Gigabyte Brix GB-BXBT-2807 Fanless Mini PC Review - XBMC, Gaming, Windows 8
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
- Buy it on Amazon - lon.tv/brix (affiliate link). Gigabyte just came out with this little fanless PC called the Brix that delivers surprisingly good performance in a package about the size of a set top box. The best part is its low price - the computer itself is about $125-$130 without RAM or a hard drive. But it's possible to fully equip it for less than $200.
VIDEO INDEX:
0:14 - Hardware overview
1:33 - Internal configuration (memory and hard drive)
2:50 - Windows 8 boot time demonstration
3:12 - Kerbal Space Program demo
3:58 - Dolphin Gamecube Emulator demo with Mario Sunshine
4:32 - XBMC Demonstration wtih Blu Ray MKV and HD HomeRun
5:44 - Conclusion and Windows 8 Performance
The Brix is powered by a new Intel Celeron N2807 Processor with integrated graphics. Modern gaming is a not recommended on the device, but it works great with older games as well as retro emulation.
It is fanless and completely quiet - even under load. This is very attractive for home theater users that don't want noisy fans interfering with a well tuned home theater receiver. It consumes 30 watts of power under load - only slightly more power than a Roku or other set top box.
Performance is remarkable - especially considering the price point. It runs Windows 8.1 beautifully as well as XBMC - including demanding tasks like streaming Blu Ray MKV files as well as tuning live television from an HD HomeRun Prime.
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Finally, someone who doesn't just throw Battlefield 4 at an obviously low end machine then say "oh it doesn't quite do as well as a Titan".
i can get 80-90fps 1080p ultra detail on bf4 with a 7 year old hp 6300 sff with a i5 3470, 8 gb of ram, and a $150 1050ti, cost me $375 total.
This is THE review I needed to see, building this for my parents
Good day to be inside watching Lon and his video reviews (it's -15 outside right now).
celcius brrrrr
For those curious about the RAM compatibility, it seems that any 1.35v stick of DDR3L will work. I pulled some from an old laptop that wasn't on the compatibility list and it worked just fine.
Went to Amazon to find the reviews there after watching this and found you again.
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You should be a Top Reviewer; this is one of the best video reviews I've seen for any product
Steam in home streaming would do wonders here :D this will make an awesome media center PC
***** you can even stream from pc running core i3 with a midrange graphics card. You dont need really high end gaming specs for streaming :) i can confirm that.
I'm between this and an Asrock mini ITX motherboard with J1900 CPU, but I like the Brix more because it's footprint and all in one package. Hopefully Broadwell or other future more efficient architectures will help for more CPU power in the fanless segment. What I don't understand is why don't they use a bigger (140mm) high quality low RPM fans with i3, i5 CPUs? Noctua for example makes near completely silent fans (I have one on the PSU that powers my intel atom D2550 fanless board) and honestly.. I can't hear a thing. I also use their ULNA adapter that lowers the rpm even more. A big fan like that at low RPM on top of this small PC would allow a lot more CPU power, without sacrificing silence.
Hi Lon:
Thanks for doing the review, great as always. Also thanks for the shout.
Vinny L.
Great video... They have a new Gigabyte Brix (GIGABYTE BRIX GB-BSi3H-6100, with Skylake now, I just ordered the i3 comfig from Newegg. It is a dual Drive, 1-SSD and 1-M.2 (2280) You might want to take a look as well!
+Lon Seidman That's great, there is no reviews on You Tube of it, that I was able to find.
+Bill Landis Is it fanless?
but i3 is noisy with the fan, fanless is the way to go, gigabyte have fanless m3 much better then i3
can you review your new purchase ?
Convinced. I know what I'm getting myself for Christmas.
Just got one. I put in Mint Linux 17. Worked right out of the box. Of course there are no drivers for Linux on the included DVD so I'll have to roll my own later.
But full screen 1920x1080 videos played fine. Just a few dropped frames. Not even noticeable unless you're looking for frame drops.
