GIGABYTE BRIX GB-BXBT-1900 Review: A Bay Trail UCFF PC
by Ganesh T S on October 24, 2014 12:10 PM ESTFinal Words
After putting the GB-BXBT-1900 through our mini-PC evaluation routine, we are glad to obtain additional data points that reflect what can be obtained from a system targeted towards price-conscious consumers. GIGABYTE builds upon Intel's NUC ecosystem successfully by presenting a Bay Trail alternative to consumers. Our only 'complaint' is the fact that the system is not available in the North American market (where the fanless Celeron N2807-based system is marketed instead of the BXBT-1900).
Pretty much the only downside of the unit is the bundled 802.11n WLAN component. Even considering the price-point pressures, GIGABYTE could have provided a single-stream 802.11ac card. On the plus side, the BIOS effortlessly handles overclocking transparently. The SO-DIMM we configured with was auto-clocked at 1600 MHz, despite the system's official 1333 MHz specification. The cores were also able to sustain the maximum frequency of 2.41 GHz without any user configuration. On a subjective note, the fan noise is pretty much non-existent.
All in all, GIGABYTE has managed to deliver the right balance of price, power, size and thermal / acoustic design in the GB-BXBT-1900 for the sub-$300 market.
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nathanddrews - Friday, October 24, 2014 - link
A dual-NIC version of this would make an incredible pfSense router.The_Assimilator - Saturday, October 25, 2014 - link
I had the exact same thought. I hope Gigabyte reads these comments and decides to produce such a device.abufrejoval - Sunday, October 26, 2014 - link
The GIGABYTE GA-J1900N-D3V (recently reviewed here) has those two ports and would fit that niche as well. There is also lots of USB Ethernet adapters out there, which at 100Mbit/USB 2.0 might be good enough for your uplink and there is also Gbit/USB 3.0 variants which may be a little trickier in terms of device drivers.artk2219 - Friday, October 24, 2014 - link
I just wanted to post this here. Dualcore sandy bridge cpu, m-itx, m-pcie, it can run a laptop display, msata, runs off a 19v powersupply from a dell or hp, and uses sodimms in case you have any laptop memory around. For 52 dollars.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...
bliq00 - Friday, October 24, 2014 - link
how does that run a laptop display?jdav - Friday, October 24, 2014 - link
LVDS monitor ribbon interface in the corner by the mSATA interface. Most laptop displays use this format to connect to the motherboard. The white 8-pin header to the left of that I believe is for the display power.Jambe - Friday, October 24, 2014 - link
So this variant (with the J1900) will never come to NA?:(
alhopper - Saturday, October 25, 2014 - link
What's the point of this review if the product cannot be purchased?OrphanageExplosion - Saturday, October 25, 2014 - link
Because Anandtech does have readers outside of North America?Tikcus9666 - Saturday, October 25, 2014 - link
Because the world is much much bigger than the USA