Ayaneo has been teasing its Macintosh-inspired PC for a couple of weeks. Now that the AM01 is offered for pre-order, the corporate has revealed the costs and specs. Whereas some had been hoping Ayaneo would use comparable chipsets to these present in its highly effective handheld gaming units, it has opted to make use of older AMD APUs. On the plus facet, the corporate has priced the varied AM01 configurations fairly pretty.
The mini PC begins at $149 for a configuration with an AMD Ryzen 3 3200U, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. That is an early chook worth, and this model will later retail for $199. Configurations with a Ryzen 7 5700U APU begin at an early chook worth of $219 for a barebone unit and stretch as much as $379 for a mannequin with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. Ayaneo notes that the AM01 is expandable as much as 64GB of dual-channel DDR4 RAM and 2TB of M.2 strong state storage. There’s additionally a SATA 3.0 interface that helps a 2.5-inch SDD or HDD.
The Ryzen 7 5700U variants have Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2, in contrast with Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2 on Ryzen 3-powered models. Ayaneo retains the AM01 cool with the assistance of a big fan and 4 copper warmth pipes.
On the connectivity entrance, there’s one USB-C 3.2 Gen1 port, three USB 3.2 Gen2 ports and one for USB 2. There is a 3.5mm headphone jack, whereas the machine runs on DC energy. There are additionally gigabit Ethernet, DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.0 ports. Ayaneo says the AM01 can output video in 4k at 60fps and it is appropriate with dual-screen setups.
All of this is available in a compact case that measures simply over 5 inches (132mm) vast and tall and simply over 2.5 inches (64.5mm) thick. Including to the AM01’s portability, it weighs barely over a pound (486g).
You may personalize the mini PC with magnetic ornamental components. In different phrases, you can swap out the badge on the underside left of the machine (the identical spot the place the Apple brand is on the Macintosh). Ayaneo will embrace a bunch of stickers too, so you may enhance the non-functional “display.”
The AM01 comes with Home windows 11 Dwelling Version pre-installed, so long as you go for a configuration with RAM and an SSD. Ayaneo says the Ryzen 7 APU can deal with mainstream on-line video games and “gentle” AAA titles. Its AYA Area software can deal with duties like bringing your entire video games from totally different storefronts collectively in a single place, limiting the framerate and including a efficiency overlay.
Though it is usually price exercising warning relating to merchandise promoted on crowdfunding platforms, Ayaneo successfully makes use of Indiegogo as a storefront. It isn’t trying to crowdfund the AM01. In actual fact, the mini PC is just about able to roll. The corporate says the AM01 is slated to ship in December, so the mini PC ought to begin reaching clients over the following few weeks.