Wednesday, January 21st 2026

Zotac Packs AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 in Compact ZBOX MAGNUS EAMAX395C Mini PC

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Zotac has silently unveiled the new MAGNUS EAMAX395C mini PC that will be equipped with AMD's Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 processor and come in the same compact 2.65-liter form factor. As it was the case with previous Zotac mini PC systems, the MAGNUS EAMAX series will be available as a barebone or a fully equipped system, and in addition to the Ryzen AI MAX+ 395, it will also be available in two other SKUs, with Ryzen AI MAX 390 and the Ryzen AI MAX 385.

AMD showcased its Ryzen AI Halo mini PC at the CES show, and plenty of other manufacturers are using the same Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 APU in their systems, from mini PCs, laptops, to handhelds. Zotac has been known to make pretty good mini PCs, so we are sure that the ZBOX MAGNUS EAMAX395C will be the same. In terms of specifications, you are looking at an AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 APU with Radeon 8060S integrated GPU and 128 GB of on-board LPDDR5X-8000 memory, which delivers up to 126 TOPS of AI performance.
Zotac has squeezed it into a 2.65-liter chassis, measuring at 210x203x62.2 mm, and it comes with dual 2.5Gbit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity, three M.2 NVMe SSD slots, two HDMI 2.1 and two DisplayPort 1.4 outputs, five USB 3.2 Gen 2 10 Gbps Type-A, and one USB4 40 Gbps Type-C port. The barebone versions come without a 1 TB NVMe SSD and Windows 11 OS.

Unfortunately, Zotac did not reveal any details regarding the availability or the price.
Source: Zotac

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16 Comments on Zotac Packs AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 in Compact ZBOX MAGNUS EAMAX395C Mini PC

#1
Nordic
Something like this would be cool with bazzite installed. You would get a SteamOS like console experience. Basically a steam machine
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#2
stanleyipkiss
I bought an older version of the Zotac small-box PCs, and it works great even today. I'm tempted by this one, provided the fan-noise is kept under control.
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#3
bonehead123
The one with 128GB of ram is gonna be hella-mega-uber-super-duper-conflaberatin expemsive, but I still want one, hahahahaha :D
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#4
Wirko
Zotac packs $€£3000 worth of silicon and other rarest earths in a 2.65 litre mini PC!
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#5
dgianstefani
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Only one USB4 port but four dedicated display outputs is... Interesting. DP Alt Mode on two more universal ports, and maybe two dedicated ports would seem more ideal. Or at least one USB4 on front and one on back for things like docking or faster networking.
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#6
A&P211
dgianstefaniOnly one USB4 port but four dedicated display outputs is... Interesting. DP Alt Mode on two more universal ports, and maybe two dedicated ports would seem more ideal. Or at least one USB4 on front and one on back for things like docking or faster networking.
It only has 2 USB tpye a and 1 type c.
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#7
dgianstefani
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A&P211It only has 2 USB tpye a and 1 type c.
USB4 is Type C, yes.
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#8
A&P211
dgianstefaniUSB4 is Type C, yes.
I know, this is from their website.
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps, Type-A)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps, Type-A)
1 x USB4 (40Gbps, Type-C)
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#9
Cheeseball
Not a Potato
dgianstefaniOnly one USB4 port but four dedicated display outputs is... Interesting. DP Alt Mode on two more universal ports, and maybe two dedicated ports would seem more ideal. Or at least one USB4 on front and one on back for things like docking or faster networking.
Yeah this is a lacking layout by ZOTAC. All the Strix Halo APUs support two USB4 ports in addition to the other ports already offered, so they should've just wired another one in.

Also the DisplayPort connectors are still 1.4. The USB4 ports on the Flow Z13 support DP Alt using the 2.1 standard, so they skimped out for this expensive device.
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#10
TheinsanegamerN
dgianstefaniOnly one USB4 port but four dedicated display outputs is... Interesting. DP Alt Mode on two more universal ports, and maybe two dedicated ports would seem more ideal. Or at least one USB4 on front and one on back for things like docking or faster networking.
Why would I need multiple DP alt mode USB C ports? So I can buy more adapters?

99.999999% of desktop monitors use desktop DP or HDMI. So a desktop has no reason to rely on mobile device kludges like USB C adapters when they can just put full size ports on instead. USB 4 can daisy chain multiple devices.
CheeseballYeah this is a lacking layout by ZOTAC. All the Strix Halo APUs support two USB4 ports in addition to the other ports already offered, so they should've just wired another one in.

Also the DisplayPort connectors are still 1.4. The USB4 ports on the Flow Z13 support DP Alt using the 2.1 standard, so they skimped out for this expensive device.
Perhaps they saw no point in 2.1 when 1.4 can run 4k HDR high refresh rate monitors? 2.1 cables are still very rare and expensive, as are the displays.
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#11
ymdhis
This is nice but ridiculously expensive and has insufficient coolers and too few NVME slots.

I hope Medusa Halo Mini will reach the market while they are still releasing Windows 10 drivers...
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#12
Cheeseball
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TheinsanegamerNWhy would I need multiple DP alt mode USB C ports? So I can buy more adapters?

99.999999% of desktop monitors use desktop DP or HDMI. So a desktop has no reason to rely on mobile device kludges like USB C adapters when they can just put full size ports on instead. USB 4 can daisy chain multiple devices.


Perhaps they saw no point in 2.1 when 1.4 can run 4k HDR high refresh rate monitors? 2.1 cables are still very rare and expensive, as are the displays.
While this would be acceptable with a sub-$1000 device, the price rumor that's going around for these models has the EAMAX385C (AI Max 385) debuting at $1600, so with that price it should be utilizing all the capabilities that APU can provide. These RDNA3.5 iGPUs do support DisplayPort 2.1.
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#13
A&P211
ymdhisThis is nice but ridiculously expensive and has insufficient coolers and too few NVME slots.

I hope Medusa Halo Mini will reach the market while they are still releasing Windows 10 drivers...
Dude.....it has 3 NVME slots. I wish my laptop had 3 slots, I'd fit another 4tb single sided drive. I wish this laptop can fit double sided SSDs.
Its a mini PC, not the grand canyon.
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#14
user556
A&P211I know, this is from their website.
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps, Type-A)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps, Type-A)
1 x USB4 (40Gbps, Type-C)
There's 4 x Type-A around the back. 6 external USB ports in total.
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#15
A&P211
user556There's 4 x Type-A around the back. 6 external USB ports in total.
im getting the specs from their website. it does look like it has more usb ports than it says on the spec sheet.
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#16
Wirko
TheinsanegamerNWhy would I need multiple DP alt mode USB C ports? So I can buy more adapters?

99.999999% of desktop monitors use desktop DP or HDMI. So a desktop has no reason to rely on mobile device kludges like USB C adapters when they can just put full size ports on instead. USB 4 can daisy chain multiple devices.
This is an expensive inferencing machine with (hopefully) some future-proofing built in, and not including one USB4 port at the front is a gross oversight. Fast external SSD, CF Express card reader, portable monitor, notebook charging and data transfer, video capture, 25 GbE - there are many uses, and there will be more in the future.
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