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By Steven P. · Posted
The best-selling all-rounder GEEKOM A6 mini PC is now 20% off and cheaper than Prime Day by Steven Parker GEEKOM is having a sale on the A6. It comes from its "A series" of mini PCs, which are supposed to support AI natively; however, although others in the series include an NPU, this A6 variant does not. Below is a quote from the buyer's guide from the official website: Mini PCs that include a dedicated NPU are still quite expensive, which explains the low price of this A6 variant. Below are its full specifications. GEEKOM A6 Dimensions 112.4 mm x 112.4 mm x 37 mm Weight 450g CPU Ryzen 7 6800H (Base 3.2GHz, Turbo 4.7GHz 8C, 16T, 16MB L3 Cache) TDP: 45W Graphics AMD Radeon™ 680M Graphics 12 RDNA 3 Graphics Cores @ 2200MHz (Boost) 768 shading units/stream processors (12 CUs), 48 texture mapping units and 32 ROPs NPU No Memory 32GB Dual-channel Crucial DDR5-4800MT/s SODIMM (up to 64GB) Storage 1x Kingston 1TB NVMe M.2 (PCIe Gen 4.0 x4) Operating System Windows 11 Pro Bluetooth Bluetooth v5.4 Wireless LAN Wi-Fi 6E Kensington Lock No SD Card reader Yes (left side) Adapter 120W, 6.32A, 19V Power Adapter Front I/O Ports 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A 1 x 3.5mm front stereo headset jack Rear I/O Ports 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A 1 x USB 4 Gen 3 Type-C with Power delivery up to 15W (5V 3A) 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C 1 x USB 2.0 Type-A 2 x HDMI 2.0b 1 x 2.5G RJ45 LAN 1 x DC-in Price $599/$649 Here are the key features and dimensions (in inches) of the GEEKOM A6: We reviewed the A6 back in February and rated it highly. Below is a summary from that review: If you want to know more about my findings, do check out the above-linked review. GEEKOM offers three years of warranty on its products, and if needed, you can RMA or return them locally, relative to your region (the U.S. has a U.S. warehouse, and the E.U. has a Germany warehouse). Buy the GEEKOM A6 (16+512) for $479 (was $599) at GEEKOM U.S. Buy the GEEKOM A6 (16+1TB) for $519 (was $649) at GEEKOM U.S. Buy the GEEKOM A6 (16+1TB) for $519 (was $649) at Amazon U.S. When checking out, use the 20% off NWGKA620 coupon code. Best of all, the shipping is quick and free. -
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By Xenon · Posted
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By grunger106 · Posted
They are neither of those things They cause virtually zero issues to end users as when leveraged correctly they are invisible. They aren't 'DRM', because, they're nothing to do with DigitalRightsManagement Some Anti-Cheat services I did see are starting to *use* the TPM to store creds/tokens, which it's for, but it's not involved beyond that. I would suggest doing some reading, both articles are fairly lengthy, but for MS Learn they're actually pretty decent at explaining the concepts. SecureBoot https://learn.microsoft.com/en...ystem-security/trusted-boot TPM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/hardware-security/tpm/trusted-platform-module-overview Cybersecurity in the modern world is all about defence in depth, and these are two of the layers of the security onion
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