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ASRock HT100-BD review

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A compact media-centre PC at a reasonable price, but beware the hidden extras

Review Date: 7 Sep 2010

Reviewed By: Jonathan Bray

Price when reviewed: £471 (£553 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
4 stars out of 6

Value for Money
5 stars out of 6

Performance
4 stars out of 6

Warranty
Warranty	1 yr return to base

Basic specifications
Total hard disk capacity	500GB
Screen size	N/A

Motherboard
Motherboard	ASRock HM55-HT
Motherboard chipset	Intel HM55
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
Internal SAS connectors	0
Internal PATA connectors	0
Internal floppy connectors	0
Wired adapter speed	1,000Mbits/sec

Hard disk
Hard disk	Seagate Momentus 5400.6
Capacity	500GB
Hard disk usable capacity	466GB
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	Slimtype BD E DS4E1S
Optical disc technology	Blu-ray reader/DVD writer combo
Optical disk 2 make and model	N/A
Optical disk 3 make and model	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	1
Modem
3.5mm audio jacks	5

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

Additional Peripherals
Speakers	N/A
Speaker type	N/A
Sound card	VIA HD Audio
Peripherals	Media Center remote control, Atheros AR9287 802.11n WLAN

Case
Case format	Mini ITX
Dimensions	194 x 186 x 69mm (WDH)

Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays	0

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

Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard	None

Operating system and software
OS family	None
Recovery method	N/A
Software supplied	N/A

Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score	1.10
Office application benchmark score	0.91
2D graphics application benchmark score	1.29
Encoding application benchmark score	1.13
Multitasking application benchmark score	1.09
3D performance (crysis) low settings	N/A
3D performance setting	N/A