Zotac A75-ITX WiFi

INTRODUCTION

Zotac has a very unique strategy when comes to products. Rather than competing against big companies like Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI for the high-end performance motherboards, Zotac focuses on small form factor boards. This is a smart move for Zotac because they seem to be doing quite well with the small form factor systems like the Zbox and various mini-ITX bords it carries.

We previously reviewed the Zotac Z68 ITX board designed for Intel Sandy Bridge processors. Today we will be looking at another Zotac mini-ITX board, this one designed for AMD’s mainstream APUs. The board is aptly named A75-ITX Wifi as it is designed with AMD A75 chipset. AMD Llano is one of the best HTPC processor architectures out there, especially for users who will take advantage of the HD 6550D integrated graphics. While its CPU performance may not able to compete against Sandy Bridge, it makes up the performance in the GPU department.

Zotac A75-ITX WiFi

The Zotac board is shipped in a very attractive black and yellow box. We can see the box's lower right hand corner has a icon with text say "It's Time to Play Extended Warranty." It extends the standard 2 year warranty to 5 years. In order to enjoy the extended warranty, the owner needs to register the product within 14 days of purchase and keep the original sales receipt. We really do not like it when manufacturers require registration for a warranty, but Zotac at least allows the standard 2 year warranty for users who do not choose to register.

The board is very well-packaged. Zotac places the accessories on top of the board so they will not damage the board.

The board comes with three SATA cables, a DVI to VGA adapter, I/O shield, and two wireless antennas. In addition, we get a driver disk, quick installation guide, and an user's manual. We are not sure why Zotac decided to include only three SATA cables as there are four SATA ports on the board.

Specification