Gigabyte BRIX GB-BPCE-3455

Quiet and smooth

GIGABYTE GB-BPCE-3455 is a modified version of the reference Intel NUC BOX6CAYH nettop, made with an emphasis on passive cooling and, as a result, completely silent operation. The only thing that can buzz a little is the hard drive, if you, of course, choose it, and not a silent solid state drive. Fortunately, 2.5-inch HDDs, unlike 3.5-inch counterparts, vibrate weakly.

Single chip system

The heart of the GB-BPCE-3455 is an Intel Celeron J3455 processor with four cores of the latest energy-efficient Apollo Lake architecture (one and a half times faster than its predecessor Braswell) and Intel HD 500 graphics (12 execution units). He can handle such popular multiplayer games as World of Tanks and League of Legends, as well as single-player hits until 2008.

Do it yourself

RAM, by analogy with a disk, is not supplied in the kit — the buyer is invited to choose the required volume on his own (two SO-DIMM DDR3L slots are available).

Everything will connect

At the ends of the GB-BPCE-3455 there was a place for four USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI digital video output and an analogue VGA output, an Ethernet socket, a paired 3.5 mm audio jack and a card reader. The only internal MiniPCIe slot is occupied by a Wi-Fi + Bluetooth card, while there is no additional MiniPCIe M.2 (or mSATA) slot for a second drive. As a result, we get, albeit not an ultra-fast, but absolutely silent PC, capable of becoming a reliable office hard worker or set-top box with the functionality of an emulator of the classic game consoles Dendy (NES), Sega Mega Drive and PlayStation One, after being equipped with memory and a disk.