Zotac Z68-ITX WiFi Review
CineBench and 3D Mark 11
Published: 8th July 2011 | Source: Zotac | Price: £130 |
CineBench
Rendering is, as always, hugely demanding on a system and the Zotac Z68-ITX performs surprisingly well being on a par with similar stock results we've seen and only shaded in the overclocked scenario by the obvious smaller overclock it was able to deliver.
3D Mark 11
Finally despite the difficulties in getting the combination of cool overclocked CPU and discrete GPU to fit in the same board, the Zotac proves that big isn't necessarily better as it performs pretty well in 3D Mark 11, largely thanks to the full-fat PCIe x16 lane and the excellence of the GTX570.
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£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
£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. |
IMO they are pointless for the likes of the power-users of this forum
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
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
I have been following the development of these itx boards for a few years now, waiting to build a small powerful rig. Zotac build alot of these itx boards but I think that their history has been somewhat spotted. I remember the old 9300 based boards that were billed as the ultimate itx board, but they wouldn't go to sleep properly. I personally wouldn't buy a Zotac board and have been waiting for the SB itx boards to mature. For my money I would buy the Asus P8H67-I Deluxe, it has just about everything - but you can't overclock it... I hope Gigabyte hit a homerun with their Z68 offering...Quote
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The Prolimatech Samuel 17 is also a good choice.Quote