ASRock NetTop ION 330

The dimensions for the ASRock NetTop ION 330 are 195 x 70 x 186 mm and its weight is just 1.7 kilograms. Our review unit of the NetTop ION 330 was with the black exterior though there is the white model too. On the front of this very small nettop is a slim super-multi DVD drive, a vent positioned vertically along the left hand side, the power button and indicator, and the ASRock logo. There are no USB 2.0 ports on the front of this system, which is not too much of a loss considering the size of the case. The DVD drive with the NetTop ION 330 supports burning to DVD+R DL discs. ASRock also offers an ION 330-BD model, which uses a Blu-ray disc player rather than this DVD drive. The top and sides of the NetTop ION 330 are rather simple and plain. This nettop can be setup either vertically or horizontally.

At the rear of the ION 330 are the DC power connector, S/PDIF, three analog audio ports, Gigabit Ethernet, six USB 2.0 ports, one HDMI port, and then a VGA D-Sub connector. For those wishing to connect this NVIDIA ION system to a DVI monitor can use the included HDMI to DVI adapter. Also on the back of this computer is a small fan for pushing out the warm air from this system. Sadly, this nettop does not have any integrated 802.11g/n WiFi capabilities or Bluetooth.

Opening up the ASRock NetTop ION 330 is very easy and just requires removing two screws from the rear of the system and then the top panel will slide off. The glossy finish on this nettop computer is nice, but does attract fingerprints and other marks quite easily.