The Five BEST Mini PCs of 2024 - Gaming, Productivity, Servers, Budget, Etc.

[@RandyHanley]

Liking the new intro music. Great video, as always.

[@szyslay]

Happy for your fathers PC upgrade :D your channel is pure nostalgia for me... from my personall better time. Hope the algorythm show you some respect - great videos :D

[@guldcat1619]

I love the fact that you've somehow hacked into my daily journal and are deliberately making videos to answer questions I have on my mind exactly when I start thinking of them. 😁

[@keithclark8030]

Crazy! Mini PC are really comming around fast. Great video!

[@Simte]

Thank you so much man, I was looking forward a video like this from a source I trust. Btw, the music is siiiick!

[@matthewt5573]

The miniforum UM890 for the win. Oculink and and the back out are awesome. It'd be perfect for a a remote gaming rig

[@Katjajaja]

I am not in the market for a mini PC, I just enjoy watching your videos. Maybe ill pick one up some day and learn about running home servers 🤔

[@michaelpopovich659]

It's been awhile since I've had to buy or build a new PC. I love the compact design of the mini PCs, but wish they had more GPU performance. In your video, you mentioned running an external graphics card via USB 4. Any thoughts about doing a best of eGPUs in order to compliment this video for those of us looking to do a mini PC + eGPU setup?

[@mitcharbiter3371]

Thank you. Very informative.

[@themadmallard]

bravo for absolutely comprehensive text write up in the video description notes~~

[@asan1050]

Thanks for posting this video

[@Vicorcivius]

Thanks for the awesome video man.

[@anthonyglaser929]

excellent video. Thanks for posting.

[@lilman1234able]

Which one should i be looking at for using with autocad or home designer software? under $500?

[@mikespangler98]

For general use, defined as not gaming and not producing 4K video, I can't bog down either the M1 chip in the MacBook, or the Ryzen 4600G on the desktop. That class of CPU and GPU is fine. 16 GB RAM still fine. 512 GB storage is fine if you also have a home server to stash the no longer current files, and also a second drive for TimeMachine/Timeshift. What I do need is that second drive, one Ethernet port, and as many USB ports as possible. One Display port and one HDMI is also nice. The MacBook does not have a second internal drive and requires more fussing with backups than I would like.

[@abowers]

Just bought one of the Trigkey N100 with the 2.5Gb dual ports. Gonna turn it into a PFSense Firewall

[@teksyndicate]

That is insane overkill for a PFSense box... let me know how it goes.

[@abowers]

@teksyndicate Kind of is but didn't want to have to upgrade for a very long time. This will be my firewall for a long time and or until it dies on me. Performance has been awesome and I've been able to expand out my network more now rather than just have a boring consumer grade router

[@kh4iron]

lOl you have Lego Spyrius Robot! I got this lego set when I was like 12 or something and I couldn't sleep till Christmas since I was so excited if I get one and I did! One of the best lego sets I still have :)

[@gekkosoldier8278]

If I had a mini pc I'd use it for emulation gaming\as a small living room pc even though tv's are becoming like a pc these days or an alternative to a laptop or like a external upgrade for a laptop I'm curious to how powerful these get and would water cooling fix these if they get really super hot I find these thing super interesting

[@thedevtoss]

I genuinely think that if you have space somewhere in the house, normal used PCs give you WAY more performance as a home server

[@mikespangler98]

😊 My home server is a 2014 Mac Mini running Linux. CPU power isn't really a problem in a file server.

[@nobrand7957]

Excellent video. QUESTION??? I am looking at replacing my Tower I7 Win 10 with a mini PC. I primarily use my PC for business apps, video games, movies, etc... I'm concerned about heat. My current PC is on 24/7/365. I've heard that these mini PCs cannot be run 24/7/365. The internal fans will not support this. Please advise. Also, I would like to run TWO (2) 2 TB SSD drives. Either 16GB or 32GB of memory will be okay. My present tower does not support Win 11. My plan is to install Win 10 on this new mini PC. Clone my existing drives (C & D) onto the Mini PC. Then upgrade to Win 11 Pro. Why the cloning?? -- so I can keep all my existing applications and data without re-installing dozens of applications. Thank you.

