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MSI's new IRONMOUSE 'VTuber' PC is the perfect gaming PC for the girl-gamer in your life
MSI has collaborated with popular "VTuber" and member of the popular VShojo group "IRONMOUSE" for a special-edition IRONMOUSE-themed gaming PC at Computex 2025, and it is the most amazing system for the girl-gamer in your life.
We have a fully custom motherboard, liquid cooler, and monitor that is built around the VTuber star "IRONMOUSE" who is known for her "dynamic streams" and "powerful vocals" with MSI saying the "VTuber" has a passionate global following.
IRONMOUSE's signature colors are pink, peach, and purple which are all flowing throughout the custom MSI system, with iconic elements like heart motifs, devil horns, magical bells, and her mischievous demon mascot are woven throughout each of the products aesthetics, and it looks oh-so-good.
ZOTAC has created the world's smallest GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB PC
With modern AMD APUs with RDNA 3 and RDNA 3.5 graphics, gaming on a Mini PC has become more viable on compact, palm-sized systems. Go a little bigger, and you can find small SFF PCs with mobile versions of GeForce RTX 40 and now 50 Series GPUs. As great as the performance can be on these systems, there's still no substitute for a desktop GPU doing its thing to deliver a smooth and visually impressive PC gaming experience.
This is where ZOTAC's new ZBOX MAGNUS EN75060TC enters the picture, as it's the smallest PC featuring a desktop GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB graphics card. Paired with a high-end Intel Core Ultra 7 mobile processor, the AI workstation and productivity capabilities offer a big step up over what's possible with a Mini PC, even one with the most powerful APU on the market.
However, the moment I saw ZOTAC ZBOX MAGNUS EN75060TC at Computex 2025, my initial reaction was to see it as the sort of PC you'd easily fit underneath or next to a big-screen TV. With its 2.65-liter form factor, it's significantly smaller than the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. With the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, it's more powerful, too.
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With its versatile, compact, palm-sized form factor and striking, minimal energy-efficient design, the GEEKOM A5 2025 Edition Mini PC is built to power and connect your home, office, entertainment, and gaming needs.
The GEEKOM A5 2025 Edition is powered by the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U processor with Radeon Vega 7 Graphics, featuring 6 Cores, 12 Threads, and a turbo speed of up to 4.3 GHz. It also has 16GB of DDR4-3200 memory (expandable up to 65GB) and 512GB NVMe PCIe Gen 3 SSD (expandable up to 2TB). There's also room to expand with a dedicated M.2 2242 SATA3 SSD slot and an HDD slot, which can support up to 1TB each of additional storage.
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Beelink teases GTR9 Ppro AI Mini-PC: AMD Strix Halo APU, up to 128GB RAM, USB4, more for $1999
Beelink has officially unveiled its new GTR9 Pro AI Mini-PC featuring AMD's new Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" APU, supporting up to 96GB of RAM, and so much more. Check it out:
The new Beelink GTR9 PRO AI Mini-PC joins a growing list of Mini-PC systems, such as the recently-unveiled Lenovo ThinkCenter neo Ultra Mini-PC that takes the PC battle against Apple and its Mac Studio systems. Inside, we've got the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor with 16 cores and 32 threads of Zen 5 processing power, up to 96GB of RAM, and an RDNA 3.5-powered Radeon 8060S integrated GPU that's good enough for AAA gaming with 60FPS.
Beelink has confirmed that its new GTR9 Pro AI Mini-PC has up to 126 TOPS of AI computing performance, dual 10Gbps ethernet ports for high-speed clustering, dual USB 4 ports with 40Gbps of bandwidth at the ready, and has support for local deployment of 70B+ AI local models. The Mini-PC has been built with industrial-grade components for "enhanced durability".
Lenovo ThinkCentre neo Ultra 2025: Apple Mac Studio competitor with Intel CPU, NVIDIA GPU
Lenovo has just unveiled its new ThinkCentre neo Ultra 2025, a new Apple Mac Studio competitor powered by up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 285 processor and NVIDIA's desktop GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU.
The company revealed its new fleet of ThinkCentre neo Ultra 2025 systems at an event in China this week, with Intel Core CPU options, Thunderbolt 4 connectivity, and a desktop GeForce RTX 5060 Ti with 180W of TGP. Lenovo says its new Mini-PC can handle up to a desktop Intel Core Ultra 9 285 processor, too... no laptop chips here, folks.
Lenovo did say that the base configuration of its new ThinkCentre neo Ultra will feature an unknown CPU model from the Intel Core Ultra 5 family, and a desktop NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060. In the middle, we've got an also unknown CPU, this time from the Core Ultra 7 family, and the higher-end RTX 5060 Ti GPU.
