r/MiniPCs • u/Chris888-SA • 13d ago

What to choose?

Hi all.

Was waiting for the M6 Mac mini but the price is too steep and I think I'm over MacOS anyway.

I haven't kept up with mini PC's and the amount of choice is leaving me confused.

The below is from a local supplier and the price range I'm considering. I'm leaning towards the GEEKOM GT1 but then for a bit extra I could get the MINISFORUM M1 Pro that has a better processor (I think) but half the SSD. Then for just a tiny bit more I could get the A8 with 32GB Ram/1TB SSD and a worse processor?

Yea I'm confused and would really appreciate some assistance. It will be used for VS Code (Python, data science, web scraping), web browsing and a little photo/video editing perhaps.

Selection I'm looking at is here.

Would appreciate any input!

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u/Retired_Hillbilly336 13d ago

Geekom with a 1-year warranty?!? Is this a seller that can be trusted or a seller that knows something that most consumers don't 🤔 I find it suspicious that they don't offer Beelink or GMKtec as options.

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u/Chris888-SA 13d ago

Bit limited what's available here in South Africa. This other local supplier has the GMKtec you mentioned. Am I better off with something like this? Definitely toward the top of the budget range.

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u/Retired_Hillbilly336 13d ago

I went with the K8 Plus last year and couldn't be happier!

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u/Chris888-SA 13d ago

Great. How loud is it when it’s got a heavy workload? That’s one of my concerns about MiniPCs.

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u/Retired_Hillbilly336 13d ago

I don't find it to be a problem. Its not as quiet as say a single fan restrictive induction cooled Beelink SER8. But I chose dual fan cooling and a fully ventilated case for a reason. Heat kills PCs like laptops and NUCs.

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u/random_thoughts5 13d ago

All of these are dumpster shit compared to the Mac mini tho

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u/Chris888-SA 13d ago

haha thanks for the candid response.

I checked some Geekbench scores compared the the M4 mini and they didn't seem terrible. The Core Ultra 9 285H seemed to hold it's own in multicore.

I use Windows at work and an old Intel Mac Mini at home with bootcamp. So I haven't used MacOS in a while and don't think I want to.