It sure would be nice to have some suped-up gaming PC with a crazy powerful graphics card, CPU, and 8TB of storage to fit all your games, but that’s not exactly feasible for many of us. The costs of PC parts are on the rise, but you can still find simple configurations at discounted rates. If you really only need a tool where you can get some light work done like browsing the web, responding to emails, and drafting up some spreadsheets, than a mini PC might prove to be a great option for you. They also fit right in for any office front desk, classroom, or retail setup. Geekom’s Air12 mini PC already relatively inexpensive at $399, but a short-time 25% discount has taken the price down to just $299. You can save a whole $100 for a limited time.
As the name of this product category implies, mini PCs are much smaller than your standard desktop computer. It’s able to fit into such a small package because they are primarily configured used high-end laptop parts. By opting for a mini PC over a laptop, manufacturers are able to keep the cost down by not having to worry about screens, keyboards, webcams, and other features that can bring up the price of a laptop. This means what you get is a fairly powerful PC in a tiny little box.
Under the Tiny Hood
The Geekom Air12 mini PC is working with an Intel Pentium 7505 single-core processor which delivers 25% faster performance than the N95, N100, and N150 chips. The integrated Intel UHD graphics card is three times as powerful as that in the N95 chips and has advanced hardware decoding that allows for efficient 4K streaming. As far as storage and memory are concerned, the mini PC is rocking 8GB of RAM with a 256GB NVMe SSD. The Air12 can be expanded to up to 64GB of RAM and 2TB of storage if your needs evolve.
For connecting to displays, you’re able to set up the Geekom Air12 mini PC with three monitors simultaneously. The configuration is equipped with an HDMI 2.0 slot, DisplayPort 1.4 slot, and a full-function USB-C that can do display and audio data. It’s also working with five other USB ports to connect to various accessories or flash storage, plus is has a full-size SD card reader.
Even with all its parts packed tightly together, the mini PC is still able to keep cool as it runs thanks to the IceBlast 3.0 dual copper heat pipe cooling system and ultra-quiet internal fan.