If you're looking for a reliable and cheap mini PC, the GMKtec G10 is our top choice. For general day-to-day work, with the scope to upgrade, there's plenty to like about the machine we called "a terrific little system" for the price.

Right now, the GMKtek G10 mini PC is $288 (was $400) at Amazon — a $112 saving on a genuinely capable budget mini PC. Meanwhile, in the UK, the G10 is now £260 (was £319) at Amazon.

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In our review, we found it well-balanced for light office tasks, web browsing, and streaming. If that's the goal for your setup, it's ideal. For more powerful machines designed for demanding graphical workloads, we've selected the top mini PC deals for video editing and gaming.

So, what's on offer here? The Ryzen 5 3500U isn't new silicon — it's a 2019-era Zen+ chip on a 12nm process that still holds up very well against the sluggish Intel N-series chips (N100, N150) that populate most budget mini PCs at this price. The four cores and eight threads, courtesy of AMD's multithreading implementation, give it a genuine edge in multitasking and anything that touches video decoding or light image processing.

Where the G10 stands out is memory and storage. 16GB of dual-channel DDR4 and a 512GB NVMe SSD is a generous starting configuration at this price, and GMKtec gives you real room to grow: two SO-DIMM slots support up to 64GB of RAM, and two M.2 2280 slots support up to 16TB of combined storage. Having two drive bays also makes cloning an existing installation onto a bigger drive simple if you outgrow the included SSD.

2.5GbE Ethernet is the other feature worth calling out, since most rivals in this price bracket still ship with a single Gigabit port. If you're setting this up as a home server, NAS front-end, or Proxmox node, that faster wired connection is a genuine practical upgrade over the competition, and the Ryzen 5 3500U's AMD-Vi support means virtualization software runs without issue.

The Radeon Vega 8 graphics are dated by 2026 standards and won't handle demanding modern games, but they're meaningfully more capable than Intel's UHD graphics for everyday tasks like 4K video playback, light photo editing, or older and indie titles at lower settings.

Good to know: this machine needs a bit of patience out of the box. We found the G10 performs noticeably better after a trip into the BIOS to switch from Balanced to Performance mode, and the fan does get audible under sustained load in that mode. It's not a plug-and-play polished experience — with around 30 minutes of setup, you'll get this chip at its best.

For a cheap mini PC with genuinely generous memory, storage headroom, and fast networking, the G10 is a solid budget pick that features in our guide to the best mini PCs.

If you want home backup power without a bulky, heavy unit taking up a corner of the garage, this is a genuinely good price for it. Right now, the Anker Solix S2000 is $600 (was $1199) at Amazon — a massive 50% off on a 2kWh power station built specifically for keeping essentials running through an outage.

The headline feature here is the size-to-capacity ratio. At 35.7lbs and roughly the footprint of a large kitchen bin, the S2000 packs in 2,010Wh of LiFePO4 capacity in a chassis around 30% smaller and 25% lighter than typical 2kWh power stations. That matters if you're planning to keep this somewhere specific in the house rather than store it in a garage.

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Anker's OptiSave system is the other notable piece of engineering. It drops the unit's active idle power draw down to around 6W with the AC outlets enabled, and roughly 2W with everything switched off — well below the 14-20W idle draw typical of competing 2kWh stations. Since a backup power station mostly sits idle waiting for an outage, or cycles a fridge compressor on and off, that lower standby drain translates into meaningfully more real-world runtime rather than just a better spec sheet number.

Port placement is a small but genuinely useful design choice: two AC outlets sit on the back for always-on gear like a fridge or router, while three more AC outlets plus USB-C and USB-A ports sit on the front for everyday devices. That split keeps cables from getting tangled if you're running multiple things at once, and the 10ms UPS switchover means a connected computer or router won't even blink when the grid drops.

The 10,000-cycle LiFePO4 battery is rated for roughly 15 years of typical use, which is close to double the cycle rating most mainstream power stations in this capacity class advertise — a genuine long-term value argument if you're planning to keep this around rather than replace it after a few years.

Important notes: the S2000 caps out at 1,500W continuous output, so it's not the right choice if you need to run power tools, space heaters, or other high-draw appliances — Anker's own larger Solix units handle that heavier lifting. Solar input is also capped at 400W, lower than some rivals that accept 600-1,000W, so it's better suited to topping up with a single panel than building out a larger solar array. And with only two USB-C ports and one USB-A port, it's clearly built around AC backup duty first, device charging second.

