Comment on Why Shouldn't I Use A Small Gaming PC

Lembot_0004@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Are they cheaper, though?

  GPU prices being what they are an equivalent full size card, and the same CPU aren’t far off the full build cost of the micro unit I linked to, and that’s before cases, power supplies and whatever.

  I understand the service situation; but that’s not worse than my laptop/integrated devices - and this still has some scope for replacing non-soldered parts, presumably.

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  • Lembot_0004@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Are they cheaper, though?

    Yes, always. Between 2 not second-hand machines with comparable hardware, a “normal” one would be significantly cheaper than a “mini”.

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    • ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      How would you break it down?

      PC Partpicker disagrees with you, especially at the reduced price on the Amazon micro option - making some assumptions on equivalence between the ‘baked in’ chips and proper GPU etc.

      I’d assume that economies of scale play a part too.

      But I’m willing to accept that I’m wrong!

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