MACO

get an Aoostar MACO with a 6850H it has OcuLink so you can upgrade the GPU with an AG01 later on it should provide better performance than a Steam Deck.

The R7 H255 is a rebranded 8745HS and not even listed on AMDs official website. Typing or not typing the H isnt important. The official R7 H 260 is the 8845HS upgraded and only slightly faster. The official R7 H250 is slightly slower. In regards to the Aoostar its a R7 H255 like all the rest made in

I would rather pick the Aoostar Maco because it has an Oculink port.

I switched from giant gaming PC to mini (Aoostar MACO AMD R7 6850H with 680m graphics). This model was only $299 and the only downside is that the memory (24GB) is soldered to board so not upgradeable). Barebones, I had 2 M.2 drives so I added those. This model has a built in Oculink port. That, pai

I know a few people who bought the recently released GMKtec M8 PRO 6650H for this purpose. They're running Bazzite OS from a 2nd drive for what's close to Steam Deck performance and EmuDeck for classic console emulation. The negative is soldered 6400MT/s LPDDR5 memory with the positive the x4 4.0 PC

The AOOSTAR MACO R9 8945HS is $640ish on Amazon. I have one and it runs well sofar. Its also offered in the R7 6850H, the R7 8845HS and the newer R7 255. The 6850H is 24gig LDDR not upgradable. https://www.amazon.com/AOOSTAR-4-70Ghz-6400Mhz-Supports-Quad-Screen/dp/B0G698213Z The rest use DDR5 sodimm

I got the AOOSTAR Maco 8845 recently and i really like it. Barebone for around 300€. Was my first real mini PC going to use it for couch gaming and a plex server in future.

That's not an awful deal, where are you located? there is an AOOSTAR MACO AMD R7 6850H on amazon with 24GB of memory but no ssd for $339. That SHOULD have a 680M in it. I've got an Aooster with a 780M which is I think like 10-20% faster. Running a 2 screen setup at 1080p, I go to around 50-60% GPU u

Depends on overall expectations. I know a few people in recent months have bought the Aoostar MACO PRO 6850H "barebones" (soldered memory/missing SSDs) specifically for HTPC/emulation machines. Usually running Windows from one drive slot and Bazzite OS/EmuDeck from a 2nd. These were only $300 a few

I would say it boils down to if gaming is more important than features. A lower watt CPU should also run much cooler. That 125H was hitting 90C. The GMKtek does look like its built well. I went with a Ryzen 9 Pro 8945HS. Has 2 nvme slots plus Oculink and will smoke the Intel in games. Cost is about