Asrock Nettop with NVidia Ion and Bluray

Looks like Asrock also made their own nettop and it’s souped up with an NVidia Ion graphics with an optional Blu-ray drive.

The form factor is similar to a Mac Mini though I think it’s much closer to the HDX1000 NMT player (see here).

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The Asrock Ion 330 specs:

Intel Atom 330 Dual Core @1.66GHz
Nvidia ION Graphics
2GB DDR2 800 MHz (max 4GB)
NVidia ION Graphics Full HD 1080p
320GB SATA HDD
24X DVD Super Multi or Bluray
HDMI port
D-Sub VGA
6 x USB 2.0
S/PDIF (Optical)
Gigabit LAN
HD Audio 5.1 Channel
Windows Vista 32-bit & 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit & 64-bit

Nvidia Ion is basically NVidia GeForce 9400M GPU with Intel Atom CPU. One seller at TipidPC is selling these locally at the following prices:

Asrock Ion 330: Php19,950USD 340INR 28,820EUR 324CNY 2,476 (with DVD+RW)
Asrock Ion 330 BD: Php25,950USD 442INR 37,487EUR 421CNY 3,220 (with Blu-ray)

Optional upgrade to 500GB HDD and 4GB RAM is Php3,000USD 51INR 4,334EUR 49CNY 372 (neat!). The Acer Aspire Revo nettop has an almost similar configuration (2GB RAM, 250GB HDD) and sells for Php17,892USD 305INR 25,847EUR 290CNY 2,220 at Villman (no DVD+RW or Bluray options).

Abe Olandres

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12 Comments

sylv3rblade says:

15 years ago

Wow that’s cute! Is there an option for no OS?
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Bogcess says:

15 years ago

Ang cool naman nito!
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drealmarlon says:

15 years ago

bakit walang front usb ports at headphone jack??
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Jhay says:

15 years ago

It’s a souped-up nettop with no Wi-Fi?!!

WTF! right?
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b3bang says:

15 years ago

yuga,

you may check this out…
another nice gadget.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hXkfl-8u4I
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gelo says:

15 years ago

this is so cool… especially for HTPC application… i wish i could get the one with bluray..

whoever gets this.. install XMBC
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Reel Advice says:

15 years ago

Just wondering when the Ion will be available on netbooks? ehehe

I’d still pick a ps3 over this if i’m going to get the bluray version!
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lolipown says:

15 years ago

^
someone got thru the spam filter
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Spidey says:

15 years ago

Its on my list… I wish I could do the purchase sooner than later.

Yugs, can you get one to review?
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Calvin says:

15 years ago

oo nga what’s without the wifi? or hindi lang nalista? why can’t they put slot-loading DVD drives for cool things such as these?
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IC DeaDPiPoL says:

15 years ago

@Calvin

-no wifi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nettop
http://www.asrock.com/nettop/spec/ION%20330.asp

65watts power consumption… SWEET!

Too bad all the jacks are positioned too closely at the rear. Investing in a good USB hub is really recommended.

I wonder how far will the gfx processor let me play slightly retro games (current MMOS and 2-9yr old games)
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dresden says:

15 years ago

‘slightly retro games’? Come on, what IS that? Do you even know what comes out on your screen whenever you type?
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