New edition of the Dell Inspiron Zino HD HTPC

In October last year, we have introduced yourself the small HD-capable HTPC Dell out of the house, the Inspiron Zino HD. This seemed to have sold relatively well, because, according to a PDF document from Dell currently stands at a new edition, which supplies the good piece with some more modern hardware. The heart is still a processor from AMD, as these are quite sufficient for the HTPC and also very energy efficient.

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The PDF document available to us, the little PC Dell Inspiron 410 advertised and has a highly advanced processor range to offer. If everything will be taken as described, the customer from an AMD Athlon or Turion II II Dual Core, AMD Phenom II triple or quad core processor and select the V-series, verfügtun of only a core

Plus the latest chipset combination from RS880M and SB820M, the North Bridge by the way also has an integrated graphics unit of type Radeon HD 4250th Should not the customer range, he can also choose a dedicated Radeon HD 5450 with 1GB of memory.

To accommodate the memory on the motherboard are two SO-DIMM slots available, which can be equipped with DDR3 bars at 1066 MHz. Depending on your wishes be possible configurations of 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 or 8 GB. At the Zino HD space is a 3.5 inch hard drive available, the size was not mentioned. In order to watch movies at all, the buyer between the standard DVD drive and a Blu Ray drive select, of course, an additional charge.

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At the sound but the same problem exists as with his predecessor: About the jack is only 2.1 sound available. Fortunately, the unit has now also has an optical output, reflecting the full 7.1 sound.

Internet access via cable is of course standard, 802.11 b / g / n WLAN, there are also charge with it. The last feature, which is also at extra cost, is an infrared sensor, which is probably intended for the use of remote controls.

Finally, we present you some of the connections, there one on the front offers a 4-in-1 card reader, two USB 2.0 connectors and a headphone jack. Rear found HDMI, VGA, eSATA, two more USB 2.0 connectors and a microphone input and a line out output.

The unit itself is 19.8 x 19.8 x 8.9 centimeters, the weight is 2 pounds and fired out the whole thing from a 65 watt 90 watt power supply, respectively, in the case of a dedicated graphics card.

For the price have not yet made any detail, but they should follow in the coming days and do not differ very much from its predecessor. Who wants to find out more about this can read either our news or the entry at Dell.