Unique mini PC with colorful cubical design and 16 GB RAM goes on sale

A new mini PC has seemingly landed on American shores, spotted by Fanlesstech. Dubbed the Kubb Mini, the fanless compact PC happens to be the creation of French brand Bleu Jour.

The base variant comes equipped with a rather timid Intel N150 Twin Lake CPU, therefore performance on offer should be very modest.

After all, the four-core, six-watt CPU is comprised entirely of Gracemont efficiency cores with a peak boost clock of 3.6 GHz.

Folks with deeper pockets can opt for the Core i3-N300-powered variant, which, thankfully, is far more potent. Featuring an 8-core setup (Crestmont E-cores), the Core i3-N300 CPU is almost 55% faster than the N150 in multithreaded workloads.

As for graphics, the N150 and N300 chips come equipped with 24-EU and 32-EU iGPUs that are only good enough for basic, lightweight workloads such as video acceleration, retro gaming, and the like.

The Kubb Mini mini PC comes equipped with 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM, which is non-upgradeable. Thankfully, the system's 256 GB SSD is housed in an M.2 slot, which should be easily upgradeable.

Without a doubt, the Kubb Mini's greatest strength is its unique and ultra-compact enclosure measuring in at just 8 cm or roughly 3.15 inches on all sides, amounting to a net volume of just 0.512 liters. 

The mini PC, as mentioned earlier, is completely fanless, allowing for perfectly silent operation.

The I/O on offer has been detailed below:

• Triple USB 3.2 Type-A
• Ethernet
• Dual HDMI 2.0
• 3.5 mm audio
• WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.2

The Kubb Mini compact mini PC is not exactly cheap

The Bleu Jour Kubb Mini mini PC is priced at a whopping $420 for the base variant with the Intel N150 CPU paired with 16 GB LPDDR5 RAM and 256 GB of storage. The N300-equipped variant, with the same amount of RAM and storage, costs $510.

Folks who do not care much about the Kubb Mini's unique design, can opt for something like the Bosgame P6 Neo (currently $499.99 on Amazon), which offers a lot more performance at a similar price point.

All told, it is worth noting that we have witnessed similar mini PCs from Hong Kong and China boasting eerily similar port layouts and overall system specs, although with different enclosures and branding, such as CrenetPC's MX-M2501S lineup.