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ECS Liva One A300 is a compact PC with AMD A4 socket for Ryzen or Athlon chips up to 65 watts

ECS has been selling tiny desktop computers under its Liva line of devices for years, but the new ECS Liva One A300 is one of the most versatile to date. While many other models are powered by laptop-class processors that are soldered to the motherboard, the Liva One A300 has an AMD A4 socket and support […]

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Intel NUC 12 Extreme “Dragon Canyon” has a socketed desktop CPU, discrete graphics support

Intel’s NUC Extreme line of computers tend to be compact, high-performance systems with the latest Intel mobile chips and support for discrete graphics. But this year’s NUC 12 Extreme is something a little different – it will have an LGA1700 socket with support for 12th-gen Intel Alder Lake desktop processors. Code-named Dragon Canyon, the new Intel […]

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Eurocom Nightsky ARX315 laptop supports up to a Ryzen 9 5950X processor (notebook with the heart of a desktop PC)

PC maker Eurocom has a history of stuffing desktop computer parts into laptops, but the new Eurocom Nightsky ARX315 may be the company’s most powerful desktop replacement to date. It’s a 5.7 pound laptop computer with a 15.6 inch, 240 HZ display, support for up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 graphics, and an AMD AM4 socket […]

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The first Mini-STX motherboards based on Intel’s 5×5 platform are here

Intel launched a new platform in 2015 for the smallest motherboards that could support upgradeable CPUs. Now we’re starting to see some of the first actual boards based on that platform: ECS and ASRock both unveiled new mini STX motherboards at CES last week. Basically, this means you can build your own computer that’s not much […]

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Intel 5×5: Smallest PC board with upgradeable CPU socket

There’s a growing number of tiny PCs on the market, including models like the Intel Compute Stick that are small enough to close your fist around and larger, more powerful models including Intel NUC-sized computers with Celeron, Pentium, or Core series processors. Now Intel is introducing a new platform for tiny PCs… and it has […]