ACEMAGIC Kron Mini K1 review - Quite a capable mini PC

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REVIEW – I’ve reviewed a few mini PCs as a Gadgeteer. They’re great for a myriad of reasons. They don’t take up the space of a tower PC. They use a fraction of the power, so they put out a lot less heat. You can put them almost anywhere for any number of projects: media player, dedicated PC for a 3D printer/laser engraver, or retro gaming. Another benefit is the price. For a few hundred bucks, you can get quite a capable little PC, like say, oh, I don’t know, the Acemagic Kron Mini K1. So, how much does it cost? What’s under the hood? And just how good can it be? Keep scrolling to find out.

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Price: $259 Currently, there is a $40 coupon on the Acemagic website, so you can get it for $219.
Where to buy: Acemagic and Amazon

What is it?

The Acemagic Kron mini K1 is a petite PC packing the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U, AMD Radeon graphics, 16GB of DDR RAM, a 512GB SSD, Wifi 6, and Bluetooth 5.2.

What’s included?

Kron mini K1 PC
Power supply
VESA mounting bracket
HDMI cable
User manual

Tech specs

CPU- AMD Ryzen™ 5 7430U
GPU- AMD Vega7 1800MHz
Memory- 16GB DDR4 2666MHz
Storage- 512GB M.2 2280 SATA SSD
Wireless Connectivity- WiFi 6
Bluetooth- BT5.2
Video-
HDMI 2.0 (8K@60Hz) ×1
USB3.2 Gen2 Type-C (4K@60Hz) ×1
DP1.4b (4K@60Hz) ×1
Audio 3.5mm Phone Jack x1
Ports-
10M/100M/1000M adaptive RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet Port ×1
USB3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port ×2 (10Gbps)
USB3.2 Gen1 Type-A Port ×4 (5Gbps)
USB3.2 Gen2 Type-C ×1
DC IN ×1
HDMI 2.0 ×1
DP1.4b ×1
3.5mm Audio Jack ×1
Power- DC 19V-6.3A，DC Header 5.5*2.1mm
System- Windows 11 PRO
Dimension- 128.2mm×128.2mm×41mm

Design and features

The Acemagic Kron mini K1 comes with the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U CPU. I was always an Intel guy, but since they’ve had issues of late, I wanted to give AMD a shot. This CPU is equivalent to the Intel Core i5-1335U or Intel Core i5-13420H. It’s designed to sip power for use in laptops to gain battery life, given the size of the PC, that makes total sense. The GPU is integrated and is the RX Vega 7 1800MHz, also designed for laptops. Paired together, they are suitable for light gaming, general content creation, and everyday tasks.

For connectivity, this little guy has a 1GB LAN port for hard wiring to your network, Wi-Fi 6, and Bluetooth 5.2. No, it’s not the top of the line hardware these days, but I’ve yet to be in a situation where these wouldn’t work for anything I needed to connect to and get things done. And because it’s not the latest and greatest, it’s much more affordable.

The Acemagic Kron mini K1 also supports up to 3 4K monitors, although sadly I couldn’t test that. You can connect one via HDMI, another via DisplayPort, and a 3rd via a USB-C port. So, yeah, 3 monitors on a tiny little PC, giving you plenty of desktop real estate to get work done.

Finally, you get 6 USB 3.2 ports. Two of them are Gen 1, and the other 4 are Gen 2. That’s plenty for most of the peripherals you may want to connect.

Performance

I used to run benchmarks years ago, but it got to a point where they really didn’t give me a feel for what the machine could actually do. So, now I test PCs like this with stuff I do every day. But for the hardware nerds out there, here are a couple of shots from a hardware monitor program, giving you a little deeper dive into the Acemagic Kron mini K1’s innards.

I do some light photo editing with Gimp and MS Photos for reviews like this or for support documentation. The Kron mini K1 performed just fine with that task. Next, I do some video creation and editing using Camtasia. I have to import a video into a project, edit the video, add audio, put some flashy titles and callouts in there, and finally render it. I usually render my videos at 60 fps and at 1080p. No, it’s not 4K, but it works well for YouTube videos. My last review had a short video about a dashcam. I originally created it on my older laptop, and it rendered in about 2 minutes. I rendered the same file on the Acemagic Kron mini K1, and it finished in about a minute and a half. I call that a win!

I use the same laptop running slicing software for my 3D printer. I have had some files that slowed my laptop down considerably while slicing, so I figured I’d try the Kron mini K1. It actually worked better than my laptop. When I sliced the file in the picture below, my laptop began to chug a bit, but the Kron mini K1 had no problems.

Finally, I thought I’d try some gaming on it. I really didn’t expect much. First, I installed Borderlands 3. I thought for sure the PC would choke, even though it’s an older game. I won’t say it was flawless. There was some stuttering and jitter, but it was playable. I bet if I had tweaked some settings and used a different monitor, I would’ve been fine. It wouldn’t be a great gaming experience, but I could’ve done it. Next, I loaded up Fortnite. I’m terrible at Fortnite, so I recruited my son’s help. I first made him play it with Fortnite doing some auto settings magic. It stuttered and was a little laggy. Then I let my boy change settings so he could get playability. When he was done, Fortnite was completely playable. Still, it wasn’t the best experience, but the stuttering was pretty much gone, and the lag had reduced.

Final thoughts

For a PC under $300, I was thoroughly impressed with the Acemagic Kron mini K1. It ran everything I would want it to and was able to play some games I wouldn’t consider light. And you know what else? You can upgrade the Kron mini K1 as well. I got curious and took the PC apart. There’s an open RAM slot and an open PCIE + SATA slot.

I did have plans to make it a dedicated 3D printer station PC, but my daughter’s PC recently kicked the bucket, so for now, she’ll be using this one as her daily driver.

What I like about Acemagic Kron Mini K1

The price
Small footprint
Performance
Runs everything I need it to

What needs to be improved?

Nothing for the price they’re asking

Price: $259 Currently, there is a $40 coupon on the Acemagic website, so you can get it for $219.
Where to buy: Acemagic and Amazon
Source: The sample of this product was provided for free by Acemagic. Acemagic did not have a final say on the review and did not preview the review before it was published.