Gigabyte Brix GB-BXBT-2807-128/4 Ultra Compact PC Kit - 120GB SSD + 4GB RAM

Very nice little box. With an SSD it really is effectively silent, although if you literally press your ear to it you can hear there must be a fan in there somewhere.I added 8 GB of RAM (be sure to get the low voltage stuff; I used (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006YG8X9Y) and a 120 GB SSD (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07G3KRZBY). I also got a dummy HDMI plug just in case but I didn't need it: the box runs quite happily without it or a keyboard.Installation was a breeze but I did find it helpful to take a few photos to make sure I got everything back in the right way around. No need to remove the WiFi module.OpenBSD installation went without a hitch and recognises everything significant apart from the WiFi, so far as I can see: DMESG======OpenBSD 6.5 (GENERIC.MP) #0: Wed Apr 24 23:38:54 CEST 2019 [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MPreal mem = 8461942784 (8069MB)avail mem = 8195858432 (7816MB)mpath0 at rootscsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targetsmainbus0 at rootbios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.8 @ 0xebf00 (51 entries)bios0: vendor American Megatrends Inc. version "F9" date 03/02/2018bios0: GIGABYTE GB-BXBT-1900acpi0 at bios0: rev 2acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC FPDT MCFG LPIT HPET SSDT SSDT SSDT UEFIacpi0: wakeup devices XHC1(S4) PXSX(S4) PXSX(S4) PXSX(S4) PXSX(S4) PWRB(S0) BRCM(S0)acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bitsacpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compatcpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)cpu0: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J1900 @ 1.99GHz, 2000.46 MHz, 06-37-08cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEADLINE,RDRAND,NXE,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,3DNOWP,PERF,ITSC,SMEP,ERMS,IBRS,IBPB,STIBP,SENSOR,ARAT,MELTDOWNcpu0: 1MB 64b/line 16-way L2 cachecpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed rangescpu0: apic clock running at 83MHzcpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.0.0.0.0.3.3, IBEcpu1 at mainbus0: apid 2 (application processor)cpu1: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J1900 @ 1.99GHz, 2000.01 MHz, 06-37-08cpu1: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEADLINE,RDRAND,NXE,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,3DNOWP,PERF,ITSC,SMEP,ERMS,IBRS,IBPB,STIBP,SENSOR,ARAT,MELTDOWNcpu1: 1MB 64b/line 16-way L2 cachecpu1: smt 0, core 1, package 0cpu2 at mainbus0: apid 4 (application processor)cpu2: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J1900 @ 1.99GHz, 2000.01 MHz, 06-37-08cpu2: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEADLINE,RDRAND,NXE,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,3DNOWP,PERF,ITSC,SMEP,ERMS,IBRS,IBPB,STIBP,SENSOR,ARAT,MELTDOWNcpu2: 1MB 64b/line 16-way L2 cachecpu2: smt 0, core 2, package 0cpu3 at mainbus0: apid 6 (application processor)cpu3: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J1900 @ 1.99GHz, 2000.01 MHz, 06-37-08cpu3: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEADLINE,RDRAND,NXE,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,3DNOWP,PERF,ITSC,SMEP,ERMS,IBRS,IBPB,STIBP,SENSOR,ARAT,MELTDOWNcpu3: 1MB 64b/line 16-way L2 cachecpu3: smt 0, core 3, package 0ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 87 pinsacpimcfg0 at acpi0acpimcfg0: addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hzacpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 1 (RP01)acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 2 (RP02)acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 3 (RP03)acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 4 (RP04)acpiec0 at acpi0: not presentacpicpu0 at acpi0: C3(10@1500 mwait.1@0x52), C2(10@500 mwait.1@0x51), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSSacpicpu1 at acpi0: C3(10@1500 mwait.1@0x52), C2(10@500 mwait.1@0x51), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSSacpicpu2 at acpi0: C3(10@1500 mwait.1@0x52), C2(10@500 mwait.1@0x51), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSSacpicpu3 at acpi0: C3(10@1500 mwait.1@0x52), C2(10@500 mwait.1@0x51), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSSacpipwrres0 at acpi0: PLPEacpipwrres1 at acpi0: PLPEacpipwrres2 at acpi0: USBC, resource for EHC1, OTG1acpipwrres3 at acpi0: CLK0, resource for CAM1acpipwrres4 at acpi0: CLK1, resource for CAM0, CAM2acpipwrres5 at acpi0: FN00, resource for FAN0acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 90 degC"INT3396" at acpi0 not configuredacpicmos0 at acpi0acpipci0 at acpi0 PCI0: 0x00000010 0x00000011 0x00000000"DMA0F28" at acpi0 not configuredacpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRBacpibtn1 at acpi0: SLPB"BCM2E1A" at acpi0 not configured"BCM4752" at acpi0 not configured"INTCF0B" at acpi0 not configured"INTCF1A" at acpi0 not configured"INTCF1C" at acpi0 not configured"SMO91D0" at acpi0 not configured"ATML1000" at acpi0 not configured"INT33BD" at acpi0 not configured"PNP0C0B" at acpi0 not configuredacpivideo0 at acpi0: GFX0cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 2000 MHz: speeds: 1993, 1992, 1909, 1826, 1743, 1660, 1577, 1494, 1411, 1328 MHzpci0 at mainbus0 bus 0pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Bay Trail Host" rev 0x0einteldrm0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel Bay Trail Video" rev 0x0edrm0 at inteldrm0inteldrm0: msiinteldrm0: 1920x1080, 32bppwsdisplay0 at inteldrm0 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation)wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation)ahci0 at pci0 dev 19 function 0 "Intel Bay Trail AHCI" rev 0x0e: msi, AHCI 1.3ahci0: port 0: 3.0Gb/sscsibus1 at ahci0: 32 targetssd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, CT120BX500SSD1, M6C> SCSI3 0/direct fixed naa.0000000000000000sd0: 114473MB, 512 bytes/sector, 234441648 sectors, thinxhci0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "Intel Bay Trail xHCI" rev 0x0e: msi, xHCI 1.0usb0 at xhci0: USB revision 3.0uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel xHCI root hub" rev 3.00/1.00 addr 1"Intel Bay Trail TXE" rev 0x0e at pci0 dev 26 function 0 not configuredazalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel Bay Trail HD Audio" rev 0x0e: msiazalia0: codecs: Realtek/0x0283, Intel/0x2882, using Realtek/0x0283audio0 at azalia0ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel Bay Trail PCIE" rev 0x0e: msipci1 at ppb0 bus 1ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel Bay Trail PCIE" rev 0x0e: msipci2 at ppb1 bus 2"Realtek 8723BE" rev 0x00 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 not configuredppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel Bay Trail PCIE" rev 0x0e: msipci3 at ppb2 bus 3re0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8168" rev 0x0c: RTL8168G/8111G (0x4c00), msi, address b4:2e:99:22:28:99rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8251 PHY, rev. 0ppb3 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel Bay Trail PCIE" rev 0x0e: msipci4 at ppb3 bus 4pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel Bay Trail LPC" rev 0x0eichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel Bay Trail SMBus" rev 0x0e: apic 1 int 18iic0 at ichiic0spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800 SO-DIMMisa0 at pcib0isadma0 at isa0com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifopckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 irq 1 irq 12pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61spkr0 at pcppi0vmm0 at mainbus0: VMX/EPT (using slow L1TF mitigation)ugen0 at uhub0 port 2 "Realtek Bluetooth Radio" rev 2.10/2.00 addr 2uhidev0 at uhub0 port 4 configuration 1 interface 0 "Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600" rev 2.00/3.00 addr 3uhidev0: iclass 3/1ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 variable keys, 6 key codeswskbd0 at ukbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0uhidev1 at uhub0 port 4 configuration 1 interface 1 "Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600" rev 2.00/3.00 addr 3uhidev1: iclass 3/0, 2 report idsuhid0 at uhidev1 reportid 1: input=2, output=0, feature=0uhid1 at uhidev1 reportid 2: input=1, output=0, feature=0vscsi0 at rootscsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targetssoftraid0 at rootscsibus3 at softraid0: 256 targetsroot on sd0a (96d3bd9c188e18ad.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b

