Welcome to Zotac. Today we're going to be covering a passively cooled Zbox, an
entry-level Zbox, and a new NVMe drive.
Thank you to Squarespace for bringing us to CES 2016 this year. And check out
their link in the video description down below. So, we're going to start with the Zotac C series. This is their passively
cooled model, and they've had these in the past, but this one's much larger and
has a much more badass CPU in it. So, this one specifically is running an
Intel Core i56300U Skylake, which is a big step
above, I believe, the i3s that they had in the smaller models. That does require
much more metal due to the heat sinks, the metal plate that's in the top and
all that kind of stuff. So, it does have some weight to it, but they did say that
the final version will be a little bit lighter than it was here. So, I'm not going to quote the weight. And I
wouldn't look too closely at the size either because they're saying it's going to get a little bit smaller as well. Due
to the previously mentioned processor, it also has Intel HD graphics 520. It
has a 2 and a half inch SSD or hard drive tray, which is configurable as you
would like. It can support up to two sticks of DDR3L, so up to 16 GB of
memory. On the front of the unit, it features a power button, two USB 3.1
type-C connectors, a USB 3.0/ SD card
slot, which is actually pretty cool, and then headphone and microphone jacks. The
tops and sides both feature a really cool honeycomb mesh aesthetic. The
bottom just has some feet to raise it up off the ground and keep it away from
sliding on your desk. Next up, we've got the Zotac Zbox EA740, which is the more
entry-level Zbox that we're going to be checking out today. It features an Intel
Core i3 6100T Skylake processor and an
AMD Radeon R9 M365X with 2 GB of GDDDR5.
I'm under the impression that this is somewhere around the desktop rated
performance of a 750Ti if you're wondering. This one features two DDR3L
sodium slots, a 2 and 1/2 in slot for a hard drive or SSD configurable as you
please and an M.2 SSD slot as well. This
one's aesthetic isn't quite as awesome as the previous one, but still is pretty
good being mostly matte. I do like that. On the left hand side, we have a large
circular power button. Then we have a USB 3.0/ 0/ SD card slot on the more
right hand side with a headphone and microphone jack and 3.5 mm after that
and then USB 3.0 type-C connector on the far right hand side. Just note when
we're looking at the back here, there's actually three full-size display ports,
not six that you're able to see. Those six are for a digital signage version of
this computer, not an actual consumer available version. There's a Wi-Fi
antenna, which also supports Bluetooth 4.0, dual gigabit ports, and dual USB
3.0 ports with an AC jack on the back. Zotch also announced a 480 GB NVMe drive
at CES 2016 this year. It's still going to be going under a fair amount of
revisions both aesthetic and firmware wise in terms of speeds. So, hit them up
on Twitter if you have any feedback. It will currently be probably running at a
sequential speed of in terms of read and write 2500 megabytes per second and
1,200 megabytes per second respectively. So, it should be pretty beast mode. I
currently really like the aesthetic of the kind of holebased design on the
gunmetal side that will probably be facing downwards in most configurations
and I think they might be just making that flat. So you can weigh in, message
them on Twitter. Thank you again to Squarespace for sending us here to CES
2016. If you guys need a website because you're super badass at making ball-based
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Their live chat or email support, which are super super helpful. They have tons
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Squarespace, build it beautiful. We'll see you guys next time. To see all of
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