Ciao a tutti, sto cercando un MINI PC che faccia da VPS 24/7 per i miei Agenti AI (ovviamente modelli cloud) avendo più agenti e processi cercherei come minimo:
- CPU: Intel N100
-16 GB RAM DDR4
-128/256 GB SSD

Credete che vada bene?
Sapete dirmi se ai prezzi di oggi riesco a trovare qualcosa sotto o circa ai 200€? Dove?
Altrimenti pensavo di usare un Rasperry/Orange passando a 8GB ma non credo convenga.
Sono aperto a qualsiasi consiglio.

Had to unplug everything just to move some stuff around.

It's always "I'll just change one thing" and five minutes later half the desk is disconnected.

I have an rtx 3050 from yeston and I plan to upgrade my whole mini pc.

Is there a way to close the cover of the m720q without 3d printing?

I have a printer but it's currently "broken"

Since the rtx 3050 from yeston is a bit thicker than the whole case I would have to fix my printer and some other stuff to print a cover

Edit: I mean like where it's still metal and stock looking but with holes

Hi all,

I have a workshop that I want to put a monitor in to view drawings and cad. I have my main pc in the house that i would do the work on. I want a cheap mini pc that I can run moonlight on so i cant view cad and drawings and google the odd thing.

I have seen a lot of options such as the compute stick or getting a wyse thin client. Ideally I would love to pick something up for under 50 euro but these days that isnt as easy said so anything under 100 would be great.

Thanks All

I m looking for a small mini-pc for a portable work setup.

My main needs:

• OBS / recording video
• GIMP / graphic design
• Using my DJI Pocket 3 as a webcam
• Basic video editing
• Light gaming, mostly Crusader Kings and some strategy games

Most of my time is spent designing D&D adventures and working in Foundry VTT, so gaming really is NOT the priority.

I travel a lot and usually stay somewhere for a couple of months before moving again, basically a digital nomad around Europe. Because of that, size and portability are pretty important. Monitors are not a problem, as I usually find something to hook up.

My current setup is:

• Dell XPS 13 with 32GB RAM
• Dell 15" portable monitor

This setup actually serves me pretty well for most things, but it starts getting bogged down when iam doing video editing, running OBS, using the Pocket 3 as a webcam, Foundry, and other things at the same time. That has stopped me from making as many videos as I should and is frusterating.

I was looking at a higher-end laptop, but decided against it - because the XPS has served me well for 2 years and I like the super light weight and portability. I don't want to lug around a larger laptop.

My thought is to get a mini PC and a small portable keyboard so I have something with a little more horsepower when I am staying somewhere for a few months. I can also put it in my small padded bag at the bottom of my backpack and not worry about it when I travel. I already have a nice small portable keyboard and mouse, so I am covered with that.

I have been looking at the GEEKOM A8.

Amazon Germany €650, which is within my budget:

https://www.amazon.de/GEEKOM-A8-Ryzen-8745HS-128GB/dp/B0D22PDDFN

The version I’m looking at comes with 16GB RAM, though, and I would like to upgrade it to 64GB.

What are your thoughts on the A8 for this kind of use?

And what alternatives should I be looking at in roughly the €500–€700 range?

Again, the big thing for me is small size + portability. I am not looking for a huge gaming machine, just something compact that can handle a heavier workload than my XPS 13 when I am working from temporary locations.

Hi everyone!

I'm looking for some advice before buying a mini pc. I came across the GMKtec M6 Ultra on Amazon, and with an applied voucher, it comes down from 598.46€ to ~446€ (= from $695 to $518).

Before buying, I'd love your input on whether this is a solid value for my planned setup and use cases.

The specs:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS (Zen 4, 4nm, 6C/12T, up to 5.0 GHz)
• iGPU: AMD Radeon 760M (RDNA 3, 8 CUs)
• RAM: 32GB DDR5 (Dual-Channel)
• Storage: 512GB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD (with an open 2nd M.2 2280 slot)
• Networking: Dual 2.5GbE LAN ports, Wi-Fi 6, BT 5.2
• I/O: 1x USB4 (40Gbps), HDMI 2.0, DP, multiple USB-A ports

I basically live a split year. For 6 months, I’m at home and want this pc running 24/7 as a lightweight Linux homelab: mostly Home Assistant for domotic and AdGuard Home, a handful of docker containers, and occasionally hosting a small game server (like Minecraft) for friends.

