mini PCs on special again (after doing the old 'increase the price, then offer a discount' move - but the lowest price previously was $679 - now it's $530)
after some people complained that the Intel N100 chipset based mini PCs for $230 'werent powerful enough' (even though I use one daily for my email/web/o365 and MS Teams workhorse) maybe this Intel I7-12560H CPU (10 cores, 16 threads) with 32GB DDR4 RAM and 512GB SSD will be enough for them. Geekbench score is single core 1715/ multi 8392, DOTA 2 supposedly runs at 90+ fps.
Listed price is $979 (other I7-12560H based mini PCs on Amazon are around the $700-800 mark) but click the 'apply coupon' button and you'll get it for $530.
this is a similar Intel i7-1650H based mini PC tested for gaming at 1080p - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlD9V0wWSMw
and another similar review video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD1y70MQ2Do
the Kamrui AD08 also seems to be known as the NiPoGi overseas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1-TWcAQfds
supports up to 64GB DDR4 RAM, has a PCI Gen3 NVME and SATA SSD slots.
If you're after a cheaper system then the N100 based mini PCs are $230 again after clicking the 'apply coupon' discount button.
not affiliated, I just like lower energy consuming devices that are also cheap (and stay away from raspberry pi 5 for emulation boxes guys.. they cost nearly the same as an intel n100 mini pc once you add in power supply, case, SSD and you're limited to 8GB maximum. Get a proper x86_64 based pc and run emulators for 3DS, PS2, PS3, Wii U, Switch, Gamecube etc.) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mwgH9xY6WE
MIGHTY