Zotac recently presented the ZBOX edge MA762, a new mini PC with a powerful AMD APU. The system measures just 149.5 x 149.5 mm and is also very flat at 28.5 mm. The system can be easily attached to the back of a monitor using a corresponding VESA mount. The AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS is a powerful APU with eight cores, and the chip comes with an AMD Radeon 780M graphics solution. Zotac states that the ZBOX edge MA762 can also be used to play games in Full HD resolution and at low details. A small fan helps with cooling.
The system is upgradeable, so the RAM and SSD are freely accessible. Up to 64 GB of 5600 MHz RAM is supported, with two additional DDR5 RAM slots available. A single SSD in M.2 2280 format can be installed. This is connected via four PCIe 4.0 lanes and has very high data transfer rates. A hard drive in 2.5-inch format, for example, cannot be installed, nor can a memory card.
HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort and USB 4 are available, allowing three 4K screens to be connected simultaneously. Three USB 3.2 ports are on board and the two Ethernet ports support Gigabit speed. WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 allow for WLAN connections and the use of Bluetooth input devices or headsets.
The ZBOX edge MA762 is yet to arrive on the market. These compact systems are already available from Zotac with less powerful processors at lower prices.