I received an offer from https://mini-itx.com, and as a developer can never have enough computers I bought this and added 8 GB RAM. I put Windows 10 professional on.


The Spec

Gigabyte Brix GB-BLCE-4000C fully assembled PC. The Gigabyte Brix GB-BLCE-4000C features a dual core Celeron CPU, ram up to 8GB Ram. It is a total fanless PC.



Base specification (this is configurable using options)

• Intel Celeron N4000 2.6GHz
• 4GB Ram DDR4
• 500Gb Hard Disk
• Gigabit lan (Realtek RTL8111HS)
• Includes Wireless- Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168 & Bluetooth
• Intel UHD Graphics 600 onboard, dual display capable with HDMI and VGA outputs.
• Front 1 x Power Button, 1 x USB3.0, 1 x USB3.0 type-C
• 1 x Headphone Jack, 1 x Microphoce Jack
• Rear 1 x HDMI(1.4b), 2 x USB 3.0, 1 x RJ45, 1 x VGA
• Side 1 x Kensington lock slot
• Dimension 56.22 mm x 103 mm x 116.52 mm (2.21″ x 4.06″ x 4.59″)
• Vesa mountable bracket included Supports 75 x 75 and 100 x 100 mm
• 1 year parts and labour warranty



System:

• Don't forget - this is a two core N4000 Celeron chip!



Verdict:

• Hardware build quality is excellent.
• Looks very good.
• I received a 240 GB SSD instead of 120 GB as Gigabyte had run out of 120 GB!
• Plenty of CPU power considering only two cores.
• Runs a NetSDR at 1 MHz bandwidth acceptably, also fine at 2 MHz bandwidth.
• Graphics on a HD monitor is usable but not fantastic.
• Would struggle to run another resource-intensive program such as WSJT.
• Would be fine as a server for one or two SDRs.



Future Use

• This will be used for running the g4eli.sdr-radio.com DX Cluster sometime in 2020.