It’s only been about four months since Zotac’s MEK Mini small form-factor gaming desktops started shipping with 65 watt 8th-gen Intel Core processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics. Now the company is upgrading the little computers to support 9th-gen Intel Core chips and NVIDIA GeForce RTX SUPER graphics. The little desktops still measure about 10.3″ […]
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Zotac launches MEK Mini compact gaming PC
Zotac’s MEK Mini is a desktop gaming PC that ships with a 65 watt Intel Core i7-8700 hexa-core processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 graphics, 16GB of RAM, a 240GB PCIe NVMe SSD and a 2TB hard drive. But what’s unusual about the MEK Mini is that it’s about half the size of a typical gaming […]
MSI squeezes NVIDIA RTX 20-series graphics into its compact gaming desktops
MSI is introducing a bunch of new gaming laptops and desktops during CES this week, including thin and (relatively) light notebooks with support for features up to a 144 Hz display and up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 graphics. But the company is also squeezing the latest high-performance Intel and NVIDIA components into it small […]
Zotac’s MEK Mini is a desktop gaming PC… but smaller
Zotac has been focused on two things for the past few years — high performance gaming PC hardware and really tiny computers. The Zotac MEK Mini takes a bit from each category. At 10.3″ x 10.2″ x 5.4″ it’s not exactly the smallest PC on display in Las Vegas during CES this week, but it […]
Chuwi HiGame mini PC with Kaby Lake-G hits Indiegogo for $899 and up
The Chuwi HiGame mini is a compact gaming desktop with an Intel Kaby Lake-G processor and AMD Radeon Vega M graphics. Measuring just 6.8″ x 6.2″ x 2.9″, the HiGame is smaller than an Xbox One or PlayStation 4, but it’s a full-fledged desktop computer capable of handling virtual reality and/or multiple 4K displays. It’s […]
Lenovo unveils new Legion Cube portable gaming desktops (and other Legion gaming PCs)
Lenovo is updating its Legion line of gaming computers with a few new 15 and 17 inch laptops, a couple of new desktop towers, and two compact gaming desktops in its “Cube” series. The laptops pack a lot of power into relatively compact designs, but gaming laptops are a dime a dozen these days, and […]
MSI Vortex G25 compact gaming desktop goes Coffee Lake
MSI is updating its small form-factor Vortex G25 gaming PC with a new model sporting an Intel Core i7-8700 Coffee Lake processor. The new MSI Vortex G25 features an Intel Z370 motherboard and Intel’s recently announced 6-core, 12-thread chip. While that’s not the most powerful processor in Intel’s new 8th-gen Core lineup, it’s a pretty […]
Dell new gaming PCs include Alienware 13 OLED laptop, 2nd-gen Alienware Alpha mini PC
Dell is updating its Alienware line of gaming computers with several new systems including an updated Alienware Alpha mini-desktop which Dell says is ready for 4K gaming and virtual reality and a 13 inch laptop with an OLED display. Alienware 13 OLED notebook Dell first showed off this 13 inch notebook at the Consumer Electronics Show. It […]