For anyone who wants dependable home backup without the bulk of a typical 2kWh unit, the SOLIX S2000 at $599.99 is a strong buy.

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If you want genuine 8-core desktop power in a footprint you can tuck behind a monitor, this Bosgame P6 mini PC for $520 (was $640) at Amazon is worth checking out, with the machine built around AMD's high-performance Ryzen 9 6900HX.

The Ryzen 9 6900HX is the real draw here. It's an 8-core, 16-thread chip built on a 6nm Zen 3+ process, with a boost clock up to 4.9GHz. That puts it well ahead of the Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 mobile chips that populate most mini PCs in this price range.

The Bosgame P6 is genuinely capable of sustained multi-threaded work like video encoding, compiling, or running several lightweight VMs at once without slowing down.

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The Radeon 680M integrated GPU pairs with that CPU well. It's an RDNA 2 part with 12 compute units, and while it's not a substitute for a discrete card, it comfortably handles 4K media playback and esports titles like CS2 at high settings — useful if this doubles as a casual gaming box alongside office duties.

24GB of LPDDR5X-4800 memory is a healthy amount for multitasking, though it's worth noting this RAM is soldered to the board and not user-upgradeable — what you buy is what you're stuck with. The 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD fares better: BOSGAME includes a second M.2 slot, so storage can be expanded up to 4TB down the line.

Connectivity is a genuine strength at this price. Dual Gigabit Ethernet ports let you keep two networks separated or add load balancing — handy for home labs or NAS setups — while Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 cover the wireless side. Triple 4K display output via HDMI, DisplayPort, and a full-function USB-C port (with data, Power Delivery, and DisplayPort Alt Mode) rounds out a well-connected little machine.

A couple of honest caveats: the soldered RAM means there's no upgrade path if 24GB becomes tight later, and Bosgame's mini PCs typically ship with an external wall-socket power brick rather than a laptop-style supply, so factor that into your desk setup. If you need discrete-GPU-level graphics performance for gaming or GPU-accelerated creative work, this integrated setup won't get you there either.

For an 8-core desktop replacement with strong connectivity, the BOSGAME P6 is a solid pick in this category.

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Somewhere between "I need a new mouse" and "I have recreated a 1985 living room on my desk," there's a line, and 8BitDo's Retro lineup will happily walk you right over it.

The company's NES-styled mouse, keyboard, and numpad are built on the same off-white-and-red aesthetic, they pair over the same software, and stacked together, they turn a boring desk into something that looks like it should be plugged into a CRT.

While they're sitting at full price - and from what I've seen, rarely get a discount - the prices are still refreshingly reasonable for what you get. For the ultimate retro home office setup, this is an easy recommendation from me.

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Why this combination works

The trick with 8BitDo's Retro line is that the nostalgia isn't hiding a corner-cut product underneath it. The keyboard uses genuinely hot-swappable Kailh switches and PBT keycaps, which is the kind of spec sheet you'd expect from a keyboard enthusiast brand, not a novelty NES tribute. The R8 mouse's PAW 3395 sensor and 8,000Hz wired polling are legitimately competitive with mice that don't have a charging dock shaped like a museum display stand. And the numpad, which could easily have been an afterthought, gets its own little identity with the calculator mode.

Buying all three together also solves the problem that usually comes with retro-themed gear: matching. A single retro-styled keyboard on an otherwise modern desk can look like a costume prop. A full matching set — same grey, same red accents, same rounded plastic — reads more like a deliberate aesthetic choice than a novelty impulse buy, and the shared 8BitDo Ultimate Software means the mouse and keyboard's macros and profiles live in the same app rather than three different pieces of bloatware.

An honest take before you commit to the full set: the keyboard's Kailh Box White V2 switches are genuinely loud — reviewers have clocked it noticeably louder than a typical mechanical board, so it's not the pick for a shared office or a thin-walled apartment unless you plan to hot-swap in quieter switches down the line. The numpad also doesn't yet support macro programming through 8BitDo's software, so for now it's a numpad and calculator first, macro pad second. And obviously, the whole appeal here is the aesthetic — if the retro look isn't your thing, the money is better spent on gear with a more neutral design.

For anyone who wants their home office to look like it moonlights as a 1985 living room, this trio is about as complete an NES-themed desk kit as you can currently assemble.

