EVO-X1

Tbh, most mff and sff cases are highly portable, but if you truly want portable, have you considered a mini pc with a egpu dock? Everything fits in a backpack. I have a mffpc, and I have a mini pc (evo-x2 amd 395 8060s) and I picked up another mini pc, a evo-x1 to pair with oculink dock. With my tra

Like everyone here. It's more about the space. My reasons was mainly due to the size. My tower was really big that at some point I got tired of carrying it around during cleaning sessions. The weight. Also the heat it would produce. During the summer I had to limit how often I used it because my roo

For anyone searching in the future, the Evo-X1 can absolutely be powered by the front USB4 port. I picked up an Anker A2343 100W GaN wall charger and it powers the mini-pc flawlessly at a fraction of the weight: 185g vs the stock 518g brick which was heavier than the mini-pc! Super happy with my new

Just build out a GMKtec EVO-X1 as an emulation station and it's so fun / my second most used computer. My use case is portability as a living room entertainment center and the form factor is perfect! Enjoy your build, hope it's as awesome as you want it to be.

I have a GMKtec EVO-X1 set up that will do what you're asking, within the known limitations of PS3 and XBOX 360 emulation on Windows. It will run those later gen systems rather well, assuming general emu compatibility, etc. It's on sale at Amazon right now for ~$900 USD, just under your limit. It wi

you can get an external GPU, but the MacBook alone will be under powered. If you want to save money you can pick a small form factor machine like a GMKtec EVO-X1 and then get an external GPU case with like a 4070. It would smoke a laptop and be cheaper but still small.

If you have a big budget and that small form factor is a priority, the GMKtec EVO-X1 and the AD-GP1 EGPU Dock Combo is the best SFF/Performance Combo you can find. Personnaly i would rather go with the GMKtec K8 PLUS for the Mini PC model even though it has a 30% larger volume and a slightly less pe

I also travel a lot and just picked up the EVO-X1. It weights only 480g without the metal sleeve and heavy feet and plays everything I throw at it. Metal sleeve is 102g, 4 x metal feet 14g. Oh yeah, I also run it off an Anker 100W wall power supply (A2343) which weighs 174g plus an Anker 240W Type C

Agreed the Evo-X1 is the perfect traveling companion, it's way smaller than your average Zen4/Zen3 Mini PC. I was shock to find out how small was the Evo-X1, the Power/Size Ratio of the Evo-X1 is epic.

What do you mean by intensive LLM running? Which models are you interested in? The Evo-X1 HX370 is super small and is pretty good with reasoning models, i am getting 13.7 t/s with gpt OSS 20B bf16. But if you are looking for Image/Video models, you would need GPU power with VRAM and the only Mini PC