Pjalchemist
Limp Gawd
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Anyone had a go with it? I really fancy making a uber powerfull ITX build. External WC is what i had on my last full sized rig. I'd be loking at using a 2600K
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Bottom Line. It only overclocks to be about 4.5ghz due to bios setting weirdness. Perhaps you'd be able to break that if they cleaned it up a bit. I'm eagerly looking forward to it or just buying a h67 and then springing for a z68 when a good z68 itx comes out.
Wow. Overclocked an Intel i5 2500K to 4.5Ghz is excellent. Considering that the the motherbord is a tiny itx board. If one would run a tiny system at 4.5Ghz there should be no complaints.
+1 that's excellent imo, I can't name one other mitx board that's oc's better than this one.
I read on Zotac's site that they listen to people's comments and suggestions. Why don't you guys send an e-mail to Zotac and request them to make some improvements to their bios for overclocking?
Wow. Overclocked an Intel i5 2500K to 4.5Ghz is excellent. Considering that the the motherbord is a tiny itx board. If one would run a tiny system at 4.5Ghz there should be no complaints.
I tried that with the H55ITX-CE BIOS which really needed some fixing and it lead nowhere. Although I did get a "I'll pass this along to the engineers" it was followed by a "We're not planning a new BIOS for this model".
Typically, BIOS updates on Zotac boards are few and far between.
^ Yeah but im English
Ok...that's not a review...that's an unboxing.
MCube74, do you work for Zotac? Because what they claim about their customer support is 1 thing, what they actually do is something entirely different.
You know what? Screw it, I did the same waiting game with OC mATX boards in 2007 and wound up with a $120 mediocre OC board that I replaced two years later with another $150 DFI that rocked. I guess I'm going to go grab the Gigabyte H67 that's $55 off ($55 total) at MC and get a more mature OC Z68 next year.
No I don't work for Zotac. However, I am in Hong Kong and Zotac is a company that originated from Hong Kong.
I have been in touch with a person from Zotac regarding certain things I wanted to know about the motherboard (drivers, bios, etc). I have received a reply from them everytime with suggestions.
I can understand that the tech support is not the same in every country but so far I have received a reply to all my e-mails from Zotac Hong Kong.
Rizzt said:Got my hands on my Zotac Z68 card yesterday. I must admit. First thought about it when it was fresh out of the box. Awesome! The components looked good and everything on the board smelled quality. The 5 years warranty that Zotac gives the board is not bad either .
It comes with alot off stuff! And it was easy installed and up and running. I didn't need the WIFI so i did remove the card (yes, its removable). An i not gonna use almost half of the stuff on the card. But for a so small card and so much stuff. I give it thumps up.
The first hard bang i had with it was the BIOS overclocking. You can just tell Intel turbo what to do and how high to go. Almost nothing else. Yes, u can set you memory to for an example 1600. And tell CPU to get some more juice but that's it. I do hope Zotac comes with a new bios. This one is terrible.
At least I now run my 2500k at 4.5Ghz and my memory at 1600. And that was my goal. So I am happy either way.
I do recommend this card. But keep in mind the small BIOS faults, and headakes it gives. And pray for a new one! For this card have the opportunity to be great!
Are you talking about this?You know what? Screw it, I did the same waiting game with OC mATX boards in 2007 and wound up with a $120 mediocre OC board that I replaced two years later with another $150 DFI that rocked. I guess I'm going to go grab the Gigabyte H67 that's $55 off ($55 total) at MC and get a more mature OC Z68 next year.
pics of my zotac z68itx build, later i'll try some oc
http://www.hwupgrade.it/forum/showpost.php?p=35579512&postcount=5363
i5-2500k cooled by antec h20 620
zotac z68itx-a-e
2x 4 gb ddr3-1333 geil value plus
2x 1 tb spinpoint f3 @raid0
powercolor 6870
enermax liberty 500w
lian li q08b
give me some time ^^How did the OC go? I'm also thinking of going anted h20 + Zotac z68 but can't really decide on the zotac board
Are you talking about this?
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0361415
I see the price as 95 after rebate. If it was $55, is that recommended over the Asus H61?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131727
ok, right now turbo multiplier seems stuck at 43 (42 looking at cpuz) even if i set higher values through biosHow did the OC go? I'm also thinking of going anted h20 + Zotac z68 but can't really decide on the zotac board
Zotac's Company Philosophy
http://www.zotac.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=486&Itemid=100045&lang=ap
Listen to what users want
"We take user feedback of our products and general feedback of components and mini-PCs seriously at ZOTAC. We listen to all feedback, whether posted on forums, submitted via email or even tweeted about, ZOTAC cares about what you as an end user have to say about current and upcoming products."
good or bad, if you can't wait other manufacturers, this is the only way to overclock these k cpus on itx and it works4,5 ghz is pretty sweet imo. Did you have to disable any features and would you say the Z68 is worth buying or?