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Asus Eee Box B202 in Desktop PCs

Verdict

As slow and limited as a netbook, but without the portability. We can't see the Eee Box repeating the Eee PC's cross-over success

Review Date: 21 Aug 2008

Price when reviewed: £170 (£196 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
3 stars out of 6

Features & Design
3 stars out of 6

Value for Money
4 stars out of 6

Performance
1 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code Eee Box B202
Review Date 21 Aug 2008
Price ex VAT £170
Price inc VAT £196
Overall rating 3 stars out of 6
Performance 1 stars out of 6
Features & Design 3 stars out of 6
Value for Money 4 stars out of 6
Warranty
Warranty final 2 year(s) collect and return
Basic specifications
Total hard disk capacity 80
RAM capacity 1.00GB
Screen size N/A
Processor
CPU family Intel Atom
CPU nominal frequency 1.60GHz
CPU overclocked frequency N/A
Motherboard
Conventional PCI slots free 0
Conventional PCI slots total 0
PCI-E x16 slots free 0
PCI-E x16 slots total 0
PCI-E x8 slots free 0
PCI-E x8 slots total 0
PCI-E x4 slots free 0
PCI-E x4 slots total 0
PCI-E x1 slots free 0
PCI-E x1 slots total 0
Memory
Memory type DDR2
Hard disk
Capacity 80GB
Hard disk usable capacity 80GB
Internal disk interface SATA
Hard disk 2 make and model N/A
Hard disk 2 nominal capacity N/A
Hard disk 2 formatted capacity N/A
Hard disk 2 spindle speed N/A
Hard disk 2 cache size N/A
Hard disk 3 make and model N/A
Hard disk 3 nominal capacity N/A
Hard disk 4 make and model N/A
Hard disk 4 nominal capacity N/A
Drives
Optical drive N/A
Optical disc technology N/A
Optical disk 2 make and model N/A
Optical disk 3 make and model N/A
Monitor
Monitor make and model N/A
Resolution screen horizontal N/A
Resolution screen vertical N/A
Resolution N/A x N/A
Pixel response time N/A
Contrast ratio N/A
Screen brightness N/A
DVI inputs N/A
HDMI inputs N/A
VGA inputs N/A
DisplayPort inputs N/A
Rear ports
USB ports (downstream) 4
PS/2 mouse port no
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports 0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports 0
Modem no
3.5mm audio jacks 0
Graphics card
3D performance setting High
Graphics chipset Intel GMA 950
Graphics card RAM 250MB
DVI-I outputs 1
HDMI outputs 0
VGA (D-SUB) outputs 0
DisplayPort outputs 0
Additional Peripherals
Speakers N/A
Speaker type N/A
Peripherals N/A
Case
Case format Mini ITX
Dimensions 16 x 178 x 223mm (WDH)
Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays 0
Front ports
Front panel USB ports 2
Front panel memory card reader yes
Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard N/A
Operating system and software
OS family Windows XP
Noise and power
Idle power consumption 17W
Peak power consumption 20W
Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score 0.38
Office application benchmark score 0.49
2D graphics application benchmark score 0.25
Encoding application benchmark score 0.39
Multitasking application benchmark score 0.39
3D performance (crysis) low settings 0fps
3D performance setting High
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