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ZOTAC ZBOX C Series CI327 Nano Fan-less Mini PC Intel N3450 Quad-Core CPU Silent Performance Barebone System ZBOX-CI327NANO-U

Style:Intel N3450 Quad Core  |  Capacity:No SSD, No RAM, No OS Enjoy silent computing in a palm-sized form factor with the ZOTAC ZBOX CI327 na...

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Reviews around product (5.00 of 5)

  • I work in the CableTV/Programing business and I recommend this product.
  • Once Windows 10 is installed and has been updated, it will appear that windows 10 detected devices and installed drivers for the zbox, but I always get the required drivers from the manufacturers website, regardless of how much I like and trust a product
  • Its power supply is excellent quality (clean DC with very little electrical noise and steady voltage and current).The product performs well with its snappy yet low consumption CPU
  • I am sorry Amazoners you will with these product reviews like me and after lots of reviews and take chances
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Reviews around quality (5.00 of 5)

  • The sound quality is so much better than regular audio out into the Marantz Amp
  • It's enough that it's annoying to anyone wanting great HD quality from streaming, and it's enough to make me give this only 3 stars (i'd give the Zotac 4).
  • It averaged around 75Mbps and sometimes peaked as high as 170, but it was not running as fast as it should and was not consistent
  • Its power supply is excellent quality (clean DC with very little electrical noise and steady voltage and current).The product performs well with its snappy yet low consumption CPU
  • Both have good build quality, but I think I like the Zotac a bit more.
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Reviews around zotac (5.00 of 5)

  • ZOTAC support finally reached out (only via email because phones are way too advanced for these guys) and sent the following:Zotac Support <[email protected]>2:54 AM
  • Both have good build quality, but I think I like the Zotac a bit more.
  • But because of that one issue, I would recommend the Zotac a bit above the Beebox
  • I contacted ZOTAC and they recommended me look at ZOTAC's support site (the one that have nothing to clarify the
  • Overall, this would be a great micro-PC if Zotac just had better BIOS support and customer service
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Reviews around performance (4.62 of 5)

  • I was rather disappointed by the entire experience and will be returning to Amazon due to the defective wireless performance
  • Routing performance is great and can easily handle my 400 Mbps connection
  • only I was able to boot a USB stick and install pfSense which seems to be providing great performance as a
  • It's a dear little unit, with bucketloads of I/O options, quite respectable CPU capacity and great performance overall
  • The CPU and GPU performance are not great, but good for a passively cooled unit at this price point
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Reviews around machine (4.53 of 5)

  • Despite some Ubuntu/Kodi tweaks I'm still figuring out, this little machine is cool.
  • , it can turn slowest this machine, i buy a Arctic F12 Pro TC (And a Thermaltake microfilter...) when i buy this Zotac to solve this "posible" problem, and thanks to that i am really happy with the result!I put 4 starts because when i plug my earphones the spid never turn off again... it broke or something...
  • Amazing little machine, and the perfect linux box for my office!
  • Other than this, it has been an awesome little machine for tanscoding 1080p plex streams to chromecast as well as handling torrent downloads
  • It is low powered from an energy usage standard but is actually a decent little machine
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Reviews around thing (4.47 of 5)

  • This thing seemed great to replace the desktop that was running it (for 2 years straight without fail) but it has been nothing
  • It's the quietest thing in there, and you know libraries are supposed to be quiet.
  • While it took some time to figure out how to boot from my hard disk that had Linux already installed on it, but after I got it working the thing is awesome
  • But I'm taking one star off for that stupid USB-C thing
  • threw it in and this thing has been rock solid ever since
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Reviews around fan (4.45 of 5)

  • use for a exhibition, added disk, memory and install linux, a breeze, runs both network port (perfect as a firewall/nat server) and use the wifi as AC too!
  • I added a cooling fan that i just sit on tophttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product
  • I use 8gb 1600ddr3l and 64gb ssd (just system, and i had a 4tb external hhd to data), i use as server with linux on this, and YES it need a fan if you don't like lag (i live in a /&%$ constant 30°C) without fan the temp can round about 50-60 °
  • (The fan is an AC Infinity S3, highly recommended, fit's perfectly on top)
  • It's very quiet - although the Zotac is completely quiet (no fan).
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Reviews around work (4.33 of 5)

  • The original WiFi built-in works well with Windows and Linux)Definitely a good purchase.
  • Over-all, a very frustrating experience working with this computer.
  • This works 'sufficiently well' for PfSense, Untangle OPNSense, etc
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Reviews around time (4.26 of 5)

  • I even was thinking of a small form factor, but I wouldn't have enough time to get the parts and assemble it before my dad had to leave, which is why we settled on this
  • Also, half the time when you 'Save & Exit', unlike every single other machine, it's not a guarantee that the machine will actually restart and do another POST, and it will just load ZOTAC's crappy BIOS back up
  • I bought two and they are not compatible with 4k TVs, half the time they boot into windows 10 the TVs lose the signals and you have to re-plug in the HDMI cable to make the TV re-detect it
  • Powered by a Quad Core Celeron N3150 only using 6 watts of power, the Zotac CI323nano impresses me every time I use it
  • Could not get the downloads onto the PC many times was unsuccessful
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Reviews around box (4.11 of 5)

