MC101 Barebone (A8-4500M)

Barebone PC

variants
 
 
 

·   APU AMD A8-4500M (4x 2.9GHz)
·   HD7640G
·   4GB/8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM
·   10W Low Power Consumption

The MC101 Barebone (A8) is the artistic combination of elegant brushed silver aluminum design with the latest APU technology. It is the finest base for your entertainment center, provides an ultimate platform for DIY enthusiasts. It is featured with the latest high-speed processor AMD Trinity APU A8-4500M, extreme 3D HD graphics that is ideal for gamers, up to 8 GB RAM, pre-installed TV tuner and ample ports for connecting all of your devices. Add-in your choice of storage, install your preferred OS and simply plug and play.

As Thin As A SD Memory Card

32mm thinnest design with13% smaller in volume than a Mac mini.

 

Quieter Than Your Breathing

The MC101 operates with our advance dual passive-active cooling technology together with a well-crafted aluminum cover and air vents. It achieves a maximum heat dissipated in total silence. Designed with the 3 different thermal settings, you can adjust your preference cooling solution upon your needs:

Optimized Setting (Default)
Designed to run many tasks with passive cooling or at a low fan speed, at the same time keeping good performance and acceptable surface temperature.

Silence Setting
Operate in the minimum fan speed to reach as little noise as possible. Whereas more heat will dispute through the case, a higher surface temperature will reach.

Cool Setting
Use the maximum fan speed to keep the system at its coolest state.

Click here to find out how to change setting and temperate profiles.

 

Graphics That Come To Life

Enjoy the ultimate visual experience of vivid 3D HD graphics for gaming or 1080p 3D movies. Your pictures, videos, and graphics become so real that it feels like they are jumping out alive from your screen.

Find a list of the most popular games and their performance on the MC101 here.

 

Extreme Processing Speed

Configured with the AMD processor APU Trinity A8-4500M and up to 4GB of RAM, you can experience more things at extreme speed through less energy consumption It also gives you a more reliable performance.

 

Multi-Room Entertainment

ARCTIC MC101 will help you centralize all your media into one single library with Windows Media Center so as to offer you the easiest way when organizing your library. In addition to ARCTIC's Audio Relay, a wireless multi-room system for music, you can listen to your music in your room while a movie is playing in the living room and other family members are listening to their own music - all orchestrated by one entertainment center - MC101.

 

Watch Programs Anytime

The pre-installed TV tuner (DVB-T (HD) / ATSC) allows you to watch and record all Internet and terrestrial TV programs at anytime.

 

Become The Center Of Attention

You can enjoy and share the latest news, videos, games and shop online hassle-free with your friends and family.

 

Add Your Preferred Storage

The MC101 Barebone has easy access to the three internal connections - 2 x SATA III 6Gb/s and 1 x mPCle (mSATA) for you to add your preferred memory or storage. Build your PC with the finest source.

 

Free Wireless Control App

Remote AR lets you control your entire multi-room system and play music collection on all your ARCTIC devices: MC101, MC001 and Audio Relay.



For Window 64 bit / 32 bit

   



Connect It To Everything

You will never run out of ports anymore. The MC101 is comes with 3 x audio jacks, 3 x USB 3.0, 4 x USB 2.0, 1 x SD card reader, and 1 x Combo eSATAp/USB2.0. Simply design your own ecosystem of high-tech devices.

 

Warranty

We offer a 2 year Manufacturers Warranty through our service centers in Hong Kong, Germany and the USA.

 
 
