Palm-sized small PC "BRIX II" which can also play 3D games

GIGABYTE is also a small PC market that is quite exciting such as entering with "BRIX" after Intel announced the palm-sized small PC "NUC", but GIGABYTE is a small gaming PC "BRIX IIIt seems to be released.

Gigabyte Shows Off New Brix Mini PC with Iris Graphics
http://blog.laptopmag.com/gigabyte-brix-iris-graphics

Haswell Powered GIGABYTE BRIX II and BRIX Projector at IDF 2013 - Legit Reviews
http://www.legitreviews.com/haswell-powered-gigabyte-brix-ii-and-brix-projector-at-idf-2013_123551

Gigabyte's tiny new gaming PC is smaller than an Xbox controller | The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/11/4718084/gigabytes-tiny-new-gaming-pc-is-smaller-than-an-xbox-controller

By the end of 2012 Intel "NUCGIGABYTE who participated in the small PC market that got lit with the launch of the product was released in August 2013BRIX"Has been released. NUC isIvy BridgeFromHaswellTransitioning generations to, Brix suddenly followed, BRIX also followed the other day,Haswell generation BRIXAnnounced. Although it was GIGABYTE which arranged a full lineup from Ivy Bridge to Haswell in just one month, as soon as I overtake NUC, I made a gaming specification small PC "BRIX II" with Intel's developer conference IDF 2013 We are exhibiting.

This is BRIX II. It is a flashy red color like a gaming PC.


This is Yellow BRIX II. It has HDMI, Mini display port, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, USB 3.0 terminal.


BRIX is the most in front of this picture, and red and yellow on the back is BRIX II. The bottom area itself seems to have not changed so much, but the height seems to be about 1.5 times to 2 times.


A movie that understands the appearance of BRIX II is here.

Gigabyte Brix Iris with Haswell IRIS Graphics - Gaming Nettop Hands On - YouTube


The BRIX II that was being exhibited is a red and yellow version, and the case is an aluminum material. However, at the booth which demonstrates Intel Iris, the same black BRIX II as the conventional BRIX is exhibited, it is unknown whether this vivid color will be released.

This is black BRIX II. The mesh for cooling from the front to the side is different from the conventional BRIX.


BRIX II is equipped with "Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200" which is the top model of the integrated GPU of Intel's fourth generation Core processor (Haswell), and has GPU performance that can play 3D games. According to Intel, the Iris Pro Graphics 5200 is based on the popular FPS "Crysis 3You can play also.

The CPU installed is Core i7-4770R (rated 3.2 GHz, 3.9 GHz at turbo boost), Core i 5 - 4670 R (rated 3 GHz, 3.7 GHz at turbo boost), Core i 5 - 4570 R (rated 2.7 GHz at turbo boost 3.2 GHz) are scheduled to be prepared.

In addition, while the conventional BRIX only supported mSATA SSD as storage, the 2.5 inch built-in bay is prepared for BRIX II, making it possible to use not only SSD but also hard disk.

BRIX II will be released in December 2013 when a CPU with Intel Iris Pro Graphics is released, and the price is expected to be 499 dollars (about 50,000 yen) to 599 dollars (about 60,000 yen) .

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GIGABYTE is a BRIX booth with Haswell generation BRIX, BRIX IIBRIX with projectorIs exhibited.



The projector is 75 lumens, WVGA (800 × 480) output, and it can not deny that it is not powerful. As far as the photo is concerned, BRIX seems to be the base, but it seems to attract attention in a different meaning whether exhaust heat catches up by incorporating a projector into a small PC which even has a difficulty in cooling.

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Disassembled & projected small PC "GB-BXPi 3 - 4010" with built-in projector - GIGAZINE