4K Gaming & KODI Mini HTPC Triple Boot | Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN1070
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Unboxing and demonstrating the Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN1070 Mini Gaming PC. In this demo I will be showing off the triple boot capabilities of this system running LibreELEC/KODI, SteamOS and Windows 10 Pro x64 with various games from the Steam, Origin & Windows stores.
Very good video man. This is exactly the type of video I was looking for. I just recently purchased the EN1070. After seeing this, it seems that my purchase is going to pay off. Can't wait to fire it up and try it out.
jotaroxtreme Awesome, hope you have a great time with it.
Another positive in making it slightly higher is the potential for 150mm hard drives. Would love a 4tb drive in this little guy.
Cannot wait to build my mini-itx pc with the Dan A4 case
Looks like a greatcase.
Only compromise with that one is that it is significantly bigger than this one. No power brick with DAN A4, still very small, and CPU+video card upgrade with this system be enormous compared to this little machine.
That will also cook the components inside and the case itself costs almost 300$. That build is another price class
Very nice review, thx for it! I went for EN1060 as I'm running it on 1080p.. best travel/lanbox available ;)
chemic Thank you, hope you are happy with the EN1060. I'm sure it'll have no problem rocking 1080p at all.
I wish they would sell the box standalone from the cpu, that way you could just plug and play the Skull Canyon/Nuc and upgrade the nuc over time. Especially handy for the upcoming watercooled EN1080.
Man, this thing is ridiculous, nobody has performance like that in anything that small... Also nice that they went with thumb screws!
Very good review mate. Thanks for the info.
Cheers
Wish they made it slightly larger for better cooling. Like an inch or two more to increase fan size to keep db down and better airflow along a larger heat-sink. Then you could justify price a little better since the GPU wouldn't be so under-clocked.
I think they try to stike the balance with making the most powerful compact system in the GTX 1070 and the bigger brother with the built in watercooling in the EN1080 but I agree that some more airflow over the storage options would be welcome.
Just an FYI even though its a few months later. Your M.2 SSD was not fully tightened down.
Jeff Clark I thought the same when I put it together but it seems to be designed that way specifically.
Warranty aside one could theoretically put the i7 6700t cpu as found in the alpha r2 in place of the i5 6400t cpu that comes with the unit as they are both socket cpu's.
They have the same tdp but the i7 version has a much higher clock speed, hyper threading and more cache on the die but it will probably throttle a fair bit after watching this vid as airflow and cooling will be a big issue.
In saying that it seems like this model currently packs the most punch out of the mini pc's out there for it's size and it has a decent array of i/o ports although audio ports on the rear would've been a nice addition to connect to one's speakers for a cleaner look instead of using the front headphone jack.
All in all a good in depth review and a decent powerful mini pc from zotac
T BOZ This is true and maybe something I'll consider down the line. I'm not sure if Zotac's UEFI/Bios limits such a change though.
Paul LastLevelTech looks like sometime has already done the mod with some very good results.
here is the link:
blog.livedoor.jp/wisteriear/archives/1061669565.html
Cool, thanks for the link. Looks interesting.
Japanese to English translation. bit.ly/2fWJTDh
Performance increase is welcome but the fanspeed increase (and sound) is the obvious issue.
just seen one of these n was wondering if they could do this... so great fr me thanks! btw how long did you go with it or do you still have it?
William Stewart Still have it and it’s still working like a champ even after the CPU upgrade.
@@diddler1979hi aye yeh that's good to hear that n that may explains why they're so rare in the used market right now!..., thanks again n will still use your vid to help me set up when i do get fixed up with something.
nice review it looks cool
Thank you.
What is the Hackintosh compatibility of this machine?
