M1

My general recommendation for everyone buying prebuilt computers from any brand is to reinstall the OS because it is free and easy to do. Alternatively, for the incredibly lazy, run a windows full scan or malwarebyte scan which are free to use. Otherwise, I have been testing the Acemagic F3A, F1A, a

The most heavy games in the list are probably both FOs and BL2. Any mini with 780m will run those at 1080p high no problem. Generally, if you wipe OS on a new mini - brand doesn't matter. But if we are talking about quality and brand recognition - Minisforum, Beelink, GMKtec. Acemagic, acemagician,

Coming from PC repair where the shop is one of the few that will take on Chi-NUC brands, most of my experience comes from bench diagnostics, family/friend ownership & helping others. First thing to understand, GMKtec was a manufacturer before a retail brand. Only a couple years ago, Acemagic/Beelink

So far so good. "ACEMAGICIAN M1": Ryzen 7 6800H, "Juhor" 16GB DDR5, "Rayson" 512GB SSD. I replaced the stick of RAM with a Crucial 32GB 5200MHz stick and added another 512GB SSD that I had. I scanned the original drive with Windows defender, it didn't detect anything wrong (I know this was a concern