14 DAY TRIAL // AMD APUs are something that many system builders overlook, but they might prove to be a deal maker for the Gigabyte BRIX barebone PC, along with the discrete GPUs backing them up.
The box-like computer, measuring 59.6 mm x 128 mm x 115.4 mm / 2.34 x 5.03 x 4.54 inches, combines an AMD A8-5557M accelerated processing unit (integrated graphics Radeon HD 8800M Series) with the Radeon R9 M275X discrete GPU (2 GB GDDR5).
Gigabyte says that this combo allows the computer to play games. I doubt things like Skyrim and Tomb Raider will run well, but Call of Duty and games from up to a few years ago might run just fine.
Anyway, the Gigabyte BRIX also has room for one mSATA drive, a standard 2.5-inch SATA HDD bay, up to 16 GB DDR3 memory (two SO-DIMM slots), four USB 3.0 ports, DisplayPort and HDMI for video, and wireless networking (Wi-Fi / Bluetooth 4.0 Mini PCIe Card).
Gigabyte did not specify the price of the barebone in its press release or the product page.
