Box and Packaging
There’s not a lot to say about the box and packaging. The interesting details are in the ZBOX Magnus unit itself 🙂
A Closer Look
The construction and build quality of ZBOX Magnus E1070 is pretty good, though I would have liked to see a better looking chassis/case. Maybe some “go faster stripes” or something that screams “gaming”!
On the front of the unit, you’ll find a built-in SD Card reader, microphone-in, audio out and 2 x USB 3.1 (one Type-A and the other Type-C). On the rear, you’ll find more USB ports … 2 x USB 2.0, 2 x USB 3.0 and then there’s dual Gigabit LAN, WiFi antenna connector, 2 x HDMI 2.0 and 2 x Displayport 1.3.
The Internals
You might have already foreseen this. The onboard Intel Core i-5 6400T, along with the GeForce GTX 1070 is bound to produce some serious heat. So a large portion of the ZBOX Magnus E1070 is dedicated for the heatsinks and fans to dissipate this heat.
It’s not very attractive … but the large copper heatsink and copper heatpipes, along with those low profile fans does the job of cooling the entire system down.
The Core i5-6400T Processor @ 2.2GHz
Nothing special here … I took the heatsink off, which reveals the Intel Core i5-6400T processor. This chip runs at 2.2GHz.
The GeForce GTX 1070 (MXM) with 8GB GDDR5
Here’s a photo of the GeForce GTX 1070 (MXM) module. It contains the actual GPU and 8 GB of GDDR5 ram.
Additional Components
The ZBOX Magnus EN1070 is a barebones unit, but for our review Zotac was kind enough to install 16GB ADATA XPG DDR4-2400 SO-DIMMS (2 x 8GB), and their very own Zotac 256GB SSD Premium Edition.
You also find the 802.11ac WiFi card and the M.2 PCIEx4 SSD NVMe slot.
7 comments
Thanks for the review. What is the fan noise like when the system is under load?
Surprisingly, the fan noise is quite low under full load.
Great Review!
A quick question!
I want to buy one, but just to change his MXM Graphics Card, I have an Alienware 17 R5 eDP, and Im wondering if this card is going to work with it.
Before I buy the Zotac 1070, any change you can give us a hand and try it on a MXM Laptop with eDP?
Thanks!!!
You need to double check with the manufacturers to make sure these mxm cards work
6434 GFlops from the AIDA64 benchmark sounds a bit too much. I get only half of that with GPUburn on Linux. Can someone try GPUburn on windows and see what they get?
does that mxm gtx 1070 need a power cable{like clevo and Aetina mxm gtx 1070…….they need a power cable } ????????????
i have a plan to use it in a dell precision 7710 laptop
but if it needs a power cable then i think i have to forget my plan
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No power cable needed… well, I didn’t see one for the MXM card