Gigabyte is expanding the lineup
with a slightly larger model featuring a significantly more powerful Core
i3-7100U Kaby Lake chip.
It’s called the Gigabyte BRIX GB-EKi3A-7100 and it’s basically a computer with the guts
of a decent laptop, but crammed into a small box with a big heat sink for
passive cooling and silent operation.
You could use the computer for commercial, industrial,
or home applications. For the right price, I’d totally be tempted to pick up
something like this for use in my office, since a silent PC would be great for
recording podcasts and videos. Unfortunately, the pricing hasn’t been announced
yet.
The new BRIX mini PC measures about 7.1″ x 4.6″ x
1.4″ and supports up to 32GB of DDR4-2133 memory (with 2 SODIMM slots) and
features an M.2 2280 slot for solid state storage.
