Intel Atom N455 Powers New Super-Thin Nettop from Onkyo

While Atom-based nettops are not exactly a huge novelty (they've been around of a couple of years, after all), coming across one that combines a super-slim profile with an attractive external design is always a noteworthy event, this also being the case with the new DP315 model from Onkyo.

First and foremost, we'll have to mention that the low-power computing system from Onkyo will occupy a very small amount of spacer wherever users might decided to place it, given the fact that it measures just around 25 x 158 x 182 mm and weighs somewhere in the vicinity of 440 grams (including the stand).

Now, moving to the nettop's internal configuration, we'll have to mention that it's built around an Intel Atom N455 CPU running at 1.66 Ghz, accompanied by an NM10 Express Chipset, as well as up to 2GB or RAM memory and the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150.

The tiny computing system also offers plenty of storage space, users being able to opt for one of the available HDD options, ranging between 160GB and 500GB (we're talking about SATA drives rotating at 5400RPM, just to be clear).

Similar to most of the other nettops released on the market, the Onkyo machine also comes equipped with a variety of connectivity interfaces, either for audio/video input and output or for carrying out data transfers (although there's no USB 3.0 port, the DP315 nettop from Onkyo does incorporate a memory card reader), as well as connecting to the Internet (Ethernet jack and built-in Wi-Fi module).

The nettop's configuration is solid enough to be able to run Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 without encountering any significant hiccups along the way, and pricing is also pretty decent, since the DP315 from Onkyo sells in Japan for around 35,000 Yen (or roughly 425 US dollars).