The Zotac Zbox Magnus EN mini PC packs a punch with its 13th-gen Intel i7 mobile CPU and laptop-grade RTX 4070 GPU, enabling it to handle demanding games at 1440p resolution. While its performance is impressive, the system's noise level might be a drawback for some users.
The Magnus is compact, performant and pairs well with a 1440p panel, but if you're a noise-sensitive soul, it's hard to live with.Our experienced team dedicates many hours to every review, to really get to the heart of what matters most to you.Recent years have seen a powerful new breed of integrated GPUs populating mini-PCs. Thus armed, such machines offer an economical and delightfully dinky way to game at 1080p.
That's reflected in Intel's stated maximum draw of 157 W, though we suspect that Zotac have chosen to tune this at the hardware level, and wisely so given the limited volume for cooling in this box. With Cinebench 2024's render-test pushing all cores to the max, the chip settles in for the long haul at around the rather more sensible 60 W mark.Where the chip shows its age is in RAM compatibility, tapping out at DDR5-4800.
If you go thrifty with the barebones option and choose to install your own M.2 drive and RAM, Zotac makes it super-easy to do so. Flip the unit on its back, undo two thumbscrews, and the bottom of the case slides off, laying bare all the slots you need to work with. No fussy mechanisms, no fiddly component-stacking, it's just the most straightforward and user-friendly design possible, and that's great.I/O-wise, the front panel bears a type-C Thunderbolt port, a Type-A USB 3.
We also ran a bunch of other games without built-in benchmarks to get a general feel for ultra-settings 1440p performance across the board, and found similarly cheering results. Helldivers runs at a barely-variable 68-72 fps in every environment and combat situation we tried. Motive Studios' awesome Dead Space remake is a revenant meat-treat, enjoying a range of 94-125 fps in the final boss battle at 1440p/Ultra/DLSS Balanced.
I enjoy much of my gaming-audio using hi-fi speakers, reserving the headset for multiplayer and nighthawk sessions. For my use-case, the Magnus is just too chatty, but your mileage may vary; If you only ever take your headset off to sleep, eat or interface with fellow earthlings, I doubt you'll be so bothered.
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