Are small/mini PC good enough for doing everyday PC tasks?

[froggyboy604]

I think a lot of mini desktop PCs should be good enough for everyday tasks like e-mail, YouTube, web browsing, office work, etc. Zotac makes a few powerful mini computers like the Zbox EN760 which can play modern PC games.

ZOTAC ZBOX EN760 Trailer video

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[Pvcomputers]

Re: Are small/mini PC good enough for doing everyday PC task

Impressive. I am not sure. But computers are getting smaller and faster.

 

[ooFox]

Re: Are small/mini PC good enough for doing everyday PC task

No thanks. Integrated graphics tend to overheat.

 

[Gamer Outpost]

Re: Are small/mini PC good enough for doing everyday PC task

No thanks. Integrated graphics tend to overheat.

Not really, and he did say everyday tasks, which tends to refer to e-mail, web browsing, watching videos, playing music, and creating/viewing documents.

 

[froggyboy604]

Re: Are small/mini PC good enough for doing everyday PC task

I haven't had overheating problems with Integrated graphics which I used on PCs which I owned in the past. I think sometimes people mistakenly think lag is caused by overheating because integrated graphics are slower, so once a game's video slows down people think the video chip is overheating causing it to lag.

The most popular video chips are integrated graphics on Steam are Intel 2000-4000 according to http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/videocard/ , so I think a lot of casual gamers use Integrated graphics to play games like Dota 2 and Counter Strike which is available on Steam. I think if the integrated graphics overheat, most casual gamers will use a video card like the Nvidia 630 which is a cheaper standalone video card instead of Intel's integrated cards.

 

[Gamer Outpost]

Re: Are small/mini PC good enough for doing everyday PC task

I haven't had overheating problems with Integrated graphics which I used on PCs which I owned in the past. I think sometimes people mistakenly think lag is caused by overheating because integrated graphics are slower, so once a game's video slows down people think the video chip is overheating causing it to lag.

The most popular video chips are integrated graphics on Steam are Intel 2000-4000 according to http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/videocard/ , so I think a lot of casual gamers use Integrated graphics to play games like Dota 2 and Counter Strike which is available on Steam. I think if the integrated graphics overheat, most casual gamers will use a video card like the Nvidia 630 which is a cheaper standalone video card instead of Intel's integrated cards.

The newer Intel chips with integrated graphics are actually very efficient and will not really overheat unless you overclock them by a significant amount (more than around 10%) without using a proper cooling system.

 

[froggyboy604]

Re: Are small/mini PC good enough for doing everyday PC task

I haven't had overheating problems with Integrated graphics which I used on PCs which I owned in the past. I think sometimes people mistakenly think lag is caused by overheating because integrated graphics are slower, so once a game's video slows down people think the video chip is overheating causing it to lag.

The most popular video chips are integrated graphics on Steam are Intel 2000-4000 according to http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/videocard/ , so I think a lot of casual gamers use Integrated graphics to play games like Dota 2 and Counter Strike which is available on Steam. I think if the integrated graphics overheat, most casual gamers will use a video card like the Nvidia 630 which is a cheaper standalone video card instead of Intel's integrated cards.

The newer Intel chips with integrated graphics are actually very efficient and will not really overheat unless you overclock them by a significant amount (more than around 10%) without using a proper cooling system.

I never knew it was possible to overclock integrated graphics since I read a lot of Yahoo Answers' and forum replies on PC forum replies that say it is not possible to overclock integrated graphics because Integrated graphics uses your PC's memory, and CPU.

I think some retail computers from HP, Dell, and Acer come with motherboards and CPUs which locked the clock speed of the CPU and RAM, so it is harder to overclock the CPU and RAM to make a PC faster.