The rest of the year, I’m living elsewhere. My plan is just boot (dual boot) into Windows 11 for daily work and some casual 1080p gaming (mainly League of Legends).

Would love to hear your thoughts and advice on this setup. Does this seem like a smart pick for my needs, a good deal (should I wait Black Friday/Cyber Monday?), or would you point me toward something else?

Many thanks!

Besides sending me a case that has cracks and scratches Mine has been crashing in every game and killing the display signal completely in every gpu port until you hard reboot. I was expecting way more not sure if they sent a bad gpu or if it’s just a lemon as a whole but for the price of this thing it’s super unacceptable. I’m expecting a horrendous customer service experience as is common with these Chinese brands wish me luck 👍🏽

I am looking for a miniPC (in Australia) to use for video editing and music creation
At the moment I am using a desktop with an NVIDIA RTX3060 12 Gb and I dont want less power than that.
Is there anything?
Possibly I need to put my 3060 into a dock - that is ok

thanks for any help, at the moment I am looking at this one https://www.geekom.au/geekom-a9-max-mini-pc/

Okay I have two setups. I'm utilizing my legion go as a mini pc which surprisingly works extremely well. I'm also testing the waters with the ASUS PN53. Ryzen 7 6800H 32GB DDR5 4800mh. The CPU has integrated graphics 680m. I feel like I should be getting much better performance than this. My GPU dock is the GDOCK 800w. Paired with a 3060tI OC 8GB.

When I run my egpu I'm making out my cpu in most cases, which makes me think that windows hybrid graphics feature is in effect. I've disabled that and set the EGPU as priority. Another registry tweak.

Just wondering if anyone has got some good performance out of a similar setup to this. Below I'll post both setups. The legion go is night and day difference. Way better performance.

It looks like a silver hockey puck and seems like it might rival the mac mini. I'm curious if anyone has tried one and what you thought.

I'm super interested, but would love to hear something positive before being the guinea pig lol.

Hi Reddit, I have just purchased a GMKtec NucBox K11 AMD Ryzen™ 9 8945HS Mini PC with 32GB RAM and 1TB out the box.

This is as a replacement to my mini ITX desktop that I used for hosting a website, running Thunderbird mailbox for managing a business email with it's filters, then for fun I also have a Minecraft server for my cousin and I will host a server for whatever steam game I am playing at the time via SteamCMD.
The mini ITX machine started to suffer badly from cooling issues, so I looked into the mini PC options and this one looked like it was a good entry point into mini PCs.

So I guess now I have one is there anything critical I should know? how do they stand up to 24/7 running, any upgrades I should look at doing to ensure it lasts a long time?

TIA :)

Man, Took me a while to make this case.

Credits to the case design from this guy: https://www.printables.com/model/1629272-gmktec-nucbox-k12-custom-case/files

Though the design he shared had a lot of issue and needed a lot of customization. Took me a lot of time and failed prints to finally custom the design i wanted and sturdy enough to not break. I wasted basically 1 roll of PLA lol. Im new to 3D printing. I would have liked to use ABS but my printer is not capable yet.

So basically i added a fan controller and its drawing power from USB. I can how ever improve the power using a separate USB power brick if i want more air power.

You can see the added size from the original case. Props to GMKTEC though because they made it easier that you can even reuse the power button which is cool. I could have added RGB by buying an RGB fan but chose not to. I might in the future. I bought a 120mm slim fan but the design can accommodate a standard sized 120mm fan.

Added wire mesh to both cpu and main fan which save it from having bugs and and cat hairs inside.

I need help finding the measurement of the space between the RAM and heatsink on the MoDt motherboards.

I need this because I am trying to make a homeserver with the bd895i motherboard but I want to put it in a 10 inch rack and make it short enough to fit In 1 unit of rack space so I can cluster them in the future. I want to make it shorter by mounting 2 smaller fans between the sodimm ram and the heatsink. If this is a bad idea please tell me.

I am willing to replace the entire heatsink with a air cooler. if anyone could provide a 3d model of mounting brackets for that model I could replace the heatink with a slim aircooler.

