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Price research with real data from February 2026 compares the costs of building a mini PC from a barebone vs buying a ready-made model.

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GMKtec

GMKtec NucBox M3 Ultra

Intel i7-12700H

R$ 4.899

-9.3%

Mercado Livre32GB DDR4 · 512GB NVMe

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Beelink EQI13 PRO

Intel i7-13620H

R$ 5.769

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Amazon BR16GB DDR4 · 512GB NVMe

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Dell Optiplex 3070 Micro

Intel i7-9700T

R$ 3.899

-7.2%

Mercado Livre32GB DDR4 · 512GB NVMe

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Machenike Mini2

Intel i7-13620H

R$ 3.599

-16.3%

KaBuM16GB DDR5 · 512GB NVMe

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