Great review, if I haven't got another fanless system built recently I would've been in a rush to Amazon.
I think because it is a low cost way to put a small dead silent HTPC or PC together fast without needing any building skills. Plus it is just about the same size as a set-top box so it can be put anywhere.
i bought one of these, after trying to price up a silent home media pc the individual parts where in total much more than the gigabyte brix. just got 4 gig of ram and a 60gb ssd as i have a WD MyCloud again bought from your recommendation
its a smaller quieter solution than my full sized x-gaming rig
Amazing review dude!
5 days ago ... In addition to choosing between Intel and AMD silicon, you can opt for a ... Our Zbox CI320 Nano Plus featured a quad-core Intel Celeron CPU, 2GB of ... Gigabyte Brix Projector Review Intel Next Unit of Computing NUC Kit ...Gigabyte Intel Celeron N2807
this is really good considering it is recording at the same time
I am looking into buying one of these as a replacement for my laptop just to surf the Internet, watch Netflix, Do some programming and occasionally do some paper work for university assignments. I strongly imagine that the specs can handle that fine?
An updated review of the Brix using i5 or i7 CPUs with 16 GBs RAM or more would be nice.
Some of these have the eMMC drives, the tiny Sata drives which lets you put in a small drive and a full sized SSD Drive.
Tear out the wifi and get a small MPCIE SSD for the OS that will give some very smooth browsing of e.g. XBMC and leave a spot for some larger 2½" storage for those that hasn't got a Nas around the house, then u can just get a 10-20$ USB wifi-dongle instead (or just use the cable as the PC supports it and then have a spare USB for other uses) and get a HTPC keyboard and u got an awesome small mediacenter.
interesting. that MPCIE SSD, that is the mSATA right?
Jan dela Cruz I can't really figure the differences between Mini PCIe and mSATA, other than there should be some electrical differences and that mSATA runs over the SATA controller with a theoretical 6gbps and Mini PCIe uses a PCI lane and has a theoretical 10gbps bandwidth. but they both uses just about same PCB and they use the same slot???
M.2 is 2nd gen mSATA.
But the cardslot in the Brix is Mini PCIe so just get a SSD for that slot and your golden.
Nice scoop. I know you know better but you said similar "voltage" to other PCs and you really meant "wattage".
Great video! Very informative. Thank you very much for the info. :)
great price, Looks like a great option for media streaming, The newer chromeboxes however seem to have faster processors So if you are happy to boot Linux you have a little more power. for the same money. Fanless is nice though...
Zotac will be coming out with a faster Celeron CPU closer to the speed of the current ChromeBox. Also core i3, i5 and AMD. I posted the link but here are the specs.
Zotac ZBOX CA320 nano - AMD A6-1450 CPU / DDR3-1066 memory / SATA 3.0 Gb/s interface, 2 USB 3.0 ports, 5 USB 2.0 ports ($150 /$260)
Zotac ZBOX CI320 nano - Intel Celeron N2930 CPU / DDRr-1333 memory / 1 SATA 3.0 Gb/s + 1 eSATA / 4 USB 3.0 ports, 2 USB 2.0 ports ($180 / $290)
Zotac ZBOX CI520 nano - Intel Core i3-4020y CPU / DDR3-1600 memory / 1 SATA 6.0 Gb/s + 1 eSATA / 4 USB 3.0 ports, 2 USB 2.0 ports ($310 / $410)
Zotac ZBOX CI540 nano - Intel Core i5-4210y / DDR3-1600 memory / 1 SATA 6.0 Gb/s + 1 eSATA / 4 USB 3.0 ports, 2 USB 2.0 ports ($370 / $480)
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Zotac ZBOX CA320 nano - AMD A6-1450 CPU / DDR3-1066 memory / SATA 3.0 Gb/s interface, 2 USB 3.0 ports, 5 USB 2.0 ports ($150 /$260)
Zotac ZBOX CI320 nano - Intel Celeron N2930 CPU / DDRr-1333 memory / 1 SATA 3.0 Gb/s + 1 eSATA / 4 USB 3.0 ports, 2 USB 2.0 ports ($180 / $290)
Zotac ZBOX CI520 nano - Intel Core i3-4020y CPU / DDR3-1600 memory / 1 SATA 6.0 Gb/s + 1 eSATA / 4 USB 3.0 ports, 2 USB 2.0 ports ($310 / $410)
Zotac ZBOX CI540 nano - Intel Core i5-4210y / DDR3-1600 memory / 1 SATA 6.0 Gb/s + 1 eSATA / 4 USB 3.0 ports, 2 USB 2.0 ports ($370 / $480)