Thanks for posting this, very helpful. Are you still using the Zbox after 10 months? How has it held up? Any issues? I think I like this one more than the Asus GR8 or the MSI Trident 3.
cpnhowdy Hi there, I'm very much still using the Zbox but have done a variety of mods to mine. In another video on my channel I show taking it apart and replacing the CPU for an i7 6700T. I have also delidded the CPU and replaced the thermal paste on both the CPU and GPU for a liquid metal thermal solution. Also cut holes into the top of the chassis over the fans and replaced it with som grills so the fans aren't starved of air. It's been an absolute beast of a mini PC in my living room and handles all Oculus VR games for me too.
They should make this device 1L bigger in volume so it can have better cooling and fit in an i7 6700-TE cpu. The storage drive temperatures a little concerning and I am surprised that it runs on a 180w adapter.
Agreed about the cooling alright. From playtests I never saw the power draw go higher than 135w so impressed with the performance per watt ratio.
Great review Paul. Do you by any chance know if you can use the usb-c port for video output? (from the 1070, not the integrated intel GPU)
Wow nice
I want it!
Hey, very nice review and great mini pc.
I also want to triple boot my Intel NUC7I5BNH into LibreELEC, SteamOS and Windows 10 Pro x64 so I would like to ask you in which order you installed the OS, which programm you used to partition the ssd and if you configured GRUB somehow. I would appreciate any tips regarding the setup. Thanks.
Hi Lukas. Grab yourself a USB boot version of Hirens BootCD and boot the Linux environment from its boot menu. This will give you Gparted which is IMHO the best partitioning tool out there. I preconfigured the partitions so that there was a primary and an extended partition. Install Windows first in the extended partition and it will automatically partition off a Windows Reserved partition as the primay boot for the MBR table. Aftwards I installed the SteamOS and let it preconfigure GRUB so that when booting. LibreELEC is simply a matter of putting the System and Kernel files into the root of a partition and telling grub to use that as the LibreELEC system partition and another partition of say 10GB for its data. Here is a pic of my Gparted configurations when using dual or triple boot systems imgur.com/a/Jfzra. Here is my Grub.cfg for Triple pastebin.com/m72yBeF3 and Dual pastebin.com/DhsUCU67 boot configurations. Hope that helps.
Just got this, dam ! cheapest windows licences are around ~100$ and no way to upgrade from 7 anymore right ?
Wanna give SteamOS a go, but there is so much I wanna play that are win only ... :(
Great! Since im at 1080p ultra, i went for the 1060 edition. I expect a bit lower temps as well. Hope the SSDs won't get cooked ! The max temp for them are around 60 no? They shouldn't be operated on higher temps.
zeus1117 In theory yes. So far I've not noticed any performance issues but time will tell if it dramatically hurts longevity. Hope you enjoy the EN1060.
So even the 1060 version gets kind of hot. :( SSDs get warm too, and since i also have a 950 PRO, it idles around 70 C under load :/ That's bad in my opinion. Also regular 2.5" SSD is reaching almost 60 C, other than that it is perfect. But I don't like the fast that it starts to cook the drives inside...
EDIT: So after 30 minutes Doom the 2.5" SSD got 60 C and the 950 PRO M.2 was at constant 76 C. NOT GOOD !
There is just simply no moving air in the bottom compartment. Would hate to return this good product just for the sake of my SSDs :(
Wow that is incredibly hot. My Sandisk SSD boot disk seems to hover around 55->60 degrees C and the 2TB drive around 45->50 during normal use.
Paul LastLevelTech Well the 950 pro operating tempretaure is higher than of a normal SSD, but still it needs air or some cooling otherwise it can boil. Also, 60 C isn't that good for any normal SSD. I sent it back and switched to an Asrock Deskmini 110, that is now maxed out with way stronger hardware. But of course, no GPU :( At least the Temps are excellent (at least 25 C less) when the only cooler (intel stock (!)) is even set to silent mode. That case is an excellent design.
Nice, shame you had to go back but hope the new build works out. I looked up the operating temps of the Sandisk SSD I am using and they rate it as fine up to 70C so going to stick with it for now. I've also swapped out the 6400T for a 6700T as well to see what that would do to the system. Theres a video on my channel about that if you are interested.
