Slew Of Zotac Zbox Mini PCs Includes One VR-Ready GTX 980 Option

[Guest]

Zotac announced several Zbox mini PCs that will be shown during Computex. The Zbox Magnus EN980 in particular is made for VR.

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[David Dewis]

A GTX 980 even with water cooling in this case is going struggle surely. The radiator alone is going to have to be tiny. I'm guessing boost clocks won't be a common thing.

 

[James5mith]

Why do they still insist on using DDR3L instead of DDR4?

 

[AndreiJeff]

I can surely see the usefulness in playing VR adventure and puzzle games, with HTC Vive and a Nano PC in a backpack. Full (room) freedom. But powered with energy from what? A battery from a laptop would barely last an hour.

 

[ragenalien]

Why do they still insist on using DDR3L instead of DDR4?

Because it's cheaper, and for these industrial pc's the small benefit of ddr4 is wasted.

 

[AndreiJeff]

No low voltage processor in the Magnus EN980, probably also not a mobile GTX 980 inside... It also says "2 x Power brick & cable inside the box"...

 

[norseman4]

Why do they still insist on using DDR3L instead of DDR4?

204 pin DDR3L is easier to place than 260 pin DDR4, maybe.

 

[darcotech]

So it is small, you can put it in your backpack, but what about the power cord?
How do you do that?

 

[photonboy]

Desktop GPU liquid coolers are currently overkill (i.e. 50degC for 12cm rad/fan) so a smaller liquid cooler could do a great job.

Also, some laptops with far less room have a full GTX980 at reasonable performance so its very possible to do great in this form factor.

A GTX1070 will be nice too. Like the size but not the overall design of these PC's.