Web User - UK (2020-01-22)

24 22 Jan - 4 Feb 2020

Group Test Mini PCs

OUR VERDICT

We gave our Gold Award to the

latest Raspberry Pi because it’s so

affordable. Even if you opt for the

model with the most memory, it’s

hundreds of pounds cheaper than

anything else in this Group Test.

Admittedly, it doesn’t quite have

the power to fully replace an

everyday desktop PC but the

current model makes such a good

stab at it, you can’t help but marvel

at its abilities.

If you’re happy to abandon

Windows but don’t want the

complication of learning Linux,

you’ll feel perfectly at home with

our Silver Award-winner, the Acer

Chromebox. Running Google’s

Chrome OS, this familiar

browser-based operating system

won’t work with all your favourite

Windows software but is moreth

powerful enough to run the

plethora of web-based apps that

are available instead, and it

integrates well with cloud-based

services such as Google Drive.

If you’re not prepared to ditch

Windows, try our Bronze Award-

winner – the Minix Neo J50C-4.

rightportsandnetwork

connections,andprovidesmore

thanenoughpowertorunyour web

browser and office software.

Raspberry

Pi 4 Model B

Acer

Chromebox CX13

Minix

Neo J50C-4

Quiet PC UltraNUC

Pro 8 Fanless

Minix

Neo G41V-4

WEBSITE http://www.raspberrypi.org http://www.acer.com minix.com.hk http://www.quietpc.com minix.com.hk

PRICE £34 £431.41 £300 £745 £254.90

BUY FROM The Pi Hut:

bit.ly/pi493

Sotel:

bit.ly/acer493

OnBuy:

bit.ly/minix493

Quiet PC:

bit.ly/quiet493

Amazon:

bit.ly/miniam493

PROCESSOR Quad-core 1.5GHz

Broadcom BCM2711

Quad-core 1.6GHz

Intel Core i5-8250U

Quad-core 1.5GHz Intel

Pentium Silver J5005

Dual-core 3GHz

i3-8109U

Quad-core

Intel Celeron N4100

MEMORY 1GB 8GB 4GB 8GB 4GB

GRAPHICS Broadcom VC6 Intel UHD Graphics

620

Intel UHD Graphics

605

Intel Iris Plus Graphics

655

Intel UHD Graphics

600

MONITOR PORTS 2 x Micro HDMI 1 x HDMI,

1 x USB Type-C

1 x HDMI,

1 x DisplayPort,

1 x USB Type-C

1 x HDMI,

1 x Thunderbolt 3

1 x HDMI,

1 x DisplayPort,

1 x VGA

STORAGE  64GB SSD 64GB eMMC 250GB SSD 64GB eMMC

USB PORTS 2 x USB 2,

2 x USB 3

5 x USB 3,

1 x USB Type-C

3 x USB 3,

1 x USB Type-C

4 x USB 3,

1 x USB Type-C

2 x USB 2,

2 x USB 3

NETWORK Gigabit Ethernet,

802.11ac Wi-Fi

Gigabit Ethernet,

802.11ac Wi-Fi

Gigabit Ethernet,

802.11ac Wi-Fi

Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet,

802.11ac Wi-Fi

SIZE 86 x 57 x 19mm 151 x 149 x 40mm 290 x 290 x 36mm 248 x 114 x 95mm 290 x 290 x 38mm

WARRANTY One-year return-to-

base

One-year return-to-

base

One-year return-to-

base

Two-years parts-and-

labour

One-year return-to-

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