[@nobrand7957]

I'm currently looking on Amazon at the GEEKOM Mini PC GT13 Pro - 13th Gen Intel i7-13620H Mini Computers(10 C/16T Up to 4.9GHz) 32GB DDR4/1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD Windows 11 Pro Support Wi-Fi 6E/Bluetooth 5.2/USB 4.0/2.5G LAN/8K/Quad Displays

[@jwalzer]

Thanks for the great video - any recommendations on a mini PC for primary use of Adobe PS/AI?

[@teksyndicate]

Basically any of these would be overkill for most of it... But ai... The newer Intel core ultra and AMD 8-series stuff is best for that

[@jwalzer]

@@teksyndicate TYVM for the reply

[@johnwagner2733]

I just ordered a GEEKOM IT1 Mega with a U9-185H + 32G DDR5 + 2TB M.2. I'm having a hard time seeing really what the difference between the GT1 Mega and the IT1 Mega are. I'm planning on using it to get off my current VPS and host everything locally. Plus whatever else it'll allow me to do. No plan to use it with Windows OS. Thoughts?

[@91yjeeper]

Dude, great content but not a single mention of the new M4 Mac mini?!

[@DigitalLiquid]

He doesn’t like apple products

[@Fabermorrow]

@@91yjeeper yeah no shit we don't support that horrible company here lmao

[@DavidEmil_]

I understand apple not being a value brand for most of it’s lifetime but the base model M4 Mac Mini should’ve been mentioned :/

[@kevinlopota3626]

@@DavidEmil_ you are absolutely right . I am no apple fan boy by any means, price is a real thing and they were always something that were of passing interest for me. Iv'e been following the computer industry for longer then most of the influencers have been alive lol. but at the end of the day there's nothing in the pc space that's going to touch the base m4 , especially on price, performance and all @ very low power . to be honest compared to pc this thing actually will pay for its self just off the money I save on my electric bill.

[@zeodark2761]

Thank you dude, youre awesome

[@jamesishere6630]

any recommendation on a mini pc, all I will be playing is Street fighter + Mortal kombat 1 , I'm just into the old-style fighting games, but I want it to look nice of course, please advise thanks

[@david5131971]

Beelink SER9 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 hands down the fastest mini gaming pc. My honorable mention would be GMKtec gaming mini pc AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS with occulink port. If content creation is your goal Mac mini M4 is miles ahead.

[@teksyndicate]

Haven't tested that Ryzen. I'll see if I can find one

[@johnmiceter]

Have you reviewed and Beelink models? I'm looking at the Ser7 Ser8 or Ser9 all Beelinks

[@underthedrone2735]

Were there any Mini PC's besides the Minisforum UM890 that could handle more than 32Gb or ram and 2 TB of storage? I chose this one because the stats and specs were about the same but I'm able to install up to 96Gb of ram and 8 TB of M.2 x 2.

[@EJGL10]

Looking for a mini pc to power my cars media center but can only afford to buy one once, was thinking about a PI5 but i want more power! what do you think

[@scabbed]

Say i wanted to get one of these to specifically play a game called World of Warcraft. Would the GT1 Mega still be my best option seeing as WoW is a cpu favored kind of game.

[@akin242002]

Excluding gaming, the base M4 Mac Mini is an excellent option. Otherwise, Geekom A8 and BeeLink SER7 for personal use. Ports, Radeon 780M iGPU, and good CPU for multi-core performance. Honorable mention: Intel NUC 13 Pro for general office use at finance/insurance companies.

[@mrnorthz9373]

you arent really doing work if you have 256 gigabytes of storage

[@akin242002]

@mrnorthz9373 For work, you can get external storage or cloud storage. With O365 for Mac or PC, they provide 1 TB of cloud storage.

