Most mini PCs ship as sealed black boxes with soldered processors and integrated graphics, but the new ACEMAGIC G3A takes a different approach. The 3.5 liter chassis includes an LGA1700 motherboard that accepts any 13th or 14th generation Intel Core desktop processor, along with enough internal clearance for a dual-slot, half-height discrete GPU. At 212 x 189 x 86 mm (8.3 x 7.4 x 3.4 inches), it sits in an unusual middle ground between traditional small form factor builds and the palm-sized mini PCs ACEMAGIC usually sells.
The company plans to offer factory configurations with NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF Edition or RTX 2000 Ada graphics, according to ITHome, but the socketed CPU and standard GPU slot mean enthusiasts can swap in their own silicon as long as the parts physically fit. The catch is thermal headroom: the cooling system is rated for a combined 135W of CPU and GPU dissipation, so a stock Core i9 paired with a high-end card is not the intended use case. Low-power desktop chips and modest workstation GPUs are a better match for the chassis.
Internally, the G3A blends desktop and laptop conventions. Memory uses two SODIMM slots rather than full-size DIMMs, while storage runs across two M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4 x4 slots plus a single 2.5 inch SATA bay. The rear I/O is generous for a system this small, with one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port, two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, two USB 2.0 Type-A, 2.5 GbE and Gigabit Ethernet jacks, HDMI, DisplayPort, 3.5 mm audio, and two legacy COM ports for serial peripherals.
ACEMAGIC has set a 2026-05-30 launch in China and has not announced global pricing or availability. Based on the company's track record with previous releases, an international rollout is likely to follow.
