Aoostar Overseas Fulfillment Store via AliExpress has
AOOSTAR MACO Barebones Mini PC (No SSD) on sale for $308.14 - $42 with promo code
MYUSDEAL42 at checkout =
$266.14.
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Details:
- AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850H 8-cores, 16-threads (3.2GHz Base / 4.7GHz
- Radeon 680M Integrated Graphics
- 24GB LPDDR5 6400Mhz RAM (Soldered; cannot be removed or replaced)
- Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2
- Internal Storage Expansion:
- 3x M.2 2280
- 4x PCIe 4.0
- Max 24TB
- Ports:
- 4x USB-A
- 2x USB-C
- 1x OCuLink (Does not support hot-swap)
- 2x LAN (2.5G)
- 1x 3.5mm Audio Jack
- 1x DisplayPort 1.4
- 1x HDMI 2.1
Top Comments
Essentially put the steam deck at your baseline, and increase the CPU performance, and thats where you expect this to land.
Community Reviews
This barebones Ryzen 7 Pro mini PC stands out as a strong value for buyers who already have an NVMe drive, thanks to 24GB of fast LPDDR5 memory, USB4, and OCuLink support. The 680M graphics and 8 core Zen 3 CPU are described as well above Steam Deck class performance, with enough output for emulation, Plex, and even four displays. The main catch is the missing SSD, and it is not a great fit for AI token generation workloads because there is no NPU and software support for the GPU is limited. A capable compact system if you can supply storage and do not need heavy AI acceleration.
This mini PC can be a good fit when you already own spare NVMe storage drives.
The configuration includes Oculink support and two USB4 ports for flexible external display and expansion options.
The deal value is supported by the combination of Ryzen 7 Pro performance and 24GB LPDDR5 at a relatively low barebones price.
The system can run multiple displays using dual USB4 plus DisplayPort and HDMI, with Oculink potentially enabling more.
The soldered LPDDR5 design can limit upgrade flexibility compared with systems that use replaceable SODIMM memory.
AI token-generation workloads may be a poor match because the system lacks an NPU and has limited GPU backend support.
Vulkan usage can be very slow on this platform, which can hurt workloads that rely on that graphics path.
The mini PC may be less energy efficient than an Intel CPU using Quick Sync for certain media or compute tasks.
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Essentially put the steam deck at your baseline, and increase the CPU performance, and thats where you expect this to land.
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slightly better than steam deck, and the lenovo legion go S (8 core zen3 over 4 core zen2/zen3), 12CU rdna2 over the 8 in the steamdeck.
Essentially put the steam deck at your baseline, and increase the CPU performance, and thats where you expect this to land.
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