Gigabyte BRIX Pro Review

Inside the BRIX Pro - Part 1

Removing four screws, you can remove the bottom panel.  As shown in Figure 8, there is a 2.5” bay at this panel, where you can install an SSD or a hard drive.

Figure 8: 2.5” bay

In Figure 9, you have a view from the inside of the BRIX Pro when the bottom panel is removed. At first glance, you can see two memory sockets, a Wi-Fi adapter, and a cable with a power and data SATA connector, which must be, obviously, connected to the 2.5” device you install.

Figure 9: inside view

Removing the motherboard from the case, you can see it better. The two SODIMM (“laptop memory”) sockets are for DDR3L 1.35 V modules (L stands for low voltage). There is a Mini PCI Express slot, populated by an Azurewave AW-CB161H Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card, which complies with IEEE 802.11ac (dual band) and Bluetooth 4.0. The Wi-Fi control chip used is the Realtek RTL8821AE.

There is a second slot (the black one near the Wi-Fi card) that is actually an mSATA slot for an SSD unit based on this form factor.

Figure 10: motherboard