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Novatech Ion Fusion review

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A dual-core Atom boosts performance, but this isn't quite the best nettop around

Review Date: 2 Apr 2009

Reviewed By: Mike Jennings

Price when reviewed: £269 (£309 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
3 stars out of 6

Value for Money
5 stars out of 6

Performance
3 stars out of 6

Warranty
Warranty	1 yr return to base

Motherboard
Conventional PCI slots free	1
Conventional PCI slots total	1
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
Internal SAS connectors	0
Wired adapter speed	1,000Mbits/sec

Hard disk
Hard disk	Western Digital
Capacity	160GB
Internal disk interface	SATA
Spindle speed	7,200RPM
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

Rear ports
USB ports (downstream)	6
eSATA ports	1
PS/2 mouse port
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports	0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports	0
Modem
3.5mm audio jacks	2

Graphics card
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards?
3D performance setting	N/A
Graphics chipset	Intel GMA 950
DVI-I outputs	0
HDMI outputs	0
VGA (D-SUB) outputs	1
DisplayPort outputs	0
Number of graphics cards	N/A

Monitor
Monitor make and model	LG Flatron W1934S
Resolution screen horizontal	1,440
Resolution screen vertical	900
Resolution	1440 x 900

Additional Peripherals
Speakers	N/A
Speaker type	N/A

Case
Dimensions	268 x 318 x 77mm (WDH)

Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays	0

Front ports
Front panel USB ports	2
Front panel eSATA ports	1
Front panel memory card reader

Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard	Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse

Operating system and software
OS family	Windows XP

Noise and power
Idle power consumption	36W
Peak power consumption	41W

Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score	0.48
Office application benchmark score	0.42
2D graphics application benchmark score	0.48
Encoding application benchmark score	0.45
Multitasking application benchmark score	0.58
3D performance (crysis) low settings	Fail
3D performance setting	N/A