This tiny Brix mini PC brings Intel Panther Lake to your desk

Gigabyte quietly posted a new Panther Lake Brix on its website. The GB-BRU9-386H is a compact desktop built around Intel’s Core Ultra 9 386H, a 16-core processor from the company’s latest chip family. What makes this one different is that you can swap the RAM yourself.

The best mini PCs solder memory to save space inside the chassis. This one gives you two SO-DIMM DDR5 slots instead. You can pop them open and install up to 128GB down the road when your needs change. The listing also confirms Wi-Fi 7 support and dual M.2 storage slots, with one of them running at PCIe Gen5 speeds. Gigabyte hasn’t said when it ships or what it might cost yet. But the product page is already live, which usually means an announcement isn’t far off.

Ports and storage keep pace with the processor

The back and front of this Brix pack a surprising

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