GTBox launches the T1, a mini-PC powered by a powerful AMD solution and featuring two low-power speakers.
Certainly not the best-known brand of mini-PCs today, Chinese company GTBox is trying an original approach to the market to make a name for itself. With the T1 - that's the simple name of this new machine - it intends to integrate speakers into its PC so that it becomes almost complete, and behaves as a very practical device for taking calls or audio/video conferences. Just take a look at the machine and you'll realize that everything has been thought out to make it look like a Bluetooth speaker. Everything except power...
Exploded view of the GTBox T1 © GTbox
In fact, GTBox's ambitions should be put on hold from the outset: while the T1 does indeed incorporate two speakers to provide at least a semblance of stereophonic image, the power output claimed by the manufacturer is a mere 2x 5 watts. Let's not forget that power ratings are often overestimated by manufacturers. It's clear, therefore, that you won't be using the T1 for a living room sound system, for example. On the other hand, as we said earlier, such power is sufficient to ensure correct transmission of the voice of our interlocutors for calls or conferences.
The question remains, however, as to the noise generated by the GTBox's unique built-in fan: does it risk drowning out the sound of your contacts? To be verified, of course...
Rich connectivity of the GTBox T1 © GTBox
This is all the more important given that this single fan will be responsible for cooling a compact machine featuring a high-performance processor, the AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS with its 8 Zen 4 cores capable of a maximum frequency of 4.9 GHz. The processor is also equipped with a very interesting graphics solution, a Radeon 780M with 12 RDNA 3 computing units at 2.6 GHz maximum frequency. We're also talking about 32 GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1 TB NVMe SSD. Last but not least, GTBox has taken care of the details with, for example, 2.5 GbE RJ45 networking and a USB4 port (40 Gbps) in addition to numerous other connectors (3x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DP 2.0, 1x audio).
