How to choose a suitable Mini PC?

The rapid growth of the Internet age is inextricably linked to the popularity of the personal PC from the 1990s through the millennium. Whether it’s for work, study, productivity or entertainment, a PC does it all.

As of 2021 zipdo data pointed out that the U.S. region home PC share reached 85%. And Nation Master shows that in 2004, the United States personal PC accounted for 76.2% ranked fourth in the world. Interestingly, along with the semiconductor industry’s technological development, since 2010 to 2015, the United States personal PC energy consumption decreased by 25%, which also shows that the development trend of PC products is to improve performance while reducing energy consumption.

If before 2021, laptop and tower PC are still the best choice, but with the explosion of amd and intel’s performance in CPU’s after 2021, Mini PC’s priced at $500 or less are so much more attractive than tower PC’s.

Tower PC vs Mini PC

	Tower PC	Mini PC
Usage Scenarios	Desk	Anywhere
Sizes	4-15 L	Less than 1 L
Weights	11-36 lbs	Less than 5 lbs
Functionality	Office Productivity Gaming	Office Productivity Gaming Servers Home theater
Consumption	200-1000 W	6-60 W
Prices	$800 or more	$150-$550

In most scenarios, Mini PC is more advantageous than traditional tower PC, and the energy consumption is more environmental friendly. PELADN’s three Mini PC are designed for different scenarios.

 

WI-6 N100

$139

Intel Alder Lake N100 Processor

8GB DDR4 3200 MHz

256GB M.2 2280 SSD

WiFi 5.0 and BT 4.2

Ideal for office, web browsing, home theater, small servers.

WO4 5500U

$329

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Processor

16GB DDR4 3200 MHz

512GB M.2 2280 SSD

WiFi 6.0 and BT 5.2

Ideal for office, productivity, part of gaming, home theater, small servers.

HA-4 7840HS

$559

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS Processor

32GB DDR4 3200 MHz

1TB M.2 2280 SSD

WiFi 6.0 and BT 5.2

Ideal for office, productivity, most gaming, home theater, small servers.