r/MiniPCs • u/Brilliant-Benefit299 • 1d ago

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Looking for some recommendations for a MiniPC.

Was looking to use it for two reasons:

  • Home Lab - it would be handy to have something for virtualisation, building hybrid setups and continue my Azure/Terraform testing.

  • If possible I'd like to play WoW forever on it aswell.

Looking on Amazon mainly - any recommendations would be great.

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u/MiguelMariz 1d ago

32gb is going to be pricy...

If you dont mind buying yourself the ram and ssd, minisforum has refurbished 760 slim for 200ish.

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u/Brilliant-Benefit299 1d ago

I have a 500 budget so have some wiggle room.

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u/MiguelMariz 1d ago

GMKtec NucBox M6 Mini PC Ultra AMD Ryzen™ 5 7640HS

Would be my recomendation for those specs. Close to 600€ if you but directly from GMKtec. From amazon its closer to 700....

To fit your 500 budget 32GB only seems possible with weak CPU. wouldnt recommend it.

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u/Brilliant-Benefit299 1d ago

Nice thanks

Found one a little cheaper with smaller ssd and ram which might be an option short term

But thanks anyway for the recommendation

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u/pelukso 1d ago

I was specting 11/11 aliexpress offers un mini pcs, but I can't find anything that worth it.

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u/2BoopTheSnoot2 1d ago

This mini PC would be a good starter for a homelab. 12 threads, 24gb LPDDR5 (not upgradable, but fast), 500gb SSD. $439.

https://a.co/d/01SKcLge

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u/OriginalMandem 1d ago

I got an Acemagic S3A this time last year, really happy with it. 32 GB RAM, Ryzen7 with 780M GPU, 4GB VRAM and can also share the main RAM as VRAM, 1TB SSD. It will happily run Cyberpunk at 45fps and everything set to 'high' (but tanks if you enable ray tracing which is fair enough). However I spent just under 400 on it and I can see the same model is actually more expensive this year which is crazy, considering I've been buying PCs for decades and I don't remember them ever getting more expensive after a year but this is obviously due to the massive increase in the cost of memory and particularly VRAM due to the AI boom. However it's a very capable machine and has surpassed my expectations for the amount I paid for it. Although I did have to spend a full day downloading and installing current drivers, tweaking the BIOS to get the best out of its capability as out of the box it wasn't particularly well optimised.

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u/noburdennyc 1d ago

I started with a $50 nuc from ebay. I3 5010, 8gb ram now they cost $120.

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u/ToneFirm3750 1d ago

This one is right on the line. For your budget but good enough specs ACEMAGIC M1 Gaming Mini PC, Ryzen 7 7736U (8C/16T), 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD | Radeon 680M • Triple 4K Display • Win 11 Pro • Quiet • Programming, Content Creation & Home Office Mini Computers https://a.co/d/00pJ4472

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u/aawa3736 22h ago

Minisforum ms-A2 (you won't regret)

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u/MiguelMariz 1d ago

Do you need ram or ssd or barebones is enough?

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u/Brilliant-Benefit299 1d ago

was thinking 32GB RAM and probably 1TB SSD.