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Gigabyte brix/Cyberpower FANG MINI R9 SE $350.00

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Not on sale or anything but this is a pretty amazing deal. I've been looking for something to play LoL on as a dedicated League box and my requirements were 60+ FPS at 1080p and less than 500 dollars in a super small form factor. I'm almost positive this should do that. I've looked at laptops, nuc's, brix, custom builds and this is by far the cheapest solution I could come up with.  If you compare prices of this to any other brix you'll see it's the cheapest possible solution. Not only is it only 350 dollars with free shipping but it comes with 2gb of ram and a 120gb ssd which would add at least 100-200 to your build if bought seperate. I just ordered one of these so once I get it I'll post a review of playing league at 1080p (and also try it at 4k just for shits and giggles). 

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https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Pre-Build_Fang_Mini_R9_SE

 

Gaming Chasis: Fang Mini R9 Ultra Small Form Factor Mini PC - Dimension: 59.6 x 115.4 x 128 mm (Included) CPU: AMD A8-5557M 2.10GHz Quad-Core Processor (Included) RAM / System Memory: 2GB (2GBx1) DDR3-1333 SODIMM Memory (Included) (Corsair or Major Brand) Video Card: AMD Radeon R9 M275X GDDR5 2GB (Included) Power Supply: 135W power adapter with power cord Input: AC 100-240V (Include) Hard Drive: 120GB Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 180MB/s Read & 133MB/s Write (Included) (Single Drive) External Storage: None USB Flash Drive: None Internal Wireless Network Card: Build in 802.11b/g/n,/ac 2.4 - 5Ghz bands + Bluetooth v4.0 (Included)

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2gb of ram? my friend that's unbearable. And that thing will most likely throttle like crazy

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Err pretty sure that's going to struggle at a lot of stuff. Pretty mediocre CPU, slow and low amount of system RAM, a low end mobile GPU, and no HDD; only a 120GB SSD.

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GPU benchmarks seem decent considering the price.. maybe 720p - 1080p 30 most games medium settings

(non x version too)

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-R9-M275.124666.0.html 

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You won't get 1080/60 out of that thing... 

 

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2gb of ram? my friend that's unbearable. And that thing will most likely throttle like crazy

Add more ram, boom, done. 

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You won't get 1080/60 out of that thing... 

With shadows off, I bet I can. I'll find out soon enough. 

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Add more ram, boom, done. 

you were better off following the AMD build guide here in LTT

 

gaming on 4k using that will be unplayable

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you were better off following the AMD build guide here in LTT

 

gaming on 4k using that will be unplayable

I'm not going to be gaming in 4k. I'm going to test it just to see what it can do (just because I can) but it's going to be a LoL box that runsat 1080p or 1366x768 most of the time. 

 

You won't be able to build a better machine for less money that is smaller or similar in size. It's just not going to happen. This is a steal for what it is. 

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Not my cup of tea, but let's be realistic. You could run league on a god damn tablet. I'm sure this box wouldn't have any issues. And as OP stated, that's all he wants it for.

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Seems a solid media htpc also. For streaming/light gaming seems solid. Curious of it throttles at all. Please keep updated, may want to get this instead of a console for my tv

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