If youre in the market for a strong piece of hardware off the shelf, you could do worse than the peculiarly-named GEEKOM Mini PC. I cant make spec comparisons between other PCs of this type, but I can at least say that it handily outperforms the laptop I use for most everyday computing. Its mostly designed for people looking to upgrade and already have a setup with a mouse/keyboard, monitor, disc drives, and even a hard drive - the one included only has 512GB, which is probably the bit that annoys me the most about the package.

Fast and easy to used. Great price just what I need it.

I got this for my kids to do their homework. So far, its been really a great little PC. Easy to setup, doesnt take a lot of space, comes with everything youd need, and easy to config. If you need a basic PC for someone, look no further.

Powerful, yet tiny PC running Windows 11 Pro! Add a monitor and it mounts on the back of it, add a keyboard and mouse... Your up and running in minutes!

I really like mini-PCs and have used several of them around my house as HTPCs on the televisions in my living room, bedroom, etc. I also like to use them as Linux boxes for things like Asterisk, etc. They can also be useful as small desktop replacement boxes, especially when VESA mountable. This specific mini PC has a lot of good things going for it and has a lot of features, but it also has a few things that I rather dislike.

Hooked it up to an old monitor, plugged it in and turned it on.

Its a great little machine. Hooked it onto the back of a monitor with a supplemental vesa bracket.The fan noise was high when under load and it cut into the audio of zoom meetings which was very frustrating. I contacted Geekom and they sent a bios update that changed the fan speed and now it is MUCH better. Unclear whether that will decrease the lifespan by running the fan slower, or whether the initial fan control was overkill. Time will tell! All in all a good buy after the bios modification.

The Geekom IT8 Mini PC is a nice, compact mini PC with a bit of umph! Great for minimalist desk builds.

We got this mini pc when my custom built on started to fail on the safe side. The first one we got worked wonders! I loved how quiet and powerful it was. Sadly a weird freak windstorm knocked out power when we were using it and fried it. After talking to support we got a new one for no charge and they walked us through the steps. This is a company I trust with buying pcs from and I respect them for all they did. We only had the original for a week or two I believe.

This little pc is great for certain niches. As a media center attached to a TV, playing youtube, netflix, etc, it is much better than any built in apps in TVs. I added a Logitech K400 keyboard touchpad combo, and it worked perfect for couch surfing!