AMD Ryzen V1605B Mini PC with 4 DisplayPorts ports (barebone/no OS) $410.92 from Aliexpress

[Anandtech1999]

582.99US $ |Mini PC Ryzen 5 V1605B Desktop computer Windows 10, Gaming PC Dual DDR4 DP USB C WiFi Bluetooth, 4K Nvme SSD Computer Mini pc|Mini PC| - AliExpress

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Brand is Maxtang (yeah, they heard of Mustang before)
Price includes a $3 coupon.
Options include TPM chip, memory and SSD. Went for the cheapest one.
No OS as well on that.
Shame it is NOT a fanless device.
More details about the 1605B here

https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/embedded/8191+11961

 

[piokos]

582.99US $ |Mini PC Ryzen 5 V1605B Desktop computer Windows 10, Gaming PC Dual DDR4 DP USB C WiFi Bluetooth, 4K Nvme SSD Computer Mini pc|Mini PC| - AliExpress

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Brand is Maxtang (yeah, they heard of Mustang before)

Nice choice if someone needs 4 screens and can live without a warranty.

For other scenarios a little expensive/risky, tbh...

$470 for 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD.
vs
~$570 for 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD i5-8265U NUC (Radeon 540X, 2GB GDDR5)

 

[Anandtech1999]

Nice choice if someone needs 4 screens and can live without a warranty.

For other scenarios a little expensive/risky, tbh...

$470 for 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD.
vs
~$570 for 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD i5-8265U NUC (Radeon 540X, 2GB GDDR5)

I guess you'd only buy it if you want a 4 DP setup. Otherwise, hard pass.

 

[SamirD]

Never a good idea to buy fake stuff like this--who knows what type of new virus you're funding...

 

[Anandtech1999]

Never a good idea to buy fake stuff like this--who knows what type of new virus you're funding...

Not sure what you mean by fake.
Are you saying that the stuff won't work and you will be left with a dud?
As far as I know they're not faking anything.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Not sure what you mean by fake.
Are you saying that the stuff won't work and you will be left with a dud?
As far as I know they're not faking anything.

I bought a gold-colored/metallic-shell mini-ITX PC from a China-importer, it worked for perhaps a couple of weeks, then, DEAD. Tried a different (laptop-style 12-19V barrel input) PSU, still no dice.

Chinese mini-PCs, in my personal experience, are GARBAGE, stay away. Plus, I'm pretty certain that nearly all of the USB ethernet adapters that I obtained from a China-seller, as well as Chinese Android phone brands, all have viruses/malware in them. Bad stuff. Stay away.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

I bought a gold-colored/metallic-shell mini-ITX PC from a China-importer, it worked for perhaps a couple of weeks, then, DEAD. Tried a different (laptop-style 12-19V barrel input) PSU, still no dice.

Chinese mini-PCs, in my personal experience, are GARBAGE, stay away. Plus, I'm pretty certain that nearly all of the USB ethernet adapters that I obtained from a China-seller, as well as Chinese Android phone brands, all have viruses/malware in them. Bad stuff. Stay away.

Interesting. I remember that thread - and I posted my own experience there with a Hystou FP03.

Core i/Core M (possibly fanless) mini PC, better value than $500, 2014 Mac Mini?

Here's the specs for the $499 Mac Mini from 2014: https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/specs/ (Let's forget it only comes with 4 GB RAM, mentally replace it to 8 GB, like the base model 13" MacBook Air was upgraded to 8 GB this spring for the same price which previously gave you only 4 GB, a similar...

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The Hystou is still my preferred home office machine: dead quiet and runs every office application I can think of, plus scanner, color printer etc. And since I like to name my computers after (fictional) spaceships, I called it "Serenity".

I guess it's a matter of luck, more than anything else.

 

[Anandtech1999]

Interesting. I remember that thread - and I posted my own experience there with a Hystou FP03.

Core i/Core M (possibly fanless) mini PC, better value than $500, 2014 Mac Mini?

Here's the specs for the $499 Mac Mini from 2014: https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/specs/ (Let's forget it only comes with 4 GB RAM, mentally replace it to 8 GB, like the base model 13" MacBook Air was upgraded to 8 GB this spring for the same price which previously gave you only 4 GB, a similar...

forums.anandtech.com

The Hystou is still my preferred home office machine: dead quiet and runs every office application I can think of, plus scanner, color printer etc. And since I like to name my computers after (fictional) spaceships, I called it "Serenity".

I guess it's a matter of luck, more than anything else.

So it is still working after 4 years?

 

[AnitaPeterson]

Of course it's still working. I just used it for some OCR work a couple of days ago