REVIEW : ZOTAC ZBOX C1320 Nano Plus

I am going to test ZOTAC ZBOX C1320 Nano Plus with Kali Linux 1.0.9 64bit.

CPU : Intel Celeron N2930 (Quad-core, 1.83GHz, up to 2.16GHz)
GPU : Intel HD Graphic
RAM : 1 x DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMM (2GB Included)
HDD : 1 x 2.5-inch SATA 3.0Gb/s (64GB SSD Included)
Ethernet : Realtek Gigabit LAN
Wireless : IEEE802.11ac Intel Wifi
Bluetooth : 4.0
Remarks : 1 x SD/SDHC/SDXC Card Reader, 1 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort, 1 x eSATA, 4 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0

You can select UEFI or BIOS when doing setup. You also can disable the Secure Boot.

It is no problem to boot up Kali Linux 1.0.9 64bit. However, the wifi is partially working. It detects the signal but cannot work. The bluetooth is malfunction too. 1080p MKV video cannot be played on default Kali Linux install. The CPU has no Hyper-Threading feature. However, this box can use standard DDR3 RAM up to 8GB. You are not required to use DDR3L RAM. Meanwhile, the sound card is quite good.

This box is working very well with VMWare Workstation 10.x (64-bit). The 64bit guest virtual machine is working properly.

The power consumption is between 13W and 20W.

I recommend this box as its low power consumption with high performance.

Update :

HD video playback with the following drivers. However, the chipset is too new and it cannot be loaded properly :

sudo apt-get install i965-va-driver libva-intel-vaapi-driver vainfo

That's all! See you.