Zotac ZBOX ID41

Zotac ZBOX ID41
alaScore 89

71 reviews

May, 2013

alaTest has collected and analyzed 71 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the design. There are some mixed reviews about the usability, and some have doubts about the value for money.

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value for money

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Desktops the Zotac ZBOX ID41 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 89/100 = Very good quality.

Review analysis

(Based on 71 reviews)

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Amazon review summary for the Zotac ZBOX ID41

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 10 user reviews of the Zotac ZBOX ID41 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

100% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

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Caveat emptor

 

While it worked, my ZBOX ran quietly and cooly. The small form factor allowed me to place it on a shelf with adequate ventilation on either side ; Adding a 2.5" SATA drive and two 2 GB SODIMMs was easy enough; no tools required. I briefly experimented...

Lackluster customer support after the ZBOX failed and would not even post while powering up (the unit simply powers down) ; Submitted a ticket to Zotac support in February and after some correspondence, I'm still awaiting what should be some fairly...

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Very good HTPC, mediocre PC

 

I don't know if people even buy these things for regular PC use - I hear the term "PC for Grandma" all the time, so maybe. If that is the case for you, then don't. The Atom CPU in this is not good for even light desktop use. However, this is really...

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Better than i hoped for

 

With this Mini PC I also purchased the Crucial 8GB Kit (4GBx2), 204-pin SODIMM, DDR3 PC3-10600 Memory Module (CT2CP51264BC1339)and a OCZ Technology 128GB Vertex 4 Series SATA 6.0 GB/s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive (SSD) With Industry's Highest 120K IOPS...

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Excellent little machine

 

This is the perfect box for a MythTV frontend. I just loaded up the latest version of mythbuntu on it and it works great. I put a 30gig SSD in there and 4gig of memory in the two slots and it hooked up to my backend immediately. The ION2 is great for...

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Zotac ZBOX-ID41-PLUS-U

 

Quiet ; Easy access to HDD and RAM ; Generous number of USB slots ; Has USB in Front, Top, and Back of the box ; E-sata, HDMI, & Optical ; Using xbmc, plays back 1080p mkv content perfectly with no pauses. Good cheap htpc client, unless you want to use...

USB 3.0 causes the OS to pause using the supplied drivers with Win 7 x64. A mouse plugged in to USB 3.0 slot also pauses. I Reloaded the box with Win 7 x32 and haven't loaded the USB 3.0 drivers yet and the box works perfectly. I will try to find...

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Wow, Great little box for my home theater!

 

I've been looking for a HTPC, reading a lot of the forums and comparing the specs on this category of PC's. I came across one forum that had given this box some really high praise, so I took a closer look at it. Hands down, it's a winner, besides its a...

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Excellent for it's purpose.

 

For about 6 months I used it as an asterisk server and it did fine. Pretty much anything would. I then re-purposed it for a windows 7 box. It runs well but you can't do anything outside the box. I maxed out the memory and installed windows 7...

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awesome box for mythtv

 

I am using this Mythbuntu 12.04 64bit and mythtv on version .25. it has so far been working great. it is a frontend only box connecting to a much more powerful box with dual tunners in it. i put 4gb of ram in this thing jsut so i have it if i want to...

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Excellent HDTV pc

 

Excellent. OK, I know that screen resolution will be the equivalent of 720p and not 1080p but I'm OK with that. In fact, I don't notice such a difference - really, because that will depend on the resolution of a given website viewed. The resolution is,...

Product Specifications

Configuration

DVD Writer: No
Fingerprint Reader: No
Hard Drive Type:Hard Disk Drive / Not Applicable
Remote Control: No
TV Card: No
Video Editing Card: No
Web Cam: No

Connectivity

Bluetooth: No
Card Reader:6 in 1 Card Reader
Firewire: No
TV Output: Yes
Wireless LAN: Yes

Display

Aspect Ratio:Not Applicable
True Resolution:Not Applicable

General Features

Digital Entertainment Platform:Not Applicable
Media Centre Edition: No
Product Type:NETTOP
RAM Type:DDR3 SDRAM
Type:NETTOP

Graphic

Brand of Graphic Chip:nVidia
GPU Model (Graphic Card):ION NEXT GEN.
GPU TYPE:Dedicated GPU
OnBoard Graphic Chip:Dedicated GPU

Processor

Chipset Brand:Intel / Intel®
Chipset Type:NM10
Hyper Threading: Yes
Processor:ATOM
Processor Brand:Intel / Intel ®
Processor Number:ATOM D525
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