Mini & tiny PCs upgrade guides

NUC, Shuttle, Beelink, Minisforum, and compact fleet desktops — SO-DIMM RAM and M.2 upgrades.

Intel NUC 13 Pro Kit

Compact Intel mini — DDR4 SO-DIMM, dual M.2, socketed LGA1700 CPU in kit form.

Shuttle XPC slim C90

Shuttle slim mini — SO-DIMM RAM, M.2, optional low-profile PCIe GPU on some XPC models.

Beelink SER5 Pro (AMD)

Popular AMD mini PC — DDR4 SO-DIMM, M.2, Ryzen 7 5800H class SoC.

Minisforum UM790 Pro (AMD)

Performance AMD mini — DDR5 SO-DIMM, dual M.2, Ryzen 9 7940HS.

Intel NUC 14 Extreme (Raptor Canyon)

Large enthusiast NUC — socketed desktop CPU, DDR5 SO-DIMM, full-size PCIe GPU slot.

Beelink SER6 MAX (AMD)

Performance AMD mini — DDR5 SO-DIMM, dual M.2, Ryzen 7 7735HS class.

Beelink EQ12 (Intel N100)

Budget tiny mini — DDR4 SO-DIMM, single M.2, low-power Intel.

Minisforum MS-A1 (AMD Strix Point)

Premium AMD mini workstation — DDR5 SO-DIMM, dual M.2, USB4.

Minisforum UM870 Slim

Slim AMD mini — DDR5 SO-DIMM, dual M.2, Ryzen 7 8745HS.