Mini PCs
Deals: Lowest Priced 4K Android Media Player Only $21.99
These 4k media players are becoming crazy cheap, for only $21,99 you get the SCISHION V88, a quad-core Android 4k media player with HDMI 2.0 out, 4 USB 2.0 ports, SD card reader, 100Mb ethernet, 1GB of RAM and 8GB Rom. Sure it doesn’t have a lot of storage for media, but the idea is to plug in an external hard drive for your media collection. I’m not sure how the Rockchip RK3229 perfo...[Read More]
Mini M8S II 4K Media PC With Android 6
Another Amlogic 4K Android media player, this one however, is the enhanced version and has the new S905X SoC in it which now supports video decoding VP9-10 Profile-2 up to 4Kx2K@60fps & H.265 HEVC [email protected] up to 4Kx2K@60fps which isn’t a bad feat considering this little media PC is under $40. It runs Android 6.0 has 2GB of RAM and a 8GB ROM. Not a lot of storage but you do have USB por...[Read More]
Gole Gole1 5-Inch Dual Boot Mini PC With HDD Dock
This one’s a bit of an oddball hybrid. If you remember the Pipo X9 mini PC with a tablet screen in it I reviewed a while ago, this is similar. The Gole1 has a 5″ screen (Not sure how practical that will be for Windows) with a 1280 x 720 resolution. It’s powered by an Atom X5 Z8300 (No surprise there) and has 4GB of RAM and a 64GB eMMC. It has hardware volume, home and power butto...[Read More]
Deals: Android and Windows Mini PC Flash Sale
Gearbest currently has a flash sale on various mini PCs. Ranging from Android media PC’s with 4K 60p support, powered by AmIogic quad cores to an Atom X5 Z8300 Windows 10 mini PC. These cheap media players can even output 4k and decode H.265 clips. The Beelink Z83 This is an interesting Atom X5 Z8300 mini pc, because it has a gigabit LAN port and dual band Wifi. Other specs include a full si...[Read More]
Beelink BT7 Mini PC – Atom X7 Z8700 4GB With SSD
Beelink has recently released the BT7 Mini PC. It’s one of the more powerful Windows 10 Atom mini PC’s around as its packs an Atom X7 Z8700, 4GB of RAM and a 64GB eMMC with either a 64GB, 128GB or 320GB SSD drive. Note that this one is different as it has a small active fan in it and not just passive cooling. It was one of the downfalls of the last Voyo X7 Z8700 mini-PC I looked at, i...[Read More]
Deals: Fanless i5 Mini PC Flash Sale
Gearbest has a flash sale on two newly added Mini PC configurations. The first one is very similar to the Core i5 one I reviewed, a fanless unit which is a barebone. You select the CPU option you want from a i5 4200U at $204.99 , i3 4010U at $169.99 or i3 5005U at $181.15, add your RAM (up to 16GB) and mSATA or 2.5″ HDD. And of course install your OS of choice. The Mini PC has plenty of port...[Read More]
Deals: BeeLink MiniMXIII Android 4K Media Player for $43.85
Edit 8th April: I found a coupon online that brings the price down to $43.85 – GBMXI BeeLink’s latest 4k media play that runs Kodi media center and Android 5.1 is up for preorder on GearBest for $50.85, which isn’t a bad price considering what this little mini pc can do. Like the MX64 for BeeLink, this model supports native hardware H.264/H.265 HEVC decoding, has a new HDMI 2.0 s...[Read More]
KIPLUS S2 T2 – Android Media Player with TV Tuner
I’ve covered a few Android media’s, but this is the first I’ve seen that has a built in tuner card that supports satellite DVB-S2 and DVB-T2 digitial TV. The unit is powered by a quadcore Amlogic S905 with Mali 450 graphics and 1GB of DDR3 RAM. And it has a HDMI 2.0 spec port that can play 10 bit H.265 at 4k 60hz and the rest up to a maxium of 4k 30hz. It’s got 4 USB 2.0 sp...[Read More]
Voyo V3 Atom X5 X8700, 4GB Ram and 128GB eMMC Windows 10 PC
Edit: Gearbest has a flash sale now on with $150 units selling for $199 Voyo’s most powerful mini PC the Voyo V3 has been announced, it’s got the top of line Atom X7 Z8700 (2.4Ghz) with 4GB of RAM. With a large 128GB SSD (must be eMMC as Atom don’t support SSD?) and even a USB Type-C port. The Voyo V3 is running Windows 10 home. Other specs include Wireless AC and 2 x USB 3.0 por...[Read More]
Mini M8S Android 4k Media Player For Under $40
Here we have another super cheap 4k Android 5.1 media player. The Mini M8S, is powered by a quad-core Amlogic S905. It has a HDMI 2.0 port, that supports 60hz 4k. It can also decode H.265 so an ideal cheap media player. On the connectivity side of things it has wireless N and a LAN port (Sadly only 100 mbits) It has 2GB of RAM and a 32GB eMMC. There is a MicroSD card slot and USB 2.0 for expanding...[Read More]
Onda M3 – Mini PC with 4GB of RAM and 120GB MSata SSD
Another mini PC, but another one that I find more interesting as it’s not just another Atom Z8300. It’s powered by and older Haswell Celeron G1840. It has a TDP of 54W so a good 10 times that of an Atoms TDP, can clock up to 2.8Ghz and it’s socket 1150. Originally I saw this as a plain barebones mini PC. It would seem now Onda has had to bundle it with a 120GB mSata SSD (With Win...[Read More]
Updated: Voyo V3 Mini PC Review Atom X7 Z8700 + 128GB SSD
Update: Gearbest currently has a flash sale on this item and it’s listed for $191.99 Here’s my video review of it. Overall it’s a nice unit so much faster than other mini PC’s due to the SSD, it feels like a Core i3 more than an Atom with the SSD to me. The downside, the thermals and throttling if you game. Covered in the video review below. If there is interest I might jus...[Read More]
