Gigabyte Brix GB-BACE-3150 Ultra Compact PC Kit - 240GB SSD + 8GB RAM - Black

Nice little unit, very compact and up and running with Linux Ubuntu 17.1 Server edition. While this isn't the fastest mini pc in the world, it does offer a nice platform that can sit being your 55in Smart TV (well that's my setup). Tried installing by Wifi - didn't allow that option out of the box. Used a cable to the 1Gb Ethernet port, rebooted and all was connected. Installation was slow, but that is a chunky bit of installing. One point to observe is the setting in the UEFI menu and set your operating system type.Typically this unit runs at about 40 degrees on each core of which there are 4. 1.6 Ghz speed.I chose the 4 GB and 1TB Sata HDD, and this is a quiet machine, just the faint sound of the hard drive. Using SSD would mean silence.This is a useful bit of kit, compact and plenty of ports, supporting both VGA port and HDMI.This will eventually be running my dating site software, with plenty of capacity for a small site. Should the site become very popular then I may have to look at hosting on an external server, still this is a nice hide-away box and suitable for development work.I may buy more and set another one up for my laser engraving hobby as a client to the machine. This isn't really suitable for high power gaming, but could fit the media streaming needs, small desktop pc, it does come with a mount so it can be attached to the back of a VESA mount capable screen. For my application I can't find any negatives as yet. From the hardware point of view it is well made, how it copes with Windows is something I haven't tested. For the cost all in I think it is a pretty good performer.

I use this as a server (headless, Ubuntu Server 18.04). A breeze to install, no issues. I administered it using SSH until I discovered Webmin. I do have the same problem as another reviewer: it won't reboot automatically - I have to shutdown and restart manually. Not a big deal considering how infrequently this is needed.However, I was surprised about how hot it ran. I have a BRIX 1900 which is never more than slightly warm. The N3000 runs hot; the CPU reported 62 deg C and I measured the external temp of the case at a toasty 40 deg C, so I was also concerned for the components I had added (SSD, memory). I checked the power draw - 6W, so no problem there. The system powered itself off a couple of time so I was concerned it might be unstable. I contacted Gigabyte who replied with some waffle about how they couldn't test the temperature characteristics because of variations in the users environment, namely the case and the fan. I pointed out to them that the case was standard and supplied by them, and there was no fan. When pressed, they eventually came back with 87 deg C as the max temp, and suggested I add a fan. Well, I'd already found an old case fan and stood it beside the computer, I can do this because it's a server tucked out of the way, but if I were using this as a mini computer on the VESA mount of a monitor, I'd not be too impressed by this suggestion.So it seems that hot is OK. The max operating temps for the SSD and memory are 70 and 85 respectively, also OK, but I still don't like it. With the fan next to the N3000 the CPU temp is in the 20-30 range which I prefer. I put the difference in temps between the N3000 and J1900 down to the chip technology - N3000 is 14nm technology. J1900 is 22nm.Regardless of all that, it works well.

I purchased this for a computer build for a friend. The quality of the case is very high, it has a premium feel to it, with a glossy reflective top and all metal construction. Even thought the included processor is quite basic, it has more than enough power for basic computing. As my friend was new to desktop computing and an inexperienced user, he wanted something easy to use, small form factor and cheap, the Gigabyte fitted all these criteria and was small enough to mount on the back of a 24" led monitor (with the supplied mounting kit). I purchased a SSD hard-disk, Windows 10 licence and 16gb of RAM. With the addition of a wireless keyboard/mouse, I set up the Gigabyte to wake up upon mouse or keyboard press. My friend couldn't believe how quick the Gigabyte started, and I have to admit it shocked me as well. Needless to say he was very impressed with the setup and very happy with it. It really gave me pause for thought that you could have such a powerful little computer in such a small box (mounted at the back of a monitor!)

performance was a little down on what I expected as I own 2 J1900 models I would say this is not as fast

I could not install Windows 10 from a USB3 pen drive despite setting the O/S to the 'flexible' system option in BIOS. Reformatted my hard disk and tried again failed. Decided to load Windows 7 with legacy and flexible BIOS settings. Both failed for Win 7 & 10. So decided to use a Win 10 ISO image burned to a DVD. 80% install achieved (best so far!) but despite ensuring correct BIOS setting on first reboot during install all the USB PORTS were disconnected so couldn't do anything. Powered down PC and rebooted again but still continued with USB ports problem. There is a BIOS upgrade from gigabyte to fix this USB problem, however I could get the PC to update the firmware. I have built, faulted and upgraded pcs for nearly 30 years and have never had problems of such magnitude with the gigabyte brand. Amazon have refunded me. Thank you Amazon.

I wanted a low cost basic PC for my Mum in law to just browse the web, email and Skype. This bare bones PC does the job. I am running Linux Mint and all is well. No more grinding Windows updates that slow your PC down to a crawl after they have installed. Note you need to add an SSD and DDR3 memory to this product, choose an operating system and you're good to go.

I'm using this as my new Linux server. With a SSD it's totally silent. Easy to assemble and takes up almost no space