1 00:00:07,279 --> 00:00:14,320 Welcome to my unboxing of something that's actually pretty cool. This is the 2 00:00:10,719 --> 00:00:17,520 Zotac Zbox 804 Plus. So, it's got their 3 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:19,439 usual chassis, but there's some aspects 4 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:23,240 of this particular little mini PC that are not very usual at all. It comes with 5 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:28,240 Bluetooth gigabit LAN 802.11n. So, that is N wireless, a 6 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:31,840 remote control, and a vase mount. The configuration that I've got here has a 7 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:35,520 320 gig hard drive and two gigs of memory. Although you can buy it as a 8 00:00:34,079 --> 00:00:38,559 barebones, which doesn't come with a hard drive or RAM, obviously at a 9 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:44,320 cheaper price, and you can put in whatever you want. So, you can build yourself a very silent, very high 10 00:00:42,559 --> 00:00:48,719 performance, and more on that later. Mini PC for a very reasonable budget. It 11 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:53,520 also doesn't come with an operating system, so you're free to choose your own. Whether you want to go with Windows 12 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:58,000 7 Home Premium Professional, or whatever else the case may be. They don't lock 13 00:00:55,120 --> 00:01:01,359 you in that way or force you to buy a more expensive premium skew in order to 14 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:06,080 get a better operating system. So, that's something that's really convenient. Let's have a look at the 15 00:01:04,320 --> 00:01:13,040 overall specs first. So, this uses the AMD E450 APU, which has two cores 16 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:16,880 running at 1.65 GHz, as well as an AMD 17 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:19,360 6000 series 6320 graphics core built 18 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:26,799 into the APU itself. So, an APU is kind of like a CPU and a GPU on one die. 19 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:30,400 Moving on, we've got two uh two gigs of memory included. There are two sodium 20 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:34,720 spot slots available. It supports one 2 and 12 in hard drive or SSD with the 320 21 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:38,439 gig drive included. Anything without plus in the part number is a bare bones, 22 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:43,840 just so you guys know. Gigabit LAN 802.11n Bluetooth 3.0. It has an SDHC 23 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:49,720 slot that also supports memory stick if you actually still use that. Onboard 8 24 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:53,840 channel digital audio is uh output via 25 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:55,920 HDMI or optical spitiff. Okay. IO 26 00:01:53,840 --> 00:02:01,520 dimensions. We'll get into that later. Cool. There's a QR code. We'll talk 27 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:06,240 about that after. And since we're going to open this thing, none of this is very 28 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,360 relevant. So, let's get this baby opened 29 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:11,520 up. I don't know if you guys remember, but I did a full NCX tech tips episode 30 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:17,920 on one of Zotac's mini PCs, which was just beastly. The thing was running some 31 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,920 serious high bit rate MKVS 32 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:24,720 uh using XBMC. Very, very robust little system. 33 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:27,920 We've got a bunch of pieces here. You know what? I'm going to actually open 34 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:30,800 these up off camera. So, here we are. One thing that we do have to do is 35 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:35,360 install the batteries in the remote, which is a fairly simple process, as you 36 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:39,040 guys can see. Here I am doing it now. I'm doing it. I'm doing it now. You 37 00:02:37,519 --> 00:02:43,840 know, the guys on the local radio station, Team 1040, the uh the sports 38 00:02:41,519 --> 00:02:47,760 radio station, are just they're doing like this thing. It's like a March 39 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:51,840 Madness themed, like basketball themed thing where they're taking iconic TV 40 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:55,120 characters and then they have like brackets where they come down down down 41 00:02:53,840 --> 00:03:01,200 to a finals and then they're they're going to have someone win and they're having the uh the listeners vote and 42 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:06,800 they're like floored every time Basil Faulty wins a bracket because apparently 43 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:11,200 none of them understand the humor of Faulty Towers which just irked me this 44 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:16,800 morning cuz they were like, "Oh, it's some British show. There were only 12 episodes." Yes, 12 episodes of the 45 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:21,440 purest comedy gold that ever existed. Anyway, moving on. Uh, here is the media 46 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:26,319 center remote that is included. It has all of your usual suspects in terms of 47 00:03:23,519 --> 00:03:30,640 programmable keys, numbers, and mute buttons and navigation keys and all that 48 00:03:28,239 --> 00:03:35,200 good stuff. Next, we have the included power cord, four included screws, more 49 00:03:32,959 --> 00:03:39,200 on those later, as well as the IR receiver. So the reason this comes on a 50 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:44,799 really long cord that is more than one Linus arms span in length is because it 51 00:03:42,799 --> 00:03:48,799 can be easily positioned like plugged into the uh the Zbox itself and then 52 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:52,519 positioned somewhere discreet and convenient so that the remote will be 53 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:59,200 able to hit it. It would hit that thing. Okay. Then 54 00:03:55,760 --> 00:04:00,640 we have an antenna and a little mounting 55 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:06,720 piece here, which we'll do more on later. As well 56 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:08,159 as a warranty terms thing. So, in the 57 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:11,519 Oh, look at that. In the EU, they get two years. I think that's by law. 58 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:17,160 Everywhere else is one year. Driver installation DVD, users manual, as well 59 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:19,519 as uh quick start guide. Now, the unit 60 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:24,560 itself. So, remember guys, this is an E450. That means it is capable of 61 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:26,960 DirectX11 gaming in games like uh Dirt 62 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:32,960 3, for example, where they're not super super demanding, but they are DirectX11. 