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$199.99 PC from Gigabyte dubbed "Brix"
GrayGhost79
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Not something I'd game on (Though with streaming... who knows) but its a decent little general use PC.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Gigabyte-Brix-ZBOX-nano-mini-PC-HTPC,22017.html
USB 3.0 ports
16gb DDR3 Ram
CPU Choice of: Celeron 1007U, the Core i5-3337U, or the Core i7-3537U
mSata for SSD
Built in Wifi
HDMI port and mini display port output
Supports Dual Displays
For $200 I can't say its a bad buy.
Comments
what about video specs?
played a million mmo's
It's not a complete computer. It's a case, motherboard, and possibly power supply and/or processor, though I'm not sure on those last two. It doesn't include a hard drive, SSD, memory, or OS license. It probably doesn't include an optical drive, either. For graphics, you'd be limited to a ULV version of Intel integrated something or other. Also, even if the CPU is included, if you want anything other than a 1.5 GHz Celeron dual core, that will add greatly to the price tag.
It's not exactly a new type of product, either:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100006668%2040000309&IsNodeId=1&name=Mini%20%2f%20Booksize%20Barebone%20Systems
But even if you do want a nettop, the chip you're looking for is AMD Kabini, which launches in a couple of months.
James T. Kirk: All she's got isn't good enough! What else ya got?
Yeah, they are directly competing with the NUC. It definitely stomps my Raspberry Pi lol.
It's not just Intel's NUC. Check my link above. Various companies offer that sort of thing with Core 2 Duo, Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, Atom, and Zacate. I'm sure they'll offer it with Kabini and Haswell, too. Zotac in particular offers a ton of them.