The Best Amazon Black Friday Tech Deals: Mini PCs on Sale NOW!

[@brainfodder3233]

Howdy! Haven't bought a handheld since 2018, snagged an Arc-S and a CubeXX, wanted Linux based only & after way too much research.... Community builds a plenty for H700 and the Arc's 3566 based handhelds!?!

[@TeamPandory]

@@brainfodder3233 unsure about the h700 (haven't bought handhelds since last year), but rocknix on arc is pretty dope. 👍

[@brainfodder3233]

@@TeamPandory Thanks, just watched a video deep dive on Arc-S/D and one of his cons was lack of community support.

[@TeamPandory]

@brainfodder3233 just piecing together a review. Should be out tonight or tomorrow, and yeah - rocknix is where it's at. It's basically the only custom firmware for this and just got updated yesterday.

[@brainfodder3233]

@@TeamPandory Batocera forks for the win, maybe?

[@thehighpugilist2]

Any suggestions for minis pcs only for console streaming on twitch and KZbin?

[@thehighpugilist2]

I have a 4K elgato capture card btw.

[@TeamPandory]

@@thehighpugilist2 If you don't need it for gaming, you might be able to get an n100 to pull something like that off. Personally, I'd look for something with a bit more oomph like the intel 125h - or a Ryzen of any sort to get some games running on it too.

[@thehighpugilist2]

@@TeamPandory so is the i3-1220p is more than enough? Or is there anything better at a similar price?

[@TeamPandory]

@thehighpugilist2 4k I'd go with something a bit more hardcore then. Any of those ryzens mini pcs should do

[@thehighpugilist2]

@@TeamPandory thank you for the quick reply btw. I been searching for 2 days for suggestions 💀

[@JohnnyProctor9]

I already got an ARC-D for around the same price on AliExpress's Chinese New Year sale, but it's a great handheld and I'd highly recommend it at that price...it runs both Saturn and 3DO at full speed if you have the settings right, and has no problem with Dreamcast, PSP, and N64 (though Cruisn' USA still takes A LOT of tweaking to run well).

[@TeamPandory]

Yeah it can play a lot, but I prefer to run all those megadrive games. It fits so well on the arc!

[@JohnnyProctor9]

@TeamPandory - I mainly got it to play Saturn and 3DO on, it works GREAT with those games as well as many others!

[@TrusteftTech]

None of them are available here (thank you Brexit), not that I could afford them. Still, good sales and good video.

[@offshoreworld-broadenyourk4656]

Appreciated , excellent video Plz advise me , a microsoft surface or a mini PC is better to run a power point based tool to issue online courses - not too much graphics- but vidoes ,, photos , put together for making a course Many thx once again

[@TeamPandory]

It depends on your overall setup. The surface is essentially a laptop / notebook, which has the bonus of a keyboard and monitor all in one. If you need to move from place to place, something like that maybe better. If you have the mini pc to essentially conduct classes and have a monitor, or a setup running through your main pc via OBS, then the mini pc would be fine. They will both do the job, it's just a matter of which sounds better to you, and then weigh up the price difference.

[@offshoreworld-broadenyourk4656]

@@TeamPandory Many thanks for your detailed response, much appreciated

[@ShakShak1999]

I am planning to to get the gmktec M7 Pro

[@TeamPandory]

@@ShakShak1999 yeah that's pretty good too 👍 - we didn't mention it to condense the list a little 😊

[@ShakShak1999]

@TeamPandory yeah knowing that it got a 200.00 price drop to 449 bucks it's a good deal on amazon. And would definitely be a huge upgrade to the current PC that I have which came out back in 2011 and only had 8 GB. I saw your review and it definitely got my interest of choosing that. I just hope that the Wi-Fi downgrade doesn't be my main issue.

[@hendrixkon1820]

I skip an intel i9 8950HK mini pc USD $150 6 cores , 12 threads 65W

[@dlewis9760]

AOC....Politician....Pretty insane... Yeah, you nailed it.