I bought the Brix mini projector PC as I loved the look of it so much. It has a little portable projector and mini PC in a tiny little box like that is really impressive. Mine has an i3 Haswell with integrated GPU. I bought it as a streaming PC that can stream my Steam games from my main PC to any room in the house. The projector is sub high def but unlike a screen you don't notice the lower resolution as much as there is no horrible shimmering jagged aliased edges all over the place
It sure is impressive how powerful that CPU is in there, but as you said, it seems to be overkill for its application. I'd rather have a discreet GPU in there with a fast Core i5 cpu that overall would take up as much space as that. That could be a gaming computer replacement.
I'm looking at the NUC for my mediacentre unit. Just to stream and play XBMC/PopcornTime. Would you say a i3 version of the NUC is plenty? I was thinking of the i3-3217U and punt in a 120Gb msata and 8Gb ram.
Cost way to much! The Pipo X7S is a dual boot Windows 8.1 or Android 5.01 which takes care of all your media needs for a little over $100... This is a OTG Product "On The Go" I bought one of these things, but I also have a Nagrace NT-V6, it's meant for Android, but it will run Windows 10 as well and it's a workhorse...
Way faster. Way way faster. Even faster if you pick up some higher performance refurb parts for the same price as lower performance non-refurbs at newegg.
I bought the Brix mini projector PC as I loved the look of it so much. It has a little portable projector and mini PC in a tiny little box like that is really impressive. Mine has an i3 Haswell with integrated GPU. I bought it as a streaming PC that can stream my Steam games from my main PC to any room in the house. The projector is sub high def but unlike a screen you don't notice the lower resolution as much as there is no horrible shimmering jagged aliased edges all over the place
Terrific review! I may buy one based on this video. But seriously, ditch the "Blair Witch Shaky Cam." Very nauseating on a 28" monitor!
Thanks for the review. I was looking for these information.
seems like no one will review the Gigabyte Brix Pro with AMD R270X
I wish this thing had a version with 1/2" liquid coolant inlet and outlet ports, so I could use my spare water cooling kit with it. lol
Ya had me on the Brix Pro until you showed that HUGE power brick!
could i use this to upload my stream? for example, use my main rig for gaming and this to encode the stream for live uploading if game play?
Can you tell me what the open, white 10-pin connector is for? You can see it clearly at the 2:10 mark on the lower, right-hand corner of the board.
Anyone use these as a Hackintosh? If so, What are your experiences for Pros and cons? Thanks.
So can I upgrade the ram ?
It sure is impressive how powerful that CPU is in there, but as you said, it seems to be overkill for its application. I'd rather have a discreet GPU in there with a fast Core i5 cpu that overall would take up as much space as that. That could be a gaming computer replacement.
Impressive stuff!
Would this be good for games like the sims 4?
+Madalys Riesgo Yeah
I'm looking at the NUC for my mediacentre unit. Just to stream and play XBMC/PopcornTime. Would you say a i3 version of the NUC is plenty? I was thinking of the i3-3217U and punt in a 120Gb msata and 8Gb ram.
define mediacentre?
Like i said, just for streaming from my NAS, use PopcornTime and XBMC.
judging by this article i think you'd be better of building your own machine mymediaexperience.com/hardware-for-xbmc/
***** for xbmx and popcorn time just get a 50$ android mini pc there's plenty also higher end models for about 100-150
Jay Hova Don't use a Android device, Android and XBMC / KODI has serious issues, which is why they have a custom version...
May sound like a dumb question but can this thing run World of Warcraft?
Yes, give it some good RAM upgrades and Baam! Your good to go. :)
Cost way to much! The Pipo X7S is a dual boot Windows 8.1 or Android 5.01 which takes care of all your media needs for a little over $100... This is a OTG Product "On The Go" I bought one of these things, but I also have a Nagrace NT-V6, it's meant for Android, but it will run Windows 10 as well and it's a workhorse...
is heat an issue with these NUCs?
Absolutely not, NUCs run pretty cool from my experience and knowledge and they are very reliable as well.
well yes NUC are very cool...but THIS one IS VERY HOT!! cos 4770
Okay, which model NUC do you own? Or reportedly has an overheating issue?
its not 447R its 4770R!!
This+16GB RAM+240mSATA SSD is around $890 @NewEgg. Can I build a better specced (and a more balanced) PC with that money?
Way faster. Way way faster. Even faster if you pick up some higher performance refurb parts for the same price as lower performance non-refurbs at newegg.
hackintosh....
MaximumPCMag hello apple has had these for years
lol "spadif" I thought it was pronounced s.p.dif
One word for future videos; TRIPOD!
the camera shake is annoying and is giving me a headache.
Nluck