Key things to look for when buying a mini PC

Buying a mini PC isn’t like buying a laptop or a fully fledged desktop PC, but a pitfall-laden experience that sits somewhere in between

■ How big is mini? There’s no formal definition of a mini PC. When we invited PCSpecialist to submit a system into this month’s group test, it sent both the Azena R (see p93) and the Torpedo Ultra R (see p52). But the Torpedo proved to be ten times the size – in terms of volume – as any other system in this Labs, which is why we moved it to the main Reviews section instead. However, there is an argument that it’s a mini PC, as it uses a microITX motherboard and one of Corsair’s smallest chassis. For the sake of our sanity, we decided to draw the line at three litres. That’s still small enough to tuck a PC behind a monitor or sit on a stand. But…

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