***** I am sure Lon will do a review on some of these when they hit.
Very good test,but i missed to demonstrate it with a current pc game even with lower details and some benchmark results.Can you test Intel NUC DN2820,Zotac ZBOX ID18,Zotac ZBOX CI320 nano ? Or maybe a comparison video with these similar low-end mini-pc-s?
Avoid the i series models until the newer versions come out without the silver edge bevel strip as they OVERHEAT due to an ENGINEERING FLAW where the centrifugal fan intake is blocked by the shiny black top cover. If you look at the newer 5th gen Intel SKUs they replaced the top cover to give the fan enough gap to suck in air.
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This model doesn't suffer the case/chassis fan blockage issue.
Nice video Lon - Am new to your channel. As for your "other cards for the mini pci-e" question - You can get Mini PCI-E wired networking cards, making this have lots of potential as small server.
I'd be interested in your take on how this compares to a big player in the tiny PC arena, the Zotac Zbox and Zbox Nano line, which can also be purchased as a barebones kit.
Great video i'm beyond a novice when it comes to even a build like this but I am going to give it a try. I had some questions about the ram. Is there a specific type of ram I need and are there different qualities of ram on the market. Are they all a clone of one another and it doesn't matter which one you buy from where you just want the ram for your pc? Finally is there a limit to how much ram you can add to the unit before it hampers functionality. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Se ha quemado mi torre y como ya tengo portatil, voy a comprar este Mini PC por su portabilidad....Si vas de viaje lo puedes llevar a todas partes y como se puede conectar a cualquier TV , es como si llevaras contigo un portatil....Además parece Robusto y potente...
Salu2!
Thank you, kind sir, for your review.
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Already did. We need more of this kind of reviews. I would like to see a review of Gigabyte's Brix Gaming with Intel CPU and Nvidia GTX 760 graphics (not hte AMD one).
There is 4pin cpu cooler connector but 5v and 12v fans dont work, I guess its limited to bios since there are no settings for cooler
Hey dude I just subscribed you! I can't wait for the HP Stream Mini review and hopefully an unboxing!! C:
You think you can try running a favorite game of mine? League of Legends c:???
Aero Phoenix League of Legends does work on Brix BXBT-2807... Kinda... At minimum details (50-60FPS@1024x768), CPU heats up to 80°C in ~25-30 minutes of gameplay (one match), then the framerate drops to less than half. Warcraft 3 DotA could work well enough. FYI, CPU's temperature stays at around 60°C without heavy load (internet radio playback only).
Nigweth Neadriss 80 degrees is way too hot for a CPU in my case, the max I would ever let my CPU go for is 69 degrees.
Aero Phoenix Checking the temperatures right now. MoBo@67°C, CPU@61°C, uptime ~2hrs, listening to online radio only.
Edit: Temperatures didn't change a bit for two hours after. Seems like these are common working temperatures.
Nigweth Neadriss but what about on heavy loads, such as small games
Today is the nVidia Shield a viable solution versus the box. Want to surf web and watch Netflix etc.
You should have tried Steam on Linux on this Brix.
If that wifi is hooked up to a express port you can sacrifice that for a EGPU and throw some real power games at it and turn it into a powerful inexpensive gaming box
Hi Lon, would you be able to do a BlackMagic speed test to see how well it can handle network file transfers i.e. will it work well as a file server to stream/share files over the network etc?
