Mac Mini Comparison Page - V-Squared/v2-How-to-DIY-Mini-PC GitHub Wiki
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So I've been going around to several sites and have several observations (take them as you may)
- Spec for spec matching is fairly difficult when trying to match the performance of another machine to the performance of a ViCase machine. In almost all cases the price is more expensive and the specs aren't nearly as good.
- I don't believe there are any custom PC makers doing Skylake PCs (yet). So this would put us ahead of the curve.
- From dell and several others, the PCs that are within the same footprint aren't even close to comparable in performance.
- Storage is extremely difficult to compare as most of these other vender's offer single storage (no RAID) and SATA III (no PCI-e)
Its simply impossible to get the same specs from a machine like the Mac Mini to meet the same performance as a custom built. These are the closest results based on their offerings.
| MoBo Feature | Entry | Mid | Ultra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noise Level | silent (*1) | silent (*1) | silent (*1) |
| CPU►Model | i5-4260U | i5-4278U | i7-4578U |
| CPU►Clock | 1.4 GHz | 2.6 GHz | 3.0 GHz |
| Memory | 8GB-DDR3 | 8GB-DDR3 | 16GB-DDR3 |
| GPU►Model | HD 5000 | Iris Pro | Iris Pro |
| GPU►Memory | Shared | Shared | Shared |
| GPU►CUDA Cores | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SSD►GB | - | 256 GB | 512 GB |
| SSD►Speed | - | 790 MB/s | 790 MB/s |
| HDD►GB | 500 GB | - | - |
| HDD►Benchmark | 110 MB/s | - | - |
| Display►Total Ports | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Display►4K | 1 @ 30 Hz | 1 @ 30 Hz | 1 @ 30 Hz |
| Windows 10 (*3) | Yosemite | Yosemite | Yosemite |
| Extras►Wireless | 802.11 a/c | 802.11 a/c | 802.11 a/c |
| Extras►Arduino | No | No | No |
| Extras►Case Material | Steel | Alu | |
| Extras►Case Light | Blue | Blue | Blue |
| ViCase PC Cost | 599 | 899 | 1699 |
*Maxed Mini with specs is 2199 MainGear Drift Z170
| MoBo Feature | Entry | Mid | Ultra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noise Level | silent (*1) | silent (*1) | silent (*1) |
| CPU►Model | i5-6500 | i7-6700 | i7-6700k |
| CPU►Clock | 3.6 GHz | 4.0 GHz | 4.0 GHz |
| Memory | 8GB-DDR4 | 16GB-DDR4 | 32GB-DDR4 |
| GPU►Model | GTX 950 | GTX 950 | GTX 950 |
| GPU►Memory | 2 GB | 2GB | 2GB |
| GPU►CUDA Cores | 768 | 768 | 768 |
| SSD►GB | 250 GB | 250 GB | 512 GB |
| SSD►Speed | 540 MB/s | 540 MB/s | 2500MB/s |
| HDD►GB | 1 TB SG | 1 TB SG | 4 TB SG |
| HDD►Benchmark | 150 MB/s | 150 MB/s | 150 MB/s |
| Display►Total Ports | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Display►4K | ? @ 60 Hz | ? @ 60 Hz | ? @ 60 Hz |
| Windows 10 (*3) | Win 10 | Win 10 | Win 10 |
| Extras►Wireless | - | - | 802.11 a/c |
| Drift Z170 COST | 1329 | 1564 | 2509 |
CYBERPOWER PC Zeus SFF PC
| MoBo Feature | Entry | Mid | Ultra | Mid | Ultra |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noise Level | silent (*1) | silent (*1) | silent (*1) | quiet | quiet (*1) |
| CPU►Model | i3-4360 | i5-4690 | i7-4790 | i5-4690 | i7-4790K |
| CPU►Clock | 3.7 GHz | 3.5 GHz | 3.6 GHz | 3.5 GHz | 4.0 GHz |
| Memory | 8GB-DDR3 | 8GB-DDR3 | 16GB-DDR3 | 8GB-DDR3 | 16GB-DDR3 |
| GPU►Model | HD 5000 | Iris Pro | Iris Pro | AMD R5 230 | AMD R7 250 |
| GPU►Memory | Shared | Shared | Shared | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| GPU►CUDA Cores | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 384 |
| SSD►GB | 120 GB | 240 GB | 500 GB | 250 GB | 500 GB |
| SSD►Speed | 540/480 | 540/490 | 540/520 | 540/520 | 550/520 |
| HDD►GB | - | - | - | 1 TB | 1 TB |
| HDD►Benchmark | - | - | - | 100 MB/s | 100 MB/s |
| Display►Total Ports | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Display►4K | 1 @ 30 Hz | 1 @ 30 Hz | 1 @ 30 Hz | 1 @ 60Hz | 1 @ 60Hz |
| Windows 10 (*3) | Windows 10 | Windows 10 | Windows 10 | Windows 10 | Windows 10 |
| Extras►Wireless | - | 802.11 a/c | 802.11 a/c | 802.11 a/c | 802.11 a/c |
| Extras►Arduino | No | No | No | ||
| Extras►Case Material | Steel | Alu | |||
| Extras►Case Light | Blue | Blue | Blue | ||
| ViCase PC Cost | 954 | 1086 | 1368 | 1226 | 1860 |