[Bokothor]

Hey all

Just stumbled across a new line of mediacenters coming out mid-june by Arctic, based on the AMD Trinity processors. I think they look really sleek, and for a price of 299€ for the A8 barebone and 359€ for the A10 barebone, it's looking very promising. Just gotta pop in an HD/SSD and you're good to go. Sorta beats going through the trouble of building your own cookiecutter Silverstone ML03B + Llano setup. Seeing as it's dominantly a cooling manifacturer, i have high hopes for it being very quiet too.

What are your thoughts ?

http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/living/enterta...enter.html MC101, the top 3 brushed aluminium beauties

[eskro]

yeah we saw those back in awhile...
i think they'll be very pricey...
but there nice looking

[dkaris]

Don't seem to be that expensive....
The MC101 Barebone (A10) costs €359.00....I wonder if we will be in a position to change the ram and possibly the APU in the future if needed.....
I'll try to contact them

[Bokothor]

they ought to be quite futureproof no ? 4gb and the latest AMD APU's should run xbmc and full HD for years to come, till 4k becomes mainstream :p I believe it's 4GB max tho, think it said so in the press release

[dkaris]

they ought to be quite futureproof no ? 4gb and the latest AMD APU's should run xbmc and full HD for years to come, till 4k becomes mainstream :p I believe it's 4GB max tho, think it said so in the press release

I think you are right...it should cover the needs for too long.
As for the memory, the press release says up to 4GB. I checked the specs pdf and they have both 4GB and 8GB combinations....

[Memes11]

Hi All,

- the APU used is the mobile version, it is on a socket, so changeable, but I guess it will be very difficult to find as end-user.
- There are 2x2.5 inches bay, so you can install up to 2TB HDD (2x1TB),
- As for the RAM, there is a typo in the Press release, it should be "From 4GB", an 8GB version will be available shortly. But as pointed out before, with 4GB, you have already enough to do a lot.

Idle power consumption (around 10W)

[Vanq]

Hi All,

- the APU used is the mobile version, it is on a socket, so changeable, but I guess it will be very difficult to find as end-user.
- There are 2x2.5 inches bay, so you can install up to 2TB HDD (2x1TB),
- As for the RAM, there is a typo in the Press release, it should be "From 4GB", an 8GB version will be available shortly. But as pointed out before, with 4GB, you have already enough to do a lot.

Idle power consumption (around 10W)

Is it not possible to install higher HDD's or is there a limitiation in the board?

[RaggSokk3n]

max 2,5 is 1TB so that times 2
I'd still wouldn't recommend 2x mechanical hdd in a barbone like that due to heat..

[Memes11]

The maximum size allowed by the case is 9.5mm so max 1TB. If in the future they come with a 2TB in 9.5mm, that will be OK too.