Hi great review, what TV or monitor is this you're using for 4k?
TechTablets.com Thanks, it's the European model Samsung UE55KS8000
Thanks, so you use it as a monitor or just for gaming?
TechTablets.com Gaming mainly but seems to work just fine as a monitor, for my usage anyway.
i have a question. if i have a wireless mouse and keyboard, can I use it in the boot menu to install windows?
I would like to ask if you could tast it running at cpu harve load's cpu temperature，fun sped and whole power consumption.Think you
Nice review! May I ask you where did you buy it? Cheers
Thank you. I got mine from lambda-tek.com.
Thanks for your reply! Unfortunately they seem to be out of stock now! :(
Sorry to hear it. I only ever saw six in stock and they moved quite quickly.
i think they have the en1060 instock... they announced a rx480 version too...but not seen that for sale yet... be interesting to see those 2
Found one on Amazon.de with UK delivery and I've immediately bought it! Your review persuaded me that this is the best compromise between size and performance that I could find. At the moment I have a Node 202 with i5 6600K and MSI GTX 1070 ARMOR OC, but it still looks terribly big in my living room. This little guy will fit perfectly!
Is it possible to swap the MXM nvidia gtx 1070 with a newer one in the future?
Possibly but it would have to assume the die position is the same so that the heatsink could work effectively.
Paul LastLevelTech the problem is if zotac will keep releasing spare parts
Yeah, probably not something to rely upon I'd say.
Does the 6400t noticeably bottleneck the 1070? And would a 6400t be enough for regular use and video/photo editing?
I could be considered a heavy user since I usually have like 20 tabs open at all times and watch lots of tv shows and all that stuff, plus I'll be gaming a lot since, well, there's a fucking 1070 in there.
why u didnt use the steam controller on the windows too ?
Prefer Xbox controllers in Windows.
Does anybody have a link to the vbios? I'm kind of stuck.
It would be really helpful if I could get someone with the same model to take a backup of their vbios in .rom format from GPU-Z and link it back here.
ZBOX-EN-1070k
Can you tell me how thick the hdd was? (7 ,9, or 15mm) thx
AgiLity I'm currently using a 9.5mm 2TB Samsung ST2000LM003.
thx
When powered off the power brick on mine consumes 10 to 12 watts. When it's sleeping power consumption is 0.5 to 2 watts. Anyone else having this not so eco issue when its powered off?
DigiKunt I’ve noticed something similar with mine where the top can be a little warm where the cpu would be, even though the system is essentially turned off. Doesn’t happen all time though.
Paul LastLevelTech as you're probably aware the magnus has an infrared sensor, do you know of a remote that will work with it? Information online is very thin
hmm I wonder how would a hackintosh turn out on this ?
Hello, is it possible to overclock the GPU?
spkt0r You probably could but it would create to much heat I would say.
I was toying with the idea of getting this unit and strip out the case and shove the rest in a 30 cal ammo can of course i was going to also make a custom cooling solution.
Hi. How about noise level
Somebody can tell me its weight please ?
how would this stack up against the alpha r2
SBRK no its a 960 on the r2... my lad wants one but im looking at all options... this is a little more expensive though
SBRK id hope so... but i doubt it in time.for christmas :( what other things are there that are on the zbox/alpha size etc
Is it quiet? Thanks
Hi there, the worst it gets is like a PS4 with the fan blowing.
Thanks for the reply! And during web browsing/low demanding usage?
shar00 Barely audible to be honest.
May i know the price?
George Alexander I got mine for about £1300.
we can't see the gpu load so it's compeltely pointlesss
1.6 thousand for a PC, and you still have to buy windows, hard drives, and RAM?
lmao.
Paul Michael Lucky for me I paid just £1300 for the whole setup. Cheap at any cost. 😂😂
Paul LastLevelTech thats prob still 1.6 CAD lol
Zed not zee!!
+hotgamingpotato see
Xbox became zbox
SOMEONE CALL THE POLICE ;)