There is little to turn to build their own PC . Especially if you like to play and find the good balance between the processor and graphics performance – you need namely not broke up for a good game machine.
But although modern self-built computers also come in smaller sizes , we must enter the unique solutions if you want it so small and slender as possible.
Therefore also the living room friendly Zotac ZBox Magnus EN970 been one of the more attractive computers for those who have wished you a little but play powerful computer in the basement room.
Now we have got hold of one of the sequels: Zotac ZBox Magnus EN1070. With a width and depth of 21 x 20.3 centimeters is the easy to place, and 6.4 centimeters up from the table top is not particularly dominant either.
With this modellbetegelsen might come as no surprise that we are talking about a PC that has an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 with 8GB RAM after enough liquid – a graphics card that offers good performance at a decent price .
When combined with the quad-core Intel Core i5-6400T – a stronger processor than tokjerneren Core i5-5200U we found in ZBox Magnus EN970 – we get a PC that both should Duge to games and other laborious tasks.
On most Zotac models can to some extent determine the hardware itself, and it is also the case with ZBox Magnus EN1070. As required and wallet select then what is to be tucked into the RAM and disk (s).
Magnus EN1070 differs from EN970 by having space for one 2.5-inch and one Pattern 2-SSD, while its predecessor had room for two such 2.5-inches as well as a Pattern 2 disk.
EN1070s M.2 slot supports incidentally PCIe 3.0 x4, which allows the computer to the fullest can leverage the fastest SSDs on the market.
Fastest right now is the Samsung 960 Pro >>
With a processor associated Skylake generation has Zotac also ventured over to DDR4 memory. There is space for two modules of the type SO-DIMM – a module size we typically find in laptops.
To install the hardware is very simple – the entire bottom plate can be removed with two thumbscrews and there is plenty of “elbow room” to get the components in place.
Well-equipped
Zotac ZBox Magnus EN1070 has referred accommodate two disks and two memory modules. In addition, it comes with the wireless network card Intel Dual Band Wireless-AV3165, which besides wifi offers Bluetooth 4.
But there Magnus EN1070 really differs from many of its competitors is in display outputs. On the back of the frame in metal we find two HDMI 2.0 ports and two DisplayPort 1.3 ports, all of which support 4K resolution at 60 Hz refresh rate.
In addition we gaze two USB 2.0, two USB 3.0 and two gigabit LAN ports.
The front has a memory card reader, headphone minijack for audio in and out, as well as USB 3.1 Gen 2 both in terms of regular USB Type-A and the new Type-C.
Some might miss an extra USB behind or optical audio output, but because few use all four display outputs – which also supports digital audio – we think most people will be quite happy with the opportunities here.
Good performance, very little noise
Detailed graphs and results from our performance tests can be found on the next page . But the short version is that this beast offers very good gaming performance considering its size.
The match did not quite an ordinary desktop with a swift Core i7 and similar graphics cards , but then there is also some difference from this down to Magnus EN1070s Core i5-6400T at 35 watts.
A faster processor would have required more power and better cooling than Magnus EN1070 can effectively provide in its current form, and that without having an enormous impact on game performance. There is the known graphics card that has the most to say, at least in the higher resolutions.
From the power outlet, we see that Zotac draws as little as just under 30 watts when idle, and mostly we have seen the draw during gameplay are a hundred watts more. Yet it is okay to have little to go on, then the external power supply will manage 180 watts.
One of Zotac strongest sides is a modest noise volume. Two effective but quiet fan solutions ensures that you can hardly hear this chap in normal operation. The volume takes up naturally under heavier loads, but it is nonetheless impressive low noise in terms of size.
If you have this on your desk in the office environment or under the TV in the living room, you do not worry about unnecessary fan noise – if you think this makes a lot of sound is the only fanless works for you.
Note also that the fans are only on the top side of the motherboard, which means that the disks on the bottom have to live in a little modest turnover. It’s worth getting up if you are thinking of putting an extra powerful M.2 SSD.
When we fitted Magnus EN1070 with a Samsung Pro 950 and an old-fashioned spinning disk, we measured at the most while playing 71 degrees on former and 47 degrees on the latter. There is work involving, but we also have AC in the test lab.
Conclusion
Zotac ZBox Magnus EN1070’s predecessor Magnus EN970 focus on gaming and graphics performance in an additional small package. Perfect as gaming PC in the living room, to put in your backpack on the way to a LAN or office where you have applications that can harness the power that sits in graphics solution: a GeForce GTX 1070 from Nvidia.
This beast eats even the newest and most demanding games at breakfast, lunch and dinner. And the higher resolutions, the less it has to say that the processor is not among the strongest you’ll find on the shelves.
VR? No problem. 4K? Drive on – you have the do not put everything on “ultra” you know. Or why not spread pixel muscles over several screens – with four display outputs, you have every opportunity to do so.
Not the noise to speak of either. You are mostly low and friendly soar, even in applications where large desktops with hefty tower coolers are starting to sound a little strained out.
As Zotac ZBox Magnus EN1070 is a barebone, you also choose yourself exactly how much RAM and storage you want to put into it. Easy to install in is Zotac also.
Now it sounds maybe like we crave this Zotac, and it’s true really – we crave anything with it except the price tag. For while its predecessor EN970 was expensive, so this is even more expensive. Thirteen thousand crowns must out with, and that’s before you start adding a little what it costs for RAM, disk (s) and operating system – although there are also free alternatives that SteamOS .
On the other hand, Magnus EN1070 at times twice as strong both in processor intensive tasks and in game, so we should perhaps not stall too much for a price increase of three thousand crowns.
Just remember that if not gaming or graphics-intensive tasks are your thing, you get computers in the same size with hotter processor muscles at half the price – check out for example the cool Intel NUC6i7KYK .
But when is thus not graphics performance close to what you get with Magnus EN1070. Are you having a proper alternative to games and such, we will then quickly to relatively small force guys such as Shuttle XPC cube SZ170R8 , where you insert the CPU and graphics card as desired.
You can also save money by going for the three thousand million more affordable Zotac ZBox Magnus EN1060 – then naturally have the slightly weaker graphics solution Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 after enough liquid. However EN1060 has the same processor as EN1070.
Another option is to go up in price. For further few thousand patches of what you have to pay for a fully equipped Zotac Magnus EN1070 can pick up a notebook with GTX 1070 graphics . These also have more powerful processor than EN1070, and in addition you get with monitor, keyboard and battery “on the purchase.”
On the other hand these are not just small and silent as Magnus EN1070 but that laptops they can at least easily folded and taken with them.
Whichever of the many options you would find most interesting, prevents not mean Zotac ZBox Magnus EN1070 is a slender and silent PC for gamers and others who will have a lot of graphics muscle in a modest format.
NB: Zotac has just announced a version of this PC with Intel’s new Kabys Lake processor, called Magnus EN1070K. We do not envisage that it comes on the market until sometime in the fall, but are awaiting confirmation from Zotac the details around this.
