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Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2023
Snappy little PC that doesn’t break the bank
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2023
I recently purchased the KAMRUI AK1PLUS Mini PC and I love it. I’m using it as a home media server, but, it would make an excellent little office PC as well since the system is using Intel’s new N97 CPU.
The specs on this mini PC are impressive considering the cost. The PC comes with one of the newest Alder Lake-N series CPU with 4 cores, 6 MB Intel Smart Cache, and clock boosts up to 3.6 GHz with built in UHD graphics. I’ve seen similarly spec’d mini PCs using the N100 or N95 CPUs, which are 10% to 15% slower than the N97. I would definitely go with the N97 over those other CPU’s if you have the option. The system includes 16GB DDR4 ram, a 512GB M.2 SSD, and has an option to add one 2.5” internal SSD. I/O for the system includes 2 x HDMI ports that can run a dual display setup, 1 x 1Gbit RJ45 LAN, 2 x USB 2.0 ports, 2 x USB 3.0 ports, and one audio-in/out jack; it also has built in WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2. One thing I really like about the I/O placement on this little box is how all the connections are in the rear or side of the case; this makes the system look really clean in an entertainment system setup because you don’t have a bunch of wires coming out the front for any peripherals. The case measurements for this mini-PC are 5” x 5” and it is approximately 2” tall. If you don’t need the extra storage from the optional internal SSD, that section of the case can be removed and then in is only 1.25” tall. When the system is on it has a ring of blue led lights that are subtle and not too bright, then, when the machine goes into standby the lights turn red. I really like the touch of lighting.
The build quality of this machine is very solid. You can open the optional SSD bay with only 2 screws and effortlessly upgrade the storage if desired. The whole thing weights just a tad less than a pound and you could easily mount it to the back of a monitor with the included Vesa bracket. I could barely hear any fan noise coming from the PC even when running benchmarks that stressed out the CPU. The power draw for this unit was 9W at idle and 18W when running the Cinebench R23 multi-core CPU benchmark.
The performance of this mini-PC was great for everything I threw at it including office applications, photo editing and 4K video playback. I even played around with streaming Steam games to it from my gaming machine and it ran smooth without issues; it would make a good replacement for a Steam Link box since Valve doesn’t sell them anymore. Just for reference, I got 1858 on the CPU in Cinebench R23 multi-core benchmark and 704 for single-core benchmark. The WiFi 6 worked great too; through my ASUS RT-AX88U Pro router and a 1GB fiber connection, I was seeing transfer speeds around 900 Mbps in the same room and around 575 Mbps two rooms over about 25 ft away. I ran a benchmark on the NVMe SSD and got a respectable 1630 MB/s reads and 1478 MB/s writes.
Overall, the features and performance of AK1PLUS mini-PC are extremely impressive considering its size and cost. If you’re in the market for a snappy little Windows 11 Pro mini-PC that works well and doesn’t break the bank, you really can’t go wrong with this system and I can whole heartedly recommend this one.
