How Much Should You Spend On A Mini PC? 

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"Lots of mini PCs oouht there"

That segway into the advert.... smooth. What a nerd.

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Great video. 110% agree. I choose the mid ground too but expanded it with Crucial m.2 SSD's. Awesome shoutout to Crucial I love their external harddrives❤

Recently ordered a Palmshell SLiM X2L with 8GB. Can´t wait to get my Hands on it.

Great content as always! Pleasure to watch all the way through, you deserve way more subs!

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Great video! Loved the breakdown.

Beelink SER5 5800H is my main Mini-PC. It caps out on 55W, but you can cut it at 45W. Playing Retro Games is enough for me (RAZE, GZDOOM, Force Engine). It's the perfect Mid-Range Machine.

Good topic of discussion Tech King

Ooh thanks for this, I think the $140 one would be perfect for putting in an arcade cabinet and running pico-8 on. I wonder if I should just go with that and forgo poking at a raspberry pi.

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Thanks for the info I'm thinking of picking up a mini pc for more advanced emulation. At the moment I just have a cube x3 but I want to play ps2 and ps3 Era stuff. I'm curious about the external hard drive you showed do those come in bigger sizes?

Do you think emulation performance (specifically GameCube and above) would be improved by installing a Linux disto on theses PCs?

I been building retrogaming cabinets with Rasberry Pi4s in them, but I knew I'd someday want to replace them with mini pcs, so i figured I'd start learning about them a bit. This video was a good starting point.

I have little interest in many of the devices you review but your videos are excellent! Thanks for what you do!

When’s your Skate 3 tutorial coming out? Mad skillz, bro…

can i use one of these for the 12tb hyperspin to a tv or monitor without a gaming pc

I have been gaming with the Minisforum um790 Playing lots of Forza Horizon 5 and Civilization VI. Just amazing you can game on something so small and quiet.

I have wondered about getting a Mini PC or similar to attach Hard Drives and the like to, because more storage for gaming, for a while, considering I have a laptop and space is a premium to me, and this video might help with it maybe...

The G3 has an intel iGPU which has quick sync which is why it's able to handle video editing really well. People use these as plex servers and using it for encoding/decoding.

Still vibing with the M1 Mac Mini. Way pricier, but it got the apple polish. Impressed that the M5 mini PC has close specs to my Mac at the fraction of the cost. Mine is the 16 gigglebite model with 512 gigglebites of storage and a 10 gb ethernet port. It was bundled with Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro. Total was $1600. Although, I do think the M1 has a somewhat better GPU and faster internal SSD. I'm able to play games like rocket league at 1080p 100 fps (and this has to all be emulated in real time via Rosetta). And rendering is super great on the M1 Mac. Great video TechDweeb!!!

I’d like to see the M5 with Batocera cooking. Any chance we can get something on that a bit?

What happened to the custom DOS setup guide video you were going to make? I'm still waiting for

Just wish there was gamepad for these devices to be easily usable, I been playing call of duty 2 and modern warefare 2 2009 on my beelink mini pc

What are your thoughts of getting one of these and running an eGPU for extra performance on some of the newer games??

What’s the best mini pc for a dual pc setup to stream at 1080p

After your nucbox k6 video, I almost pulled the trigger on it but man... all im going to use it for is a little portable gaming pc paired with my xreal glasses. I have my oled steam deck and im having trouble making myself need it lol

My son gave me what would be the equivalent of the M5, but from Beelink, for christmas. Specs are identical. I installed Fedora Linux on it, and it's been my daily driver ever since. It's shockingly capable at most things. It performs pretty much on par with my Steam Deck in most games. I wouldn't go trying to play competitive counter strike on it or anything, but for slower paced or single player games its solid and doesn't need a nuclear reactor to power it like my main gaming machine does.

Got a link to that Crucial external?

No link to the crucial ssd?

I bet with faster ram the igpu in the k8 would perform better.

Eagerly awaiting the day that a modern computer can fit onto a grain of rice.

that mid range has the same specs as this desktop I bought in 2018 for $500 more which has gotten a lot of use since. Only difference is this mini doesn't have a DVD drive, but I already have a portable one I can use. I just think that's kinda neat.

How about building small itx mini pc? Vs thid?

Wonders how a low end desktop pc would fare in comparison to the high end mini pc?

Another fan here TD, much love from the UK 🤘 Calling all techies: are mini pcs the best value option now despite their lower upgradeability i.e. looking many years ahead? (I need decent mid-tier CPU power for heavy multithreaded office work.)

Just a video I need thanks td

Some of these can get a significant boost with an eGPU or Occulink GPU setup.

Was just thinking bout buying one too

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I been thinking about getting a Steam Deck but I would never use it as a handheld because i have a Nintendo switch and it's mostly been setting in it dock since I've had it. I was wanting something with more horsepower that the Switch has problems with when I'm trying to play something like Minecraft.

CA$889.21 for k8 with 32gb of memory + 1tb nvme not 690 in canada

How would something like the Crash and Spyro remakes or Another Crab's Treasure run on each? Mostly because they're not what people think of as "Modern AAA" but thats the architecture they were made around.

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What about the wii and wiiU emulation ?

I personally love my mini PC It's great for a small work space area like I have myself. Sure you have to temper your expectations, but it works well when you know what you can get away with

I picked up the Nucbox G3 (16/512) a while ago. It's surprisingly capable at handling basic tasks, and I was even able to play some of my old Steam games like Half Life.

