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Review on ZOTAC ZBOX CI329 Nano Silent Mini PC Intel N4100 CPU UHD πŸ’» Graphics 600 OS Barebones System (ZBOX-CI329NANO-U) - Ultimate Performance, Compact Design, Ready for Customization by Mike West

Revainrating 5 out of 5

This PC doesn't support Windows 11 (Edit -> Windows 11 will be supported after FW update)

Add (25.08.2021) Recently Zotac released a new firmware which is TPM 2.0. After updating the firmware, Windows recognizes the TPM and installs Windows 11. Therefore, I revised the content of the review. This PC is very quiet because there is no fan. However, if the environment is not cool enough, the thermal management will not be done properly and it will be very hot, so you need to pay attention to the ambient temperature management. And the most disappointing thing is that this product is equipped with a 10th generation Intel processor, although we can activate the CPU's built-in fTPM in the BIOS. But fTPM is disabled in BIOS and there is no way to enable it. I asked Zotac about it, but only got a short answer that this PC only supports Windows 10. 64bit. Zotac doesn't seem to care about TPM-related issues at all, which is very disappointing. So if you are planning to buy a new PC, it is better not to buy this PC because it does not support Windows 11.

Pros
  • Always liked
Cons
  • Definitely a bad product