Back when I was in college, I attempted to make my own DIY mini PC. I got an Antec VESA case, and an all-in-one mini-ITX AMD motherboard. It originally had Windows 7 on it, which I later replaced with a lightweight Linux distro. I could play older games like Dragon Age and Mount & Blade pretty well on it. I had to get rid of it, though, when Windows 10 came out. I have thought about replacing my current tower PC with a mini PC again, but have been hesitant to do so, because of financial reasons. Maybe this is a good time to do this?
Rinzler89|1 year ago
Depends on what you want. If you're looking for bang for the buck, mini PCs in NUC footprint, with oomph that can play some games too are terrible at that. They'll cost you nearly as much as a budget gaming laptop from Lenovo using the same APU and that come with a screen, keyboard and touchpad as bonus. For value/money, standard ATX size PCs rule.
jtmaher|1 year ago