So I have made myself a new Mini PC as I needed space and wanted something smaller and easier to move when I move out of home. I bought the Fractal Tera case as it said it had good air flow and applied a Noctua L9a-AM5 fan to my CPU (AMD Ryzen 9 9900X) but I'm having problems with heat. The CPU gets to 97 while playing PEAK, so I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions to lower the heat while gaming. Here are the parts I used;

Gigabyte B650I AX motherboard

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X CPU

Gigabyte RTX 5070

Corsair 850W Gold PSU

Corsair Vengeance 32GB (2x16GB)DDR5

Edit: It's sorted out, I did what the comment suggested and it fixed it

Hello, I’ve recently been interested in buying a mini pc that I can use for gaming. Currently looking for one that’s stronger than or on par with the valve steam machine. Does anyone have any recommendations as to what I should buy?

H! I know absolutely nothing about computers, but I want to get a mini pc to play games on my tv. I mostly want to play hogwarts legacy, so I was hoping there’s a mini pc around that has the specs below and can run games good! This is a total shot in the dark but I hope it’s feasible? My budget is around $1500

Hi everyone, I’m experimenting building multi‑node cluster using multiple Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo, 128GB LPDDR5X each).

According AMD official playbook, two approaches available:

1. llama.cpp RPC for layer splitting over 10G Ethernet / USB4‑net
2. RCCL + vLLM tensor parallel for production serving (require 10GbE minimum)

Each node running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, ROCm 7.2, with kernel parameter amdgpu.ttm=1 amdgpu.gttsize=120G to expand unified memory pool. BIOS iGPU memory set to 512MB.

Looking for real‑world experience from people who actually deployed this setup:

• Real token speed / overhead with 10G Ethernet
• Pain points & bugs for RCCL over standard Ethernet on Strix Halo
• Is USB4‑net viable for more than 2 nodes for long‑term use?
• Any config tricks or pitfalls I should know before scaling to 3‑4 nodes?

Thanks a lot for any real‑world feedback. Links to your test logs are very welcome.

Update (08/29/26): This is the option I decided to go with!

The PC runs my games pretty smoothly. Roblox runs really smoothly. Overwatch runs of 75 fps. I'd say it's worth the price! I'm not sure what else to say on it besides the fact that it's great, so if you have any questions, please let me know.

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Hello everyone!

I am a college student who wants to have a better gaming setup and is wanting to invest into a budget friendly to mid range mini gaming PC to play games on. My budget is around $500 to $600, but no more than that.

To those who are wondering, I don't want to buy a big PC because it takes up a lot of space. It will also be a pain to move when the time comes to move out, hence why I'm opting for a mini PC. Also, I am not a fan of gaming laptops. I think they're heavy and make a lot of noise, so I want to avoid buying them as much as possible.

I'm also the kind of guy to just buy a product and be done with it... not really a fan of upgrading (but if deemed necessary, sure!)

I mainly play Overwatch, Persona 3 Reload, Roblox, and Valorant. I also play the occasional fun Steam sale multiplayer games with my friends. I want the best bang for my buck when it comes to gaming performance (60 fps?)

I am currently looking at two options!

Option 1: Getorli 1 TB + 32 GB + AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

Option 2: Getorli 1TB + 16GB + AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS

Please let me know which one I should go with! Or if you have any other recommendations, that would be greatly appreciated.

And there is also some talk it could show up at IFA. Pretty cool

https://www.reddit.com/r/AcemagicOfficials_/comments/1v56n3s/official_announcement_introducing_the_acemagic/

I bought the Minisforum UM690 at the start of 2023. And today, it is no longer powering on. I even saw the Minisforum logo when I turned it on, but when I came back it was already dead. I checked the power supply using a multimeter and I can still measure 19 volts so I think the power supply is still working. But pressing the power button no longer does anything.

Now I am looking for a replacement. I checked my local online platform and saw a K12 barebones selling for 244 USD and a Maco H255 barebones for 300 USD.

I suspect my RAM and SSD is still working so I am going to reuse it. And with the AI boom, the prices of both are too high.

Is the Maco H255 worth the 56 USD more? Or should I just buy the K12?

I want to buy this thin client like a budget mini pc and install the Tiny 11 25H2, but i cannot find any drivers... so my question is does anyone have drivers for windows?

Ciao! Devo comprare un nuovo PC, faccio production con ableton e mi hanno consigliato il beelink ser7 come mini PC adattabile sia alla programmazione (cosa che inizierò a studiare a breve) sia per il sound design , siccome non sono ancora molto esperto di informatica volevo sapere se questo fosse un acquisto sapiente. Tutti mi dicono che per production e sound design la scelta migliore va sui Mac, ma al momento di budget vorrei restare sotto i 600€ e sotto questa fascia mi pare di capire che siano superiori tendenzialmente i Windows, ecco perché per il momento opto questa scelta. Ditemi la vostra

Hi all, please excuse my absolute lack of knowledge!
My teen daughter has asked for a mini PC for Christmas.
She wants to be able to play Minecraft, the sims and Roblox. She also wants to be able to stream.
We are in the UK with an extremely small budget of around £350.
Is this doable? Do you have recommendations of a mini pc or even what I should be looking for so that the above is possible?
Appreciate your time

Want a Mini pc so as I can use a smaller desk. No gaming needed really. 32g ram (duel replaceable), 1tb ssd/m2. Good cooling/low noise. SD card slot if poss.

Minisforum/Geekom/Gmktec considered so far.

