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in this role I see a lot of computer hardware everyday so I guess you'd say I'm a little hard to impress at times but something that legitimately impresses me is the progress of really small form-factor low-power pcs today I've got as rocks new desks mini one 10 on hand and that a 1.9 2 litre capacity this thing is tiny but how much of a punched as a pack let's take a look and find out looks wise the Deaf's mini is kind of industrial with sharp edges and straight lines almost all around there's a big grade on the top and sides with some additional holes and indentations at the front which on this model aren't used and honestly aren't exactly striking the Front's a little better though and employs some all right looking diagonal lines there's a small i/o panel here too that includes audio jacks USB type-c and USB 3 port there's also 2 LED indicators and of course the power button with an emblem that suits the unit being in its vertical stance moving around to the back there's also plenty of ventilation alongside the main i/o panel of device here we find the DC power input at a spy port and HDMI port legacy VGA port and a Gigabit Ethernet connection above a USB 2 and USB 3 port to pop the unit open to make any upgrades or clean out dust there's four screws that need to be removed quite a lot less than it's often the case with these small form-factor pcs once these screws are gone you can simply slide out the innards along the included vales and voila this little ass Rock h1 10m STX motherboard uses the LGA 1151 socket and supports all six Gen Intel Sky processors little plug into it the chipset used is obviously the Intel H 110 dual DIMM slots are available for memory and the maximum capacity is up to 32 gigabytes by to 16 gigabyte modules this chipset can run ddr4 220 133 megahertz Hardware expansions can be made and there's an included m2 slot for nvme SSDs as well as an e key slot for a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth module the motherboard used includes three SATA headers onboard although there's only really spaces for two drives by default so you have to get creative to squeeze a third Drive in lastly the onboard audio is powered by the realtek ALC 283 codec and the network ports handle by Intel's gigabit I to one 9v controller both of which will comfortably do a reliable job with all that covered let's see how this little pocket rocket performs for our tests we use a core i5 6400 CPU along with 16 gigabytes of g.skill ddr4 memory kick starting the benchmarks we are pc mark eights home test the core i5 6400 gives the desk mini an advantage over other systems tested and as a result it produced our best mini pc result yet with a score of three thousand 17 points the decimal you just edged out the a10 7800 desktop system and also beat the B box s that I reviewed recently the decimal you also crushed the creative test scoring 3924 points which again made it slightly faster than the a-10 7800 desktop test system for any kind of productivity work the core i5 6400 desktop processor gives the desk mini a serious advantage over other small form-factor pcs here it's called three thousand four hundred and forty points making it 27 percent faster than the a-10 7800 system and forty-one percent faster than the B box s cinnamon shows just how much more powerful the desktop core i5 processor really is the single thread score of 140 points is very strong though is the multi-threaded performance that sets the desk mini apart able to take advantage of a true quad core processor produced a score of 516 points in our 7-zip test the desk Mini enjoys a serious performance advantage over other small form-factor pcs such as the B box thanks to its ability to support quad-core processors the core i5 6400 didn't just crush the B box s but also did away with the AMD a10 7800 as well equipped with the right processor the desk mean he even makes do as a decent encoding machine delivering 43 FPS in the first pass test the core i5 in our desk Mini features Intel HD graphics 530 while the B box s uses HD graphics 520 they're essentially the same GPU as both both 24 execution units that said the HD graphics 530 is clocked a little higher as a result the jessamine he comes out on top the margin in favor of the destiny is greater than expected given how similar the integrated graphics are that said the game is quite CPU intensive and I believe the stronger quad core Core i5 processor makes up the difference here the decimating was slightly slower than the beatbox s when testing with camera strike global offensive though admittedly there was very little limit the data mean he comes home strong and overwatch as it almost matched the a-10 7800 with an average of 66 fps making it quite a bit faster than the beatbox s ad Idol definitely consumed just 16 watts with the core i5 6400 installed an impressive result given the performance just seen under load the decimate looks much more like your typical desktop system consuming over 60 watts of power in comparison the B box has consumed around three times less when just stressing the processor nevertheless when you consider the performance delivered by the desk mini the power consumption is still very impressive there's a lot of things about the asrock desk Mini that I really liked in fact given the price I really found it hard to fault some users aren't going to be impressed with its look so let's be honest but having said that it looks fine and it's not like you're walking around wearing this thing on your wrist as rock we've kept things really simple and one distinct advantage of this was how easy it was to access the interior of the device the performance is also really impressive as the Deaf's mini is capable of harnessing some very serious hardware inside including uncommon ly seen in small form-factor items such as the 65 watt TDP core i7 6700 thanks to the handy amount of extra space and the plentiful ventilation the unit will also stay relatively cool space for two two and a half inch drives is awesome as is the fact that the m2 slot is tied directly to the CPU so it can fully utilize nvme SSDs a couple more USB ports would probably be welcomed by most users as would an included Wi-Fi adapter but I was impressed that USB type-c is included for an MSRP of 140 US dollars though for the bare-bones unit it's pretty tough to complain unfortunately there's still no stock down under so I can't quote Ozzy pricing just yet what do you guys think the desk Mini 110 let me know in the comments I'm your host Matt as always and I'll see you guys next time youtubers like me depend on your support to continue improving the quality and content of our videos to support the channel directly consider becoming a patron to also get access to eve of cool rewards and exclusive giveaways also don't forget you can check prices and buy the products I looked at in this for through the Amazon links in the video description below thank you kindly for supporting me and the hardware 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