Review: Zotac Z77-ITX WiFi (Z77ITX-A-E) Motherboard

Posted by Ed Smith

Thursday, 02 August 2012 04:30

Article Index
Review: Zotac Z77-ITX WiFi (Z77ITX-A-E) Motherboard
Features and Specifications
Photos Part One: The Box and Accessories
Photos Part Two: The Motherboard
Photos Part Three: Installation (Twice!)
Testing, Overclocking
Verdict and Conclusion

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Introduction

Last Intel platform generation we got our hands on a Zotac Z68-ITX motherboard to test. Todays motherboard is the successor to that board.

Today's board comes with a Z77 chipset and full support for Ivy Bridge (third generation Core i) processors as well as the older Sandy Bridge CPUs.

Somehow Zotac has manage to pack even MORE features onto this board, despite it being the same size. We'll go over the features list in a bit, before that is our customary blurb about Zotac.

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NVIDIA VGA and motherboard solutions worldwide

ZOTAC International is one of the largest producers of NVIDIA VGA and motherboard solutions worldwide.

ZOTAC International (MCO) Limited was established in 2006 with a mission to deliver superb, high quality NVIDIA graphic solutions to the industry. It has strong backing from its parent group, PC Partner Ltd. - with headquarters in Hong Kong, factories in mainland China and regional sales offices in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. The scale of support ZOTAC provides is currently unrivaled in the world. With 40 surface mount technology (SMT) manufacturing lines, 6,000 workers and a production facility with over 9,000,000 square feet, ZOTAC employs a full array of state-of-the-art technologies and skilled personnel in order to meet your hardware needs. In addition, ZOTAC has over 130 research & development professionals in Hong Kong and mainland China, working to bring you the best from the cutting edge of the industry. ZOTAC's international bases of operation work together to enable effective and efficient global as well as localized sales and marketing support.

ZOTAC doesn't just mean top tier quality, it is also synonymous with high performance, absolute reliability and unparalleled value. With a range of products featuring overclocked performance, excellent cooling properties, and unique packaging ZOTAC products routinely meet - and exceed - users' expectations.

ZOTAC's unwavering commitment to our users is to bring the latest products quickly to the market with the best value. Needless to say ZOTAC is the right choice for those who demand the highest quality graphics solutions.

We don't see a lot of what Zotac does here in North America, many of their really insane products stay in asia. We're talking GPUs that make other companies offerings almost look simple and underpowered, wild motherboards, all sorts of stuff. We got a hint with the mini-computer review a while ago, we get another hint today with this motherboard.