Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3239 in Personal Computers
- Color: Black
- Brand: Lenovo
- Model: 31102NU
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.57" h x
6.10" w x
7.56" l,
5.25 pounds
- CPU: Atom D2700 2.13 GHz
- Memory: 2GB DDR3 SDRAM
- Hard Disk: 320GB
- Processors: 2
Features
- Intel Processor 2.13 GHz (1MB Cache)
- 2GB SDRAM PC3 DDR3 RAM
- 320GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
- AMD Radeon HD 6450
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Lenovo IdeaCentre Q180 31102NU Desktop (Black)
Product Description
An ultra-slim nettop that's perfect for the living room. The lean, elegantly designed IdeaCentre Q180 is a simple, fun, and affordable way to bring home entertainment and computing to your living room television. The IdeaCentre Q180 gives you the graphics power of a desktop PC in the size of—and for the price of—a nettop.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
By D
I bought this during the labor deal amazon had with rebate. Even after all the bad reviews I've read I couldn't resist the price. Reviews said this system is under powered for HD content because of the ATOM processor. I would have to agree with how its built out of the box.But if you're a techy like I am, it's easy to make this HTPC awesome.Based on all my research there are a few things you can do bump up the performance:1. Upgrade to 4GB and ditch the 2GB factory stick. I bought this from amazon. Corsair Vengeance 4 GB (1x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz PC3 204 Pin 10666 SODIMM Laptop Memory CMSX4GX3M1A1600C9. You can buy value Kingston or Crucial RAM to save money, but I splurged for $5 more to get the 10666 speeds to give it just a bit more performance. Search for Q180 in youtube on how to take it apart. There are 7 screws that hold the case together and most of them are hidden!2. Ditch the 5400RPM HDD and upgrade to a SSD. There are deals all the time for 128GB SSD's now. This will make read/write I/Os blazing fast and improve your system response time not to mention the boot time. Follow the instructions on how optimize SSD for WIN7. I.e. disable system restore, file caching and etc.3. Download all drivers directly from the manufacture of the hardware. I.E. realtek, AMD/ATI, etc. Replacing all the drivers will help the system.4. Once AMD/ATI GPU drivers are installed launch Catalyst Control. Start > Performance > Clock Control > AMD Over Drive. Check mark the box where it says "ENABLE GRAPHICS OVER DRIVE". You can over clock the GPU to your liking.I overclocked my GPU to MAX settings. GPU: 725 MHZ, MEM: 900MHZ, MANUAL FAN: 100%.Caution: Overclocking can cause damage. Proceed at your own risk.Note: the Fan can be left to auto if you wish. I didn't hear any noticeable decibel difference leaving it from auto to manual. Auto 40% fan sounded exactly like Manual 100% fan to me so I just made it manual instead.5. I uninstall Mcafee based on other reviewers saying that this was the cause of the choppy 1080 Youtube playback. It has seemed to resolved the poor HD playback.Summary: I rate this 4 stars out of 5 based on the price I paid for it. I was in the market for either a GoogleTV, AppleTV, Roku device to play Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, etc. streaming content. This fits the bill nicely and provides a full Windows 7 OS to do more than the other set top devices. It's stylish, slimmest PC on the market as of date, DVD-RW (detachable if you have a DVD player for your entertainment system already), HDMI video/sound, plays 1080 content, saves energy and very quiet. It comes with a VESA mount to mount in back of your TV. That however doesn't work for me since my VESA mount is already attached to my wall mount. I used the PC mount to attach to another stud behind the tv. You can't even see or hear it behind the tv, it's that slim! It cost me just under $325 after all upgrading. My system idles at 0-1% CPU load, 26% MEM and GPU TEMP 61C.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
By Thumpre
I just set up this computer in my glovebox in my car and it works as it should. I feel it is slower than a new computer should be. One reason is that amazon lied about the speed of the processor. This unit comes with a 2.13 Ghz processor, not a 2.3 Ghz as is stated on the product page. This unit (31102nu) is identical to the (31102ku) unit but is attached to an external DVD/RW drive via USB jumper. I also bought the Samsung se-506AB/TSBD blu ray writer but the new writer requires a 3.2 Ghz processor or higher. But other than that hiccup, I am pleased with it. I don't need all that much power and speed since it is only for occasional use on road trips but if you are going to use it in the home, I would get one with at least a 3.5 Ghz processor and more ram. The 31102du should do the trick if you want to spend that much money and still get a small box.Note: this unit comes with the Lenovo N5902 keyboard/mouse controller. What nobody tells you, even the outsourced "tech" support from Lenovo is that u have to take the blue dongle out of the battery compartment and use up one of the USB slots instead of making the receiver internally part of the computer. Still haven't been able to figure out which of the USB ports are supposed to be 3.0 and which are 2.0
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
By Serdar Soysal
This is the second Q-series Lenovo Idea Center I purchased. It is a great product, but you have to look at it not as a PC, but as what it is intended for: a media center hub. If you purchase this as a work PC, you will be disappointed. If you purchase this as an entertainment device, you will love it.I've been using Media Center PCs for over 10 years now. I started building my own using silent hard drives, reduced RPM fans etc. Since then I've used many platforms, including tablets, slim desktops, mini-towers and so on. These little units are so far my favorite so far. This one I just recently purchased, but I've been using the previous version for about 2 years now without any issues.Before I jump into the pros & cons of this unit, let me elaborate how I use this PC. It is a dedicated Media Center PC connected to a LED TV. I use it exclusively to watch recorded TV, DVDs and stream movies, with occasional web browsing.PROS:- You can't beat the price.- Lenovo products are typically good quality.- Great design, looks very stylish.- The white activity LEDs are unobtrusive. A huge improvement from the previous version which had eye-piercing blue LEDs- The optical drive that is mated to the unit. This was one of my complaints with the previous version as I had to use an external USB drive. Technically, this one is still an external USB drive, but as you can see in the images, the two can be hooked up together so nicely that it feels like a single unit.- LOTS of USB ports. Yaay.- Has digital sound out as well as HDMI. I've only used HDMI though.- Works great right out of the box, no setup required at all. I don't know why the other reviewer had driver issues, maybe it was an earlier iteration of this unit, everything worked right out of the box with mine.- Has plenty of storage.- This thing is QUIET! One of the key requirements of any Media Center PC getting rid of the noise. I have this in my bedroom and you can't even hear it in the middle of the night.- It comes with a VESA mount bracket, so technically you can mount it behind a flat screen TV. However, if you get the one with the optical drive, it would be very difficult to load/unload discs if you have a display that is larger than 27" or so.CONS:- The stand that comes with it was unusable for me. It looks good and all, but here was my problem: I had this on a wooden dresser and when it was in the stand, the entire dresser hummed! I could lessen the noise by putting tissues etc under the stand, but couldn't really eliminate it. This is despite the fact that I had put down the foam pads that came with it. The problem went away when I just put the unit on the dresser horizontally, resting on the built-in rubber pads. So not a biggie.- If you use the VESA mount bracket that comes with it on displays larger than 27-28", you will have a hard time reaching the optical drive.- The very first time it boots, it takes a long time for Windows to initialize.In summary, this is a very good product if you're looking for a small, stylish, quiet Media Center PC. If you're looking to replace your desktop workstation, this is not the PC for you.PS: I bought this direct from Lenovo because it had a better price than Amazon at the time.
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