Gigabyte GB-BXBT-2807-250/4 Brix Ultra Compact Barebone PC @ amazon

drinkingwater

Gigabyte GB-BXBT-2807-250/4 Brix Ultra Compact Barebone PC - amazon

Contains Crucial 250GB SSD + 4GB RAM
Intel Celeron N2807

from hukd

£142.47 = ~193.063 EUR

good price with ram and ssd

slegs

Great unit. I have two of the version at link below for running Kodi in living room and bedroom. I cant speak highly enough of the box. Kicks ass compared to all the underpowered Android boxes out there (I have tried lots of options including Apple TV and RPi). Its quad core compared to OP link which is dual core. Just add a 2.5"drive (SSD preferably for speed of bootup) and memory (4GB is plenty) and install Openelec Kodi as OS and you are good to go.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00MOEMZMQ

quarryman

slegs wrote: »

Great unit. I have two of the version at link below for running Kodi in living room and bedroom. I cant speak highly enough of the box. Kicks ass compared to all the underpowered Android boxes out there (I have tried lots of options including Apple TV and RPi). Its quad core compared to OP link which is dual core. Just add a 2.5"drive (SSD preferably for speed of bootup) and memory (4GB is plenty) and install Openelec Kodi as OS and you are good to go.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00MOEMZMQ

How loud is it at idle etc?

rtron

Are these boxes any good for running windows 8 or10?

Damiencm

Perhaps a silly question.. it doesnt come with an operating system, how would I go about installing for example windows 10 on this?

Ste-

Damiencm wrote: »

Perhaps a silly question.. it doesnt come with an operating system, how would I go about installing for example windows 10 on this?

Bootable USB stick. Check bios is chosen to boot from usb isntall from there.

/profit.

wingnut

Damiencm wrote: »

Perhaps a silly question.. it doesnt come with an operating system, how would I go about installing for example windows 10 on this?

Could also put Ubuntu or Chromium OS on this way.

slegs

quarryman wrote: »

How loud is it at idle etc?

Silent with SSD...no fan. CPU is embedded with motherboard

EDIT: There is a small CPU fan tucked away but not audible

moleyv

The i3 slimline version is on CCL for around 160 GBP. mSATA only though, and not including RAM or memory.

For those needing a bit more grunt.

slegs

From a review on Amazon comparing benchmark units for some CPUs that a guy owns - the Brix 1900 looks best value for horsepower at < £100 but at £160 the i3 version as poster above says is great value

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N2807 918 BRIX BXBT-2807 (the commonly found model)
T7200 1174 my old HP NC6400 laptop (respectable in its day but now 7 years old)
J1900 1885 BRIX BXBT-1900 (this model)
i3-4020 2437 BRIX BXI3-4020U (nearly twice the price of this model)
Q9400 3437 my tower system (quadcore system, excellent in its day but now 6 years old)
i7-5500 3959 BRIX BXI7-5500U (real horsepower but over 4x the price of this model!)

BrendanD

That seems to have gone up to full price.
Thinking of building THIS
Just wondering if there's an easy way to add a sat card ?