Geekom IT13 Max 2026 review: Meteor Lake rides again in a $799 mini PC
- ID
- 13834
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 13 Aug 2026, 9:05 PM
- Fetched
- 13 Aug 2026, 10:32 PM
- Provider
- Tom's Hardware
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/mini-pcs/geekom-it13-max-2026-review-meteor-lake-rides-again-in-a-usd799-mini-pc
- Source URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all
Summary
- Score
- 3.0
- Created
- 13 Aug 2026, 10:36 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developers
What happened
Tom's Hardware reviews the Geekom IT13 Max 2026, a $799 mini PC built around a first-generation Intel Core Ultra 9 (Meteor Lake) with 24GB soldered RAM and a 500GB SSD. The review frames it as a viable budget option during a component shortage, though the chip is now a generation old.
Why it matters
For builders considering compact local dev or edge-deployment boxes, this confirms a sub-$800 Meteor Lake mini PC exists with 24GB RAM — but the soldered RAM limits upgrades and the aging NPU may not match current AI tooling needs. Most of the audience won't need to act on this.
Discussion angle
Whether a $799 older-gen mini PC with soldered RAM is worth considering as a cheap local inference or home-lab box versus a used M-series Mac mini — but the article itself is mostly boilerplate with little benchmark detail to support that debate.