G1 Pro

https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-g1-pro-gaming-pc 1,439.00 vs 1,349 for a 2tb steam machine version. Miles better in performance. True HTPC if you care about it that much.

MInisforum G1 Pro, a little more than the 2TB steam machine, currently see it on Amazon for $1439 USD. Has a vastly superior CPU, a proper desktop RTX5060, and 32GB of RAM. It'll run circles around the steam machine all day.

Compare it to the minisforum g1 pro or the Framework desktop with the 385 in it. Both are comparable in price to the 2tb model (and would actually be cheaper if they were able to be specced with 16gb ddr5 instead of 32), same or very slightly larger volume, and absolutely smoke it. There's no excuse

With RAMpocalypse/RAMageddon 4K video editing with DaVinci Resolve on Windows 11 and a $700 budget isn't realistic. For 4K editing NVIDIA RTX 3060 or AMD RX 6700 is highly recommended as a starting point. Basically you're looking for 8GB of VRAM on a graphics card with a PassMark score of 16K+. A sy

No. The problem is Halo Strix Chip is too expensive for gaming. It's gaming performance is weak for the price in all configurations. It really only makes "sense" for some AI use cases with big RAM configs. For gaming, get something with a discrete GPU chip/card. Want a small weak PC, for gaming, you

The minisforum g1 pro is also 3.8L and packs a desktop 5060, an 8945hx (16/32 zen4 cores) and 32GB RAM and is selling for ~$1450. Sure, its ~$100 more than the 2tb model, but just the extra RAM alone is worth ~$200, so there's really no excuse for valve IMO

I do want to mention that the Minisforum G1 Pro you linked there isn't a laptop motherboard repackaged. It is a mini PC grade computer with a desktop graphics card (RTX 5060 LP). I owned the previous model (Atomman G7-PT) and that ran solid for the two years I had it before selling it to upgrade to

It depends on your long-term expectations. Often a ASUS ROG NUC is significantly more expensive than the equivalent laptop with the same lower performance mobile dedicated graphics. For these reasons most simply build a SFF PC with actual desktop graphics for less. An exception recently has been the

I got minisforum's G1 pro which has a 5060 for £100 more than that shitty shoe.... depending what you intend to do with your pc though really

Basically this. I see advice from people saying, "You can get comparable performance for the same price with the Framework Desktop!" Except, no, you can't, because the base "price" for that computer has no SSD. Once you configure it to be, you know, a computer you can actually use, it's like $500-80