M7 Ultra

if you want to save some money go for the gmktec m7 ultra...it comes with an oculink port and would handle the sims just fine...of course, if you wanted to get more out of it you can buy an egpu later on and use it with the oculink port...another option would be the the k8 plus which has a better ch

From some personal experience it's less about heat and more about humidity. If it's a dry heat, you're wanting a mini PC with the best ventilation and the most fans the assist in cooling. Upgrading to quality thermal grease is also a priority before placing it into service. https://youtu.be/OqiCHxwU

Yes, it's not very performant, to say the least. I did some research and ordered the following to replace it: GMKtec M7 Ultra with an AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, 16GB DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB SSD. That should run Windows reasonably well. I didn't bother to look at GPU performance as I don't game and won't be

the closest thing to your price point that has exactly what you're looking for is the gmktec m7 Ultra...mind you, that it has a different chassis than the m8 so you might have a better experience with the problems you had with the m8...and you can indeed disable the igpu on it according to the manua