 
CPU AMD Trinity A8 - 4500M
Graphics AMD HD7640G
Chipset A70M (Hudson M3)
Memory (RAM) 8 GB (two x 4 GB) / 4 GB (two x 2GB)
DDR3 1,600MHz
Internal Connection / Storage mPCIe (mSATA) : free to use
2.5'' SATA III 6 Gb/s : free to use
2.5'' SATA III 6 Gb/s : free to use
Wireless WIFI 802.11n
LAN Gigabit LAN
WOL option in Firmware
TV Tuner DVB-T (HD) / ATSC
Audio • 8 channels audio codec
• SPDIF out
• Support Blu-Ray
• HD audio through HDMI
Back Panel • TV Antenna
• DC power jack
• Audio jack x 2 (line-in and line-out)
• USB 3.0 x 2
• Optical SPDIF
• HDMI
• USB 2.0 x 4
• RJ45 (ethernet)
Side Panel • SD card reader
• Combo eSATAp + USB 2.0 (2 in 1)
• USB 3.0
• TRRS audio jack (for headset)
Front Panel • Infra red receiver
Power Supply DC 12V EuP 2013 compliant (<0.5W)
Product Dimensions (L x W x H) 226 W x 168 L x 32 H mm
Product Net Weight 1.05 kg
Limited Warranty * 2 years
UPC 4GB:
EU: 0872767005877
UK: 0872767005891
US: 0872767005884
AU: 0872767006058
UPC 8GB:
EU: 0872767005969
UK: 0872767005983
US: 0872767005976
AU: 0872767006089
itemnumber MC101_bb_A8.12
UPC
Gross Weight 3 kg

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We offer a 2 year Manufacturers Warranty through our service centers in Hong Kong, Germany and the USA.

 
 

Hartware : MC101

+ Very good equipped
+ Good performance
+ Good workmanship

2012-10-08  
Deutschland
 

PC Max : MC101

ARCTIC delivers a high-quality package you must have in your living room.

2012-09-21  
Deutschland
 

01 net : MC101

The MC101 is a really attractive computer.Beautiful Design and easy to integrate in your TV furniture, powerful enough to resist any multimedia challenges, an astonishing cooling system added with a lot of possibilities.The MC101 is an excellent media center for your home.

2012-08-30  
France
 

Hardware Luxx : MC101

A perfect media artist.

2012-08-23  
Deutschland
 

Chip.de : MC101

The design, interface / hardware features and the upgrade availability make the ARCTIC MC101 into a complete all-in-one package for games, videos, watching TV, surfing and many other tasks.

2012-08-23  
Deutschland
 

Bjorn3D : MC101

Definitely check out the MC101. The Arctic MC101 delivers a good performance in a very subdue exterior and compact size. It surprised us by delivers a good performance in a very subdue exterior and compact size. Unlike other htpcs, it's quick enough to keep up with desktop CPUs even when playing games. The noise level is good and is barely audible.

2012-08-21  
United States
 

c't : MC101

The computer embedded with all the interfaces necessary for a Media Centre PC such as TV tuner, HDMI and Wi-Fi. Moreover, it plays videos and simple 3D games smoothly on Full HD displays.

2012-08-15  
Deutschland
 

Kitguru : MC101

An attractive and petite home entertainment system which is good at its job. (With) AMD's A10-4600M processor offers good performance, FutureMark's synthetic benchmarks also show that the CPU has the potential to offer reasonable gaming performance. Housed in an elegant and stylish brushed aluminium chassis. The MC101-A10 is an efficient home entertainment system which has the power to handle all types of media requirements.

2012-08-14  
United Kingdom
 

Vortez : MC101

We loved the look of the ARCTIC MC101-A10, appreciated its responsiveness and were left impressed with its gaming potential.

2012-07-27  
United Kingdom
 

Custom PC Review : MC101

ARCTIC has done an amazing job creating a premium product with proper components, stunning design with high quality material well worth its asking price.

2012-07-26  
United States
 

RW Labs : MC101

For the most part you had to have a full powered desktop PC to play this file format. ?until now

2012-07-24  
United States
 
 
 
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Latest BIOS: MC101

2013-01-29 zip 1.92 MB
 
 
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Deutsches Handbuch : MC101

2012-08-03 pdf 18.48 MB DE
 
 
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Manual : MC101

2012-08-03 pdf 8.52 MB EN
 
 
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Hardware Drivers Download : MC101

2012-07-12 pdf 129.96 KB
 
 
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Hardware Drivers Download (for Windows 8): MC101

2012-12-07 pdf 184.66 KB EN
 
 
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Pressemitteilung : MC101

2012-08-03 pdf 420.3 KB DE
 
 
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Press Release : MC101

2012-08-03 pdf 432.27 KB EN
 
 
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RAM Installation Guide : MC101

2012-07-19 pdf 1.67 MB EN
 
 
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Spec Sheet : MC101 Series

2012-05-14 pdf 701.59 KB EN