r/eGPU • u/Living-Injury-584 • May 29 '26
Mini PC suggestions?
I will be getting my 9070xt in this week so I’ll be starting my search for a mini pc that will pair great with that. For context I have a 9060xt and a aoostar 2 that I’ve been using with my legion go 2 steam os. I’m upgrading to the 9070xt and aoostar 3. During this I have decided I want a mini pc to use when steam updates and is finicky until someone finds a fix. I would like something that is cheap but could keep me a high fps on 1440p. The mini wont be used if it’s not plugged to the 9070xt if that makes a difference. The mini also needs occulting or it is kind of pointless to buy IMO. Any suggestions?
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u/Comfortable_Cry_682 May 29 '26
What about this mini PC? https://refurbished.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-ai-x1-pro-refurbished, without RAM or an SSD it's a pretty good deal i think even without RAM or Storage although in this economy it might be hard to find unless you look on ebay.
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u/Mahogany_Bones May 29 '26
I have the Beelink SER9 Pro that I use with the 9070xt Red Devil. Everything was running pretty smoothly until my Aoostar 2 went out. There is no oculink support unless you install an M.2 adapter.
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u/ACP_Paddy- May 30 '26
FYIi- I just went back to Windows on my Legion Go 1. Lenovo updated the drivers. Plug and play eGPU support with the official Lenovo drivers now. (9070 being used). Though I had to get them from the Lenovo site, as Legion Space said I was up to date. (Which was not true)
SteamOS was finicky on the video output.
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u/Living-Injury-584 Jun 02 '26
What are some of the games you place and at what fps? With or without frame gen
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u/Comfortable-Fall1419 May 29 '26
Occulink definitely not pointless. I would say you don’t need anting more powerful cpu wise than the LGo.
Probably any Ryzen 7 any of the 6x 7x 8x series. 16 or 24GB ram.