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Why no high power mini PCs? (self.pcmasterrace)

submitted 1 year ago by bonus_crab to c/pcmasterrace

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All the NUCs and other mini PCs I see run mobile processors.

It's a shame because a simple downdraft air cooler with a 120mm fan can handle a pretty high power load and could definitely fit in a tiny space.

Add a few thunderbolt ports and you could have a capable and upgradeable little pc.

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[–] Khanzarate 15 points 1 year ago

I feel like there's just not a significant market for that.

Plenty of things that want that small size don't need the better processing, and relatively few things that need that better processing are concerned about space.

I agree, it's a shame.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

You can always built a micro ITX real server with some of the AsRock server boards. Not as small as a NUC but pretty small considering their capabilities.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I'm not so confident as you in stuffing a 100-150W TDP CPU in a NUC-sized case.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is this what you are looking for? https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkCentre-M910Q-3-Monitor-DisplayPort/dp/B08MMQH98H

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have one of those. It is amazing! I decommissioned a 1U Dell server for it. No RAID but my data isn’t critical.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I have one as well. Its really nice, but the biggest drawback imho is it only support 1x2.5 inch drive

[–] bonus_crab 5 points 1 year ago

damn thats cheap

[–] Narann 2 points 1 year ago

That's some impressive specs for the case.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Check out this little beast. Pretty bloody capable for the size and price.

https://youtu.be/BfXn-5-IYMY

[–] thorcik 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://lemmy.world/c/sffpc :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]

[–] Hazdaz 4 points 1 year ago

Have you looked at the size of the latest videocards? That's just the GPU (and secondary components), and it's bigger than a NUC. The power supply needed to feed a powerful GPU and CPU is larger than a NUC. There's a lot of empty space inside a modern tower case, but you're not shrinking high end components down into a NUC. It's just not feasible.