Giada Launches Mini PC for Pro Gamers

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The comment about it's biggest competitor based on pricing seems off. Sure, the pricing might be the same, but an AMD Trinity platform + 7660G is NOT as powerful as an i7-4500U + GTX750.

Not really a competitor at all, unless price is the only comparison!
 
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I don't understand the obsession companies have of late - the obsession with power consumption and small form factor overrides common sense or practicality. Here we have an oddly shaped (can't stand on end), pretty plain looking box that destroys the notion of upgrades to shave 3 extra inches off and use a power brick instead of a SFF power supply. It defies logic - loss of features (processor power, no upgrade path, kinda weak-ish graphics), non-premium looks, and odd architecture "selling points" (great, it supports 3 displays - but so can anyone else with that card)... all for a $500 price premium. These companies are making systems like this "because they can" but not because the need is there. I mean really - whose TV cabinet is SO TINY that they can't use a mini-ITX case, but has room on the floor for some massive power brick? WTH is going on in these design departments?
 
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I don't understand the obsession companies have of late - the obsession with power consumption and small form factor overrides common sense or practicality. Here we have an oddly shaped (can't stand on end), pretty plain looking box that destroys the notion of upgrades to shave 3 extra inches off and use a power brick instead of a SFF power supply. It defies logic - loss of features (processor power, no upgrade path, kinda weak-ish graphics), non-premium looks, and odd architecture "selling points" (great, it supports 3 displays - but so can anyone else with that card)... all for a $500 price premium. These companies are making systems like this "because they can" but not because the need is there. I mean really - whose TV cabinet is SO TINY that they can't use a mini-ITX case, but has room on the floor for some massive power brick? WTH is going on in these design departments?
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You're trading those features for a real decrease in size. Having a very crowded entertainment center already, I appreciate the decrease in size. At a low enough entry point, I don't care about upgrades. So this one could drop a bit in price to be really attractive.

This could make a decent media center PC as well as a Big-Screen Steam display. You're not really losing much in the processor (that i7 turbos to 3.0GHz), and a mSATA drive will make it really snappy. Even the GTX750 is decent enough for gaming.

It also functions well as a working desktop where you can game on it as well as using it for work-related purpose. Multiple screens are really useful in the workplace. Finally, that small footprint saves a lot of space on your desktop, in addition to adding a little wow factor when co-workers come into your office.

Some Intel NUCs are replacing some PCs at my office, so these smaller sizes can definitely find a home.
 
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Who wrote this TITLE?

For "pro" gamers? Really? As in professional gamers? On a GTX750?

Also, the i7 is a dual-core CPU (2C/4T) with a 15W TDP which makes me really nervous considering the i5-4200M is also 2C/4T but has a 37W TDP.

So what's the deal, does the 3GHz Turbo only work with the 2nd core not running?

Looks like a lot of compromise to save a little volume on a computer that is unlikely to be moved much. Yes, it's a niche item. but.... why would anyone buy it for that price?
 
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Toms, please use metric system? 95% of the world doesn't know if this thing is small or large, please!
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weren't you on the internet when you wrote this? If only there were some way to search the vast amounts of information contained online for what you need to know. Like some kind of engine the drove searches. Man, whoever comes up with that idea would probably be worth at least thousands of [insert your currency of choice here].
 
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LOL TechieNewbie. One could also just open Windows Calculator, Click "View" and select "Unit Conversion" to convert the dimensions. Alas, the lazy want everything just handed to them...
 
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Gigabyte Brix Gaming DIY = $799 and has a desktop GTX 760. Add in 8gb of DDR3-1600 and a 480gb mSata and your still under $1100
 
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Woah woah, did you not see my handle? That's a pretty complex maneuver for me, I'm not a hacker or something :p.

But I shouldn't have been so rude, I live in the states, but so much of the content I watch in regards to tech is in metric so I can understand the desire to want things measured in that system. But then, if it weren't for being interested in computers I wouldn't have learned Centigrade (which has, at this point, become just a way to annoy my friends when they ask how hot I think it is outside, "Oh about 25 degrees").

 
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I got a $1000 to upgrade... I wouldn't buy these systems, cause I already have a bunch SSD, HD's, Case's, Memory, PS. I will use that $1000 for a new CPU, MOBO, and G. CARD... What ever I upgrade with run circles around these little systems... These systems are marketed to people who don't know or are not hardcore. They make it small and put the cheapest moderate components in it to keep price of making it down, then mark up the ass out of it (niche system) to sell again to people who don't know or ect..... You might as well build your own $500 system and buy xbox or PS4, whatever cash is left over buy a small mini fridge hold those nice cold beers as you have another epic encounter in DOTA or BF4 or whatever your gamer ass desires!!!
 
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I am on it going to walk over to the local circuit city and buy one of these bad boys..... Can someone tell me how to travel back in time?
 
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