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Zotac ZBOX ID80
7.8 out of 10

Zotac ZBOX ID80

Great Deal: $214.95

Reviews and Problems with Zotac ZBOX ID80

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Overall 10
10

Perfect MythTV Frontend

MythTV User, Newegg
4 April 2013
  • Pros: Small, silent, and streams 1080p mkvs on Linux. This was my criteria, and it meets every need perfectly. Running Mint14 / MythTV 0.26 - plays any mkv I can throw at it...
  • Cons: It does seem to be getting a little warm, but it isn't as hot as other reviews made me believe it would be. I haven't noticed any problems because of it., but I do hav...
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Overall 6
6.0

Relatively Nice

Newegg
28 March 2013
  • Summary: Max ram of 1066mhz (PC3 8500) Will downclock higher memory.
  • Pros: Supports Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
  • Cons: Product Spec Capacity & Compatibility is incorrect.
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Overall 2
2.0

Goose Egg

John P., Newegg
22 March 2013
  • Summary: First unit had a bad WD hard drive.
  • Pros: none,
  • Cons: all things Zotac.
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Overall 9
9.0
Value for money 10
10
Features 8
8.0
Performance 10
10
Overall quality 8
8.0

Zotac ZBOX ID80-plus a very good purchase!

,, TigerDirect.com
9 March 2013
Overall 3
2.6
Value for money 4
4.0
Features 2
2.0
Performance 2
2.0
Overall quality 2
2.0

Not easy to install

Bob, TigerDirect.com
21 January 2013
Overall 10
10

Pleasantly surprised!

Newegg
10 October 2012
Overall 8
8.0

decent but hot casing

Newegg
23 September 2012
  • Summary: Zotac could of, and by all rights, should have used a larger cooler in this unit. the actual chips run @ 41c on the atom and 51 on the gfx chip for web surfing and light...
  • Pros: - small
  • Cons: - hot
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Overall 4
4.0

zbox

Newegg
17 August 2012
  • Summary: - case and remote feel kinda cheap, plus the case attract fingerprints
  • Pros: - small, low power consumption, cheap$
  • Cons: - this box runs very hot! it even makes my SSD hot after 15min of watching video.
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Overall 8
8.0

Awesome box once I tweaked it

GAiDENgt, Newegg
23 July 2012
  • Pros: Very compact (smaller than a Wii), silent on default settings, lots of new tech built in (802.11n, USB 3.0, card reader, GeForce520M, UEFI motherboard), super easy to ...
  • Cons: Random hardware hangs and crashes for the first few days. My add-on components were tested separately and were fine (GSkill 4GB SO-DIMM and OCZ Vertex3 SSD), so I star...
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Overall 10
10

Good Little PC

Newegg
11 July 2012
  • Summary: HD video playback (1080p specifically) without GPU acceleration is brutal. Atom processor just can't handle it.
  • Pros: Small - About the size of an average router.
  • Cons: Hot, but it can be helped at the expense of noise. I'm one to lean towards the cautious side so I set the fan control to run at max speed. IMO, it is not noticeable ov...
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