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-
base
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