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welcome to my unboxing your first look at the zotac z box + idat this is a creatively color scheme and see the blue ring for the Intel Atom processor inside versus the green ring on the ADL four which is over there which has an AMD EPU inside so this is a Adam as well as GeForce ion solution which is very similar otherwise to the other mini PC so what we're going to do is on my NC ox mci ox NCIX comm channel we're going to take these guys head-to-head and find out which one performs the best but for now I still have to do the unboxing of this so there's a bunch of stuff on the outside of the box which we're basically not going to concern ourselves with too much other than the specs so it uses an Intel Atom D 2700 so this is a new generation dual-core at 2.1 3 gigahertz with an Intel nm 10 Express chipset so that means this is an older class GPU at GT 520 with 512 Meg's of dedicated ddr3 memory it's using 2 gigs of RAM and a 320 GB hard drive although allsey boxes are available as a completed PC so that is one with memory and with a drive or as a bare-bones so you can buy this I bare-bones put an SSD in there you know throw a bunch of RAM in there I think it's got two slots so you should be able to put up to eight gigs of memory yes so you can do up to 8 gigs of memory in here it includes Gigabit LAN 802.11 1 802.11 and Wi-Fi see I'm just off today Bluetooth 3.0 SD card reader onboard 8 channel digital audio with stereo analog audio out and the rest of this is stuff that we will pretty much cover when we open it up so inside we find some manuals and accessories and driver discs and warranty terms which is two years in one year in the Americas two years in the EU I believe that's by law driver installation DVD which you're going to want to not use and download the latest stuff this attack or other manufacturer website there's a user's manual with an addendum for best compatibility please use only the eSATA or USB whereas the OS installation source they are right USB this is not a unique issue with ZOTAC but it's very difficult to install an OS directly off of you a bootable USB Drive on a USB 3 port because a lot of them don't have the drivers built in already Quick Start Guide moving along we have a power adapter with the other piece of said power adapter there's the DC converter go ahead throw that guy back in there on the other side we find a pretty wicked media remote that is taped in pretty good and then sealed in pretty good and then takes batteries that look like that it comes with the batteries by the way guys don't worry don't be afraid of the scary batteries that nobody has lying around okay we've also got a DVI to VGA adapter who's it or what's it I don't know what this is oh okay there's our IR receiver for the ability arm the built-in for the included remote next we have a Wi-Fi antenna whoops there it's okay for screws and I'll more on that later batteries and finally a little plastic mounting piece that you can use to prop up your Z box very fashionably next we have the Z box unit itself and it's gonna look kind of weird I can tell you that guys know that is your new mini PC yeah that does look weird I'll explain why that isn't justified let's peel off some plastic one piece of plastic one switch to open it up he's foam to keep it from getting all the scratch so it looks all nice slick when you get it okay and that is what the PC actually looks like so this piece you use those four included screws and you can actually VESA mount your z box onto the back of a compatible TV or monitor so it includes a couple of different spacings you just go ahead and you see this piece right here you line that up with this right here just like back you clipper in and you're done hopefully you've already screwed the mounting clip to the back of the TV otherwise you're gonna have no way to screw it in you're gonna take your hand off and the whole thing's gonna fall down but as long as you do that first and then clip it in then you should be okay let's have a look at what we've got in terms of i/o so we've got our power button as well as activity LEDs for wireless LAN as well as the drive front USB to front SD card reader front microphone as well as front headphones on the top we have another USB 2.0 port that's a handy place for that we have an exhaust vent right here at the top of the unit remember guys he does typically rise so that is a good place for that as well and intakes on the bottom once again heat rises etc and that is a good place for those as well one of the things you'll probably notice as I show you if you don't notice while I show you then you're not doing very well here is we can go ahead and put this in just like that it sticks and your ZBOX sits like that alternately mounting wise you can use these rubber feet right there to go ahead and take that and put it like right there just like that and that is the other way of mountings mounting the ZBOX all right so the bottom we're done oh yeah here's the screws so here's to take it apart so you can take it apart even if you buy one that comes with the drive and comes with red you can take it apart and change them if you see fit remember z boxes do not come with an OS so you will have to procure an OS whether it's when you already have or whether you violent in place like say for example NCIX and you can install it yourself or you could pay a technician to do it but I would recommend installing yourself it's not that hard and I'm gonna try and put this Wi-Fi antenna on here I'm trying here there we go BAM there we go we've also got two USB 3.0 SuperSpeed ports on the back two more USB 2.0 ports so that is a total of six USB ports one Gigabit Ethernet DVI HDMI optical audio and power in so that is a pretty full complement of oh okay cooling time so there is the cooling fan for the actual where the bulk of the processing is going on inside so you've got your intake here you've got an intake here and then the exhaust is going to be predominantly up here so I think that pretty much covers it guys stay tuned and don't forget to subscribe to my NCI XCOM channel as well so you can see our roundup our shoot out our ultimate battle royale of the somewhat less than Titans the mini pcs