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Zotac puts Nvidia Quadro in its latest ZBox Q-series mini PCs

by on10 April 2018


The new QK5P1000, QK7P3000 and QK7P5000 Mini PCs

Zotac has unveiled its new ZBox Q-series of Mini PCs which will feature Intel's 7th generation Core i5/Core i7 CPUs paired up with Nvidia's Pascal-based Quadro P1000, Quadro P3000 or even the Quadro P5000 series graphics cards, capable of providing some serious compute performance.

Coming in either a 184.6x184.6x71.5mm chassis, for the QK5P1000, or 210x203x62.2mm chassis, for both the QK7P3000 and the QK7P5000, the Zotac ZBox Q-series Mini PCs do not look half bad for a light and portable workstations, especially considering their specifications.

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According to what we could gather from the announcement, considering that these are not yet listed on either Zotac's own product page or any other shop, all three ZBox Q-series PCs will share some similar specifications, including support for up to 32GB of DDR4-2400 RAM in two SODIMM slots, 2.5-inch SATA 6Gbps HDD/SSD bay, M.2 PCIe x4/SATA SSD slot with support for 2242, 2260 and 2280 form-factor, 802.11ac WiFi with Bluetooth 4.2, dual Gigabit Ethernet and four display outputs.

The ZBox QK5P1000 is powered by Intel's Core i5-7200U dual-core 2.5GHz CPU and comes with an Nvidia Quadro P1000 GPU with 4GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit memory interface. This is a basic Pascal-based Quadro GPU but despite its 47W TDP, still packs 640 CUDA cores.

The ZBox QK7P3000 packs a more serious Intel Core i7-7700T quad-core 2.9GHz CPU and Nvidia Quadro P3000. It has a 75W TDP, 1280 CUDA cores and comes with 6GB of GDDR5 memory on a 192-bit memory interface.

The ZBox QK7P5000 is the flagship with the same Core i7-7700T CPU but uses 100W TDP Nvidia Quadro P5000 GPU with 16GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit memory interface.

Bear in mind that all of these Zotac Mini PCs use mobile versions of Nvidia Quadro P-series GPUs so the clocks and actual compute performance might be lower than on desktop counterparts. All three new Zotac ZBox Q-series mini PCs are air-cooled with a blower-style fan for the GPU and elaborate cooling for the CPU.

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Zotac has been doing well with its ZBox mini-PCs, covering almost every part of the mini PC market, from casual, gaming, to the professional market.

Unfortunately, we still do not have a precise launch date or the prices for the ZBox Q-series but Zotac did say it will show them at the NAB Show which is currently held in Las Vegas, so we might hear a bit more information from there.

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Last modified on 10 April 2018
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