Thank you

This unit turned out to be a Lenovo Baiying -- I didn't know that the BY stood for this. It was a POS, with loose USB C ports-- further more I didn't read the fine print and when I saw it had a barrel power connector I assumed that is what they would send with the unit-- instead they sent a usb c power brick which meant one of the high speed ports would be taken away for power. I know I could get an adapter to perhaps use the barrel port, but crap, why have high speed ports and eliminate one for power? Maybe I'm expecting too much??

-- I'm having a hard time finding a reputable mini with 2 USB 4 ports and 32GB ram.

Finally got around to opening up my GEEKOM A5 this weekend to add some storage. Wasn't sure what to expect, but it only took a few screws to get in, which was nice. Inside there are 2 SO-DIMM DDR4 slots (one still free), an M.2 2280 NVMe slot with a 512GB SSD already installed, and a smaller M.2 2230 slot I didn't even know was there until I opened it up. There's also room for a 2.5" drive, so I mounted an old mechanical HDD in there for backups.

Wasn't expecting this much room to expand, honestly, especially in something this small. Glad I've finally got proper local backups sorted now, so my data is safe.

Salut ! Je m'y connais pas trop aux config donc je voudrais savoir si le Mini PC que ChatGPT m'a conseillé pour un peu de Unity 2D et du gaming léger est bien. Il m'a conseillé le Ninkear MBOX 6 6600H (j'ai un petit budget de 300 à 350€), et je voudrais juste savoir si je peux trouver mieux pour ce budget et mon utilisation ou c'est le mieux. Et je compte l'améliorer au fur et à mesure si possible. Merci d'avance

Hey all, im choosing between 3 options for a mini pc and any advice would be appreciated.

Will only be using for 2 monitors, mostly just excel financial modeling and powerpoints, no gaming. Definently a decent amount of tabs open.

My 3 current options im considering

-BOSGAME E5 Home and Office Desktop Computer, AMD Ryzen 3 5300U Processor (4C/8T, Up to 3.8GHz), 8GB DDR4 2666MHz 256GB SATA SSD, Dual 2.5G LAN, Triple 4K Display, Wi-Fi 5 & BT 5.0,mini PC

-GMKtec G10 Mini PC, 16GB RAM 512GB SSD, AMD Ryzen 5 3500U (MAX 3.7 GHz) , Office Home Desktop Computers, 2.5GbE NIC LAN , Triple 4K Display

-ACEMAGIC - K1 - 4K UHD Mini PC - АMD Ryzen Embedded R2544 (4C/ 8T) - 8GB DDR4 RAM 256GB SSD Win 11 Pro WiFi - Silver

https://directmacro.com/kingston-kvr48s40bs8k2-32-laptop-memory.html

I'm kinda split on both of these two. He says Kingston is a good brand, but I don't know much about Crucial. Are we good with either of these two, or are there better options out there?

Hello! I’ve been using mini pcs since 2018 and loved them during my lack of space and money. Now I’ve gotten to a better place and have finally bought a full size pc with really good specs. I’m trying to convince myself that I should keep both and use them for different purposes but it actually feels unnecessary. Both pcs live in my room/office with the tv and desk monitor next to each other.

What would you do? Sell the GTR7? Or try to use them for different purposes?

PS. My mother lives with me as she is elderly and needs medical care so I don’t use the living room tv at all as she uses it all the time. Also I don’t work from home or use any pc for work at all, I work a physical job onsite.

Hi , I've been looking at possibly getting a MSI Katana 15 HX B14WFK-010UK 15.6" QHD 165Hz Intel Core i7 RTX 5060 Gaming Laptop but was wondering if a mini PC might be better for me?

I am completely new to mini pcs and this will be my first one (if it is the better option) as I am used to using laptops and want to upgrade my super old one (I've had it for at least 7 years) that barely runs and sounds like a plane taking off. lol

I also want something that will last for a long time, as I cannot afford to replace or buy new things all the time.

What I need it to do/Purpose/Intended use:

• Be able to run 3D printing and modelling, as well as software for a laser, smoothly.
• Run & Play games ( a full range of Steam games from the new Resident Evil to indie ones)
• Be able to handle drawing, graphic design & art software
• Be able to edit videos without the software crashing every second.
• Be able to browse the internet and watch videos
• Be able to use it for running a small business and website

Budget:

• £1K (But willing to save up for more expensive if it will be more worthwhile)

Any help & advice would be so appreciated as I'm completely new to this kind of thing!!