Gigabyte Launches AMD-powered Brix Gaming PC
Gigabyte drops dedicated gaming Brix right after CES.
Gigabyte today announced a brand new addition to its Brix line of compact computers; this time the company is taking aim squarely at gamers.
Dubbed the Gigabyte Brix Gaming, the little box is based on AMD technology and packs AMD's A8-5557M APU as well as Radeon R9 M275X discrete graphics. It supports both mSATA SSD and standard 2.5-inch SATA hard drive installation as well as Mini DisplayPort and HDMI. The Brix Gaming includes USB 3.0 x 4 (two up front and two in the back), Gigabit Ethernet, a Mini PCIe module for 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, and Bluetooth 4.0.
The whole thing measures 59.6 x 128 x 115.4 mm and comes with a VESA bracket for mounting the system behind your monitor or TV.
The unveiling of the Brix Gaming comes less than a month after Gigabyte introduced us to the Brix Pro with Iris Pro graphics at CES in Las Vegas. Not long after the Brix Pro's unveiling, Intel provided Valve's Steam developers with 12,000 Brix Pro units.
Now with SteamOS supporting AMD systems, this could pave the way for another variant of Steam Machine from Gigabyte.
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the 7600 has a configurable tdp of 65w and 45w. but it (i.e. equipped system) uses different amounts of power at peak and average(65w).
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/a10-7850k-a8-7600-kaveri,3725-15.html
a 7850k might need a bigger case for dissipating ~100w
http://www.pcper.com/news/Storage/CES-2014-Gigabyte-BRIX-MAX-Haswell-based-Android-NAS-Device
Agreed! I am so frustrated with the pricing of these small form factors. They will probably ask $300 - $400 for this in barebones form just like the intel models of Brix. Core i5 Laptop w/ GT750 $850 compared to this.
$850-$150=$700 No LCD
$700-$100=$600 No RAM
$600-$100=$500 No HDD
$500-$100=$400 No Battery
$400-$50=$350 No Keyboard and Mouse
$350-$100=$250 No Win8
$150-$100=$150 i5 to A8 downgrade
Update: Looking at Notebookcheck.net benches, this GPU R9 M275X might place beside the Iris Pro 5200 and between GT 740M
and the GT 750M.
Update 2: I know a laptop is a package deal with some markup but compare the price of building a complete Mid ATX system that is larger physically, higher part count, more materials, a giant steel case, and much faster to this the size of a Roku box. It shows that the pricing is way distorted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm33hXyzXWk