I just bought this computer today. However, I can´t get it to connect to my monitor. I have tried with both HDMI and VGA but I get the "No signal" message both times.
Can you please help me with that?
I have the SanDisk ultra plus ssd with crucial 4Gb memory I installed everything all ready but all I need to do now is install the os can u help me please I don't no what setting. To change in order to boot from a USB flash drive well I do but nothing in the bios under boot says boot from USB help
you could put a mini pci e to pcie converter and run a desktop graphics card ( external)
Great video, thank you!
Hey Lon, great review. I have a question: is it compatible with any DDR3L RAM or are there specific manufacturers who support this PC? Also did you had any problems with overheating while working on it?
I am unable to install windows 8 pro 64 bit. are there any setting that i need to change. i keep getting the message: windows could not update the computer's boot configuration. Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks for your quick reply. I have a home theater that only has optical in . If i connect the brix to the smart tv with hdmi and from the tv optical out to the home theater optical in will that produce at least AC3 5.1 audio in my HT?
Very nice review
Great review ! Gonna purchase one of these and was curious if you can point me in the right direction on a inexpensive hard drive ?
***** Thanks for the fast reply. Gonna try and order everything tonight, what do you think about this HD www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820721107
It be nice to have 26 years of Gaming history on it...
One more question about this Lon. I was wondering what brand of memory you are using in yours? I was wanting to go with an OEM brand like Hynix, but I'm a little afraid it won't work based on people saying that it is picky about RAM. Thanks.
Hello, thanks for your review, very impressed by it !! i'm still thinking about which model i'll get, this model or the J1900 one.
i have one important question : i only use VGA on a CRT Monitor. does it support a resolution on the VGA output of 1152*864 at a frequency of 72 or 75hz (that's the only resolution and the frequency i can have. (thanks for the one who'll answer :)
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ok, thx for the answer :) !!
You think this cool thing would be able to do Steam In-Home Streaming?
Inhome streaming seems to work at 720p on my netbook with a Intel Pentium SU4100 (1.30GHz) and a Intel GMA 4500MHD
Is the processor/GPU in this thing better than I guess my netbook? Hard to find information on low power hardware
Also is there specific way to connect these devices? for example i have 1 ethernet going to the closet, this connects to an Apple Time Machine (for wifi and back-ups), then should the NAS (mycloud with over 2T of movies) and BRIX connect to the Time Machine? The Brix would have Universal Media Server, Plex or Serviio on it, will the Vizios be able to see these movies from the Mycloud?
Nice video, thanxs.
Do you recommend the cheap brix over the cheap asus and cheap nuc? Do all brands play AC3 connectingto a home theater. Do they come with optical out?
Once again great review Lon. You mentioned it bit-streams DTS. Does it also do TrueHD and DTS-HD MA?
***** That's great. I recently got a new system with the J1900 processor (same Bay Trail platform) and it cannot do TrueHD or DTS-HD MA from with Windows. It can do it from OpenElec (or any Linux), but just not Windows. Happens to be a Intel driver limitation. It's good to know that it works on N2807.
This looks much more versatile than Chromebox which i was thinking about buying. But isnt it pricey after you add the cost of 4gb of RAM, an SSD hard drive and windows 8....which alone costs about $125 or so? Im not a computur guru so maybe i dont understand how you can get Win 8 without buying it. Please advise, Lon. Thanks!
Great review! :) Any tips on how to set this up with a WD MyBook Live?
Lon Seidman: I'm not able to install Windows 8.1 64bit on this Brix. Can you help me?:
- I've created Bootable USB in Rufus 2.0 from iso, with default FAT32 nad 4k sec., and chose GPT instead of MBR.
- Win installation started, with Shift+F10 I started cmd and there diskpart, where I cleaned HDD and created GPT boot.
- I've created partitions, selected one and started installation and it finished successfully at 100% but then...