i bought the gigabyte brix to function as a plex media server as my old windows machine is getting tired and takes up a lot of room in the garage. The brix is nice and compact, and of great build quality. Its well packaged, and comes with clear instructions for fitting RAM and an SSD. My only gripe was fitting the RAM - the prongs/clamps are rather tight and at one point i was expecting something to snap, but slowly pushing down resulted in the RAM clicking into place nicely. The SSD connector has the power and data in one connector, which is great and was easy to fit. The instructions recommend you detach it from the motherboard first, but i wasnt keen on that and just attached the SSD. The SSD then screws into a cage which attaches to the lid, very nice design. The outer case screws are very long, but easy to get out and the lid is well fitted. Overall great build quality. I went for an 8GB SODIMM ram chip and performance is great running Ubuntu Server 14.04 (more on that later) with a 128GB Crucial SSD.The box runs very quiet and you have to get up close to hear anything.On first boot you can jump to the BIOS with F2 or the DEL key and then choose to boot to EFI Shell (command info: [...]) or a bootable device. I imaged a USB drive with Ubuntu server and booted from that straight to the Ubuntu installer. Installation took less than 20 minutes and i had a fully functional linux server in no time at all. Once that was done i downloaded, extracted and installed Plex Media Server using wget and dpkg respectively. If you want more detail about the install and configuration side of things, i will be posting a blog article about it soon and will update this review with the link.Unfortunately i cannot comment on the Wifi or Bluetooth capabilities of the device as i have hard wired it to a switch with CAT6 cable for optimal network performance.Overall i am very happy with the Gigabyte Brix. A high quality quad core machine with 8GB ram for under £120 - what is there not to like.

