We will therefore analyze the advantages of a traditional desktop compared to the new mini PCs, although I have already told you that each has its advantages. It won’t be an easy decision.
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In this article, we are going to focus on the advantages of a desktop PC over mini PCs. If you want to see the disadvantages of these, we leave you an article where we talk about them.
First and most important, his power. We cannot compare with each other if we talk about this feature. Tower computers are much larger and therefore have more room to add not only components but tools such as more fans to help the better performance and cooling of that. It is true that each time the processor, graphics, etc. are getting smaller, however, today we can’t even bring them closer. A mini PC would not be made for gaming or for video processing, programming or other tasks that require a lot of power. It is true that they can do it, in a slower and easier way, but if you plan to buy one to use in one of these tasks, they will not be your best option.
On another side, its compatibility and customization. And we are not just talking about aesthetics where obviously we have many more options for cases, colors, RGB lights and other accessories to have our tower to our liking, unlike mini PCs which, like laptops, are usually pre-made and are harder to make to our liking, at least for now.
Which brings us to the conclusion that it won’t be easy to customize components or swap them out like you would on a desktop. It can be done, but the options we have are much more limited and therefore having a computer that we can update or improve over time becomes more complicated.
Continuing with its advantages, we can talk about the global enlargement, not only components or fans as we have already discussed, which we cannot add in a mini PC, but simply ports, for example. On a desktop, you can have as many input and output connections as you want. Even if you don’t use a VGA, it can never hurt to have one, just like a simple CD player. These are features that, due to space and cost, these mini PCs already ignore, and that we may need one day.
It is true that there are features that improve a small option, especially in terms of mobility and price. However, if we talk about quality and a real computer, we can never compare one to the other. So it just depends on your needs, which one you are going to choose, but we are clear about that.