I've tried same also with brand new SSD but I'm still getting the same message: "Windows could not update the computer's boot configuration. Installation cannot proceed."
Where's the problem?
Has anyone watched 1080p RUclips videos on this, via a Windows OS? If so, how did it perform?
You put in 4 Gigs of RAM in it. If you would of put in 8 Gigs of RAM, would the gaming still be sluggish?
hi lon love the reviews, im looking into getting the brix, but how do you load windows on one of these things, forgive my lack of knowledge, ive just started getting into mini pcs, ive purchsed an asus and a hp chromebox because of your videos but i wanna take it to the next level with a brix, just havent seen any videos on how to install windows on this device, thanks your fan dallas
thanks
Hiya, have you ever thought (or anyone, actually) to embed this in a drive bay of a larger case, and run it alongside another computer in the same case, or have it run more hardware inside that larger case? I am thinking of doing this as a project. Honestly, at the price point and capability of these little boxes (there are many of them out there at the time of this comment), it's hard to build a computer without wanting to use something like this as a host for a larger box.
Hello, I am from India and here we have a brix n3000 model which is little cheaper than 2807 , So is it a good idea to buy n3000 as compared to 2807. Also want to know if its supports 5.1 audio through HDMI. A small request if you can compare Intel NUC and Brix. Thanks for the great video review.
mmmm....seems far more flexible than the Mac Mini due to it's upgradability. Can the CPU be upgraded at all? I doubt it but I guess it's worth asking all the same.
When a barebone is fanless, doesn't it means that the PC will overheat MUCH faster if you tend to use it to play games with it??
Hi Lon:
It seems more and more manufactures are making these fan-less boxes. Zotac has a whole line coming out starting around $150. They are sporting Quad Core low powered CPU's from Intel and an APU from AMD.
liliputing.com/2014/06/zotac-zbox-c-series-is-a-line-of-silent-fanless-mini-pcs.html
***** Are these new zotac better than brix or asus chromecast?
Ok I bought it and set it up but I'm stuck can u tell me how to install the os I got ultimate on a USB drive please hellppppp
apreciate the video, but please, next time, tell us the sepcs.
hiI want to ask you what is the best windows for brix Celeron n2807?I have windows 7 64bit on mine and after installing some update I notice the cpu are 100% and the ram almost 4 mb running .so is that normal or what ?what is the best windows will work fine with the brix pls?xp or win 7 or 8.1 or 10?
Hi, can you tell me if this mini pc (Gigabyte Brix BACE-3150 Ultra Compact Barebone PC Intel Celeron N3150, 1 x SATA, 1 x DDR3L, USB 3.0, IEEE 802.11 AC, Dual Band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0) - is powerful enough for every day (non-gaming) use (Web surfing, Kodi, Office docs,managing large MKV collection on Ext HDD) if added with a Samsung SSD/8gb Ram/Win10? Thanks.
I know you reviewed an older version but wanted to see how much more powerful this version is or should I spend more on an i3 brix, which is more than twice the price, thanks again.
So I was looking into this mini PC to replace my laptop (samsung np300u1a.) I generally used my laptop to edit videos to put on here (I used Sony Vegas or Light works) and it didn't let me down. Would this be just as good or better as my Samsung or would I be downgrading?
This is nice but... I would buy it if it actually had micro USB 3.0 all around instead of the 2.0.. so I would be able to put my 3.0 harddrive
Hi Lon, would this be able to handle something like minecraft, or osu? Also how well would it handle a streaming website other than youtube (maybe using flash). Thank you
I just wish they made one without the wifi/bluetooth/hdmi/audio so it would be cheaper, or put in a more powerfull cpu, as I want to use one as a server to replace my 10+year old computer (had it for about 3yr) to run a proxy server, ssh server, storage server, and everyonce in a while a game server, the cpu is about 400points better then my old computer on cpubenchmark.net can have more ram and gigabit and it can run a minecraft server better (the only way I ever play minecraft these days is with lots of mods, and thats cpu demanding)
XD I don't know how to do that. But would if it isnt too hard/something.
posting on their facebook right now, wonder if it will go though
I'm still a bit confused about it being fanless. Does it not overheat when you use it a lot? Make it clear to me please because I am planning on getting one...😐
Great video but can you review the beelink BT3 PLZ
Good review. Will it install win7 and plex?
