side the free media center “XBMC” supports the Ion's video acceleration, so can be used with this machine for HTPC (unfortunately without TV tuner support yet).

]]> By: Kobaljov http://liliputing.com/2009/12/asrock-ion-330-dual-core-wnvidia-ion-nettop-review.html#comment-37162 Kobaljov Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:33:59 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=14996#comment-37162 "ASRock sells the ION 330 nettop as a barebones unit, which means that it comes with everything but the operating system."<br><br>As far as I know the barebone means a "half-machine" from hardware side, e.g. a machine with case, power supply, motherboard (maybe ODD) but no RAM, HDD, etc. So it's more hardware related term than OS, and not valid for this PC.<br><br>"the Asus UL20A with integrated GMA 3150 graphics"<br><br>This GMA is the integrated one with the new Atom, the UL20A has the GMA 4500MHD<br><br>This ASRock machine is a interesting one, I already thinking about it, but it has a some (smaller) cons too, like the glossy finish and no ports on the cover and I'm afraid of the the two smaller fans in it. The Antec has a similar but little bit larger mITX case (ISK300-65) where 80 mm case fans can be used, but it's for the DIY builders. Maybe we can see new models at the CES.<br><br>From software side the free media center "XBMC" supports the Ion's video acceleration, so can be used with this machine for HTPC (unfortunately without TV tuner support yet). “ASRock sells the ION 330 nettop as a barebones unit, which means that it comes with everything but the operating system.”

As far as I know the barebone means a “half-machine” from hardware side, e.g. a machine with case, power supply, motherboard (maybe ODD) but no RAM, HDD, etc. So it's more hardware related term than OS, and not valid for this PC.

“the Asus UL20A with integrated GMA 3150 graphics”

This GMA is the integrated one with the new Atom, the UL20A has the GMA 4500MHD

This ASRock machine is a interesting one, I already thinking about it, but it has a some (smaller) cons too, like the glossy finish and no ports on the cover and I'm afraid of the the two smaller fans in it. The Antec has a similar but little bit larger mITX case (ISK300-65) where 80 mm case fans can be used, but it's for the DIY builders. Maybe we can see new models at the CES.

From software side the free media center “XBMC” supports the Ion's video acceleration, so can be used with this machine for HTPC (unfortunately without TV tuner support yet).

]]> By: Scott http://liliputing.com/2009/12/asrock-ion-330-dual-core-wnvidia-ion-nettop-review.html#comment-37105 Scott Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:04:09 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=14996#comment-37105 You may be able to use a dvd player (or tivo) with a coaxial out in lue of TV signal if that's easier. I'm pretty sure that would work... You may be able to use a dvd player (or tivo) with a coaxial out in lue of TV signal if that's easier. I'm pretty sure that would work…

]]> By: Anonymous Coward http://liliputing.com/2009/12/asrock-ion-330-dual-core-wnvidia-ion-nettop-review.html#comment-37085 Anonymous Coward Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:53:15 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=14996#comment-37085 Don't forget you can overclock it to 2GHz easily and it will be stable. It will make the Windows Experience Index jump to 3.8 on the CPU which is significantly faster! Don't forget you can overclock it to 2GHz easily and it will be stable. It will make the Windows Experience Index jump to 3.8 on the CPU which is significantly faster!

]]> By: Brad Linder http://liliputing.com/2009/12/asrock-ion-330-dual-core-wnvidia-ion-nettop-review.html#comment-37081 Brad Linder Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:54:03 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=14996#comment-37081 Or rather, it works on a 720p TV. I don't have a 1080p TV. :) Or rather, it works on a 720p TV. I don't have a 1080p TV. :)

]]> By: Brad Linder http://liliputing.com/2009/12/asrock-ion-330-dual-core-wnvidia-ion-nettop-review.html#comment-37080 Brad Linder Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:53:09 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=14996#comment-37080 Yup, that works:<br><br><a href="http://liliputing.com/2009/11/adobe-flash-player-10-1-beta-with-gpu-acceleration-arrives.html" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/Dwe4B</a> Yup, that works:

http://bit.ly/Dwe4B

]]> By: BoloMKXXVIII http://liliputing.com/2009/12/asrock-ion-330-dual-core-wnvidia-ion-nettop-review.html#comment-37078 BoloMKXXVIII Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:53:01 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=14996#comment-37078 Brad,<br><br>Nice to know it can play youtube clips, but any nettop/desktop with a HDMI port really should be tested with Hulu on a 1080p HDTV as I suspect this would be a common task.<br><br>Hope you had a great Christmas! Brad,

Nice to know it can play youtube clips, but any nettop/desktop with a HDMI port really should be tested with Hulu on a 1080p HDTV as I suspect this would be a common task.

Hope you had a great Christmas!

]]> By: royk http://liliputing.com/2009/12/asrock-ion-330-dual-core-wnvidia-ion-nettop-review.html#comment-37071 royk Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:27:00 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=14996#comment-37071 the spdif scores much higher on my book than the optical drive.<br>thanks for the review ! the spdif scores much higher on my book than the optical drive.
thanks for the review !

]]> By: Brad Linder http://liliputing.com/2009/12/asrock-ion-330-dual-core-wnvidia-ion-nettop-review.html#comment-37063 Brad Linder Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:45:14 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=14996#comment-37063 Honestly, I haven't had time to test that yet so I left it out from the<br>review. I'll see if I can rig it up to test before I send the computer back<br>though. Unfortunately, the way the roof antenna in our house is wired, it<br>requires moving the computer out of the office and down to another floor and<br>hooking it up to a TV or another display to test. You can't really pick up<br>much with an indoor antenna or I would have tested it already. Honestly, I haven't had time to test that yet so I left it out from the
review. I'll see if I can rig it up to test before I send the computer back
though. Unfortunately, the way the roof antenna in our house is wired, it
requires moving the computer out of the office and down to another floor and
hooking it up to a TV or another display to test. You can't really pick up
much with an indoor antenna or I would have tested it already.

]]> By: HD 720p http://liliputing.com/2009/12/asrock-ion-330-dual-core-wnvidia-ion-nettop-review.html#comment-37056 HD 720p Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:34:38 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=14996#comment-37056 thanks for the great content posted here will always be visiting your blog thanks for the great content posted here will always be visiting your blog

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