Zotac’s latest compact gaming desktop is the
company’s first to feature an AMD Radeon RX480 Polaris graphics card. The Zotac
Magnus ERX480 is a desktop PC that measures about 8.3″ x 8″ x 2.5″ and which
comes with an Intel Core i5-6400T quad-core Skylake processor. Zotac offers
barebones, Plus, and Windows 10 models of the computer.
All three models include AMD’s Polaris-based
graphics card with support for 4K/60Hz video. You can connect up to four
displays, thanks to two DisplayPort 1.3 and two HDMI 2.0 ports. The barebones
version of the Magnus ERX480 includes the CPU, graphics card, and power supply,
but you can bring your own memory, storage, and operating system.
The system has an M.2 SATA SSD slot, a 2.5 inch
drive bay and support for up to 32GB of DDR4-2133 memory (with two SODIMM
slots). Other features include 802.11ac WiFi, Bluetooth 4.2, dual Gigabit
Ethernet ports, a USB 3.1 Type-C port, a USB 3.1 Type-A port, two USB 3.0
ports, and two USB 2.0 ports.
The Plus model has the same basic specs, but comes
with 8GB of RAM, a 120GB M.2 SSD and a 1TB hard drive. You’ll still need to
supply the operating system on this model. The Windows 10 model is basically
the same as the Plus version, but it comes with Windows 10 pre-installed.
