00:00script. Alright, video editors on a budget, I dug through hundreds of mini PC listings so you
00:06don't have to. These 5 actually hold up when you're exporting timelines, and the best part
00:11is they're small enough to hide behind your monitor. Let's get into the top 5 mini PC hosts
00:17for video rendering. First up, the one I'd actually start with. This little box runs the
00:23Intel Core i9-10980HK dollars, a real 8-core, 16-thread chip, the same kind you'd find in a
00:30proper mobile workstation. You get 16GB of DDR4, and there's a 32GB version if your timelines are
00:37the hungry kind. A 1TB SSD means your footage lives on the fast drive, not an external spinner.
00:45Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, Windows 11, and it lands around $246.
00:51For the size, that's the sweet spot of this whole list.
00:55Number 2 is the storage monster. Say my 9-10980HK dollars, but this 2026 listing gives you 32GB
01:04of RAM and listen, 1TB plus 2TB of SSD. 3TB total, so your project files, proxy files,
01:12and render cache all live on the fast drive without you babysitting a single external.
01:17Windows 11, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, and it's about $263.56. It's a bit more than number 1,
01:26but the extra RAM and extra terabytes are exactly where the money goes for rendering.
01:31Number 3 is the budget pick, and honestly the value pick too.
01:36Same core i9-10980HK dollars, Windows 11 Pro this time, 16GB of RAM, an M.2 SSD,
01:43Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, and it's $181.42. That's the cheapest genuine workstation-grade chip on this
01:52list. The catch is 16GB of RAM, so keep an eye on how many layers you're running.
01:58One timeline in Premiere or DaVinci, you'll be fine. Six of them open at once, you won't be.
02:05Number 4, and yes, you'll see $3.46.
02:10That price is a placeholder, not a real deal, expected to land somewhere near the $240 range
02:15at checkout, same as everything else running this chip. What you're actually buying, core i9-10980HK
02:23dollars, Windows 11 Pro, 16GB RAM, and 1TB plus 2TB of SSD. Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2.
02:33So it's basically number 1 with more storage. Worth a look, but don't get fooled by that sticker.
02:40Skipped real export speed benchmarks, no test data for these listings, add when you can time
02:45a 4K export on each unit. Note, all 5 run same CPU, i9-10980HK dollars, 8C-16T, differences are RAM,
02:55storage, OS edition, say that on camera, viewers will ask. Note, $3.46 on product 4 is a placeholder,
03:03script flags it, re-record that segment if checkout price lands far from $240.
