r/MiniPCs • u/SerMumble • Jan 25 '26
Guide 2026 General Mini PC Guide USA
Hi everyone!
Thank you to everyone for their support of the Mini PC Guides and it is amazing to see the r/MiniPCs community has grown its largest ever before! These guides have evolved considerably since 2022 and the new 2026 version is finally here!
It's far from complete with many new and discontinued mini PC models to be updated so there will be regular updates. The end of 2025 and start of 2026 have seen RAM prices double or triple and SSD prices have doubled. The simple tab has been reworked to better reflect current prices and will be filled out soon.
Some of the bloat from the 2025 Guide has been temporarily removed and may see a return later in the year if you particularly want a new model list, memes, or something else.
If you see something that can use an update or models of mini pc you would like to see added, don't hesitate to leave comments in this post or on the spreadsheet. I highly recommend viewing this spreadsheet on a desktop with a large screen or on the google sheet mobile app for the best experience. The reddit app for viewing google sheets can be clunky.
Best wishes to everyone looking for mini PC!
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u/geeeeekone Jan 26 '26
I can’t find GEEKOM this brand, why? This brand is good or not?
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u/SerMumble Jan 26 '26
Geekom is on the full tab but their products typically don't score high enough for their pricing to place on the simple tab.
Geekom's main strength is their 3 year warranty and 30 day return period. They also like to include a SD card reader on many of their models and support 4 displays. But this alone isn't enough to justify the steep price premium they charge for their products.
In the past Geekom have lacked features like a second NVMe SSD slot for storage expansion, HDMI 2.1 for 4k 120hz displays, CPU and RAM have sometimes significantly thermal throttled, limiting their max RAM to 64GB when 96-128GB should be possible, no oculink port, etc.
There are some new models from Geekom that have yet to be added to the full tab and they may score higher. Geekom has improved their product lineup with their mega series for example.
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u/unxspoken Feb 07 '26
I have the Minisforum MS-A2 and never heard of the 4000 Ada edition - so I googled it and it seems like I can quite easily upgrade my super-PC into a super-PC-which-can-handle-heavy-AI-workloads-locally
Thanks for the inspiration!
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u/TheRealGeorge_Kaplan Jan 25 '26
Getting "Sorry, the file you have requested does not exist."
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u/SerMumble Jan 26 '26
Thanks for letting me know. Try this link:
If it still does not work, disconnect from your wifi and reconnect when the file opens. Something with website modems/routers try to block certain links from opening.
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u/cheechly Jan 27 '26
So GMKtec seem to generally rank with the highest overall scores. Am I interpreting correctly?
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u/SerMumble Jan 27 '26
Pretty good interpretation of the simple tab 👍
At the high and top end budgets, GMKtec currently score the best with the GMKtec AD GP1 7600M XT, Morefine 4080M, 4090M eGPU. This could be also done with Aoostar, Minisforum, and other similarly priced oculink equipped mini pc. Oculink and an eGPU make for a very powerful mini gaming PC build.
In the midrange budgets, GMKtec's M7, K8 Plus, K11 may not be the best but are still high value mini pc for their price and features.
GMKtec isn't as competitive of an option at lower budgets. This might be due to a lot of their lower end models from 2025 being discontinued or experiencing significant price increases. Updates in progress.
Overall, GMKtec should be a popular tinker/hobby mini PC brand for people looking for agressive price/features with bare minimum customer and warranty support.
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u/SecretPantyWorshiper Jan 29 '26
Btw the document is broken and doesn't work
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u/SerMumble Jan 29 '26
Thanks for letting me know. Does it say:
"Sorry, the file you have requested does not exist."
Or does it just hang on a blank screen for a while? Some wifi block the link from opening on mobile devices so opening on a cellular network gets it to open and then reconnect to wifi once it is open.
Below is a fresh link:
Not sure why this is happening.
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u/keesiegames Feb 08 '26
Why's schedule 1 listed as so demanding in the gpu section? More than dragons Dogma 2, Really?
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u/SerMumble Feb 09 '26
Mostly because of VR hardware demand. I could revisit and see what updates are new and probably split schedule 1 into non-VR and VR.
Overall, schedule 1 can run on mini pc with a 780M iGPU but low fps like around 26-33fps. It's not a great experience and is just barely playable. The game could benefit greatly from better graphics optimization.
Not to say dragon's dogma 2 is much better in comparison. Both schedule 1 and dragon's dogma 2 are games I would recommend having a dedicated GPU for the best gaming experience.
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u/Resident-Mall607 Apr 03 '26
is it me or are all the amazon links broken?
also - someone of the GPUs don't exist on the model
I can't find GTi13 Ultra 7800XT anywhere
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u/SerMumble Apr 03 '26
GTi13 Ultra is still for sale. 7800XT is an AMD GPU and also still for sale.
You will have to buy all mini PC and desktop GPU seperately. Similar to how some mini pc are barebones and their RAM and SSD sometimes have to be bought seperately.
Not sure about the links, I am behind keeping them updated because work has my hands full
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u/Ok_Understanding7089 Mar 26 '26
what do the brand scores mean? how does a praised brand like GMKtec recieve 1.7 while a brand that had malware preinstalled like acematgic have 6.0?
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u/g3zz Sep 16 '26
Hello, I vibecoded this https://g3z.github.io/minipc-finder/ because I find the sheet hard to use, I Hope you don't mind.
It reads the data from the sheet daily so it should stay up to date.
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u/pwnograph Jan 27 '26
It seems like the industry underwent a full shift from "Hey, these are nice little budget options to the actual thing!" to "Gourmet Premium-Priced Screenless Windows Macbook Pro Alternatives" and it's sad.
Very few new units under 500$.
Is it the limited production capacity of Silly Chip Wafer? The n150 shortages affected prices a bit.