Arctic MC001 Entertainment Center Barebone

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Completely passive solution, Multiple variants available including barebones, USB 3.0 connectivity, Wireless connectivity builtin, Works even under extreme conditions, Standard components allow for upgrading, Five USB connectors in the back, SD Card reade

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Hard drive noise clearly audible, Two tone color, Optical drive tray faces the direction of the USB connectors in the front, Wireless connectivity not very good, DVBT tuner optional, Fingerprint magnet, Bluetooth dongle for the P311 "only" reaches around

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Last revision on May 2, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Completely passive solution, Multiple variants available including barebones, USB 3.0 connectivity, Wireless connectivity builtin, Works even under extreme conditions, Standard components allow for upgrading, Five USB connectors in the back, SD Card reade

Reviewers Didn't Like

Hard drive noise clearly audible, Two tone color, Optical drive tray faces the direction of the USB connectors in the front, Wireless connectivity not very good, DVBT tuner optional, Fingerprint magnet, Bluetooth dongle for the P311 "only" reaches around

Expert reviews and ratings

The Arctic MC001-BD may be their first foray into the HTPC space. And the company has leveraged their skills to cool the entire system passively extremely well. Overall the unit is not only compact, but also offers very capable internals with a...

By techPowerUp! on November 23, 2011

In recent times ARCTIC have moved into many varying markets and the home entertainment or HTPC segment is a particular avenue they appear to be passionate about. ARCTIC currently have 3 different units that populate their “Entertainment...

By Vortez on February 03, 2012

There haven’t been very many products in the market that has truly fired me up and got me as excited as the MC001-BD. Many companies have tried to make HTPC that are compact and quiet but I usually find that I can do better for less. The MC001-BD...

By Overclockers Online on January 08, 2012

We're testing four nettops: Arctic Cooling’s MC001-BD, ASRock’s CoreHT 252B, Giada’s i50, and Zotac’s Zbox AD03BR-PLUS. All of these tiny, quiet systems take a very different approach to compact computing, and we fill you in on what makes them...

By Tom's Hardware UK on October 10, 2011

It took a while till we have seen the MC001 Entertainment Center released from Arctic; they have decided not to make another Intel Atom with Ion/Ion2 usual setup, but have integrated a more powerful GPU, the Radeon HD 5430, which succeeds to defeat...

By MadShrimps on October 04, 2011

Une déception : c’est en substance ce qui ressort de notre test de l'Arctic MC001-BD. Nous avons essayé de nombreux réglages, plusieurs lecteurs logiciels, aucun n’est parvenu à nous satisfaire entièrement en HD....

By 01Net on November 22, 2011

Watch, Listen, Play and Share: quattro parole inglesi che la svizzera Arctic ha stampato a lettere cubitali sulla confezione del loro ultimo prodotto, un mini-PC destinato al salotto di casa. Quattro parole che riassumono il concetto di...

By hwlegend.com on January 26, 2012

Le passif, c'est le Bien. Dans un petit PC qui vise le salon, c'est encore mieux, et c'est pour ça que la Ferme a été ravie d'avoir le petit Arctic MC001-BD entre les mains. Au menu, un couple ATOM / HD 5430 Mobility, pour...

By CowcotLand on December 29, 2011