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Verdict

Tiny, efficient and attractively priced, if you just need the bare essentials it's ideal

Review Date: 8 Oct 2009

Reviewed By: David Bayon

Price when reviewed: £178 (£204 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
5 stars out of 6

Performance
2 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code	VOT120-UK
Review Date	8 Oct 2009
Price ex VAT	£178
Price inc VAT	£204
Overall rating
Performance
Features & Design
Value for Money

Warranty
Warranty	1 yr return to base

Basic specifications
Total hard disk capacity	160
RAM capacity	1.00GB
Screen size	N/A

Processor
CPU family	Intel Atom
CPU nominal frequency	1.60GHz
Processor socket	LGA 775

Motherboard
Motherboard chipset	Intel i945GSE
Wired adapter speed	1,000Mbits/sec

Memory
Memory type	DDR2
Memory sockets free	0
Memory sockets total	1

Hard disk
Hard disk	Seagate Momentus 5400.5
Capacity	160GB
Internal disk interface	SATA/300
Spindle speed	5,400RPM
Cache size	8MB
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	None
Optical disc technology	N/A
Optical disk 2 make and model	N/A
Optical disk 3 make and model	N/A

Rear ports
USB ports (downstream)	4
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
Graphics card	N/A
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards?
Graphics chipset	Intel 945 Express
Graphics card RAM	128MB
DVI-I outputs	1
HDMI outputs	0
VGA (D-SUB) outputs	0
DisplayPort outputs	0
Number of graphics cards	0

Monitor
Monitor make and model	None
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

Additional Peripherals
Speakers	None
Speaker type	N/A
Sound card	Realtek HD Audio
Peripherals	None

Case
Case format	Mini ITX
Dimensions	39 x 115 x 130mm (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	None

Operating system and software
OS family	Windows XP
Recovery method	Recovery disc
Software supplied	None

Noise and power
Idle power consumption	10W
Peak power consumption	15W

Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score	0.36
Office application benchmark score	0.39
2D graphics application benchmark score	0.32
Encoding application benchmark score	0.38
Multitasking application benchmark score	0.35

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User comments

Power supply?

I would truly appreciate it if you could also publish pictures of those ugly power supply bricks accompanying those tiny nettop boxes.
Thank you in advance.

By stasi47 on 12 Oct 2009

I'd really like to see one of these with two ethernet ports. I know that's a bit unusual, but two ports would allow us to use it as a firewall.

By bubbles16 on 13 Oct 2009

It would be interesting to see one of there loaded with Linux and then some form of media centre software. I wonder if it would play videos well?

By DaChimp on 13 Oct 2009

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