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So far there have been only a few ways to get hold of an Iris Pro 5200 enabled machine. The first CPUs with these processors were in laptops, until Apple put some in the 21.5&rdquo; iMacs and GIGABYTE pushed for its&nbsp;BRIX Pro that achieved Steam Box status. Fast forward a few months from those announcements and now ZOTAC&nbsp;is getting in the mix by releasing a pair of ZBOX E-Series mini-PCs.</p>
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The two models will be the EI750 and&nbsp;EI730, differentiated by their processor. The&nbsp;EI750 comes with the i7-4770R, the top performing Iris Pro HD 5200 CPU, whereas the&nbsp;EI730 is with the i5-4570R, with lower clock speeds, no hyperthreading and a smaller L3 cache.</p>
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The ZBOX E-Series are essentially in direct competition with the BRIX Pro in this market, and ZOTAC's&nbsp;aim is to win on z-height. These machines in the images look longer in the x/y dimensions but shorter in the z-dimension, while still retaining VESA 75/100 mounting. Official dimensions put the system at 188x188x51 mm, which seems very small for a 65W CPU.</p>
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Both models come with two DDR3L SO-DIMM slots for up to 16GB of DDR3-1600 (1600 supported, I&rsquo;ve asked if these units&nbsp;will allow overclocking or faster memory), space for a 2.5&rdquo; SSD, dual DisplayPort and a DVI port, dual gigabit Ethernet ports, onboard Intel 7260 2T2R 802.11ac WiFi and four USB 3.0 ports. ZOTAC&nbsp;will also sell Plus models with 8 GB DDR3-1600 CAS 11 and a 1TB 5400 HDD included.</p>
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ZOTAC&nbsp;is aiming for a March launch, with the EI750 base model retailing at &pound;520, or &pound;650 for the Plus edition. The EI730 base has an MSRP of &pound;430, and the Plus edition will be &pound;560. US pricing should be coming to me soon.</p>
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ZOTAC&nbsp;ZBOX E-Series</td>
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EI750</td>
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EI730</td>
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CPU</td>
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Intel Core i7-4770R</td>
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Intel Core i5-4570R</td>
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Cores</td>
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4C / 8T</td>
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4C / 4T</td>
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Base Frequency</td>
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3200</td>
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2700</td>
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Turbo Frequency</td>
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3900</td>
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3200</td>
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L3 Cache</td>
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6MB</td>
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4MB</td>
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IGP</td>
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Iris Pro 5200</td>
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Iris Pro 5200</td>
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DRAM</td>
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2 x SO-DIMM</td>
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2 x SO-DIMM</td>
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Display Outputs</td>
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2 x DP

1 x DVI-D</td>
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2 x DP

1 x DVI-D</td>
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SATA</td>
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1 x SATA 6 Gbps

1 x mSATA 6 Gbps</td>
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1 x SATA 6 Gbps

1 x mSATA 6 Gbps</td>
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Ethernet</td>
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2 x GbE</td>
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2 x GbE</td>
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WiFi</td>
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Intel 7260 802.11ac 2T2R</td>
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Intel 7260 802.11ac 2T2R</td>
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USB</td>
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4 x USB 3.0</td>
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4 x USB 3.0</td>
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<div>Gallery: ZOTAC Goes For Iris Pro in Their New ZBOX E-Series Gaming Mini-PCs<div></div></div></p>
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