hey guys welcome to juan's channel that
specializes in pc hardware and dabbles
in laptops and mini pcs we aim to
educate our audience about what to buy
and today at the invitation of gigabyte
we will unbox a mini pc that launched
recently
bricks extreme has amd ryzen 5000 mobile
processor
in addition to an outstanding
performance and low energy consumption
this computer also consists of high
scalability it's for work commercial
entertainment so let's check out the
performance of this palm size desktop
gigabyte has been developing
motherboards and pc systems for a long
time including for b2b and v2c
when we visited ces and computex
gigabyte always had a dedicated area
showcasing servers as well as computers
for business gives consumers an idea of
the business gigabyte is involved in
and offers business partners and other
companies product insights today we are
going to test brix extreme
a mini pc from gigabyte featuring
excellent performance and high
scalability
looking at gigabyte's mini pc series
there are segments
the first is simply called bricks it is
an ultra compact pc that is palm sized
with essential performance at an
affordable price it can be used for
industrial control system tests atms or
even vending machines security systems
etc today we're going to unbox the
high-end version rig's extreme that is
compact and can handle diverse workloads
as it excels at performance and
scalability besides industrial control
systems bricks extreme can also be used
as a general pc for work or
entertainment the performance is even
superior to many entry level desktops
even though it has a four core eight
thread ryzen 5300 u mobile processor
other ryzen 5 mobile cpus integrate six
cores or ryzen 7 with 8 cores 5300 u
based on zen 2 is manufactured using
tsmc's 7 nanometer process it's a little
unfortunate that it doesn't have zen 3
but performance is n2 is solid today the
technological advancements result in
extremely low power consumption the
xiaoshin pro 13 recently tested had the
4800 u that is a 8 core cpu and pulls 15
watts like a light bulb
at 35 watts the performance of a
multi-core cpu can even transcend intel
9th gen desktop core processors
generally speaking amd's u-series
processors are positioned and dominate
compact pcs like laptops and mini pcs
another highlight is the integrated
graphics amd's vega 8 and 5300u it's a
video audio player that can support like
games as well as 4k output this mini pc
with an apu maintains impressive display
performance even without a dedicated
graphics card
talking about scalability bricks extreme
comes with multiple slots such as two so
dim memory slots for up to 64 gigabytes
at 3200 megahertz
for storage there is a high speed m.2
slot using pcie 3.0 by four lanes
meanwhile the pci expansion cable on the
motherboard allows you to connect a two
and a half inch ssd or hard drive
besides the inside storage this port can
also connect to an ethernet adapter or
an additional m.2 card is part of a new
design upgrade kit so though brix
extreme comes in a compact size the
internal scalability isn't lacking there
are multiple i o ports in the front
besides the power button and audio port
there are four usb 3 ports including a
type c and on the back you can see a
power port rj45 port and a type c port
as well as two hdmi ports and two usb
3.0 ports and one mini display the type
c port can also transmit a display port
signal brix extreme supports output for
up to four screens supporting 4k at 60
frames per second so more i o ports than
a laptop and yet there's more in
addition to a two and a half inch hard
drive support the optional upgrade kit
can add an additional m.2 drive as well
as a second one gigabit rj45 ethernet
port and one rs-232 serial port
excellent for industrial control
equipment for extra storage brix extreme
offers the m.2 expansion card kit in an
upcoming super sku for two more m.2 ssds
for a mini pc scalability up to three
ssds is possible with one downside
expansion pci 3.0 ports have limited
bandwidth to a buy one lane they
bottleneck nvme ssds but they're
sufficient for data storage or backup if
there's no need for expansion you could
still choose an extreme slim version
with a smaller footprint there are three
versions slim version has no two and a
half inch hard drives but m.2 ssd hard
drive version one two and a half inch
hard drive and one m.2 super version up
to three m.2 ssds or one m.2 and one two
and a half inch hard drive
but why the larger power adapter since a
full load burn-in test only pulls 60
watts
i asked gigabyte and they said to ensure
sufficient power for external devices as
their engineers connected all ports and
ran tests that reached up to 115 watts
to avoid power issues and inferior cpu
or igb performance gigabyte increased
the power adapter support to 135 watts
so though the power adapter looks common
it is well suited for this system on the
topic of scalability you'll probably
wonder why a mini pc needs such high
expandability well what's the purpose
gikabyte said so the mini pc can be
applied to more diverse usages
the design and size make it perfect for
