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<blockquote data-quote="gemx" data-source="post: 500260" data-attributes="member: 26324"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>after my server died because of too much heat i was looking for a new system which is smaller, supports GPU HD acc....</p><p></p><p>Then i came across the ASRock ION 330 which is pretty small and does everything i need since my DVB-S2 Card is a USB box.</p><p>I bought the tiny little box in a local shop for 285 € and after unpacking i was amazed how tiny this nice looking thing is.</p><p>It comes with no OS so since Windows 7 is available i went for installing Windows 7 Ultimate.</p><p></p><p>A nice thing about this box is, that there are overclocking profiles accessable directly from the bios.</p><p>The dual core atom normally runs @ 1,6 GHz but you can overclock it up to 2 GHz which worked quite good.</p><p></p><p>Installation of Windows 7 took about 30 minutes and all drivers where already integrated besides an ION specific device which you have to install from the CD.</p><p></p><p>The Windows 7 performance index is 3,5 overclocked @ 1,9 GHz.</p><p></p><p>At 1,9 GHz you just hear a constant very low volume "hum" from the cooler.</p><p>At the default speed of 1,6 GHz you can hardly hear any noise from the box.</p><p></p><p>I tried with MP ALPHA, TV-Service and latest SVN and everything works nearly out of the box <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Windows 7 even comes with a Quicktime codec <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p><p></p><p>I just needed the following filter to playback everything i can think of:</p><p>- Matroska splitter</p><p>- FLVSplitter</p><p>- PowerDVD</p><p>- FFDShow</p><p></p><p>Playback of 1080i HD content is absolutely smooth and the CPU is only used like around 30 %</p><p></p><p>So far - GREAT LITTLE BOX <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Here are the specs</p><p></p><p>PU - Intel® Atom 330 (Dual-Core CPU) </p><p>Chipset - NVIDIA® ION graphics processor </p><p>Memory - 2GB DDR2 800 MHz memory, support dual channel, maximum memory capacity 4GB </p><p>VGA - NVIDIA® ION graphics, support DX10 / Full HD 1080p (Blu-ray / HD-DVD)* playback</p><p>HDD - 2.5 HDD 320GB </p><p>DVD - DVD Super Multi (Slim type) </p><p>I/O - 1 x HDMI (with HDMI to DVI adapter), 1 x D-Sub VGA, 6 x USB 2.0, 1 x S/PDIF (Optical) </p><p>LAN - Gigabit LAN </p><p>Sound - HD Audio 5.1 channel </p><p>System Acoustic - Below 26dB </p><p>Power Unit - 65W /19V Adapter </p><p>Dimension - 195mm (W) x 70mm (H) x 186mm (L) </p><p>Volume (liters) - 2.5L </p><p>Weight - 1.69Kg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gemx, post: 500260, member: 26324"] Hi, after my server died because of too much heat i was looking for a new system which is smaller, supports GPU HD acc.... Then i came across the ASRock ION 330 which is pretty small and does everything i need since my DVB-S2 Card is a USB box. I bought the tiny little box in a local shop for 285 € and after unpacking i was amazed how tiny this nice looking thing is. It comes with no OS so since Windows 7 is available i went for installing Windows 7 Ultimate. A nice thing about this box is, that there are overclocking profiles accessable directly from the bios. The dual core atom normally runs @ 1,6 GHz but you can overclock it up to 2 GHz which worked quite good. Installation of Windows 7 took about 30 minutes and all drivers where already integrated besides an ION specific device which you have to install from the CD. The Windows 7 performance index is 3,5 overclocked @ 1,9 GHz. At 1,9 GHz you just hear a constant very low volume "hum" from the cooler. At the default speed of 1,6 GHz you can hardly hear any noise from the box. I tried with MP ALPHA, TV-Service and latest SVN and everything works nearly out of the box :D Windows 7 even comes with a Quicktime codec :o I just needed the following filter to playback everything i can think of: - Matroska splitter - FLVSplitter - PowerDVD - FFDShow Playback of 1080i HD content is absolutely smooth and the CPU is only used like around 30 % So far - GREAT LITTLE BOX :) Here are the specs PU - Intel® Atom 330 (Dual-Core CPU) Chipset - NVIDIA® ION graphics processor Memory - 2GB DDR2 800 MHz memory, support dual channel, maximum memory capacity 4GB VGA - NVIDIA® ION graphics, support DX10 / Full HD 1080p (Blu-ray / HD-DVD)* playback HDD - 2.5 HDD 320GB DVD - DVD Super Multi (Slim type) I/O - 1 x HDMI (with HDMI to DVI adapter), 1 x D-Sub VGA, 6 x USB 2.0, 1 x S/PDIF (Optical) LAN - Gigabit LAN Sound - HD Audio 5.1 channel System Acoustic - Below 26dB Power Unit - 65W /19V Adapter Dimension - 195mm (W) x 70mm (H) x 186mm (L) Volume (liters) - 2.5L Weight - 1.69Kg [/QUOTE]
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