Intel’s Alder Lake-N and Twin Lake processors are designed to be affordable and energy-efficient chips that offer good-enough performance for a wide range of tasks. They’ve shown up in a lot of ...

This will keep both the cost of the build low, but also use less power, and generate less heat within the box. Cheap, small, quiet and power efficient were the priorities of this build. Motherboard ...

While not quite small enough to build a traditional 4x4 NUC, ASRock's new X600TM-ITX motherboard is small enough to build a mini PC, and a bleeding edge one, too. According to ASRock, the X600TM-ITX ...

There are a bunch of mini PCs available (or coming soon) with AMD Strix Halo processors featuring up to 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, up to 40-core RDNA 3.5 graphics, a 50 TOPS NPU, and up to 128GB of onboard ...

This outlandish wood gaming PC build takes inspiration from all sorts of places, from the famous Japanese Great Wave off Kanagawa painting to a dinosaur skeleton that PC modder Alessandro Zaiti saw ...

Building a mini-ITX PC is no fun if it isn't a challenge. That's the conclusion I've come to after spending many moments pondering why I'm such a huge fan of mini-ITX systems. There are other factors, ...

It takes a bit of extra skill to build a PC from the ground up inside a small form factor (SFF) chassis, but if you get it just right, it can be rewarding. There's something to be said for cases that ...

The problem is that no consumer wants to see PC hardware--or hear fan noise--in their living room or den. That's where Mini-ITX hardware shines. Built in a case that looks more like a set-top box than ...

The advent of compact and powerful hardware has revolutionized the mini-ITX PC market, allowing users to build performance-oriented systems in a small form factor. Despite their small size, these ...

There's no denying the Fractal Terra is a stylish case, and for those who fancy a small form factor build for cheap, this ...

I am leaning toward an atom based solution since it will keep the costs down and use less power. DDR3 is necessary, if it uses SODIMM that is even better cause I have some extra laying around. On ...

It's sad but true: Viruses, worms, rootkits, and identity and information theft have become everyday occurrences. As a result, the protection of personal and business information on hard drives and ...