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What's The Best Small Form Factor PC?


Small PCs can offer great features in tiny packages, and give you off-the-shelf, customizable hardware that you can use for just about anything. This week we want to know which of these tiny wonders you think are the best.

Whether you want a palm-sized PC that can handle HD streaming for your home theater, or you want a small machine that’s suitable for a kids’ computer, or you just want a platform you can crack open and start expanding or hacking on your self, the best small form factor PCs are affordable, small enough to fit anywhere, and customizable enough to make it worth your time and money. Which ones do you think are the best? Let us know in the discussions below.

Let’s hear your vote in the discussions below! To cast your vote, follow these guidelines:

  1. Follow this format for your vote, including the bold print. If you don't, it won't be counted:

  2. A PHOTO OF THE BEST SMALL FORM FACTOR PC

  3. Vote: [BEST SMALL FORM FACTOR PC]

  4. Why: Explain why this model is the one you’d recommend to others, or the one you think is the best! Maybe it’s portable, powerful, and affordable. Maybe it’s powerful for its size, or has all the right features. What makes it the one you’d recommend to others, and why? Make your case!

  5. Don’t duplicate nominations! Instead, if someone’s nominated your pick, star (recommend) it to give it a boost, and reply with your story instead.

  6. Please don’t leave non-entry, direct comments on this post. They’ll just get pushed down. Save your stories for others’ submissions!

If you’re not sure what we mean, just check out the nominations by our writers below. We’ll give you a head start, and they should all be in the proper format, so you can just follow our lead.

The Hive Five is our weekly series where you vote on your favorite apps and tools for any given job. Have a suggestion for a topic? Send us an email at [email protected]!

Photo by Intel Free Press.