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minus-square@FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month ago This is for people who don’t have a nice and powerful desktop. You can build a significantly more powerful desktop that is also upgradable for less than this. This price renders it absolutely useless and no one should buy it.
minus-square@adoxographer@feddit.dklinkfedilink5•1 month agoI don’t think you can if you take into account the form factor, noise and thermals. I built my mini itx before this silliness and it was a good 20% more expensive on account of no space and specific components
minus-square@FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 month agoIntel NUCs have existed for like a decade at this point.
minus-square@adoxographer@feddit.dklinkfedilink3•edit-21 month agoAnd how many compare with gaming performance at that price point point? I don’t know of a single one that can match it. Also I’d say that’s moving the goalposts from building a cheaper one, to buying a shittier one
You can build a significantly more powerful desktop that is also upgradable for less than this. This price renders it absolutely useless and no one should buy it.
I don’t think you can if you take into account the form factor, noise and thermals.
I built my mini itx before this silliness and it was a good 20% more expensive on account of no space and specific components
Intel NUCs have existed for like a decade at this point.
And how many compare with gaming performance at that price point point?
I don’t know of a single one that can match it.
Also I’d say that’s moving the goalposts from building a cheaper one, to buying a shittier one