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Guru3D.com » News » Zotac adds ZBOX PI220 Mini PC Stick

Zotac adds ZBOX PI220 Mini PC Stick

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/16/2016 07:20 AM | source: | 4 comment(s)
Zotac adds ZBOX PI220 Mini PC Stick

Meet the  mini PC stick from ZOTAC, the ZBOX PI220. Running on Windows 10 Home 32-bit OS, this ultra-compact PC stick is packed with a 1.44GHz (up to 1.84GHz) Intel Atom x5-Z8300 quad-core processor, an Intel HD Graphics, a 2GB DDR3L-RS1600 RAM and a 32GB eMMC. 

"Advancing innovation with more power in one of the tiniest form factors. Prepare for durable performance in a package small enough to slip into any pocket. We’ve equipped a tiny active smart fan that varies fan speed for a balance of speed, temperature, and quiet. Pre-installed with Windows 10, it’s ready to hit the ground running out of the box."

Measuring 131.5mm x 42.2mm x 15.8mm, the device comes complete with a microSD/SDHC/SDXC card reader, 1x USB 3.0 port , 1x LAN port, 1x HDMI connection interface (can be connected directly to the HDMI TV or display) and a built-in micro-fan.

For connectivity, the ZBOX PI220 provides WiFi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0. The ZOTAC ZBOX PI220 will be displayed at the upcoming Taiwan Computex 2016. 

  • Processor
    Intel Atom x5-Z8300 (quad core, 1.44 GHz, up to 1.84 GHz)
  • Chipset
    Intel
  • System Memory
    2GB DDR3L-RS1600


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cryohellinc
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#5273915 Posted on: 05/16/2016 07:40 AM
Fascinating stuff! I wonder how much it will cost? I want one. :)

Fox2232
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#5273937 Posted on: 05/16/2016 10:25 AM
Don't buy this.
32GB eMMC means, that there is 29.8GiB storage. Like 2.6GiB for recovery partition.
Leaving 27.2GiB for OS/Data.
Windows eats 15~16GiB of uncompressed space. With compression 11.2GiB.
Leaving 12.2~11.2GiB without compression. 16GiB with compression.

Program Files 2.5GiB.
Leaving 9.7~8.7GiB without compression. 13.5GiB with compression.

'User' folder grows to 2~3GiB.
Leaving 7.7~5.7GiB without compression. 11.5GiB~10.5GiB with compression.

Pagefile.sys 2GiB if you reduce it.
Leaving 5.7~3.7GiB without compression. 9.5GiB~8.5GiB with compression.

Hibernation has to be disabled at this point. And Windows folder has to be compressed as without compression Windows is unable to update itself to new build due to low space.
So that actually leaves you with 2~3GiB of real user space for user programs and data.

Then 2GiB of RAM is not exactly usable either. Yes, it works (Windows 10 can compress even memory) but not exactly well.

Edit: I have 64GB eMMC tablet with W10. Available partition for OS/Data has 57.4GiB.
My user data/programs/games take 18.7GiB and free space remaining is 16.9GiB.
That's 35.6GiB of free space to start with (but I have only 1GiB pagefile.sys as I have 4GiB or RAM).

This is to show how limited usability will 32GB version have + 2GiB of RAM is not exactly nice.

mattm4
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#5274041 Posted on: 05/16/2016 02:51 PM
Don't buy this.
32GB eMMC means, that there is 29.8GiB storage. Like 2.6GiB for recovery partition.
Leaving 27.2GiB for OS/Data.
Windows eats 15~16GiB of uncompressed space. With compression 11.2GiB.
Leaving 12.2~11.2GiB without compression. 16GiB with compression.

Program Files 2.5GiB.
Leaving 9.7~8.7GiB without compression. 13.5GiB with compression.

'User' folder grows to 2~3GiB.
Leaving 7.7~5.7GiB without compression. 11.5GiB~10.5GiB with compression.

Pagefile.sys 2GiB if you reduce it.
Leaving 5.7~3.7GiB without compression. 9.5GiB~8.5GiB with compression.

Hibernation has to be disabled at this point. And Windows folder has to be compressed as without compression Windows is unable to update itself to new build due to low space.
So that actually leaves you with 2~3GiB of real user space for user programs and data.

Then 2GiB of RAM is not exactly usable either. Yes, it works (Windows 10 can compress even memory) but not exactly well.

Edit: I have 64GB eMMC tablet with W10. Available partition for OS/Data has 57.4GiB.
My user data/programs/games take 18.7GiB and free space remaining is 16.9GiB.
That's 35.6GiB of free space to start with (but I have only 1GiB pagefile.sys as I have 4GiB or RAM).

This is to show how limited usability will 32GB version have + 2GiB of RAM is not exactly nice.

Yes this is all true, but it has a micro SD slot, slap a fast 64gb sd card in it, and you're good to go!

Fox2232
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#5274051 Posted on: 05/16/2016 03:07 PM
x5-z8500 and additional 64GB SDCard, quite fast. But access times are not best.
So, it is OK for data. I have steam library on it too and small games are fine as they do not need much access.
Big ones are slow to load due to worse random access than USB flash drives.

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