ASRock Nettop CORE 100HT-B

The ASRock Core 100HT has a sleek footprint that allows you to put it anywhere in your home theater and will deliver the performance you need without the power demand of a traditional desktop PC.

But as personal video recorders (PVRs) become more prolific, as the line between a PC monitor and a living room-based TV blurs, and as Mom begins to rely on email and the Internet as much as I do, the HTPC becomes increasingly viable as an appliance....

Over the last couple of years, essentially since the release of NVIDIA’s ION platform, there has been a big push from many major manufacturers to produce the best compact system. Notable releases have come from manufacturers such as Acer, ASUS and...

Small form factor ; Capable of HD video playback ; HDMI out ; Built-in wireless networking ; USB 3.0 ; Included remote

Would have rather the USB 3.0 ports be on the back

It is great to see ASRock update their Nettop line of products with these new models that feature Intel’s new Core Series processors. While the ION 300HT still performs great and would work for anyone looking for a home theater PC, these new processors...

Compact ; Attractive ; Excellent port selection

Busy front panel ; Poor for gamers ; Cheap-looking remote

ASRock has managed to stuff all the features, connectivity and power most home cinema enthusiasts will need into its reasonably attractive little black box. The Core 100HT-BD is a nettop-sized HTPC offering desktop-like performance at a very reasonable...

Very good performance for a nettop. FAR better than any Atom box I've used (and I've used a couple, including dual core 525 ion2 systems)

I had to disassemble it and fix it to get any of the ports in the back to align with the case. The alignment was so bad that all of the USB, network, and hdmi ports were unusable. Only the vga port worked prior to fixing it. (Minus 1 star) ; Does not...

Small, quiet

Linux does not support the built in video controller, limiting video output to 640x480. This is quiet disappointing since I purchased it as a Mythbuntu frontend. Windows drivers are somewhat better, but overscan isn't adjustable which leaves the...

Tiny, shiny, fast, plays 1080p just fine, doesn't get too hot under load, and is stable... PC is quiet, can install two 2.5" drives, drive doesn't get over 110F degrees, has USB 3.0, has 4GB RAM installed (instead of 2GB, can go up to 8GB total),...

Mostly nitpicking, but ; Two USB 3.0 ports are on the front, but none on the back. There are six USB 2.0 ports on the back. It would be nice to have two rear USB 3.0 ports ; No DVI port (but there is an included HDMI to DVI converter that works fine) ;...

Small Form Factor, great performance, usb 3.0, really as complete a unit as you will find short of sourcing and building a machine yourself ; HD playback up to 1080i was flawless both from the machine and over the network. I don't have any 1080p media...

No OS included, for the price it would be nice to see Windows 7 loaded as this machine really seems to be built for that OS ; Only reason for 4 star rating was Price/No OS