Mini PC

Affordable work device with room for improvement! The Venus Series UN100L is a particularly inexpensive and compact PC sold by Minisforum. The manufacturer has installed an Intel N100 with four computing units as a base. For under US$200, you can currently get the system with 8 GB DDR5 RAM and a 256-GB SSD. We have analyzed the affordable mini PC in detail.

Active AirJet cooling without fan. Zotac's compact pico series has undergone a significant upgrade. Alongside the introduction of the new Intel Core i3-N300 featuring 8 Alder Lake cores, Zotac stands out as the first producer to incorporate a novel cooling system. Two active AirJet modules are implemented to effectively manage the SoC even during heavy usage. We have evaluated the effectiveness of this system and assessed the overall performance of the Zotac Zbox pico PI430AJ in daily usage.

Efficient SoC for desktop systems! The Minisforum BD770i is a motherboard that includes a permanently soldered APU. The AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX is installed here, along with a large heat sink. As a result, there should be no thermal issues with the SoC. We coupled the Minisforum BD770i with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 to see whether we could make a relatively compact gaming system. All of the results may be found in this review.

Weak SoC. The Asus ExpertCenter PN42 is a mini PC that features an Intel N200, amongst other things. The SoC is cooled passively, which has some advantages as well as disadvantages. In this review, we will be analyzing whether Asus has missed the mark in doing this, and we will be taking a look at the device's performance with the help of a variety of measurements and benchmarks while comparing it to similarly equipped mini PCs.

More illusion than reality. NiPoGi has given its AD08 an Intel Core i7-12650H which delivers enough performance to master everyday office tasks. As a compact gaming PC taking on a tower format, the manufacturer has gone a slightly different route when it comes to its design. In this review, you can read about what advantages arise as a result of this, and how well the NiPoGi AD08 performs compared to similarly equipped mini PCs.

Loud and proud. The Geekom Mini IT13 is the latest SFF desktop from Geekom. It sports powerful 13th Gen Intel Core processors, all the way up to an Intel Core i9-13900H. While the desktop packs a wallop, the high-end CPU requires the fan to consistently spin at high (and loud) speeds.