How does this compare to the mygica or the invidia shield when using Kodi XBMC?
does anyone know if you can install windows server 2012 on this, and if all drivers will work?
Excellent review, thanks! What do you think of the Tronsmart Ara X5 (z8300)? Which of these two is better for use as a media center?
+Lon Seidman thanks! Do you know the max size supported of sd card in Ara X5?
Is Kerbal Space Program running at the highest settings in the video?
last question : I've found this : intel nuc DN2820FYKH0 with celeron n2820.
What do you think about it?
I hesitate between intel nuc DN2820FYKH0 and brix 2807. (intel nuc has infrared port)
Could I run mythbutu on here and use as a back end/frontend combination?
nice review thank you
Do you know if the Apple Mac mini ram will fit in this as I have a spare 4gb lying around thanks in advance :)
Hello sir, does this works flawlessly to just browse internet, look at pictures, look at videos and work on words/excel etc (basically does it work flawlessly and snappy for everything except gaming, photoshopping and video editing) ? best regards.
Hi. I'm intrested in GB-BXBT-1900 (it has more effective CPU - Celeron J1900). But I wonder if I can turn the device on directly from keyboard ? Is it possible ?
This PC I'd like to use it as Media Center, with win 8.1 installed. I'd like to operate it sitting on my coach using LOGITECH Touch K400 keyboard :-). If the only way to turn computer on is to press the power button on the PC I would be a bit disappointed ...
I know I could hibernate the system, but if there is any other way to power on - I would be very grateful if you light my up :-)
do you have to install some components to it or can you just buy it completed
Hi Lon, which one would you buy for home theater use (1080p) some retro games and simple internet use like facebook and youtube?
1 Gigabyte Brix 2 chrome box 3 MINIX Neo X8 4 Tronsmart Vega S89-H Amlogic S802-H Quad Core Android TV BOX 2
My budget is up to 180$
or something else?
Do you know if one can plug 3.5mm speakers into the audio combo jack and output the audio via this or does it have to be a headset?
Hi, Lon. Would you recommend this for Netflix/Huliu streaming, word processing and playing Half Life 2-era games? And how difficult is it to put this together for someone who is not familiar with building PCs. Installing the RAM and SSD, operating system, etc. Thanks!
if you may. a review on a box that could play/run CS:GO via steam would be nice :) in the CS GO community. or Kali Linux.
are the framerates low because of your recording software? whats the fps when youre not recording?
Would Adobe Photoshop work well on this - or even the 3D modelling software Zbrush?
Hi I'm a bigginer of pc builds. I would like to ask if you can upgrade the gpu to a gaming gpu?
What about the temperature in the summer when its 35 celcious how many houers can run wiyhout damaging the cpu
I am looking for some fan less pc for full hd video playing, youtube, browsing on my TV. This one looks good for 123€, but I want to know if it have only stereo, or more channels? Is it coming with some kind of power supply? I thinking about ZOTAC ZBOX nano CA320 too, but it is more expensive. All I need is good media player with youtube and at least 5.1 sound.
Hi Lon, I commented on another Video you had, about getting about 2T of movies from a mycloud to play on 3 Vizio tvs. (Vizio aperantly cant play mp4s) it apears that my best solution is to install Universal Media Server, Plex or Serviioon a pc and have the pc sit next to the NAS (mycloud) and be on for all eternity. Is this BRIX good for that?
Since it apparently meets the specs for Windows 8, should I assume you'll also be able to run either 7 or 10 on this?
Can the CPU handle RUclips at 1080p 60fps?
My Next HTPC :3