I am always on the look out for the perfect inexpensive mini PC. Sometimes my budget doesn't allow for the high quality units that Dell sells, especially for personal projects. Unfortunately a lot of these mini/micro PC's are underpowered, un-expandable and/or do not have enough network ports. I found a hidden gem last month - the AceMagician Mini PC, AMD Ryzen 5 5600U for $300 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNDTS2ZM). 6C/12T AMD Ryzen 5 5600U, 16GB of RAM (expandable to 64GB), 512GB M.2 (replicable) and 2 NIC's (one is 2.5G!). < 3 minutes to install rXg, 3 minutes to for rXg to initialize on the first boot, 28 seconds boot to console prompt, and 1:30 boot to webserver loaded. What a rocket ship! So far it's been 100% solid running rXg and VMWare 8.0a. If you only require a 2 NIC Micro rXg LOOK NO FURTHER!
For $299 (after a $20 coupon) you can buy a new Acemagican mini pc with a Ryzen 5600u APU that has 6 cores / 12 threads, Vega 7 integrated graphics (pretty good considering it is integrated), 16GB RAM (8GB stick X 2) and 512GB SSD.
For $299 (after a $20 coupon) you can buy a new Acemagican mini pc with a Ryzen 5600u APU that has 6 cores / 12 threads, Vega 7 integrated graphics (pretty good considering it is integrated), 16GB RAM (8GB stick X 2) and 512GB SSD.
I recommend the acemagician 5625u, which I have been using with a one cable type c setup from a monitor with power delivery. Slightly larger case which help with the cooler and wont spin up the fans constantly trying to stay cool. Has been on sale for $260 recently but under $300 is a great deal https://www.amazon.com/Computers-Windows-Graphics-Support-Wifi2-4/dp/B0BNDTS2ZM