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Fedi, once again I'm asking you for something. Here's the gist of it, I have a deal for these two mini PC https://acemagic.com/products/k1-r2544-mini-pc and https://us.chuwi.com/products/larkbox-s , which one would you pick?

My workflow is not that intensive, transcoding videos, editing with ffmpeg and playing games like CIV V and Slay the Spire 2. Maybe some emulation too.

My current setup is a Dell Optiplex SFF with a i5-6500t and 16GB of RAM.
Make sure to keep the Optiplex around.

If buying new, I usually recommend AMD Ryzen over Intel.

However, the AceMagic product website didn't display very well for me (also hadn't heard of them before) and specs says memory can be upgraded to 32GB (which is fine).

Intel based Chuwi machine says it can be upgraded to 64GB memory (better) and the website looks good and is informative. More ports on the front.

In my estimation, the Chuwi Intel machine comes out a little ahead between these two.