Gigabyte BRIX Pro Mini-PC Review @ Madshrimps

Just like the Mini Cooper, and more recent Fiat 500 invasion, compact is apprently the new cool.  The small form factor PC emergence over the last year as we reported couldn't have been more pronounced than at the most recent CES event in Las Vegas.  Since seeing the BRIX for the first time there, apparently a new hot-rodded version has been released - the BRIX Pro.   

Does size really matter? On some human levels it might, though a different trend has been observed in the PC market over the last year. Compact is the key word, featuring mITX sized motherboards and idem ditto enclosures. These compact PCs are playing a more and more important role in every manufacturers' lineup: Mini PCs, NUCs, they are all amongst us now. For most users the bundled power is more than plenty as the size maters the most. Nevertheless combining the raw power of a desktop setup inside a mini sized housing is a step in another direction. Gigabyte is having big success with their BRIX boxes, time to step up one level. Today we are going to test one of these Gigabyte supercharged versions: the BRIX Pro.

I do feel that there is a growing niche for these, especially as device interconnectivity continues to flourish and the PC starts to find itself in new spots like the family room, where the bulk of a full or half-tower chassis footprint may not fit in modern entertainment centers. 

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