Category: Desktop PCs

Sometimes it’s amazing what creators and modders can do with the humble Raspberry Pi. But no one would accuse the tiny, flexible system-on-a-chip of having an overabundance of storage, since in its…

A mini PC provides much better bang for your buck compared to laptops as long as you can do without portability. That means you can spend far less to get the same…

You don’t need a massive desktop PC for a powerful gaming or home office setup these days. Mini PCs have come a long way — and if you don’t need the portability…

I prefer a PC case that looks like a tiny refrigerator — leave off the RGB, please. But even if there’s no accounting for taste, I have to admit that the massive…

As a PC builder, I know you can’t beat the flexibility and utility of a full-sized, standard ATX build. But also… small form factor desktops are just so pretty. Fractal makes some…

Earlier this year, I impulse-bought a tiny, inexpensive desktop PC for research purposes. I didn’t expect it to change my entire computing setup. But here I am now, using the $300 Beelink SER5…

A mini PC is an excellent compromise when you don’t need the portability of a laptop and want more bang for your buck. They can pack a lot of power and they’re…

The Year of the Linux Desktop has become something of a sad meme in recent years, but the truth is that Linux as an alternative to Windows and macOS has never been…

Mini PCs are rarely as powerful as their desktop PC counterparts, but they tend to be pretty good for the price. But every once in a while, you can spot a powerful…

Beige box on its side. Massive matching monitor. CD-ROM drive and a floppy disk drive underneath. This itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny, off-white, boxy PC is a dead ringer for the first leftover computer my…