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Why no high power mini PCs? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by bonus_crab@lemmy.world to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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All the NUCs and other mini PCs I see run mobile processors.

It's a shame because a simple downdraft air cooler with a 120mm fan can handle a pretty high power load and could definitely fit in a tiny space.

Add a few thunderbolt ports and you could have a capable and upgradeable little pc.

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[–] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Have you looked at the size of the latest videocards? That's just the GPU (and secondary components), and it's bigger than a NUC. The power supply needed to feed a powerful GPU and CPU is larger than a NUC. There's a lot of empty space inside a modern tower case, but you're not shrinking high end components down into a NUC. It's just not feasible.