Best Mini PC – the Future is Small & Compact
6. Dell Alienware Alpha – GAMING PC
If you are into gaming, then the Dell Alienware Alpha is your choice for a mini PC. Again, no bigger than a tin of biscuits or a small box of chocolate, the Dell Alienware Alpha resembles the an external hard drive or portable disk drive. It is powered by Intel Core i7 6700T processor with up to 3.6GHz speed with 8GB of Memory and 1TB Hard Drive. For graphics, it has a discrete NVIDIA GeForce GTX960 GPU with 4GB GDDR5 graphics memory, not the latest but enough for most gamers. For connectivity, the unit comes with dual band WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI In and Out 1.4, Ethernet port, Optical audio out, 2 x USB 3.0 ports on the rear and two R1 USB 2.0 ports on the front.
On certain models, the graphics can be boosted further with an external GPU dubbed the Graphics Amplifier, optional from Dell. It’s also worth noting that the Alpha is user accessible if you decide to upgrade the memory, storage on the M.2 PCIe SSD Slot and CPU later.
