ThinkCentre M75q Gen 5 Tiny

I spent months with the same dilemma as you. Needed a minipc with radeon 780m but couldn't trust any of this Chinese suppliers. Found Lenovo m75q gen 5 with the AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 8700GE, which is limited to 35W, meaning low energy consumption, and no concerns about thermals, but still very powerful m

After a few failed attempts I ended up choosing the GMKtec K8 Plus. Beelink and GMKtec currently seem to be the more popular Chinese NUC brands at the moment. I would have liked a Beelink but they don't offer the 8845HS or Ryzen 7 260, just the cheap Chinese processors. If your budget supports it po

For the best results with PS3/PS4 emulation in BatoceraOS with integrated graphics, one is generally focused on a system with an RDNA3 Radeon RX 780M iGPU + 32GB of memory. As for 5-10 years of longevity, most Chi-NUC brands are questionable beyond 3 considering most like a history beyond that lengt

It's a solid question, with the less than complex answer. It's less about "when" a budget PC will fail, and more about "If". For the most part, these Chi-NUC PC are are manufactured at the same production levels as consumer electronics you pick up at the corner drug store 🤷 Using a budget Wo-We HU-M

I spend over 5 months with the same dilemma as you. Needed a minipc with radeon 780m but couldn't trust any of this Chinese suppliers. Found Lenovo m75q gen 5 with the AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 8700GE, which is limited to 35W, meaning low energy consumption, and no concerns about thermals, but still very pow

I spent months with the same dilemma as you. Needed a minipc with radeon 780m but couldn't trust any of this Chinese suppliers. Found Lenovo m75q gen 5 with the AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 8700GE, which is limited to 35W, meaning low energy consumption, and no concerns about thermals, but still very powerful m

Occasionally you can catch an Lenovo 8700GE ThinkCentre M75q Gen 5 Tiny on special @ a deep discount, a mPC in which one will find years of available parts, support & upgrades.