Gigabyte brings two mini-PC series with AMD’s Ryzen mobile processors 4000 U – actually are These are intended for notebooks, but thanks to their low waste heat, they are also suitable for palm-sized PCs. The normal Brix models are 34, 7 mm × 119, 5 mm × 99, 5 mm in size and just under 700 ml. The Brix-S versions are a good centimeter higher and offer space for a 2nd , 5-inch data carrier in addition to an M.2 SSD.

Both Gigabytes Brix and The Brix-S PCs are also available in four versions each with AMD’s Ryzen 7 4800 U, Ryzen 7 4700 U, Ryzen 5 4500 U and Ryzen 3 4300 U. The top model uses eight CPU cores, masters simultaneous multithreading for 16 threads and can accelerate up to 4.2 GHz. The integrated Radeon Vega graphics unit with eight compute units (512 shader Cores) comes up to 1750 MHz.

Gigabyte Brix PCs with AMD Ryzen 3200 U (13 Photos) (Image: Gigabyte) PCIe-SSD and a lot of USB The mainboard provides an M.2 slot for a fast PCI Express SSD or a slower SATA 6G card. Gigabyte occupies the M.2 E-Key slot ex works with Intel’s Wi-Fi 6 module (WLAN 802. 11 ax) AX 201 . A Realtek controller runs NBase-T Ethernet at 2.5 Gbit / s – an advance compared to the Gigabit Ethernet of many other mini PCs. Two SO-DIMM slots take up to 34 GByte DDR4 – 3200 – RAM in dual-channel. Since such mini-PCs are mostly sold as barebones, users have to buy storage media and RAM themselves.

Thanks one HDMI 2.0 port, two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C (10 GBit / s) including DisplayPort Altmode and a Mini-DisplayPort, the Brix Mini-PCs can control four Ultra-HD monitors. For further peripherals there are five USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A (5 GBit / s), which corresponds to a comparatively lavish USB equipment. Realtek’s entry-level sound chip ALC 255 provides an audio combo jack. A side RS 232 COM port on the Brix S allows Expansion through additional modules.

So far, Gigabyte has the product pages for the total of eight Brix mini PCs with Ryzen 4000 U created. Details on prices and availability are not yet known.

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