So you’re probably, like the other visitors to this site, looking for the ultimate nettop. We’re not going to claim that this is the best nettop for everyone, but Zotac’s Zbox certainly checks most of the boxes.
The Zbox’s slim profile packs in Ion chipsets along with Intel CULV CPUs, making for a power-sipping experience that can play HD video as well. Zotac offers a number of different a few varieties the Zbox. The HD series (the NS21 and ND22) pack a Celeron 743 or SU2300 CULV (respectively), DDR3 RAM slots, a 2.5-inch hard drive slot, HDMI and DVI-I ports, along with NVIDIA’s Ion GPU. There’s also an ITX series, all sporting those same CPUs, a single PCI Express x16 slot, a handful of SATA / eSATA hookups, and HDMI, DVI-D, and VGA connections.
All the systems have a slew of USB ports, the boxes can be mounted in four different positions (including on the back of a monitor), and though retail pricing hasn’t been announced, it looks like at least the ND22 should list for around $270.
Check out the dual core ATom Zotac Zbox nettop at Amazon below, or check out our Zotac Zbox hands-on here.
Zotac Zbox - Intel Atom D510 1.66 GHz Dual Core All-in-One Mini-PC $222.44 - Amazon
