Looks like ASRock has beaten Zotac to be the first manufacturer to release a mini PC based on Intel’s 8th gen (coffee Lake) processor. The competition is getting hot… Zotac has yet to release their 8th gen Z-Box Mini PCs.
ASRock updated its DeskMini GTX line of compact desktops with support for 8th generation Core “Coffee Lake” processors in the LGA1151 package (up to 65W TDP). At the heart of this machine is the new Z370M-STX MXM motherboard, which is slightly longer than the mini-ITX form-factor, to accommodate a PCIe gen 3.0 MXM slot.
ASRock is selling the DeskMini GTX in three main variants based on the factory-installed discrete GPU, the DeskMini GTX 1060, the DeskMini GTX 1080, and the DeskMini RX 580. These use MXM cards of the GTX 1060 3 GB, GTX 1080, and the RX 580 8 GB, respectively, along with a fan-heatsink. The DDR4 SO-DIMM slots now support high-frequency modules up to 4000 MHz. This is still a bare-bones PC in which you add your own CPU, memory, and storage devices. The company didn’t reveal pricing.
Source: TPU
