[clue] ultrasmall form factor computers

Quentin Hartman qhartman at gmail.com
Thu Apr 9 09:11:00 MDT 2015


I have similar things from Zotac, but never worked with one of the GB ones.

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 4:56 AM, Dennis J Perkins <dennisjperkins at comcast.net
> wrote:

> Some people are taking them to trade shows.  Or mounting them on the back
> of their monitor.
>
> I hope I'm still satisfied after a few months.  Many of these are using
> mobile chips but the one I bought (in the link I provided) uses a desktop
> chip uses about 68 Watts.  The others might only use 15 Watts TDP.  It runs
> warm and people running games say it can get hot and noisy.  New models to
> be released this year will have a Broadwell CPU with reduced power due to
> smaller trnsistors.
>
> On Apr 8, 2015 10:33 PM, Shawn Perry <shawn at redmop.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've not had any good luck with Gigabyte computers, especially the small
> ones. I like the Fit-PCs, especially the MintBox. Hell, it comes with Linux
> Mint installed...
> >
> > On Apr 8, 2015 8:23 PM, <foo7775 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hmmm.  I haven't, but it looks kind of interesting.  I could see that
> size being pretty useful in cramped spaces, say a studio apartment, or a
> submarine.  ;-)   On the flip side, I would guess that replacing failed
> components might be a bit challenging...
> >>
> >> I'd be interested in hearing what you think about it after you've had
> it for a few months...
> >>
> >> T.
> >>
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> >>
> >> Has anyone else in the group besides me bought one of these?
> >>
> >>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856164011&cm_re=gigabyte_brix-_-56-164-011-_-Product
> >>
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