In today's tech market, mini desktops have become the choice of more and more people. They are small and cute, excellent performance, and now this Xiaomi mini computer has dropped from the first price of 4299 yuan to 1400 yuan now! Such a good price is really exciting. So, is this palm-sized high-performance mini desktop worth buying? Let's break it down together.
Let's first take a look at the performance of the i5-1240P.
The specifications of this processor are actually not bad now, 12 cores and 16 threads, and there is no problem in coping with daily use. In the CPU-Z software, it is measured that its multi-core gets 5670, and its single-core gets 696.9, the performance is not bad, and the performance release is still guaranteed, which may be related to the heat dissipation capacity of the mini host.
Let's take a look at the actual playtest.
The first game was chosen "League of Legends", which is not demanding on hardware, but for the core display mini-console, there is still pressure. At 2560×1440 resolution and extremely high image quality, the frame rate of the game can be stabilized at about 100 frames, the frame rate of the line stage is almost 120 frames, and the frame rate of the team battle stage is almost 85 frames, which is quite smooth.
The second game is Dota 2, which is still relatively heavy on hardware compared to the previous one, and certainly not particularly large. Under 1080P resolution and high image quality, the actual game frame rate can be stabilized at about 60 frames, of which about 65 frames in the line phase and about 55 frames in the team battle stage, the smoothness is reasonable, and it is acceptable for this type of MOBA game.
The third game was CS:GO, and this test chose the Benchmark provided by the Workshop and ended up with an average score of 90 frames, which is enough for daily play.
From the theoretical performance and game test results, it can be seen that the performance of i5-1240P is still relatively good, and there is no problem in dealing with online games. Of course, the performance is certainly not comparable with the R7-7840H, and the gap between the two is still relatively large.
Then the question now arises in terms of price. The price of Xiaomi mini host is 2599 yuan, and the barebones equipped with R7-7840H, although the price is similar, but if you count the price of memory and hard disk, the difference between the two is about 500 yuan, and the barebones also need to install the system by themselves, which may be another expense for some small white users.
Personally, I think that the difference of 500 yuan is not particularly large, if you care about performance and have a certain hands-on ability, choosing the R7-7840H barebones system is definitely a better choice.
But if the requirements for performance are not particularly high, pay more attention to the out-of-the-box experience, and have certain requirements for brand after-sales, then the 2599 yuan Xiaomi mini host is also a very good choice.
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