63 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:36,400 So, more on that in a moment here. Let's uh let's do the unit itself 64 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:44,880 here. Very shiny. ERP ready, evidently. 65 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:48,479 There's our cooling fan right there. Can you guys see that at all? There's a 66 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:50,479 little aluminum heat sink under it. I don't know if you're going to be able to 67 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:56,080 see that. That's okay. There's a cooling fan in there. You guys will have to take my word for it. We also have four rubber 68 00:04:53,680 --> 00:05:01,280 feet. So, if you want to use it sitting down, you would put it this way. And as 69 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:05,040 like a media PC box, that's probably how I would set it up. You can decide which 70 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:10,880 way is the front. So, there's an exhaust vent here with a front USB 2. On this 71 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:15,479 side, there's audio. Uh, so that's headphones, microphone, SD slot, USB 2, 72 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:19,440 wireless LAN indicator, drive indicator, power 73 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:22,560 button. Okay, so that's probably the front. Then moving on to this side, we 74 00:05:21,199 --> 00:05:26,479 got a couple screws. So that's to open up the chassis as well as more 75 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:30,880 ventilation holes. And finally on this side, this is what I would consider to be the back. Yeah. Yeah, this is the 76 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:33,360 back. So there's the wireless antenna, which we 77 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:37,320 can derp plug 78 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:45,840 in if I can. Oh, it's like springloaded. Neat. 79 00:05:43,199 --> 00:05:50,720 Okay, there we go. wireless antenna, USB 3, gigabit Ethernet, two more USB 2, 80 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:55,039 DisplayPort out. That's cool. That's uh that's a function of the AMD Radeon 81 00:05:52,479 --> 00:05:59,639 graphics on board. HDMI as well as optical audio out. And finally, the 82 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:04,880 power in. It also has a power indicator on the top. That 83 00:06:02,479 --> 00:06:08,000 orange ring does glow. But check this out. This is the kind of thing Zotac 84 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:11,840 thought of. You can turn it off in the BIOS if you have it in a room where, for 85 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:16,080 example, maybe it's a media PC and you don't want like disturbing random orange 86 00:06:13,919 --> 00:06:20,560 glows coming out of your PC. Turn it off. No problem. And then it just looks 87 00:06:18,479 --> 00:06:27,759 the way it does when it's powered off right now. Other than a small glow from 88 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:32,319 the power button. Yeah, that is USB 2. Sorry, I was just checking that, guys. 89 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:35,919 So, okay. Right. What other options do we have for mounting? So, you guys saw 90 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:41,039 this funky thing right here. That is so that you can mount uh so that you can 91 00:06:38,319 --> 00:06:45,960 mount it on the base station, which hopefully I can figure out how to 92 00:06:43,639 --> 00:06:50,639 do. There we go. Slide that into place. That is 93 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:55,600 another way that you can configure it. Finally, and it comes with everything 94 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:58,639 you need in the box. You can do it this 95 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:00,800 way. Check this out. It comes with a 96 00:06:58,639 --> 00:07:04,639 vase mount. So, all you have to do is clip the unit in. And I'll see if I can 97 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:10,720 remember how it Yeah, there we go. You can find the guides here. So, you see 98 00:07:06,479 --> 00:07:10,720 these indents right here and right 99 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:18,080 here. You just clip the unit in like 100 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:20,000 this. And you mount the plastic piece. 101 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:23,840 Hold on. That opens up the clips. So, you mount the plastic piece to the back 102 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:27,680 of your TV or monitor or maybe you're using this at a POS terminal in a store, 103 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:31,680 something where you you don't want like a huge PC next to it. You screw this 104 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:37,199 into the back with those screws that I said I'd tell you more about later. 105 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:41,199 They're stuck to something. Sorry, guys. And then you clip the PC in just like 106 00:07:39,199 --> 00:07:45,759 this, like I kind of showed you already, but 107 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:50,000 whatever. And there you go. Just like that. No big deal, right? You have 108 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:54,479 access to all of your important IO, including that top USB 2 109 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:58,400 port. And you have a nice little lowprofile PC. You don't need a wire for 110 00:07:56,879 --> 00:08:02,000 networking cuz it has built-in wireless as well as built-in Bluetooth. And I 111 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:06,720 think that pretty much covers it. Thank you for checking out my unboxing of the 112 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:08,080 ever popular Zotac 804. 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