Zotac ZBOXHD

**skiz22285** · 01-24-2012, 10:44 AM

What does everyone think about using this for a car PC? The only thing that kinda worries me is how to get power to it I don't want a ugly power block. I want it hard wired into the car.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&Sku=Z700-3012

**nivanov** · 01-24-2012, 02:45 PM

If size is any consideration for you, I'd go with one of the Zotac ZBOX Nano's - they have a VIA-based one and an AMD-based one. From my experience with VIA, go with AMD

. Barebones AMD version can be had online for about $220 last time I checked.
As far as the power block, instead of going Interter->Power Block->Unit, get a DC-DC car regulator, like Opus, Carnetix or DCDC-USB and use that to power it directly. You would need to get a barrel plug that fits into the DC jack of the computer - RadioShack sells those for a couple of bucks.

**Ryven** · 01-24-2012, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by nivanov

You would need to get a barrel plug that fits into the DC jack of the computer - RadioShack sells those for a couple of bucks.

Ah ha! Thank you for that. I got the ZBOX ID33 and am using the Carnetix P2140 but was having trouble finding a power supply I could cannibalize (I want to keep the original for bench testing). This is good to know.

**Champak** · 01-25-2012, 12:16 AM

I was going to go that route and decided not to. The ones radioshack sells are a higher guage than the current plug and didnt really trust it to handle the power. What I opted to do was buy two connectors and splice the power cable. That way I could always detatch it and plug it up in the house with no problems, then right back to the car.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...00_i00_details

very solid connectors.