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We reviewed the Bambu Lab P2S and found it "about as refined as they come" for anyone upgrading from an entry-level 3D printer.

So, I was pleased to see the Bambu Lab P2S Combo with AMS 2 Pro is $699 (was $799) at Bambu Lab — a $100 saving on a fully enclosed CoreXY printer built for multi-color, engineering-grade work. In the UK, the Bambu Lab P2S Combo also got a discount down to £619 (was £699) at Bambu Lab.

In our testing, we ran the machine constantly for weeks with very little in the way of failures or misprints, and it was clear that many of the features — the touchscreen, the AI error detection, the general polish — had trickled down from Bambu's pricier X1 Carbon and H2D machines.

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Scoring 4.5 stars in our review with a Highly Recommended award, we called the P2S "absolutely superb" and "about as refined as they come". It's a follow-up to the best-selling P1S, and we found the upgrades meaningful rather than just cosmetic.

The PMSM servo extruder is the standout hardware change. It delivers up to 8.5kg of maximum extrusion force — 70% more than the outgoing stepper-driven design — and samples resistance and position at 20kHz, so it can catch filament grinding or clogs in real time rather than letting a print fail silently. Combined with a high-frequency eddy current sensor for flow calibration, this printer is built to handle tricky or higher-flow materials with greater consistency than its predecessor.

The AMS 2 Pro included in this Combo bundle is worth the extra cost on its own. It's a four-spool multi-material system with active air-vent drying, sealed storage, and RFID filament sync with Bambu's own spools — useful if you print with moisture-sensitive materials like nylon or want to avoid the usual dry-box shuffle. It can double as a filament dryer even when you're not actively printing multi-color jobs.

Build quality elsewhere follows the same pattern of small, sensible refinements: hardened steel rods in place of the P1S's carbon rods, a metal build plate base, a quick-swap nozzle system that releases with a single clip, and a full enclosure with an Active Airflow system that draws in cool air for low-temp filaments like PLA, then switches to internal circulation to keep the chamber warm for higher-temp materials like ABS or ASA.

Worth considering: the P2S doesn't have an actively heated chamber, so while the enclosure holds heat reasonably well (around 50°C with a 100°C bed in our testing), it's not built for demanding high-temperature engineering filaments like PA-CF or PEEK the way Bambu's H-series machines are. Multi-color printing with the AMS still produces some filament waste from purging between color changes, and full remote-monitoring features depend on staying connected to Bambu's cloud — LAN-only mode works for printing but drops those extras.

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If you're building or upgrading a PCIe Gen 5 system, this is one of the fastest consumer drives you can buy. Right now, the 2TB WD_Black SN8100 is $400 (was $440) at Amazon, a $40 savings on a drive that tops out at nearly 15,000 MB/s.

That speed matters most for large sequential transfers — moving big game installs, video files, or disk images — where you'll actually see the difference over a Gen 4 drive.

For typical everyday use like booting Windows or opening applications, the gains over a good Gen 4 SSD are much smaller, since most everyday tasks don't come close to saturating even Gen 4 bandwidth. But if you're running video editing projects, AI applications, and games, the difference will be immediately noticeable.

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The SN8100 is WD's flagship consumer drive, built on SanDisk's latest PCIe Gen 5 controller and 3D NAND. Its rated 14,900MB/s read speed puts it near the top of the current consumer SSD market, and it's one of the drives we recommend as a best-overall pick for anyone with a Gen 5-capable motherboard looking to actually use that bandwidth rather than leave it on the table with an older Gen 4 drive.

This is the non-heatsink version, which is the right call if your motherboard already includes an M.2 heatsink or shroud over the Gen 5 slot (increasingly common on recent boards) — stacking a drive heatsink underneath an integrated one can trap heat rather than dissipate it.

If your board doesn't have one built in, factor in the cost of a separate M.2 heatsink, since Gen 5 drives run hot under sustained load and can thermal-throttle without adequate cooling.

One honest caveat: PCIe Gen 5 drives like this only reach their rated speeds on a motherboard and CPU platform with genuine Gen 5 M.2 support — check your board's specs before buying, since plugging this into a Gen 4 slot caps performance at Gen 4 speeds and makes the premium harder to justify.

If you have a Gen 5-ready system and want genuinely top-tier storage speed, the SN8100 is a strong buy.

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