So we are going to analyze the advantages of a traditional desktop compared to the new mini PCs, although I already told you that each one has its advantages. It will not be an easy decision.
Advantages of a desktop
In this article we will 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, its power. We cannot compare one with the other if we talk about this feature. Tower computers are much larger and therefore have more space to add not only components, but tools such as more fans to help the better performance and cooling of this. It is true that each time the processor, graphics, etc. are getting smaller, however, today we cannot 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 simpler way, but if you are thinking of buying one to use it in any of these tasks, they will not be your best option.
On the other hand, its compatibility and customization. And we are not only talking about aesthetically where we obviously have many more options for cases, colors, RGB lights and other accessories to have our tower to our liking, unlike mini PCs that, like laptops, usually come pre-made and are more difficult to make to our liking, at least for now.
Which leads us to the conclusion that it will not be easy to customize the components or exchange them as we would do 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 overall 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 characteristics that, due to space and cost, these mini PCs are already ignoring, and that one day we may need.
It is true that there are characteristics that make a small option better, especially for mobility and price. However, if we talk about quality and a real computer, we can never compare one with the other. So it simply depends on your needs which one you are going to choose, but we are clear about it.
