Black Friday is still a few weeks away. This is typically an ideal time in the year to shop for some new tech upgrades, whether that is going to be a new TV for the living room, a new gaming console for the kids, upgrading your phone because your current one just can’t keep up any more, or to get a new PC. What’s crazy though is you don’t actually have to wait until after Thanksgiving this year to save big. Amazon has a number of Black Friday-level deals active right now ahead of schedule across all kinds of consumer tech. Take for instance this mini PC that’s seeing a 30% discount.
The KAMRUI Pinova P1 is a capable mini PC. This particular configuration normally can be found selling for $430, but thanks to this Amazon discount, the price has dropped tremendously to just $299 for a limited. That’s a staggering savings of $131.
Mini PCs are an interesting piece of technology. For someone who only needs there everyday needs met of being able to check and respond to email, browse the web, work within the Microsoft Office suite of software, maybe watch a movie or show while they work, they are more than capable and can do so cheaply and in a small package. They’re manufactured using high-end laptop parts which is how they can fit in such a tiny chassis. Though they’re substantially cheaper than laptops because they don’t have to worry about adding in a keyboard, mousepad, screen, or hinge to the unit. It’s just the PC components, stuffed into a little box
Under the Tiny Hood
If we open up the lid to this tiny powerhouse, we’ll find an AMD Ryzen 3 Pro 7330U processor with four cores and eight threads which can achieve up to 4.3 GHz. This configuration ships with 8GB of memory along with a 256GB SSD. You can expect a smooth and responsive experience at this level, but if your needs ever grow and change, you can always add more RAM or storage. The KAMRUI Pinova P1 can be expanded on. It also comes pre-loaded with Window 11 Pro, meaning you don’t need to budget in the price of an operating system with your new PC.
This unit is able to display on up to three screens at once. It’s equipped with a DisplayPort 1.4 output, an HDMI 2.0 output, and a USB3.2 Type-C port which can handle video and audio transmission. Over each of them, you can achieve a resolution of up to 4K and a refresh rate of up to 60Hz.
Beyond that one USB-C port, you also get two USB-A ports on the front and four more USB-A ports on the back in order to connect to all your peripheral or external storage.
