Core blimey!
The last Minisforum mini PC we reviewed was the tall MC560 (£283 from www.snipca.com/46260) in Issue 660. This NPB7 model has a more traditionally squat design – wider and deeper. Instead of an AMD Ryzen 5 processor, it has a current-generation Intel i7-13700H chip, alongside 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD.
This is closer in, reviewed in Issue 661), which has an AMD processor – the Ryzen 7 7735HS. The SER6 Pro also has twice the memory of the NPB7 – a compromise that allows the latter to squeeze in its more expensive processor.