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This is where the Wired2Fire HAL 9000 Mini PC I&#8217;ve been testing recently comes in. It&#8217;s a well-specced mini PC with full-size desktop parts, including an AMD Ryzen 7 9700X processor, RTX 5070 Ti graphics card, 32GB of DDR5-6000 RAM and a 2TB Kingston Fury Renegade SSD. All of this fits inside the Cooler Master NR200P Max V2, an 18-litre case that ranks amongst our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2025-best-sff-pc-cases-2025-our-tested-mini-itx-case-recommendations-for-compact-builds\">top Mini ITX PC case recommendations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/wired2fire-hal-9000-mini-pc-review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/wired2fire-hal-9000-mini-pc-review\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small form factor gaming PCs are getting ever more popular, but the often fiddly assembly process is one that you don&#8217;t need to undertake yourself. 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