Gigabyte Brix
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I'm looking to get a HTPC, and originally i was going to build a Mini ITX... but I just discovered Gigabyte Brix (pic related), and love how small it is.
Uses of the HTPC will be watching media, torrenting, browsing internet.
Does anyone have any experience with Gigabyte Brix?
>>55280155
get a nuc.
Get a fucking compute stick
>>55280165
Had a look at them too.
Why do you think they're better?
>>55280175
That's not gonna be able to decode my 10bit Djiboutian basket weaves
Wait kaby lake and/or zen for better gpus
>>55280228
When thats out, you'll be telling me to wait for the next iteration.
Plus, what do i need a better GPU for?
Either it plays 4K videos or it doesn't.
>>55280236
VP9 decoding fucker. Buy this now and youw ont be able to play 4k videos a year later when webm becomes the new standard.
>>55280165
Did some research, seems that people say BRIX is louder, so I'll definitely go for a NUC.
Looking at this one
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/34899/intel-nuc6i5syh-core-i5-nuc-barebone-kit/
Prices are in AUD
>>55280155
Get an Nvidia Shield TV and root it.
For a really cheap 4K-capable HTPC (i.e. video not gaming) I went with the Zotac ZBOX CI323 Nano. You can trick it out with a crapload of RAM and a decent HDD for $200-250 total. Honestly don't think you need anything nearly as heavyweight as what the Brix has. Also passively cooled like a boss.
The fact that it has 2x Gigabit Ethernet ports has me wanting to pick up a second one for use as a cheap pfsense box (would be even cheaper because I would use less RAM and a smaller SSD).
>>55280246
new standard of what? certainly not web-videos.
>>55280246
>VP9
>standard
Yeah neither VP9 nor HEVC are going to happen this decade
>>55280155
Orange pi pc
Once you see it...
>>55280701
He's australian, he'll take that wrong.
>>55280155
I've had a couple. What do you want to know?
