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ATOPNUC Mini Gaming PC, AMD Ryzen 5 5600U 16GB DDR4 RAM 512GB SSD, Mini Computers Windows 11 Pro, Micro PC 4K Triple Display/Dual HDMI/USB-C/Gaming/Office/Home
ATOPNUC Mini Gaming PC, AMD Ryzen 5 5600U 16GB DDR4 RAM 512GB SSD, Mini Computers Windows 11 Pro, Micro PC 4K Triple Display/Dual HDMI/USB-C/Gaming/Office/Home

[POWERFUL MINI COMPUTER]Elevate your gaming experience with the ATOPNUC Ryzen Mini PC MX60. Powered by the AMD Ryzen 5 5600U processor and Radeon RX Vega7 Graphics, this mini gaming pc is ready to take on your favorite games, including LOL, Overwatch 2, CS:GO, GTA 5 and more.

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First, when our clients get into these questions and concerns, especially with a budget, they focus on the emulator in question

Requirements for PCSX2

CPU Requirements

•AVX2 support

•PassMark single thread performance above 2100

•4-cores/8-threads

•Dual channel memory controller

GPU Requirements

•Radeon X1900 GT equivalent or greater

•2GB of VRAM, dedicated or shared

RAM Requirements

•1Rx8 dual rank DDR4, 2Rx8 preferred, in dual channel mode

These will meet the required specifications to run @ 60 FPS. PCSX2 is a CPU demanding emulator. Running the software from a PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD with read write speeds of 3,000/2,000MB/s is suggested for optimum performance.

Requirements for Dolphin 5.0

CPU Requirements

•4-cores/8-threads

•Dual channel memory controller

GPU Requirements

•Direct3D 11 or greater

•OpenGL 4.4 or greater

•Vulkan 1.1 or greater

Integrated graphics may work, depending on driver support.

The above, is your starting point.

As far as CPU performance, what clients are finding to be the most optimal is the Infinity Fabric Architecture found in AMDs Ryzen Zen 3 APUs, like the Cezanne and Barceló 5000 Series.

With the requirements, this places your starting point with the Ryzen 3 5400U or 5425U, and the new 7330U.

Currently, the most client purchased model in the price range, is the ATopNUC MX60, which is slightly over your budget

ATOPNUC MX60 Mini PC AMD Ryzen 5 5600U APU Zen 3 Infinity Fabric Architecture 6C/12T CPU w/ GCN 5th Gen Radeon RX Vega 7 iGPU, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB Gen3x4 NVMe SSD, 2x HDMI/Type-C DP, Wi-Fi 5/BT 5, Windows 11 Pro

It does bring more to the table, with the Ryzen 5 5600U 6-core/12-thread upgrade, as well as 7 Vega compute units.

Post clients will eventually upgrade to a 2Rx8 dual rank RAM kit, to optimize both CPU and iGPU to maximum PTR (Peak Transfer Rate) for the best, bandwidth/throughput.

Timetec 32GB 2Rx8 Dual Rank Kit (2x16GB) DDR4 3200MHz (DDR4-3200) PC4-25600 Non-ECC Unbuffered 1.2V CL22 260 Pin 76TT32NUS2R8-16GK2

But without downgrading quite a bit, it's hard to hit the $220 budget. Most of our clients shooting for emulators often have budgets much higher. But they're trying to get the most out of the emulator as possible.

MaxProAndU Team