Zotac Z68-ITX WiFi Review
Introduction and Technical Specifications
Published: 8th July 2011 | Source: Zotac | Price: £130 |
Introduction
Today we're taking a look at the latest motherboard from Zotac. Based around the recently released Z68 chipset this is a seriously compact ITX form factor board with built in WiFi.
Indeed there are a few features on the Zotac that make it worthy of a second look as a potential board. There is Intel's HD3000 GPU, room for a full-on discrete GPU should the mood take you and all the normal things we'd expect out of a Z68 based motherboard.
What really raises our eyebrows is the overclocking potential, something that isn't always available on such tiny boards, but we're getting a little ahead of ourselves. Let's take a look at the specifications.
Technical Specifications
As you can see with support for 2133MHz DDR3, SATA 3, USB 3.0 and a x16 PCIe slot this isn't short of all the latest gadgets. It's especially nice to see the on-board WiFi is of the 802.11n variety so it should get a great signal wherever you choose to place it, vital as obviously ITX boards lend themselves to HTPC applications.
| Model | Z68ITX-A-E |
| Manufacturer | Intel |
| Chipset | Z68 Express |
| GPU | Intel® HD Graphics 2000/3000 ready |
| Name | 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ series 2000 Series Intel® Core i3, i5 & i7 ready Support up to 130-watt TDP |
| Socket | LGA1155 |
| Memory Type | DDR3 |
| Memory Speed | 2133 MHz |
| Slots | 2 x 240-pin DIMM |
| Capacity | Up to 16GB |
| Expansion Slots | 1 x PCI Express x16 1 x Combo mini-PCI Express / mSATA (occupied by WiFi card) |
| DirectX | DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL | OpenGL 2.1 |
| Ethernet | 2 x 10/100/1000 Mbps |
| WiFi | 802.11n/g/b (300 Mb/s) |
| Analog | 8-ch HD |
| Digital | S/PDIF |
| DVI | NA |
| HDMI | 2 (HDMI 1.4a) |
| VGA | NA |
| DisplayPort | 1 (min-DP) |
| SATA | 2 (SATA 6.0 Gb/s) 2 (SATA 3.0 Gb/s) |
| eSATA | NA |
| IDE | N/A |
| PS/2 | 1 (keyboard/mouse) |
| Serial Port | NA |
| USB Ports | 4 USB 3.0 (2 on back panel, 2 on pin header) 8 USB 2.0 (4 on back panel, 4 on pin header) |
| Firewire | N/A |
| Cooler | Passive (without fan) |
| Form Factor | mini-ITX |
| Windows | Windows® Vista/7 premium ready |
| SLI Supported | No |
| Maximum Resolution | 2048x1536 |
| Package Contents | 4 x SATA cables 1 x I/O back plate 2 x WiFi antennas 1 x 8-pin power extension cable 1 x USB 3.0 header (full-size bracket) 1 x USB 3.0 low-profile bracket 1 x Vertical mini-PCI Express full height bracket (for mSATA SSDs) 1 x mini-DisplayPort to DisplayPort adapter |
Most Recent Comments
The Prolimatech Samuel 17 is also a good choice.Quote
£12. Would have been good for testing purposes.
In fairness to the manufacturers, they'd not envisage the sense in buying an itx mobo and sticking a tower on it. You'd ideally be looking at the smallest case to fit the thing in with your low power cpu and possibly a 1u/2u type cooler.
For benching the thing, naturally you'll go with the best cooler you have at hand and clock the crap out of it the best you can.
These itx mobos are too expensive imo.Quote
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Originally Posted by Rastalovich
These itx mobos are too expensive imo. |
but it is nice to know the developments of certain manufacturers
if it looks tacky and doesn't overclock very well, i ain't interested - lolQuote
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