Systems
Intel's Meteor Lake series of processors was launched in September 2023 with a focus on mobile platforms. Multiple mini-PC vendors have utilized these processors to market offerings in the SFF / UCFF desktop market. ACEMAGIC is an Asian manufacturer with products in multiple categories including micro-PCs, UCFF (ultra-compact form-factor) and SFF (small form-factor) PCs, and notebooks. They were one of the first to market with Meteor Lake-based desktop systems. The ACEMAGIC F2A 125H is the entry-level version of the F2A line, equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H processor. It is a bit larger than the traditional NUCs, slotting it in the SFF category. However, that allows for the processor to be operated at 65W (compared to the 28 - 40W adopted in the...
The MSI Gaming Booth Tour with dGPUs in AIOs and Notebooks plus Motherboards
It has been held as fact that for the past couple of years, gaming is helping to prop up a slowly decreasing desktop PC market. While many casual PC...
50 by Ian Cutress on 6/29/2015
Microsoft Surface Hub Availability And Specifications Announced
Today Microsoft announced more news regarding the Surface Hub, which is their large-screen collaboration device. Built specifically for the business conference room, the Surface Hub packs some impressive features...
38 by Brett Howse on 6/10/2015
Steam Machines, Steam Link, & Steam Controller Launching November 10th
For a couple of years now Valve has been developing and promoting the concept of what has become their Steam Universe. The Linux-based SteamOS running on top of console-sized...
57 by Ryan Smith on 6/4/2015
ASUS Zensation Press Conference Live Blog: Computex 2015
I'm sitting at ASUS' annual press conference here in Taipei. We're set to start at 2pm UTC +8, stay tuned for the latest.
6 by Ian Cutress on 6/1/2015
ASRock Releases Cherry Trail Mini-PC: The Beebox
The mini-PC revolution has passed a lot of regular computer users as something that happened but might not be that interesting, especially if you are used to the lights...
30 by Ian Cutress on 5/15/2015
The Lenovo ThinkStation P900 Workstation Review: Design 101
The workstation market has always been a consistent seller. The dream of offloading to an on or off-site VM and a cluster for work processing still lies more in...
61 by Ian Cutress on 5/6/2015
Logic Supply ML100G-30 Fanless Broadwell vPro Industrial NUC Review
Passively cooled computing systems carry many advantages. Most of these turn out to be very important for industrial and embedded applications. The low power nature of the NUCs make...
34 by Ganesh T S on 4/29/2015
Intel PPSTCK1A32WFC Bay Trail-T Compute Stick Review
The success of UCFF PCs have made vendors realize that small and power-efficient computing platforms are here to stay. ARM SoC manufacturers, finding that the tablet market had reached...
103 by Ganesh T S on 4/22/2015
Intel NUC5i7RYH Broadwell-U Iris NUC Review
Over the last couple of years, mini-PCs in the ultra-compact form factor (UCFF) have emerged as one of the bright spots in the troubled PC market. Intel's NUC systems...
66 by Ganesh T S on 4/20/2015
Digital Storm Launches The Upgraded BOLT 3 SFF Gaming System
Normally when one thinks of a gaming system, a Small Form Factor (SFF) computer is not what you would expect. Gaming, especially when done with some of the top...
29 by Brett Howse on 4/2/2015
Intel NUC5i5RYK Review: A Broadwell-U UCFF PC for Enthusiasts
The Intel NUC category has been an interesting product line to analyze, as it provides us with insights into where the traditional casual / home use desktop market might...
83 by Ganesh T S on 2/20/2015
GIGABYTE GB-BXi7H-5500 Broadwell BRIX Review
Over the last couple of years, the ultra-compact form factor (UCFF) has emerged as one of the bright spots in the troubled PC market. Intel's NUC and GIGABYTE's BRIX...
53 by Ganesh T S on 1/29/2015
ASRock VisionX 471D Review - Evolutionary Upgrades for a Powerful mini-PC
ASRock has been one of the few motherboard vendors to focus on mini-PCs targeting the HTPC and portable gaming markets. Starting from the ION-based nettop days, they have consistently...
30 by Ganesh T S on 1/26/2015
ECS LIVA X Review: A Fanless Bay Trail-M mini-PC
Over the last couple of years, mini-PCs in the ultra-compact form factor (UCFF) have emerged as one of the bright spots in the troubled PC market. ECS first took...
35 by Ganesh T S on 1/16/2015
Zotac Updates ZBOX mini-PC Lineup at CES 2015
Zotac's ZBOX series of mini-PCs has been receiving lots of updates over the last year or so. In addition to the traditional ZBOX (which, in itself, was small enough...
12 by Ganesh T S on 1/14/2015
Intel Updates the NUC at CES 2015 with Broadwell-U
The big topic going in to CES was the launch of Broadwell-U, Intel’s 14 nanometer 5th generation Core products for laptops, mini-PCs and all-in-ones, with rated TDPs of 15W...
32 by Ian Cutress on 1/12/2015
Zotac ZBOX CI320 nano Review: A Fanless Bay Trail-M mini-PC
Over the last couple of years, mini-PCs in the ultra-compact form factor (UCFF) have emerged as one of the bright spots in the troubled PC market. Zotac is no...
44 by Ganesh T S on 1/6/2015
GIGABYTE Launches BRIX Models with 14nm Broadwell-U
Hot on the heels of the official announcement, GIGABYTE is at the ready with their NUC like SFF PCs and implementing Broadwell-U in three different processor combinations. The BRIX...
7 by Ian Cutress on 1/5/2015
Zotac ZBOX CA320 nano PLUS Review: A Fanless AMD mini-PC
Over the last couple of years, mini-PCs in the ultra-compact form factor (UCFF) have emerged as one of the bright spots in the troubled PC market. Zotac is no...
31 by Ganesh T S on 11/26/2014
Lenovo ThinkStation P300 Workstation Review: Haswell plus Quadro
Individual under-the-desk workstations are an integral part of modern society. Normally a work PC is either thought-limited or throughput-limited, but depending on the type of business and financials of...
57 by Ian Cutress on 11/4/2014
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