ARCTIC MC001-E Entertainment Center Barebone Review

Others/All-in-one PC by stefan @ 2011-10-04

Inside a solid case with efficient cooling, Arctic has found room for an Intel Atom D525 CPU, along with a Radeon HD 5430 GPU, which are good for performing daily tasks like browsing the Internet, checking the mail, editing documents or playing small old games. The MC001 is capable of playing full HD videos and can perform all activities while keeping the power consumption to a minimum.

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A Closer Look Part IV

Here are some photos which show how this side looks with the transparent film removed:

 

 

 

 

 

The memory can be installed inside the slots like on any laptop, by sliding it inside at a certain angle and pushing it down until we hear a small “click”:

 

 

 

The metallic piece that is used to secure the storage drive comes with 4 screws:

 

 

 

The component must be installed first on the HDD/SSD with two of the screws:

 

 

 

With the top side downwards, we have to slide the drive into the plastic SATA connector:

 

 

 

With the remaining two screws, we can secure the drive to the case:

 

 

 

After powering up the system, we can see that the power and HDD activity LEDs are blue, but they do not light up excessively to attract our attention unnecesary:

 

 

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