Again on the finish of Could OneXPlayer unveiled the X1-Mini, its newest upcoming handheld gaming PC, and right now is the official launch. In the event you’re not acquainted with OneXPlayer, it makes handheld gaming PCs in varied varieties. The OneXPlayer items have been round for no less than a couple of years they usually have been even round earlier than Valve launched the unique Steam Deck or Steam Deck OLED. Whereas many have taken type just like the Steam Deck, ROG Ally, ROG Ally X, and others (principally one stable unit with an built-in show), the X1-Mini is kind of totally different.
It’s a pc baked into the show that you just connect controllers to very like 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 right now 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 occurring on Indiegogo. Meaning in the intervening time, you may 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 when it comes to 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 cheaper 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 inside storage. Nevertheless, you may 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 may swap out the SSD on plenty of 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 your entire 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 may 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 must 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 harm. Apart from that, this is so simple as it will get for including a bigger capability SSD. There are additionally fashions with extra inside storage out of the field.
You may get the X1-Mini with as much as 2TB of storage
In the event you’d relatively not mess with SSD swapping for some time, OneXPlayer does provide 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 fairly beefy unit. That being mentioned, the pricing is simply as beefy. The common worth for this unit is $1,359, or $1,059 in case you get it throughout 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 get monetary savings, it is best to leap on it as quickly as attainable. There’s additionally a mannequin that comes with as much as 64GB of RAM.
By way of 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. Essentially the most notable is the magnetic keyboard. This can be a PC in any case and it runs Home windows 11. So naturally, you should utilize this like a PC if you would like. 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 probably perks that include the Indiegogo orders. When OneXPlayer begins promoting this in its personal store, all of those will in all probability be non-obligatory equipment it’s a must to pay for.
