The All-in-One Mini-Retro King for under £270
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The Mighty Mini PC Engine
Technology marches ever forward, or so we are led to believe, and it seems with progress comes growth. Not just for the manufacturer, but the product. Thankfully, Geekom do not see things the same way. And thanks to Geekom supplying me with one of their myriad of mini pcs for review, we can delve something different. They offer a range of specs and form factors to suit all pockets and needs. This particular A5 2025 mini model is around the entry level but still packs a lot of tech into a neat, tiny and well-built package. An all in one, versatile PC packing an AMD DX12 capable GPU running dual displays up to 8K, Ryzen 5 6c/12t x86 upto 4.2Ghz cpu, 16GB of fast DDR4 3200 Ram, 512GB Pcie3x SSD, Bluetooth, WiFi 8, complete with windows 11, but Linux and other distros are supported. As a dedicated gaming PC, it can run modern games, retro arcades, classic consoles and is smaller than a book and costs less £270, which can be even less if you use my links below. That is far less than a decent laptop, an Xbox Series S, Steam Deck or Switch 2. But it offers great scalability of uses at a low price. We know it is small, but is it mighty?
The little box is a solid, metallic, sturdy unit and comes with a Kensington lock slot, vesa wall mountable plate, dual HDMI, dual USB-C gen2.3.2 both A and C are mixed at front and rear. It even has a 3.5mm phono jack for the full retro connection of stereo speakers. All this and still small enough to disappear on any desk, side table or cabinet. Taking up less volume than a Dual Sense or SX controller, measuring just 25cm by 12cm by 10cm high yet packs an
