Gigabyte Brix GT

[NumLock21]

Gigabyte has revealed their Brix GT compact desktop designed for 4K high-end gaming and VR. Under the hood it houses a Core i7 6700K, GTX1080, 32GB DDR4 of laptop ram, a 240GB M.2 SSD, with a 1TB notebook form factor hard drive, and you get a additional 2.5" drive bay for future storage expansion. On connectivity, it has Intel wifi, bluetooth, Killer gigabit lan, and USB 3.0 and 3.1 including physical type C ports. 6 channel audio, a custom 400w power supply, and a physical dimension D=276 mm x H=384 mm x W=128 mm. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/229012/gigabyte-intros-brix-gaming-gt-desktop

 

[PlayStation 2]

That's... actually impressive if it runs decently.

[NumLock21]

1 minute ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

That's... actually impressive if it runs decently.

Competitor to that Asus one Linus review recently?

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

Killer gigabit lan,

WHY!!! Intel. Intel Intel. Esp for a highend system. Its faster and uses less cpu and has much better driver support in osx, windows, and linux

[PlayStation 2]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

Competitor to that Asus one Linus review recently?

It's possible. I'm just wondering how that 6700K would run in there.

[Guest]

Apple Mac Pro

MSI Vortex

And some Samsung bomb

 

See the pattern? They are all trash /s

[Techicolors]

nice piano ps3 shape

 

i'm wondering about thermals though.. 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Technicolors said:

nice piano ps3 shape

 

i'm wondering about thermals though.. 

I am more worried on the green filters as not everyone likes green

[NumLock21]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Spoiler

Apple Mac Pro

MSI Vortex

 

See the pattern? They are all trash

 

The Apple is just a bin, MSI on the other hand try to mimic F117 Night Hawk with them stupid angles trying to make it look stealthy/cool and yet failed at it. Now if if angles does make it invisible, that means that person won't be able to find his computer.

*MSI Vortex right in front of him, but he can't see it, cause of them angles making it invisible*

*looks around and shouts, dafuq did I put that damn computer?!*

[sazrocks]

Is it just me or does it look like a really high tech air filer?

 

But seriously, if they can keep thermals under control, then this is actually pretty cool. Not a huge fan of the ports being on the bottom though.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

 

*MSI Vortex right in front of him, but he can't see it, cause of them angles making it invisible*

 

and its name is MSI VORTEX 

*john cena the time is now song playing in the background*

 

But srsly what's with gigabyte making hideous color stuff. First is the orange color on all their GPU and now the green filter for air that is green. Even though the light is RGB but still looks ugly. Why would you have a non neutral color to go with RGB?

[Deli]

Gigabyte needs a better industrial design team.

[NumLock21]

It's difficult to tell where the video output is come from, top or bottom?

[Rune]

6700k and 1080 and 32GB of ram on a 400w psu ???

[Suika]

Having the outputs and NIC all on the bottom will make getting actual cables routed a pain I'd imagine, hopefully Gigabyte includes adapters for all the possible connections on the bottom (I know they include a few, but how about RJ45 and 3.5mm adapters), otherwise the already lackluster I/O will become even more lackluster.

 

That power supply also seems pretty measly for an enthusiast system, I'd prefer a 500W unit personally.

[iRileyx]

57 minutes ago, Rune said:

6700k and 1080 and 32GB of ram on a 400w psu ???

what's wrong with that? 400 watts is enough. Not much headroom in it though.

[Rune]

1 minute ago, RKRiley said:

what's wrong with that? 400 watts is enough. Not much headroom in it though.

why a K sku without room to overclock? Would rather save money and get a base model. Seems....odd.

[iRileyx]

5 minutes ago, Rune said:

why a K sku without room to overclock? Would rather save money and get a base model. Seems....odd.

the gpu has a max draw of 180, the CPU about 90, add the other bits and its about 300 watt total, can still get a very decent overclock on the CPU and gpu with that overhead

[MageTank]

1 hour ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

That's... actually impressive if it runs decently.

I disagree (and I know it's an opinion, but hear me out) because it's physically larger than a node 202 (13.5L vs the 202's 10.2L) and uses proprietary hardware while still not achieving any smaller of a form factor. SO-DIMM laptop memory also has a hefty price premium compared to standard DDR4, and often performs slower in every regard. Combine this with a PSU that likely has no potential upgrade path (The Node 202 can support a 750w fully modular platinum SFX PSU) and you basically have yourself a larger system with a motherboard and PSU that cannot be changed within it. 
 

Don't get me wrong, it looks cool, I am just not impressed at all with it. As for running decently... I currently hit 96C 48k FFT load in this node 202 with a delidded 6700k and a 45mm vapor chamber (60C load temps while gaming). Without a delid, they are gonna need a pretty impressive custom thermal solution to pull off a 6700k in that form factor. Even in the 17L Azza Z, my 6700k prior to delidding was hitting thermal junction under Prime95 48k. 

[suicidalfranco]

one trash can after another, they just keep popping out of nowhere 

[MrDynamicMan]

4 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

That's... actually impressive if it runs decently.

Still looks ugly af. Seriously, that green shroud? Eish.

[MageTank]

4 minutes ago, MrDynamicMan said:

Still looks ugly af. Seriously, that green shroud? Eish.

I am still confused as to why they are using axial fans, when most of the black casing blocks the airflow. It's going to be dumping a lot of it's used, hot air back into the case. This is one of the few situations where a blower card would prevail, but the design blocking the lower part of the case might prevent that. I'd have to see the very bottom of the case, to see if there is a mesh intake for the GPU (or maybe an intake fan at the bottom to pull air in, that is channeled out the top). 

 

I do agree though, it's aesthetics are not my taste. Black and green mesh with what appears to be a blue LED. Who came up with this? lol

[MrDynamicMan]

4 hours ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Apple Mac Pro

MSI Vortex

And some Samsung bomb

 

See the pattern? They are all trash /s

Dude... Wtf that Samsung... Thing? They do have a design department, right? 

[wrath]

Am I the only one who thinks it's ugly ?

(maybe not in an other color combo)

[MrDynamicMan]

7 minutes ago, wrath said:

Am I the only one who thinks it's ugly ?

(maybe not in an other color combo)

White mesh and rgb lighting would be nice