Tom's Hardware Verdict The Geekom A9 Max is an attractive mini PC with plenty of ports and low idle power, but its fans are loud and it came with single-channel RAM. Pros + Compact, attractive premium design + Very low idle power + Quiet unless heavily stressed + A lot of (fast) ports for the size + Full-size SD 4.0 (UHS-II) card slot + Expandable with 2x SODIMM and 2x M.2 SSD slots Cons - Ice Blast 3.0 is clearly audible under load - Came with a single 32GB DDR5-5600 SODIMM, heavily impacting iGPU performance - Some competitors offer OCuLink and / or USB4v2 - The pricing of Mini PCs has become painful Why you can trust Tom's Hardware Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how we test . AMD introduced its mid-cycle Ryzen AI 400 chips for laptops at the beginning of the year. Predictably, mini PC makers have decided to update their Ryzen AI 300 designs from last year with the newest generation processors.…