  • The box has a number of holes which looks stylish and provides good ventilation for the inner mini computer components
  • This little box is perfect for use as a firewall, especially for the price
  • In summary a nice little box that can do a lot of other things than just Home Theater
  • Amazing little machine, and the perfect linux box for my office!
  • Great little box, well built, easy to work with, doesn't look bad either
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Reviews around computer (3.92 of 5)

  • This is a great little computer for daily simple use, email, surfing the net, that face thingy that people are stuck on.
  • so it is a completely motionless computer.
  • I'm sure they would make a very compact desktop computer as well, though you would want to get the i5 version for that.
  • Well I've have this computer for 4 months now and now the integrated video has went out
  • Worst computer I ever owned!
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Reviews around pc (3.82 of 5)

  • Used for nothing more challenging than web browsing, this little PC was miserably, frustratingly slow, to the point of being unusable
  • But these ZBOXs are probably the most difficult PCs to setup that I have ever worked with.
  • Also as PC, this support all the video formats than other streaming boxes don't
  • I would definitely recommend this Mini PC to use as a router, provided you know how.
  • because I was right about the heat problem, it don't broke the pc, but can make it slowest
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Reviews around windows (3.49 of 5)

  • Saying that this devices "Supports Windows 10" is misguided at best and a total deception at worst
  • So I would rate this system as an excellent WIndows 10 and Linux target.
  • I have not tried Windows on it, but Linux Mint 17.2 XFCE runs incredibly smooth on it
  • I decided to replace the 32GB with a 250 GB SSD and load it with a Windows 7 since I do not like Windows 10.
  • I am sure it would run Windows 10 fine, but that wasn't in the plan for my requirements
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Reviews around unit (3.49 of 5)

  • If the clock or date is incorrect, that may be a failed unit
  • The unit is passively cooled, and with the strongly reccommended SSD fitted is truly silent
  • finally determined unit was defective and told to return it to seller
  • Both units were difficult to install win 7 (with WMC) on - but that was something I new would take some effort- because of Win 7s lack of USB 3.0 native support.
  • The CPU and GPU performance are not great, but good for a passively cooled unit at this price point
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Reviews around drive (1.95 of 5)

  • After updating the BIOS, I installed the OS on a small hard drive and configured it with no issues
  • You cannot simply use your own copy of Windows OEM and a portable DVD drive.
  • no problem i put 8 gb of ram and a 120 gb soild state hard drive in it it is
  • A 250gb solid state drive and 4 gigs of RAM and it was ready to go
  • I did have a 250 gigabyte solid state drive on hand and 4 gigs of ddr3l ram as well
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Reviews around usb (1.80 of 5)

  • It has no USB mouse or keyboard support for Windows
  • USB-C chip used is not suited for passively cooled devices.2) BIOS update is painful - no "insert USB drive with a new image" decadence.3) Can't disable wireless from BIOS.All in all - I'm happy with this little PC
  • Sophos doesn't support USB 3 ethernet adapters, so adding more to your system is tricky.
  • But I'm taking one star off for that stupid USB-C thing
  • no driver fiddling necessarySo far no stability issues after BIOS upgradeTypical zotac VESA bracket to mount on monitorChassis is well perforated for good cooling at any orientationCons:Not enough USB ports, could use a couple moreHad to update BIOS for stability
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More about ZOTAC ZBOX C Series CI327 Nano Fan-less Mini PC Intel N3450 Quad-Core CPU Silent Performance Barebone System ZBOX-CI327NANO-U

  • Style:Intel N3450 Quad Core  |  Capacity:No SSD, No RAM, No OS Enjoy silent computing in a palm-sized form factor with the ZOTAC ZBOX CI327 nano Mini PC featuring a passive-cooled chassis that enables fanless cooling to eliminate noise
  • A powerful Intel quad-core processor provides performance for daily web browsing, e-mail checking, productivity and multimedia tasks across up to three displays
  • Integrated 802.11ac Wi-Fi and dual Gigabit Ethernet ensure lightning-fast wired and wireless network connectivity
  •   FEATURES Passive cooling Intel Clear Video HD technology Intel Quick Sync Video technology Native 4K output (H.265, H.264 decode) Microsoft DirectX 12 compatible 802.11ac WiFi & Bluetooth 4.2 HDCP compliant   SPECIFICATIONS Intel HD Graphics 500 Intel N3450 Processor (quad-core 1.1 GHz, up to 2.2 GHz)   AUDIO OUTPUTS Digital 8 Channel Loss-less Bitstream (via HDMI) Analog Stereo In / Out   DISPLAY OUTPUTS HDMI 2.0 (3840x2160 @ 60Hz), VGA (1920x1080 @ 60Hz) DisplayPort 1.2 (4096x2160 @ 60Hz)   HARD DRIVE & MEMORY 1 x 2.5-inch SATA 6.0 Gbps HDD/SSD 2 x DDR3L-1866 SODIMM Slot (up to 8GB)   FRONT PORTS Power Button 3-in-1 card reader (SD/SDHC/SDXC) 1 x USB 3.0 Type-C, 1 x USB 3.0 WiFi LED Hard drive LED Power LED   REAR PORTS Wi-Fi antenna connector 1 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0 2 x 10/100/1000 Ethernet (RJ45) Power connector   SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit   INSIDE THE BOX ZOTAC ZBOX CI327 nano Power adapter and cable VESA monitor mount (w/4 screws) Wi-Fi antenna Support DVD User Manual Quick Guide