GEEKOM’s IT13 Max offers a well-balanced mini PC option with strong connectivity and capable performance, but heat and storage are considerations at its €799 price point.
GEEKOM’s IT13 Max arrives as a fairly well-judged mini PC rather than a bargain-basement box chasing headline numbers. According to the company’s own specifications, it is built around Intel’s Core Ultra 9 185H, paired with 24 GB of LPDDR5 memory, a 500 GB PCIe Gen4 SSD and Intel Arc Xe-LPG integrated graphics. The official price is €799, although GEEKOM says a promotional code cuts that to €735.08, with free delivery, 24-to-48-hour shipping and a 3-year warranty through its store.
The design is deliberately understated. GEEKOM uses a black plastic shell over a reinforced metal frame, and the company says the chassis is built to withstand 200 kilograms of pressure. The front panel carries four USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports and a 3.5 mm headphone jack, while the rear adds two USB4 Type-C ports, another USB-A port, USB 2.0, dual 2.5 Gbps Ethernet, dual HDMI 2.0 and power input. There is also a Kensington lock, an SD 4.0 card reader and support for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4.
In use, that hardware translates into a machine that feels quick in Windows 11 Pro and nimble enough for everyday work, office multitasking and light creative tasks. The review found the SSD to be fast, with sequential read speeds above 5 GB/s, though 500 GB is the main compromise here and could fill up quickly. GEEKOM’s 24 GB memory configuration is fixed, but it is still generous enough to leave headroom for demanding workloads and even some local AI applications, provided they are modest in size and properly quantised.
Thermals are the area where the IT13 Max shows the limits of its compact form factor. The Core Ultra 9 185H can run hot under load, with the review recording temperatures close to 100C and occasional peaks above that, although still within the chip’s stated thermal envelope. The cooling system, which combines a copper block, dual heatpipes and a turbine-style fan, appears to keep the machine stable, but not quietly: noise remains restrained at light loads and becomes much more noticeable when the processor is pushed.
Performance results were broadly strong for a mini PC of this size. Benchmarks such as Cinebench, PassMark, Corona and V-Ray pointed to solid CPU output, while 3DMark suggested competent integrated graphics performance for a system without a discrete GPU. In games, the IT13 Max was capable of handling lighter titles at 1080p with high settings and more demanding games at reduced quality, though ray tracing remains out of reach for anything serious. The review also noted that the integrated GPU’s 128-bit memory bus helps sustain better results than many comparable small-form-factor systems.
That leaves the IT13 Max as a capable, well-equipped mini PC with real versatility rather than a niche machine for one task. Its main strengths are the balanced specification, strong connectivity and respectable performance; its drawbacks are heat, fan noise under pressure and the relatively small SSD. Even so, at the discounted price GEEKOM is asking, it looks like a practical option for users who want a compact desktop that can handle work, media, light creation and some gaming without fuss.
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