Gigabyte Intros the Intel-based "Brix" Mini-PC

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• Apr 13, 2013

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Gigabyte's bringing out a line of 4.5" x 4.25" x 1.16" mini PCs called "Brix". The 3 models have a 17W mobile Intel CPU embedded on the board, and will be available in Celeron or Core i3/i5/i7 flavors. Other specs include mSATA, mini PCIe slot, gigabit LAN, and USB 3.0. SO-DIMM RAM is also required.



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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer...introduces-brix-mini-pc-to-rival-raspberry-pi

 

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• Apr 13, 2013

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I just can't get myself excited about this until I see pricing.

If its somehow inline with NUC, cool.

If its much higher, a refurb Mac Mini serves me much better.

 

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• Apr 13, 2013

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I've been expecting those for a while, and I've been saving my money as well. I'll let you know how it goes as soon as I get mine! Great news!

 

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• Apr 13, 2013

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This looks far more interesting than the NUC, I will definitely build a micromac using a lilliput monitor out of this!

 

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• Apr 14, 2013

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I wonder why all the ports on the back are upside-down?

 

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• Apr 15, 2013

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Mac compatible please =)

 

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• Apr 15, 2013

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nobodynose said:

I wonder why all the ports on the back are upside-down?

Click to expand...

Because apparently the board itself is mounted upside down for cooling purposes, but I'm not quite sure though.

 

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• Apr 16, 2013

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a good solution for a small range of tasks. tried similar to 17w cpu - rated 5 out of 12 points. leadership - low frequency (even though I know that is the whole point.)

 

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• Apr 18, 2013

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It could be better if an audio (>108dB S/N) output would be present at the back-pannel. HDMI is an audio/video integrated solution, but not to attach audio to a Hifi Sound Equipment. USB Sound Interface will be needed...

 

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• Apr 18, 2013

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They could have added thunderbolt aswell, as the Intel's NUC does.