Prebuilt Zotac EN980

[IntoxicatedPuma]

I think the water cooling solves the noise and ventilation issue. I think it's possible to have a much smaller air cooled version but most people complain about those smaller PCs sounding like jet engines and still hitting 90C or worse. If this just has a single 120mm fan I guess the noise won't be such an issue, and if it blows directly out the top then it's dissipating heat pretty efficiently.

 

[Phuncz]

That's just it: they could have used heatpipes and a single large heatsink with a decent fan and achieved the same without needing tubing and a pump. Along with the benefits of no noise from the pump (a common issue), possible leakage/failure and no refilling needed.

 

[QinX]

More hands-on information
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3045292/hardware/hands-on-with-zotacs-tiny-vr-ready-pc.html
Found it in the [ H ] topic

9x8ix5 in inches or 22.86 x 20.32 x 12.7 so the volume is 5.9L. Fairly dramatic considering it has a GTX980 MXM module.

They do mention it has a 120mm radiator for cooling.

 

[iFreilicht]

I'm on the same side as Phuncz. They could've made it smaller still if they were not going for watercooling. The pump has to take up a very considerable amount of space in that PC. Now that we know you can put a 980Ti and a dedicated PSU into a case of less than 5L, 5.9L with two external bricks isn't that impressive as it would've been two or three years ago.

 

[K888D]

It looks like Zotac are updating their mini gaming PC's with the newly announced 1060 and 1070 mobile chips:

http://techreport.com/news/30526/zotac-magnus-en10-brings-pascal-to-zbox-mini-pcs

 

[Phuncz]

Anandtech reviewed it: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10595...view-an-innovative-vrready-gaming-powerhouse/

Eek !

I'm hoping they'll be able to refine it some more with the new generation GPUs.

 

[CC Ricers]

Project Quantum, although of similar size, at least looked better. I'm wondering if AMD will actually launch that- my guess is they're holding out for Zen to bring it to market since they wouldn't sell with an Intel CPU as they did when demoing it.

 

[Phuncz]

I don't believe AMD will release a complete PC like that any time soon, it's quite the risk and much more complex than releasing components of a PC. But I would like to have seen some OEM bring Project Quantum to life, if it really was commercially viable.

 

[BirdofPrey]

I think the main impediment to quantum is the component setup.

To make it work, they had to custom build a riser to reverse the direction of the video card, and then they used all the front panel connectors as the rear panel. It's nice for a demonstration unit, but far to much of a kludge for an actual retail model, so you're likely looking at a custom board if they go to retail unless they can convince a board manufacturer to make one with a PCIe slot on the other side which, so far, we've only seen a limited number of OEM only products bound for mainly AIO use.