When it came to Hitman, the Mek played the game at 137 fps at 1080p and 72 fps at 4K. It ran at 101 fps at FHD and 31 fps at 4K. The Mek Mini handled our tests in both 1080p and 4K when we tried Grand Theft Auto V. At 4K, though, it was unplayable on very high on the Mek, while still above 30 fps on systems with higher-end GPUs. The more expensive Corsair One i160 and HP Omen Obelisk surpassed that thanks to their RTX 2080 Ti’s. On the Shadow of the Tomb Raider benchmark, the Mek Mini ran the game at 1080p on highest settings at 31 fps. To play at high in 4K, I had to turn ray tracing off. When I played Control at 1920 x 1080, on the high preset and high ray tracing, the Mek Mini tended to run between 40 and 52 frames per second (and higher in the sections set in the Astral Plane, which is largely a white background). But for the size, you get plenty of performance here. Zotac’s miniaturized version of the RTX 2070 packs some punch, though it’s not as powerful as what you get in more expensive, larger desktops. The same power concerns go for upgrading the CPU, which again is hypothetical considering how hard it is to reach it. Even if you could replace the GPU, you would need one that fits in the Mek Mini and works with a 330W power brick. All but one are easily accessible, but that last one is stuck behind an overhang of the back panel, making it very hard to get to other components.
The GPU and the other side of the motherboard are blocked by a metal grate covered in screws. It’s easy enough to pry off if you’re careful, but it won’t lead to much. On the right side of the motherboard, there’s a second M.2 SSD slot if you want to expand your storage. The HDD is held in with a small bracket, and the PCIe NVMe SSD is held in by the usuals screw. The RAM consists of two SODIMM sticks, each of which are immediately accessible. When you pull that off, the RAM, storage and Wi-Fi card are revealed, as is a small laptop-sized fan for some airflow. On the back of the system, there’s a switch to unlock the right side panel.
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