Gigabyte intros its first fanless Intel Core CPU powered BRIX

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GB-EKi3A-7100 uses the Core i3-7100U Kaby Lake chip. Its case doubles as a heatsink.

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Who thought we'd ever see USB-C alongside a serial port...

looks interesting - nice portable unit for recording work. Might invest me in one of those. :)

Depending on pricing, this is miles better than the MSI Cubi 2 that appears to be shooting for a similar market.

Are the "USB 3.1 Tpye-C" and "USB 3.1 Tpye-A" ports enhanced due to the typo?

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Originally Posted by gumpyland

Are the "USB 3.1 Tpye-C" and "USB 3.1 Tpye-A" ports enhanced due to the typo?

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I thought it was a tpyo :)

finally someone making best use of one of those laptop chips - hopefully they sell this as a finished system

Would be a great office machine , games out the window tho.

Very neat idea tho

I will buy two of these when they have Coffee Lake inside.

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Originally Posted by this_is_gav

Who thought we'd ever see USB-C alongside a serial port...

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I guess its probably also targeted at industrial markets.

I shall have to watch for an IoT label turning up on our cat, they seem to be everywhere else already. I mean really, this isn't a thing that embeds a computer, it just is a computer.

i have built several gigabyte brix systems and they always go down well and i may get one of these to see what the performance is like. i liked the cubi too, it was a nice looking box.

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Originally Posted by DanceswithUnix

I shall have to watch for an IoT label turning up on our cat, they seem to be everywhere else already.

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Your cat has an embedded computer? Do you at least use it to derive the optimal catfood dispensing velocity? The world needs to know.

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Originally Posted by Ozaron

Your cat has an embedded computer? Do you at least use it to derive the optimal catfood dispensing velocity? The world needs to know.

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Any responsible cat owner should have their pet chipped, just not overclocked :D