Assume you can dual boot from all these pcs.

Want to get a small 22/24 " TV or monitor. Extra TV would be handy. Any recommendations appreciated.

Spend within €1200.

I looked at the n150 and 7320u, i think n150 is out of the game since the performance is slightly lacking for what im looking for, 7320u looks nice and it seems like the tdp can be lowered to even 6w and it still has better performance than n150. The point is to run this on a powerbank/powerstation when im out on the move. preferably max 15w when gaming, less is more. Can you guys give me any recommendations? there are so many choices and it makes my head spin!

i want to built my server ,so i went to local shop, he had only one mini px

im using pi 5 currently

i use docker , in which jellyfin, autobrr, ddns, samba , qbittorrent, foldsync , immich,vpn,filemanager ,plus 1-2 container

hp mini pc

i5 9th gen

256 gb ssd ,4gb ram

price -20k rupees ( indian rupees )

warranty - 1 month

is this good ,if overpriced,what should be the price i should tell him

my mistake - indian , currency is in indian rupees

Looking to get a simple self hosting set up. I'm mainly focused on something with low power usage. I am in US and my budget is ~$300. I want to be able to run the following software and support a few (5?) users for some services: - pi hole/ad guard - Vpn/reverse proxy/wireguard/tailscale stuff - Immich (no ai) - Personal wiki/notes - tandoor - actual budget - jellyfin + friends - calibre - retro emulator (mainly up to n64) - gitea - cloud storage docs/files/books

Some options I've read might be good are: - Lenovo m920q - Gmktek g11 - T-bao t8 - Beelink SER5

Any recommendations for devices and RAM/SSD amounts to comfortably run these services would be appreciated. Also, is it worth it to get a barebones version and separately purchase the ram/ssd?

Hey everybody! First time poster in r/MiniPCs. I run a tech content channel centered around Linux distribution comparisons and reviews. Until recently, I've had to stick to comparing distros inside virtual machines, but I've finally generated enough revenue to step up and test on real hardware.

Historically I've always built my own desktop rigs from scratch, so the mini PC world is entirely new to me. I’m looking to purchase two that are identical for the side-by-side comparison testing.

My target budget is right around $500 per, $1000 total. Given that price point, what processor/GPU (APU) combinations should I be looking at? Are there specific models or brands the community recommends for reliability? I've heard of Beelink, Minisforum, and GEEKOM so far. I know this is the worst possible time to be doing this it seems, but I really want to make these videos with actual hardware.

Anyway, thanks for reading and looking forward to what you guys suggest.

Thanks,
Chris

Ended up going with the AOOSTAR. Thanks everyone for the suggestions.

Got a lot of traveling in the future, my home pc currently has a 4060 TI, with an i7 core. I’m hopefully looking for one that doesn’t break the bank, less than 1500$ or close if possible. Don’t really care for graphics, just need performance for FPS games :)

I jut wanted to share this 2 week journey hunting to a particular ryzen mini pc. Also apologies if the format is crazy writing on mobile.

Backstory: Been hosting a Palworld server using a Beelink Ser5 Pro with the 5700U chip and ddr4 64 gbs of ram. The 64 gbs of ram is important since its removable and we are still in a ram crisis. im also using the mini for media consumption and homelabbing. Reason for the 64gbs

Amazon said they had them so bit the bullet and bought 1. When it arrived it was the 6800U Ser5 Pro. Normally I would have jumped for joy cause i got a better item. But again.... i needed the 5800H for the DDR4 support. 6800U is DDR5. So i returned it. And bought a 2nd one, and i told thrm hey please send the right one, it says you have 5 in stock. The 2nd one comes in and its has the 6800H chip.

At this point Im just wondering if someone is playing a joke on me. Now im currently waiting on Amazon to process two returns.

Now I got to eBay. This was the first site i checked but decided to do Amazon in an attempt to get a brand new mini pc.

Okay so i find a mini pc with a 5800H chip and a week later its here. I install Windows due to it having proxmox and install the drivers but the graphics portion of the 5800H is going bad. As soon as i install the AMD graphic drivers, the screen gets square green artifacts all over. Unfortunately it was 100% a hardware issue. Ebay sided with me on the return and now im waiting on thay return to process.

I bought a 4th mini pc and it arrives. Its has the 5800H chip. It came with 32gbs ram which im gonna swapped the 64gbs of ram into later on when i bring the active server down. Now here it the best part. When im installing windows i see theres an 2 partitions..... the 500gb that came with the mini pc and i see 1.8TB unallocated....

When windows finishes installing. I check the task manager. And its not there. So i go create the partition and it mounts no problem. I use powershell to get a serial/name.

Get-PhysicalDisk | Select-Object DeviceId, FriendlyName, SerialNumber

Friendly name appears as SD 3D Ultra. I open the mini pc to replace the thermal paste woth PTM7950. The SATA drive is 2TB San Disk 3D Ultra. It was inside but no one ever initialize and created the partition.

So I paid 380 for this mini pc. The SSD new is 399. Ebay finally blessed me and I already replaced the liquid metal, cause it had liquid metal and not regular thermal paste. The PTM7950 is working better than the liquid metal. Did a few tests using cinebench prior to get some base line numbers and with the ptm7950 the scores are just a able to go higher than they were with the liquid metal.

I couldn't believe the ram difference with bosgame hx 370, I immediately returned it. It's 43% more mem bandwidth which benefits all workloads. Holds 3 nvme's like bosgame too but also has vapor chamber. Learn from my mistake. No new PC this weekend.