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Again on the finish of Could OneXPlayer unveiled the X1-Mini, its newest upcoming handheld gaming PC, and immediately is the official launch. In case you’re not accustomed to OneXPlayer, it makes handheld gaming PCs in numerous kinds. The OneXPlayer items have been round for no less than just a few years and so they had been even round earlier than Valve launched the unique Steam Deck or Steam Deck OLED. Whereas many have taken kind just like the Steam Deck, ROG Ally, ROG Ally X, and others (mainly one stable unit with an built-in show), the X1-Mini is sort of completely different.
It’s a pc baked into the show that you just connect controllers to very similar to the Nintendo Swap. Solely these controllers are extra like full-sized controllers when the entire thing is put collectively. It’s a neat little spin on the hand-held gaming PC and immediately is the primary day you’re in a position to order one. With that mentioned, there are some issues to notice. Proper now the OneXPlayer X1-Mini launch is going on on Indiegogo. Which means in the meanwhile, you possibly can place your order however the unit isn’t able to ship. In actual fact, it gained’t be able to ship till July 2024. The excellent news is that July is subsequent month.
The OneXPlayer X1-Mini launch begins at $799 for early-bird orders
Now by way of pricing, the X1-Mini is beginning at $799, however that is early-bird pricing and there’s solely a lot time to safe one at that inexpensive worth. Particularly, early-bird pricing ends in just below three days. After that, the X1-Mini goes up in worth and can price $1,099. At this price, the X1-Mini comes with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of inner storage. Nonetheless, you possibly can simply slip extra storage into the unit at any time. In actual fact, one of many X1-Mini’s distinctive options is the SSD Swap characteristic.
“However you possibly can swap out the SSD on numerous PCs” I hear you say. You’re proper about that. However on the X1-Mini, the SSD slot is user-accessible with out taking aside all the unit. On the again of the show there’s a kickstand with two little screws, you take away that, then there’s a little bit hatch you possibly can pop off to take away the SSD and put in a brand new one. No having to take aside the shell to get on the drive.
You do need to energy down the X1-Mini earlier than swapping the drive and OneXPlayer says it is best to keep away from the unit being plugged in. As delivering energy to the motherboard, even by the charger whereas the X1-Mini is off, might result in element injury. Aside from that, this is so simple as it will get for including a bigger capability SSD. There are additionally fashions with extra inner storage out of the field.
You will get the X1-Mini with as much as 2TB of storage
In case you’d reasonably not mess with SSD swapping for some time, OneXPlayer does supply a mannequin of the X1-Mini that comes with 2TB of storage proper out of the field. This mannequin additionally comes with 32GB of RAM so it’s a reasonably beefy unit. That being mentioned, the pricing is simply as beefy. The common worth for this unit is $1,359, or $1,059 for those who get it through the early-bird pricing sale. There are additionally solely so many of every unit on the early-bird worth. So if this can be a machine you need and also you need to lower your expenses, it is best to leap on it as quickly as potential. There’s additionally a mannequin that comes with as much as 64GB of RAM.
When it comes to the CPU and GPU, the X1-Mini is operating with the AMD Ryzen 7 8840U CPU and the AMD Radeon 780M GPU.
There are a great deal of equipment that include it
To make the acquisition a little bit sweeter, OneXPlayer is packaging in a handful of equipment to enhance the expertise. Probably the most notable is the magnetic keyboard. This can be a PC in spite of everything and it runs Home windows 11. So naturally, you should use this like a PC in order for you. To make this extra handy, the X1-Mini comes with a magnetic keyboard attachment. You merely detach the controllers, connect the keyboard, after which hook up a wi-fi mouse. Now you can use it such as you would a daily pill PC.
It additionally comes with a mouse, a hub, a protecting bag, a bumper defender, and a pre-applied movie over the display screen. These are possible perks that include the Indiegogo orders. When OneXPlayer begins promoting this in its personal store, all of those will most likely be non-compulsory equipment it’s a must to pay for.