schools government agencies or offices
it can quickly and easily edit documents
as you'd expect it can also be applied
to digital signages we see every day as
a brick supports up to four displays
additionally serial ports can address
the demands of factories that require
industrial control
the other two ethernet ports can be
connected to the intranet and internet
it can also be used as a software router
cloud backup device and more
for surveillance systems that save to
the mini pc is a backup via cloud also
this brix comes with two additional m.2
ports for storage scaling making it
perfect for small shops say you are
running a tea shop and need a pos system
generally the cashier has two screens
using two outputs to confirm orders one
for the staff and one for customers and
you can install two more displays for
digital signages on the wall with this
one mini system you can simply integrate
the pos system and digital signages
gigabyte also mentioned a customer used
this system to modify an arduino robot
so it has diverse applications that's
why gigabyte developed so many
accessories to allow the customer to
choose based on their needs
next we'll take a look at some testing
results
now for the performance and benchmarks
the rendering test of cinebench r20 the
5300u scored 2228
in the multi-core test and 437
in single core tests comparable to the
desktop i3 10 100 and ryzen 3 3100 for
igp performance bricks extreme scored
2969 and 3ds mark firestrike showing
performance between intel's uhd 750 and
nvidia gt 1030. with gcn architecture
encoding performance and support are not
as powerful as amd rdna or intel xe
graphics but it can handle document
editing 4k video playback or even 1080p
video editing
looking at the 5300u performance for
watching videos 1080p youtube videos are
smooth with only 10 resource utilization
bumping up to 4k playback cpu usage
stayed under 20
so the performance of this four core
processor is quite enough for binge
watching whatever you want including
smooth 8k
under full load it can still play at 30
frames per second in 8k but lag it does
occur trying to hit 60 frames per second
when video editing it can preview media
files in 1080p at 60 frames per second
smoothly but when moving the progress
bar we see cpu usage significantly
increase for this four core processor
but don't worry just lower the preview
resolution by half and it will be smooth
though color grading has never been the
strength of amd igp it can handle basic
curve adjustments well good enough for
basic color restoration and lut
applications
now gaming performance although this
mini pc is far from the best choice for
gaming here's what you can expect league
of legends at 1080p with all special
effects on you can see that it maintains
above 100 frames per second smoothly
booting up cs go with low settings the
output still maintains an impressive 100
frames per second as these two games
demand high single core performance the
5300u still shows decent single core
performance for office software and
entry-level gaming
this cpu and brix extreme is famous for
its low power consumption
when watching 1080p videos the cpu
package is a bit above 5 watts while the
overall power consumption is about 30
watts so if you left it on and watch
videos for a whole month the bricks will
only consume around 22 kilowatt hours
and that is less than five dollars
but when gaming the overall power
consumption can hit 50 watts performance
and efficiency are tied to how a mini pc
is manufactured more power more
performance but at a cost if the cpu
gets too hot in this case you will need
a better heat dissipation system here we
tested using ida 64's fpu test to see if
there is any thermal throttling using 35
watts
no wonder cinebench r20 achieved desktop
level performance the temperature reach
100c under harsh testing without
underclocking which is impressive and
surprising
brix extreme uses pure copper pipes with
a large fan for cooling under a harsh
burn-in test the overall noise level was
46 decibels like a refrigerator you have
to listen carefully to hear the noise in
standby mode the cooling system adopted
a low noise design for general use the
low power consumption of the processor
allows the heat dissipator to quietly do
its job for higher performance
applications processor can also function
smoothly at a minimum noise level
this kind of design is pretty practical
and most users would not push their
computers to such limits so consistent
performance at low noise levels you can
also change one of three operation modes
in the bios quiet standard and
performance
the processor can run at a power
consumption up to 37.5 watts when
performance mode is activated to fully
unleash performance
so that's unboxing and testing of
gigabytes brix extreme we learned that a
mini pc can be used as a computer yet
handle demanding and diverse
applications
with different accessories bricks
extreme can be applied to industrial
control ai recognition home care
advertising marketing and more so quite
interesting
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