I was looking for a couple of cheap units to build two PC's to be used on two meeting rooms just to do Skype Calls and a couple of presentations. This units seem good for the price, so I got a couple of them. They are well build and look really good, but the problem started straight away as I connected the SSD and RAM, tried to power up... Nothing, just a black screen. I've tried the other unit, same problem. After spending all day trying to figure out what was wrong, I found on several forums loads of people complaining about the same issue...Was I just unlucky I got two faulty units? I don't know, but never again I would get this and I won't recommend you to "play the lottery" with this. Just spend a bit more money and get an Intel NUC.

exactly what i needed.

E' il secondo di questi apparecchi che compro. Nel mio caso lo uso come server sempre acceso per avere in linea tutti i documenti importanti e poterli raggiungere sia dalla LAN che dall'esterno. Semplice e ben fatto, è facilissimo aggiungere un disco (meglio SSD) e della memoria per avere un vero e proprio computer più performante di tanti desktop. Funziona egregiamente sia con Windows 7 che con Windows 10 e non ci sono problemi di nessun tipo con I driver

Als Mini-PC, in den man eine separate Festplatte (SSD) und RAM einbauen kann. Für mich in dieser Preisklasse bisher noch nicht entdeckt. Daher musste ich einfach zu schlagen.Zwar ist das Mainboard für Windows7 & Windows 8 konfiguriert, aber WX OS sollte auch darauf laufen. Jedoch habe ich auf Windows 10 verzichtet und stattdessen es mit einigen Linux OS ausprobiert.Mit Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu und Xubuntu wurde ddas Gehäuse sehr warm und die USB-Anschlüsse sogar heiß und beeinträchtigen dabei sogar Maus wie Tastatur.Als sehr zu empfehlendes und einzig komfortabel nutzbares Linux OS kann ich nur zu Lubuntu raten. Denn das läuft äußerst resourcenschonend. Damit überhitzt auch der Mini-PC nicht mehr und mit Lubuntu kann man sogar sehr performant einiges gleichzeitig machen, ohne Überhitzung oder Systemüberforderung.Dabei habe ich mal einen Browser mit mehreren Taps offen gehabt, ein Programm, mit dem ich im Hintergrund minimiert einen Fernsehsender im Stream laufen lies und im Vordergrund habe ich mit einem 3D-Programm gearbeitet.Das hätte ich diesem Mini-PC, selbst in meinen kühnsten Vorstellungen unter Lubuntu nicht zugetraut. Aber offenbar spielt hier der RAM (bei mir nur 4GB) und eine SSD (120GB von Kingston) wohl auch eine entscheidende Rolle.Für mich genau das R!CHT!GE & genau was ich gesucht und gebraucht habe, um mit wenig Stromverbrauch, aber mit offenbar sehr guter Leistung im Wohnzimmer am TV zwischendurch zu chatten, surfen und für private Zwecke damit zu arbeiten.Und noch ein T!PP zu WX OS:Windows 10 nutze ich auf stärkeren PC's nur noch offline. Seit dem WX offline ist bei mir, gibt es keine Systemfehler mehr. Also wer sich über Windows 10 ärgert, sollte WX offline nutzen und sich für private Onlinenutzung diesen Mini-PC gönnen. Verbraucht laut meiner Messung zwischen 4 bis 10 Watt bei der oben beschriebenen vollen Systemlast.

Perfecto como htpc, lo uso 7 días a la semana 24 horas, vamos que no lo apago nunca, y ningún problema. Consumo de risa, muy buena refrigeración. Ideal para uso ofimática o navegación.

I'm using this to watch films and Ms apps . Does what is expected. I run windows 8 in it with 4gb ram.Update, I'm still using it without any problem!Update: it's 4 years since using it. It's worth every penny.The HDD got issues so had to reset it 2 times. No other issue yet. I'm planning to use a SDD and see what happens.Update Sept 2019: Still works good. SSD made a difference.Excel sheets open in 2 seconds!Click 'helpful' if you want more details.