Housed in an all-metal chassis, the C325 sports a matte 20-inch screen with a slim, shiny black bezel. A 0.3-megapixel webcam is located at the top center, and Lenovo's logo sits at the bottom center. The power button occupies the right side, while screen/volume adjustment buttons and a screen-off button reside on the left. Slightly curved silver speakers jut out from underneath the bottom portion of the bezel, and the entire system sits on a sturdy, tiltable stand.

On the left side of the system, directly behind the screen, are a few convenience ports: a multiformat card reader, two USB 2.0 ports, and microphone and headphone jacks. The right side of the AIO houses the tray-loading DVD-RW drive. The rest of the ports--four USB 2.0 ports, one gigabit ethernet connection, and a lock slot--are on the back of the machine, easily accessible in the lower-left corner. Nothing too fancy, but since this is a budget AIO with a netbook processor, it'll do.

The C325's 20-inch screen has a native resolution of 1600 by 900 pixels, and is unremarkable in every way. It's bright enough, but the matte texture leaves images and text looking soft and slightly out of focus. Individual pixels are clearly visible, and video playback struggles. Blacks are sort of gray, colors look washed out, and high-def streaming video with dark scenes looks sort of 16-bit, with visible color gradation. Our review model didn't come with a touchscreen, but you can get a touchscreen on the C325 for around $50 more.

The speakers on the C325 are like laptop speakers--pretty bad, but useful if you just want to, well, listen to something. The two 3-watt speakers are located directly below the screen and face forward. They're acceptably loud, though you will hear some fuzziness at higher volume levels. Sound is generally muffled, and lacks bass and fullness. Lenovo does include SRS Premium Sound enhancement, which offers a mediocre surround-sound simulation.