So I’ve been looking at upgrading my PC and it looks like I can get a better “micro” pc than my current (ancient) desktop for significantly less money than a full blown gaming rig. An example of such a rig is this.
I don’t have high gaming requirements - I play mostly old games, I think the newest games I play are from 5+ years ago.
What reasons are there for not buying one of these (over a comparable “proper” desktop)?
It seems to me that mini ITX is small enough to cost a little bit more. The cheapest seem to be micro ATX boards.
Sorry for the unfamiliar platform, but here’s a comparison I recently made for a friend looking to build a computer around the AM5 socket.
mini ITX: https://www.toppreise.ch/produktsuche/Computer-Zubehoer/PC-Komponenten/Mainboards/Mainboards-c140?sfh=oi~ongff605x18%3Asv98303%3A%3Aongff604x18%3Asv98483.sv112289%3A%3Aongff639x18%3Asv12534%2Bs~pa%2Be~1
micro ATX: https://www.toppreise.ch/produktsuche/Computer-Zubehoer/PC-Komponenten/Mainboards/Mainboards-c140?sfh=oi~ongff605x18%3Asv98303%3A%3Aongff604x18%3Asv98483.sv112289%3A%3Aongff639x18%3Asv8428%2Bs~pa%2Be~1
1 CHF = 1.25 USD, but of course prices are different across the continents, so a direct comparison would be difficult. I just hope the fundamental price difference between sizes holds globally.
mITX is more expensive but is smaller and has some other advantages.
Are there any advantages that are worth it for that budget range?
The only one I know of so far was short DDR traces and a reduction to two slots for extreme memory overclocking.
I think the packaging also leads to better audio quality due to inherently lower emi.