ZOTAC ZBOX EN760 Plus Review

👤by David Mitchelson Comments 📅09-03-15
Conclusion

The era of bringing the PC into the living room is certainly upon us and ZOTAC are the pioneers in this arena. We’ve experienced their Nano series in the past and have been impressed, and the same can be said for this larger albeit, “Mini-PC”.

The coalition between the major players in the industry and this movement towards small form factor has meant that core components such as the CPU, memory and GPU can now be optimised and the EN760 Plus is a good representation of what can be utilised inside such a condensed space. It’s now possible to have the delights of a fully-fledged, mid-range computer in your living room without the need to use a big, bulky computer chassis/unit.

EN760 Plus performed very well in all of the benchmarks we ran – an indicator that this machine will satisfy casual gamers and home entertainment buffs. Due to its size and weight EN760 Plus is also extremely portable and can easily be popped into the backpack when visiting friends or a LAN party.


We’re really pleased with what ZOTAC has included with this ZBOX - at the front and back of the unit there are an abundant offering of ports and buttons to take advantage of and it’s great to see that any USB 2.0 ports have been ditched for the super-fast USB 3.0 replacement.

Our only qualms with the EN760 Plus is that the cooling fan inside can be noisy once the unit is fully loaded. We could also hear noise from the mechanical hard drive inside and for the cost we would have liked to see an SSD – though with M.2 now gathering popularity its likely we’ll see such a storage option in an upgraded successor in the near future.

EN760 Plus can be bought for £460 GBP / $495 USD which is good value for money when you weigh up the included features. One thing to bear in mind though, is that the OS is not included – so this will need to be factored into the cost too.

The ZBOX EN760 Plus is a rather capable mini-PC. Its size, weight and hardware specifications make it the ideal product to use for a home entertainment system or to use as a portable gaming machine.

Pros
+ Small and lightweight
+ Ideal as part of home theatre system
+ Plenty of ports & functionality
+ Good lineup of hardware
+ Option to upgrade memory & HDD capacity
+ Dual display support
+ WiFi/Bluetooth ready

Cons
- Fan and HDD can be noisy
- No OS included


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