[@andrebradley1924]

This is my first time watching ur video so glad to hear that your father liked what you got him. Question I'm looking for a great budget mini pc that can handle retro gaming and games that are ps4 that are stored on a external hard drive that is the sole purpose of getting a mini pc please help thank you

[@Ifeelblessedx10]

What the best for video and photo editing. I use alot of layers and effects when editing.

[@IVAN_ENT]

Looking for something cheap as possible but not a Potato, enough that I can run some cad programs now and then but mainly just sender software for grblhal cnc ,for my printnc v4 I'm building.

[@djnes2k7]

If gaming is a real priority then the miniaforum hx99/100g it was 579 on Black Friday….it has a dedicated 6600m gpu…

[@DustinMillerPolyInnovator]

If you want me to run tests on my Herk Orion Mega let me know

[@johnvogt621]

I'd like to see a review about what hardware best runs a local AI.

[@ianmacfarlane4649]

I'd like to see one with all of these boxes, but in this price bracket, the answer is the Mac mini M4.

[@JrC123_00]

Something with a high end Nvidia card/cards.

[@blablagal94]

What happened to pistol BTW?

[@michaeljoseph2352]

Annie at Geekom?

[@HappyQuailsLC]

Rather than wiping your OS, why not incorporate showing us how to clone drives if you are planning to recommend an upgrade of a stock boot drive?

[@Fabermorrow]

First of all, Logan dad mention! He sounds like a sweetheart. Second of all, you saying you might end the channel soon got me real sad bro!

[@Fabermorrow]

Been with you since the start

[@Fabermorrow]

Thanks for the good content, thanks for standing up for what you believe in always, thanks for having good view on consumerism and teaching me little things along the way... Thanks for making good music too, I been on the music journey watching you blow up with ur amazing music and you deserve that the most... Cheers Logan

[@luisfernando55]

Why he might end the channel? 😢😢😢

[@ecu4321]

Oh my. Hope not so. KZbin life is very draining for content creators recently

[@MANIACxCOP22]

Your hair is majestic.

[@davefroman4700]

Meanwhile team red released the first of their Halo series to MiniPC's now and it kicks the Intel chip square in the nuts, again.

[@knganth3m]

Vid starts at 0:48

[@JrC123_00]

Nice banana!

[@cyberhard]

You're right or wrong.

[@Pitraptor]

This comment may or may not be correct.

[@furynotes]

Yeah. Considering these prices unless they are on a major sale. I would still get the m4 Mac mini. Still better in artist stuff. Still can game. Way more fast usb 4 ports. $600 or less. I know it’s not included in the top 5 best mini pc’s. I can still install Linux if I wanted to. The base model is still faster than any of the these choices. The external gpu is the only thing that would entice me to buy one of those. Unless I want a cheap media machine. I think there is one not listed on here either. That does a good job. You’re still a slave to hardware where ever it’s from. You still have to pay for it.

[@mikespangler98]

If you are doing video production you are right. If not, well, boosting the RAM to 32 GB and the SSD to one TB means the M4 is now much more expensive than any of these.

[@XX_o_X_o_XX]

Having the title state, “The Five BEST Mini PCs of 2024 - Gaming, Productivity, Servers, Budget, Etc.” and not even mention the new Mac Mini is a bit disingenuous in my opinion. If the title was “My Five FAVORITE Mini PCs of 2024...” sure. Just because someone doesn’t like something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

[@theo_mande]

or maybe he just doesn't want to mention something he hasn't used lol

[@plaistowjames6792]

None of us like it. It's a Mac after all!

[@torguy5763]

The music is awful, IMO, just for me personally but mad respect to you for creating it.

[@frozenembrioable]

his music is brilliant

[@CelesteHawthorne]

@@frozenembrioable i like it too!

[@larrycrowne8330]

What a nice thing to say lol

[@SeiryuNanago]

You wouldn't get it

A way to make the music better is to un 8bit it.

[@waitwhat8270]

Not entirely sure if you just clamped your finger but you should make an appointment with a doctor for your thumb, might be cancer.

[@TeamAestheticss]

First

[@ecu4321]

Facts 💯