The Chatreey AM08 is a unique mini-PC for its tapered design and a power button on the top that doubles as a power selector, allowing you to quickly switch between three operating modes: quiet, balanced and powerful.

It’s not common to find these types of dials, and it may not be necessary in a compact computer that doesn’t offer that much of a difference in performance between one mode or the other. However, changes are always appreciated that achieve products capable of differentiating themselves from the norm, which is those square designs in mini-PCs, of which there are dozens. In addition, it has RGB lighting effects that make it easy to see which power mode is enabled: blue, green and red.

Chatreey AM08, off design

The manufacturer decided on Ryzen from AMD as the hardware base. They are not the latest, but the selected model has enough power for a mini-PC, with Ryzen 9 5900HX in front and its 8 cores and 16 ZEN threads, 20 MB cache, operating frequency up to 4.4 GHz and TDP 45 W. Its graphics is an integrated Radeon Vega 8 at 2.1 GHz.

It features two SODIMM slots for installing up to 64GB of DDR4-3200 RAM, while storage is covered by a PCIe SSD and another 2.5-inch bay for SSDs or hard drives. Your connectivity Typical for this type of machine are:

• WiFi 6
• Bluetooth 5.1
• 2 HDMI 2.0 ports
• 1 USB Type-C
• 4x USB 3.2 Type-A
• 1 x Ethernet
• 1 3.5 mm audio jack
• 1 DC power input (19 V/6.3 A)

This mini-PC features an active cooling system that includes a copper heatsink and a fan. It should be noted that its design facilitates updates, with a side panel fixed by a magnetic system that allows the installation of RAM or storage units without any tools and in a simple way.

Chatreey AM08 is sold on Aliexpress in various configurations from 574 euros. There is also a Barabone option for the customer to build their own memory, storage and operating system. There is no doubt that this is a unique compact computer.