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Mini pc Vs used desktop

  • 02-06-2024 10:29AM
    #1
    zonular
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 114 ✭✭


    Morning all

    I'm currently debating between a mini pc or a used desktop.

    Need it for, working on web Dev projects (only a hobbiest), light gaming (gog, indies, project zombid, cs go that sort of stuff)

    Between buying a used desktop or a mini pc, I'm trying to keep the budget under 500 quid.

    Any suggestions?



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  • #2
    romperstomper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,852 ✭✭✭romperstomper


    Im in the same boat. Debating whether AliExpress xeons 2650 CPU motherboard combo is worth the hassle or not. Lots up on YouTube



  • #3
    human 19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 849 ✭✭✭human 19


    I dont know how CPU intensive the above are , but have you checked out the Raspberry Pi 5? Up to 8GB RAM. "Built around a quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 CPU cluster, clocked at up to 2.4GHz, with 512KB per-core L2 caches and a 2MB shared L3 cache, "



  • #4
    accensi0n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,016 ✭✭✭accensi0n


    To jump in, does anyone have any suggestions for something that has 16 cores and 64GB RAM for around €1k?



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