Zotac Announces New ZBOX Mini-PCs With Intel Haswell CPUs And Intel Iris Pro Graphics, AMD A8 APUs

Zotac has a new lineup of mini PCs that alternately rock Intel Core CPUs and AMD A8 APUs, and some of them are aimed at mainstream gamers.

The Zotac Zbox E-Series offer Intel Iris Pro 5200 graphics with 128GB of EDRAM and Intel Pixel Sync technology and have quad-core Intel Core i7-4770R (3.2GHz) or Intel Core i5-4570R (2.7GHZ), both with Turbo Boost.

Zotac ZBOX E-Series
Zotac ZBOX E-Series

The four E-Series models also feature up to 16GB of DDR3-1600 RAM (2 DIMMs) and a 2.5-inch HDD or SSD. The “Plus” configuration offers 8GB of RAM and a 1TB (5400 RPM) HDD via SATA 6Gbps. Ports include two DisplayPort, two DVI-O, a 4-in-1 card reader, dual 10/100/1000 LAN, four USB 3.0, and 802.11ac WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0.

Zotac ZBOX nano
Zotac ZBOX nano

The ZBOX nano SKUs run quad-core AMD A8-5545M (1.7GHz) processors and AMD Radeon HD 8510G graphics. There’s a 7-in-1 card reader, support for up to 8GB of DDR3-1600 RAM (one DIMM), DisplayPort, HDMI, four USB 3.0, two USB 2.0, and support for a 2.5-inch HDD/SSD with a SATA 6Gbps interface.

The “Plus” option includes 4GB of DDR3 RAM and a 500GB (5400 RPM) hard drive.