KAMRUI Pinova P2 Mini PC Review: Big Ambitions in a Very Small Box

Rating: 8/10 | Tested over 3 weeks as a daily driver for productivity and media

The KAMRUI Pinova P2 packs an AMD Ryzen 4300U, 16GB DDR4, and a 512GB SSD into a chassis barely larger than a thick coaster. I went in expecting the usual budget compromises. What I found was more interesting than that.

Unboxing and Setup

The box includes the P2, a power adapter, HDMI cable, VESA mounting bracket, and a user manual — and importantly, Windows 11 Pro comes pre-installed.

That’s a meaningful inclusion at this price point; plenty of competitors at similar or higher prices leave you to source a license yourself. Out of the box you’re at a working desktop in minutes, which makes the setup experience genuinely plug-and-play.

The included VESA bracket is a welcome touch most competitors charge extra for, and mounting the P2 behind a monitor makes it vanish entirely.

Design and Build Quality

Clean, silver-grey, and completely understated — no aggressive angles or LED strips, just a compact metal-finish box that suits any workspace. I do, however, love the copper colored finned accent that goes around the top perimeter; looks amazing!

At 5.04 × 5.04 × 1.63 inches it’s genuinely tiny, and once VESA-mounted behind my 27-inch monitor I forgot it was there within a day.

Build quality is solid for the price — the chassis doesn’t flex or creak — but it lacks the premium all-metal density of a Mac Mini. At this price, that’s a fair trade.

Performance: Honest Expectations Required

The Ryzen 4300U is comfortable with everyday computing. Browsing with 15–20 tabs, Office apps, Zoom calls, and 4K streaming all ran without complaint, and boot times off the SSD hover around 12 seconds.

Where it hits its ceiling is anywhere demanding — 4K video editing in DaVinci Resolve stuttered, and modern gaming is largely off the table with integrated Radeon graphics. That’s not a KAMRUI problem specifically; it’s the honest limit of this hardware class. Use it as a productivity and media machine and it punches above its weight. Push it into creative or gaming territory and you’ll be disappointed.

One worth noting: the 16GB runs in single-channel at 2666MHz out of the box, leaving performance on the table. A matched SO-DIMM pair will noticeably improve fluidity. The upgrade ceiling is generous — up to 64GB RAM and 4TB across two M.2 slots — which gives the P2 real longevity for a budget machine.

Display, Connectivity, and Noise

Triple 4K at 60Hz across HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.4, and USB-C works exactly as advertised. I ran dual monitors throughout testing without a single issue, and the output was sharp and lag-free.

Port selection is strong: six USB 3.2 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a 3.5mm jack. I never once needed a hub, which for a machine this small is genuinely impressive.

Thermals were a pleasant surprise. Under light to moderate loads the P2 is essentially silent — I had to actively listen to confirm the fan was spinning.

Under sustained heavy load it ramps to a gentle hum, never anything distracting. No throttling, no shutdowns, and surface temps stayed reasonable even after hours of continuous use.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Ryzen 4300U handles productivity and media comfortably at this price
• Near-silent under everyday workloads
• Triple 4K output and six USB 3.2 ports for a machine this size is excellent
• VESA bracket included; genuinely disappears behind a monitor
• Generous upgrade path: up to 64GB RAM and 4TB storage

Cons

• Single-channel RAM out of the box limits performance unnecessarily
• Integrated graphics rule out modern gaming and heavy creative work
• Build feels functional rather than premium up close

Final Verdict

The KAMRUI Pinova P2 is a well-matched machine for what most people actually use a computer for. It does the everyday stuff quietly, quickly, and in a chassis small enough to mount behind a monitor and forget about. Swap in a matched RAM pair if you want the best out of it, manage expectations around the GPU ceiling, and very little else at this price comes close.