They say that every cloud has a silver lining and that there is never a shortage of people who benefit from a financial crisis. With that being the case it is worth wondering what pieces of technology have gained ground now that people have a bit less spending money to throw around.

One previously unexpected winner from the global economic slowdown is the nettop market. If you think about it then it makes sense. Anyone who needs a PC but doesn’t drive it that hard can just as easily use one of these slim machines instead of a full desktop computer, and save the price difference.

This means that you can pay a lot less for your technology without losing out on anything other a little bit of power. The latest models, such as the Lenovo IdeaCentre Q150 and the Giada D2301, give users all the functionality they could hope for from a PC and they both cost a lot less than traditional computers.

As well as being cheaper and consuming less energy than bigger machines, nettops are also a lot more portable, which means that they are ideal for someone who works long hours from home and likes to change their scenery every now and then, or maybe follow the sun around the house during colder days.

With this new option on the market it is no wonder that a lot of people are seeing that it is a good idea to look at quality nettops these days. This model of PC has been popular in Japan for a big longer then in the USA and Europe, and if the rest of the world follows the Japanese experience then we can expect sales figures to carry on climbing.

It remains to be seen if 2011 is going to be the year of the nettop but the signs are certainly good.

Are you wondering what a nettop is? Well, this is a very small, inexpensive, and low-wattage desktop computer, which has been designed for performing day-to-day computing tasks like document processing, audio/video playback, surfing the Internet and accessing web-based applications as well. In the recent times, Netbooks and nettops are high in demand in the domain of personal computer. Nettops are mostly run on Atom or Neo processors and since they consume lower energy, you don’t need to worry about your electricity bill as well.

There are several reasons for which you can think of building a nettop. First, you can build a nettop with much lesser cost than a full-scale desktop PC. And if your primary aim is to surf the Web, there is no meaning in spending huge bucks.

Nettop is not only small in size but also it requires just a 60-watt power supply. So, if you are looking for an eco friendly system, this is a very good choice. With a 2.5-inch hard drive, like the Western Digital WD VelociRaptor (7,200 rpm) you don’t need to compromise with the speed at all.

While building Nettop, you must remember some important things. You cannot run the fastest processor in your nettop, and the speed and amount of RAM of the system will also be limited as well. In most of the cases DDR2 RAM is used while DDR3 is rapidly taking its place for faster speed. The operating system should be either Linux or the now-ancient Windows XP. Do you need further tech support for building nettop?  You can talk to a computer services company for getting assistance.

Let’s have a look at the parts that you may consider for building nettop.

•    Motherboard: Intel D510MO

•    Processor: (1.66GHz) Intel Atom D510

•    Chassis: Antek ISK 300-65

•    HDD: 300GB Western Digital 2.5″ WD VelociRaptor

•    Optical Drive: Sony Optiarc Slim DVD drive

•    OS: Windows XP

•    Memory:    1GB, Crucial DDR2

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