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I converted this Windows 11 mini PC into a Linux work station - and didn't regret it


For a small-form-factor PC that still delivers impressive performance, the Geekom IT15 is a great choice.

I've always enjoyed a mini PC, and any time I can cobble together a system with a tiny form factor, I feel like a kid at Christmas. One thing to understand is that local LLMs consume a lot of system resources, and without an NPU or Nvidia GPU, all processing is on the shoulders of the CPU. The CPU in this PC is an Intel Core Ultra 9 285H -- which raises it well above midrange and into high-end territory -- so I could only imagine how fast the AI would perform with an Nvidia GPU.

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