Zotac’s mini-PC lineup obtained a brand new flagship as a part of its CES 2021 bulletins – the MAGNUS ONE. It contains a Comet Lake CPU (Core i7-10700) together with NVIDIA’s RTX 3070 GPU. The new mannequin is a pure evolution of options from the earlier MAGNUS PCs just like the EK71080 and the EN1080Ok earlier than it, with a heavy dose of inspiration from Intel’s Ghost Canyon NUC. The EK71080 moved to a discrete GPU from a MXM-type one within the EN1080Ok. The new MAGNUS ONE continues that pattern with the inclusion of a user-replaceable Zotac RTX 3070 Twin Edge within the system. Gone, nonetheless, is the humongous exterior energy brick – Instead, we’ve a 500W 80+ Platinum inner PSU. The new 8.3L mannequin can also be meant to be oriented vertically. The final two points present a definite ‘Ghost Canyon NUC’ really feel to the brand new MAGNUS ONE.
The motherboard within the MAGNUS ONE makes use of a H470 PCH. The CPU’s built-in GPU show output (HDMI 1.4a) can also be out there within the rear panel. The RTX 3070 Twin Edge options 4 show outputs, and both set will be energetic for as much as 4 simultaneous show streams. The PC additionally contains Killer AX1650 Wi-Fi and twin LAN ports (1x 1Gbps + 1×2.5Gbps)
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| ZBOX MAGNUS ONE with 10th Generation Core i7 CPU | ||||
| CPU | Intel Core i7-10700 8C/16T 2.9 – 4.Eight GHz 16 MB 65 W |
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| GPU | Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Edge 5888 CUDA Cores Eight GB GDDR6 |
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| Memory | 2 × DDR4 SO-DIMM slots, as much as 64 GB of reminiscence |
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| Storage | M.2 | 1x M.2 2280 slot for PCIe 3.zero x4/SATA SSD 1x M.2 2280 slot for PCIe 3.zero x4 SSD (incl. Optane) |
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| DFF | 1 × 2.5″ SSD/HDD | |||
| Card Reader | 1x SDXC Slot | |||
| Wireless | Killer Wireless AX1650 2×2 Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5 controller | |||
| Ethernet | 1 × Gigabit Ethernet 1 × Killer Ethernet E3000 2.5Gbps controller |
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| Display Outputs | 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a (dGPU) 1 × HDMI 2.1 (dGPU) 1 × HDMI 1.4a (iGPU) |
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| Audio | 3.5 mm audio-in 3.5 mm audio-out |
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| USB | 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A (Front) 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C (Front) 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A (Rear) Four x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A (Rear) |
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| PSU | Internal 500W 80+ Platinum | |||
| OS | Microsoft Windows 10 or none (barebones) | |||
| Pricing | $1899 (16GB DDR4 DRAM + 512GB M.2 NVMe SSD + 1TB 2.5″ HDD + Windows 10 Home) |
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A key distinction between the brand new MAGNUS ONE and the earlier flagships from an upgradability viewpoint is the user-replaceable discrete GPU. As lengthy because the GPU to be put in consumes 220W on the most and isn’t longer than 230mm (9.06 in.) and takes up solely two slots on the most, it’s for finish customers to improve the pre-installed RTX 3070 a yr or two into the system’s service lifetime.
At 8.3L, the system isn’t as compact because the 5L Ghost Canyon NUC. However, the bigger dimension and the honeycomb chassis ought to enable for extra airflow and simpler entry to parts. The MAGNUS ONE may accommodate bigger GPUs (the Ghost Canyon NUC tops out at 8in.)
The pricing for the MAGNUS ONE ECM73070C with Windows 10 (the ‘PLUS’ mannequin in Zotac’s earlier terminology) is on par with the flagship MAGNUS pricing of earlier years. Given using the H470 PCH, it seems that Zotac has made optimum use of all of the out there I/O to ship a compelling platform for customers a compact different to pre-built PCs from boutique distributors.
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