GIGABYTE BRIX specs, similar to NUC but even faster
With Intel’s NUC you are stuck choosing between Gigabit Ethernet -or- Thunderbolt, and you get zero USB 3.0 ports 🙁 GIGABYTE arrives on the scene with their BRIX small form factor PC and it appears to improve upon the NUC by offering a faster CPU (up to 2GHz [w/3.1GHz turbo] on the BRIX vs 1.8GHz on the NUC) and (2) USB 3.0 ports.
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- Profile view
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- Cutaway view
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- Front view: USB 3.0 port
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- Rear view: HDMI, DisplayPort, USB 3.0, Gigabit Ethernet, Power
Photos courtesy of GIGABYTE
One of the only drawbacks on the BRIX is that lack of Thunderbolt support. However, with so few Thunderbolt peripherals available (and the prices so high) the loss of Thunberbolt will probably be acceptable to most users. 😉
It is rather surprising that the BRIX arrives with Ivy Bridge considering Haswell is almost upon us. 🙁 Hopefully soon a BRIX v2 with Haswell will arrive as well as Haswell based NUC! 🙂
BRIX Specs from GIGABYTE (for their top of the line model)
| Dimensions | 29.9 x 107.6 x 114.4 mm |
| Motherboard | 100 x 105 mm |
| CPU | Available with:
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| Chipset | Intel® HM77 |
| Memory | 2 x SO-DIMM DDR3 slots 1333 / 1600 MHz Max. 16GB |
| LAN | Gigabit LAN (Realtek RTL8111E) |
| Video | Intel® integrated graphics |
| Expansion Slots | 1 x mSATA slot 1 x Half-size mini-PCIe slot occupied by the WiFi card |
| Front I/O | 1 x USB 3.0 |
| Rear I/O | 1 x HDMI 1 x Mini DisplayPort 1 x USB 3.0 1 x RJ45 1 x DC-In 1 x Kensington lock slot |
| Power Supply | Input: AC 100-240V Output: DC 19V 3.42A |
| VESA mount | Bracket included Supports 75 x 75 and 100 x 100 mm |