Gigabyte Brix / Zotac ZBox good enough as note book alternatives ?

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2013/11/23 22:55:03 (permalink)

Gigabyte Brix / Zotac ZBox good enough as note book alternatives ?

Good for simple site recording with Sonar ?
Or for small gig setup, running soft synt / drums.
 
You have to add your own memory, hdd and display. Only USB 3 ports.
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=brix&N=-1&isNodeId=1
post edited by tomixornot - 2013/11/28 08:07:43

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    tomixornot
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    Re: Gigabyte Brix / Zotac ZBox good enough as note book alternative ? 2013/11/28 07:58:36 (permalink)
    Just an update, from tomshardware.
     
    Zotac updated the ZBox with Haswell
     
    http://www.zotac.com/products/mini-pcs/zbox/intel/product/intel/detail/zbox-iq01-1/sort/product_name/order/DESC/amount/10.html
     
    If I have some free time, I'll probably compare notebooks with similar processor and see how the Brix/ZBox stack up in pricing.

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    Re: Gigabyte Brix / Zotac ZBox good enough as note book alternative ? 2013/11/28 21:35:40 (permalink)
    Interesting, Is there a processor in there? Seems it doesn't include much. I see the words i3 in the title but they don't say much about the CPU. 
    I guess it's size is it's best attribute. 
    Would make an interesting replacement for a laptop for giging. I was looking into using a tablet with a touch screen. This would have a lot more horsepower for sure and all you need is to add a touch screen monitor. Looks like half rack size too, would go beside my little reverb box. 

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    Re: Gigabyte Brix / Zotac ZBox good enough as note book alternative ? 2013/11/29 02:44:00 (permalink)
    Processor is included. Memory and storage is not.
     
    Currently, Zoltac's top of line ZBox has an Intel Core i7-4770T (quad-core, 2.5 GHz) (Up to 3.7 GHz, Turbo), according to the spec, with Intel HD Graphics 4600.
     
    Gigabyte Brix.. (i7-4770 "R" ? up to 3.9 GHz.. )
     
    http://youtu.be/oR-BLMSYMJU
     
     
    post edited by tomixornot - 2013/11/29 02:45:42

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    Re: Gigabyte Brix / Zotac ZBox good enough as note book alternative ? 2014/04/15 21:09:52 (permalink)
    Just an update : Brix Pro
     
    http://techreport.com/review/26166/gigabyte-brix-pro-reviewed
     
    Downside : loud fan and only USB 3 ports.

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    Re: Gigabyte Brix / Zotac ZBox good enough as note book alternative ? 2014/04/16 08:59:04 (permalink)
    Other than the actual small size of this unit (portability/space saver), I don't see the advantage of using this. For just $200 - $600, you can easily get a desktop (or laptop) with monitor and everything else included in it.  

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    Re: Gigabyte Brix / Zotac ZBox good enough as note book alternative ? 2014/04/16 15:54:38 (permalink)
    They're probably pretty quiet without too much tweeking. 

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