Global PC shipments grew 6.7% in Q1 2025, but it was due to tariff uncertainty
According to a new report at Counterpoint Research, global PC shipments increased 6.7% year-over-year, which is a sizable increase, with shipments from companies like Apple and Lenovo rising by over 10%. However, this data doesn't paint the picture of a PC market that is rapidly growing, but one that has been responding to months of US tariff policy talk and action from the Trump administration.
PC manufacturing, which includes various hardware and components, is heavily centralized in Asia and concentrated within China. Counterpoint Research notes that the impressive growth is due to "PC vendors accelerating shipments ahead of US tariffs" and that the current economic and global trade situation will dampen growth and PC shipment momentum throughout 2025.
On the plus side, with the end of free and official Windows 10 support on the horizon and AI-enabled PCs becoming the norm, consumers and enterprises alike are buying new or replacing older hardware for the AI era. The report notes that the company's AI-capable M4-powered MacBooks drove Apple's impressive 17% year-over-year shipment growth for Q1 2025.
ASUS ROG NUC 2025 with GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU, Core Ultra 9 275HX launches soon for $3300
ASUS has just introduced its new ROG NUC 2025 Mini-PC which features up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX "Arrow Lake" CPU and up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU, all inside of a tiny 3L chassis.
Inside, the ASUS ROG NUC 2025 features a 3-liter design and dual heatsinks, cooled by 3 fans in total to ensure those chips inside stay nice and cool. We have up to the Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX "Arrow Lake-HX" processor (24C/24T in total with 8 Performance Cores and 16 Efficiency Cores) at up to 5.4GHz, 76MB of cache, and a maximum turbo power of up to 160W.
On the GPU side of things, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU features 7680 CUDA cores, 16GB of GDDR7 memory, and should feature performance that sits at around the desktop RTX 5070 graphics card.
GMKtec Mini-PC with Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 'Strix Halo' to retail for over $2000, launches April 7
GMKtec has announced that its new EVO-X2 AI supercomputing desktop PC will up for pre-order on April 7 in China, powered by AMD's new Ryzen AI Max 300 series "Strix Halo" APUs.
GMK has also revealed the pre-order pricing of its new Mini-PC, with the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Point" APU packing 128GB of LPDDR5X memory and 2TB of Gen4 SSD storage costing CNY 14,999 (around $2066 USD or so). Inside, the new Mini-PC will feature the Strix Halo APU with the Radeon 890M GPU with 40 CUs of RDNA 3.5 GPU cores.
The new EVO-X2 AI supercomputing PC powered by the Strix Halo APU uses a dual-turbo fan, paired with a Vapor Chamber heatsink that handles up to 140W of performance. There are tons of I/O on the Mini-PC as well, with USB-C 40Gbps ports, 2.5GbE ethernet, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort, and more.
AYANEO updates cute little AM01S Retro Mini-PC with built-in touchscreen, AMD Strix Point APU
AYANEO has upgraded the innards of its new AM01S Mini-PC, with the retro-style design from the 80s and 90s now featuring a beefed-up AMD Strix Point APU, and more.
The AYANEO AM01S Mini-PC will now feature the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU and a new display, with the basic specifications bumped up to DDR5-5600 memory and an M.2 2280 Gen4 SSD slot for storage, and an SDXC card slow on the side for moving over your files and expandable storage.
AYANEO has a 4-inch touchscreen inside of the AM01S Mini-PC as a native horizontal display, versus using a rotated vertical display from its AM02 Mini-PC, which means it shouldn't experience any compatibility issues that ASUS saw with its ROG Ally when it first launched.
Lenovo's new custom GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5090D GPUs look like Cyberpunk bricks
Lenovo isn't as well known as other GeForce RTX GPU makers because its custom designs are built for the company's prebuilt Legion gaming PCs. Lenovo Legion is the company's premiere gaming brand. With custom pre-built gaming rigs on offer, Lenovo China has updated its 2025 line-up with new machines with custom Lenovo Legion GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5080, and RTX 5090D GPUs.
The RTX 5090D represents the cutdown variant built for the Chinese market that adheres to specific standards. Both RTX 5080 and RTX 5090D models sport three 10cm fans and a shiny metal look with RGB lighting on the sides and the rear vents. Any quad-slot GPU will always be massive, and these look like futuristic bricks that wouldn't look out of place in Cyberpunk 2077's Night City.
These Lenovo Legion machines also have Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPUs, custom Legion AIO coolers, and a 360mm radiator. The flagship RTX 5090D configuration has 64GB of DDR5 memory and 2TB of storage - with a hefty price tag of around $5,800 USD.