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Right on cue Mr Dweeb! I've just been looking into mini PCs to satisfy my retro emulation addiction. And now the Dweebmeister comes up with this. It's dweeb fate I tell ya. 😅

I'm crossing my fingers that Xbox with allow Steam soon. It'd become the most affordable Steam box

Presumably the m5 should have roughly the performance of a steam deck, which is likely going to be a target spec that current game developers will be optimising for at least in their low/medium settings

I’ve been testing n100 mini pcs and they can comfortably play ps2 GameCube and anything below! The n100 mini pcs can be as cheap as 89$! The 100$ mini pc I’m testing now can even run most Nintendo switch titles 😱

for those that can do without gaming n just want to focus on productivity and video editing I would recommend m2 mac mini for its price

Wtf I couldn't even tell that was Shadow of the Tomb raider, lol. I thought that was some sort of n64 era inspired pixel art game.

bruh, i thought skyrim on nucbox g3 was suuper laggy, turns out it was just my laptop lagging. Thanks for another great video

Great video, and at the perfect time. I was literally just shopping for a mini PC for The Mom, like 5 minutes ago... and it looks like a N100 model will probably handle everything she wants it to do. Hell, it'll be nicer than what I'm using right now.

1:22 😂

I paid about $700 on my GR model but all AMS with 64gb ram.. crushes NES emulation

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How do these minipcs stack up against something like a steam deck?

I have the g3 it's fine for what I want I use it for emulation up to ps2

It's like if you read my mind I've been looking for the best cheapest GameCube PS2 mini PC. I'll be buying the second tier model.

Of all the mini PCs you've reviewed which do you think would be best to pair with that 12tb emulation drive you reviewed?

I got a windows handheld instead. I can't imagine traveling with a mini PC. I don't think I would need one for other purposes. A handheld just made the most sense for me.

Man.... now I want a mini pc lol

First- to say I love your channel! ❤

I wouldn't pay more than $400 for a mini pc. As such, I can currently get a barebones um780 by minisforum for $330 or so and just transfer my ram and storage from my beelink ser4 mini... I barely play games on pc's anyway so not being able to boost framerates past 100 is not a deal breaker... I'm an old cat that was used to seeing frames drop to their teens because of limited pixel count on the nes back in the day and enjoyed every minute since it made hard games easier to play. 😄... I know kids today are spoiled and refuse to play anything below 60 frames. They don't know how good they got it these days. 😄

Thank you for sharing your banana poem 😊

Knocked out 3 mini pcs from the tower in a single video, smart

I would love to see OG Monster hunter footage (ps2) and MH tri (wii) in emulation… hint hint… 😀

I love this idea! ^_^ 💚

That is a question you should ask “Chy-na.”

Mini PCs are cool and all, but i prefer my full tower monster. Just so much more presence in my dweeb den.

i think that could be answered by logic . for example, when you talk about gaming, then the treshold should abide to the well known price for a proprietary gaming device that actually a gaming device, no not the windows handhelds those are a fad, the PS5 and xbox series x. so if those proprietary gaming device comes in around 500 bucks, since mini PC should be able to do other things than gaming, let say its make sense if they add another 200 bucks. so, around 700 bucks should be the sensible price. or with larger storage its around 800 bucks. similar to the price of those mediocre handheld fads. but wait, since the comparison is a true gaming device like the PS5, then configuration of that gaming purpose mini PC should comes with DISCRETE GPU. if you say "PS5 use iGPU", of course, but they use GDDR6 memory for both system and VRAM. those mediocre handheld fads only use DDR memory. so, if its something with also GDDRxX level of vram then, its DISCRETE GPU. this means, the sensible price for a gaming oriented mini PC WITH A DISCRETE GPU should be around 800 bucks. and that pricing should make sense, say if coming with a radeon 7600m XT for example. since laptop with the similar config could comes in around 1000 to 1200 bucks. the extra 200-400 bucks make sense for the laptop extra expenses for SCREEN, ARGB mechanical keyboard, built in touchpad, battery, large metal laptop chassis, on board camera and microphone and other stuff like spyware and such. this means, without all those unnecessary extra, a gaming mini PC with a radeon 7600m XT inside should sensibly come in 800 bucks. this is the HONEST product version. but you know how companies are in doing business. so if you see those mediocre handheld fads comes in 800 bucks WITHOUT a discrete GPU, that only make sense due to it comes with a screen, albeit its tiny, but the price should also pays for its CONTROLLER sets. something mini PC dont come out of the box with. but an iGPU with a mere DDR memory for VRAM is not how you want to game with. you can use the similar logic with any other category of usage purposes. just go check what those laptop parts PRiCES are normally for laptops manufacturing. since all those components you find in mini PC are all LAPTOPS components. the moral for this : dont let industry dictate your spending. would you pay over 1000 bucks for mediocre gaming in 30 fps at low setting? man, just go get a PS5.

All these mini PCs and none jave USB-A holes...

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What what have we learned? Do you get what you paid for.

$630 for three high-end one now

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is it okay for you to be making videos so often? dont overwhelm yourself

What did i learn?? Shredding with jesus is not your forte.

A canadian giving american only prices... what about canadian prices eh ?? ? how this video good for us canadians.

zero. that’s how much.

Would be a good video if you didn't talk.

Thank you @techdweeb, I'm just to buy a mini PC. This would help me.

I really need one of those! Pity I am brazilian and with taxes and inflation those minipcs would cost 4X more. 🥲