


Best barebones option on the market in terms of price and features

Slides in and out of case without wires getting in the way. Built Deskmini in 2019 tight fit. This was smooth. Nice to have full size ram. Used amd 8600G and Corsair CMK32GX5M2B5200C40 2 sticks for total 32gb ram. Used wd SN850X 1TB. Will wait on 5gen ssd to come down in price. Wifi is still a pain to attach leads to card!!

- High end processor for laptop standards - So small it's basically an enclosure for the processor - Upgradable to 64Gb and has two nvme slots - Decent internal GPU (Radeon 780M) and it can borrow system RAM up to 16GB - Good thermals (uses liquid metal on the CPU). The nvme drives have their own thermal pads and fan.


- Compact size - Partially prebuilt: Motherboard already mounted in case

Easy setup Surprisingly quiet As of yet, no heat issue - but then it is not used for gaming.

Windows 11 Pro preinstalled. No bloatware; just a nice clean Windows install. Everything is as described. 2 USB4 ports, one in front, one in back. 1 HDMI. 1 DisplayPort. 4K @ 60 Hz monitors attached and working well. This PC is more quiet than my laptop. You almost can't hear it. I was planning to change power settings in the BIOS to run in Quiet mode, but it is so quiet, I don't think I will do that. I love how small this computer is. I plan to add a 3rd monitor using a USB4 C to DisplayPort cable.

Never buying a laptop again. EVER.


All you need for Home Office use. Very small, runs cool Up to date Wifi, USB and monitor connectivity


we love this thing. Most of our work is just using a web browser and printing in the office. We replaced a power hungry tower with one of these running ubuntu and KDE plasma. No issues, runs like a champ. amazed at how fast and power this is for its size. We are ordering another one to replace another large tower.



Using Lemonade Server for local AI tasks and it works very well. Using the AMD XRT PPA the NPU is supported, and there are plenty of community resources online (youtube, discord, github) to help get started doing stuff. It's fast enough and got plenty of memory for running 120B models or doing big vibe coding projects. Token generation between 35-50 tokens per second which isn't screaming fast but is quite usable. 1024x1024 Flux-2-Klein-4B runs in under 2 minutes with a 2048 token prompt. Highly power efficient. My regular ryzen workstation idles at 80W, 10x more than the 8W of this box. Good thermal management, it doesn't make a whole lot of noise in balanced mode even when doing sustained work.

Very easy to set up. I'm not game player but for the work I am doing daily including data analyses, graphs and videos display, and office work, this little PC is super fast and very stable. The new USB4 port is an enormous upgrade from the old VGA port. Good storage device flexibility as well.


-Much smaller than a built computer, and smaller than a laptop! -The cpu runs 4.0ghz on all cores, impressive for a mobile CPU -GPU runs significantly well on linux for all applications. Light-mid gaming. Some games are not really possible due to the fact that it is not a discrete card. But you are getting the best performance from this little computer. -Great BIOS. You can make settings changes better than some of the other motherboard companies. I specifically like the fact that you can change the power draw that that it can pull (choose 54 watts if you want maximum performance! I promise it is worth it!) -RJ45 port (ethernet) runs as well as can be expected. -HDMI port, and 2 USB-C (with a 40gbps port and PID-in [if you want to power a display this way]) are very good additions. As well you do get 4 USB 3.1 ports. -The internal cooling is top notch! Airflow beats even that of laptops