Chip prices are up. Computer prices are up with them, and even Apple couldn’t hold the line. In June, Apple raised prices across nearly its entire lineup, pushing the MacBook Air from $1,099 to $1,299 and the entry level MacBook Neo from $599 to $699. The company blamed a memory chip shortage it called an “unprecedented challenge.”
For shoppers, that means paying more and often getting less.
That’s is why this ACEMAGIC K1 deal stand out. While AI data centers are putting even more pressure on the chip supply, this mini PC has somehow become cheaper. It runs on AMD’s Ryzen 7730U chip, and right now both configurations are discounted well below what the current chip market would suggest.
ACEMAGIC K1 (16GB RAM, 1TB storage)
- Original price: $669
- Discount code: TMM9VYLB (10% off)
- Final price: $449.99
- Total savings: 33% off
ACEMAGIC K1 (16GB RAM, 512GB storage)
- Original price: $499
- Discount code: FAVG4K8G (23% off)
- Final price: $386
- Total savings: 23% off
A full terabyte of storage used to be a rounding error on a budget mini PC’s price tag. Under the current chip market, it’s a cost manufacturers have to account for directly. That’s what makes the 1TB configuration the sharper buy of the two right now, even with the 512GB model’s lower entry price.
What $449.99 Actually Buys You
The Ryzen 7 7730U packs 8 cores and 16 threads, enough to run a browser with forty tabs open, a spreadsheet, and a video call without any of it choking. Add 16GB of RAM and this machine handles real multitasking, not just the appearance of it. The built in Radeon graphics won’t run modern games at high settings, but they’ll handle 4K video playback, streaming, and older or lighter titles without a fight.
This combination is hard to find at this price anywhere right now. A terabyte of storage alone would have cost a little under half of this a year ago, and today it’s a line item every manufacturer has to build into the sticker price. Getting the chip, the RAM, and the full terabyte together for $449.99 is the kind of dollar to power ratio the current market isn’t supposed to allow.
Keep in mind, however, that this machine fits a specific buyer. Anyone setting up a home office or a second work computer gets a full size desktop experience without the desktop tower. Students get enough power for coursework, research, and streaming between classes, and anyone building a media center or a light home server gets the storage to actually use for it. But it’s absolutely not a gaming rig, and it’s not trying to be one either.
Both deals run through the codes above, and both are worth grabbing before the chip shortage finishes working its way into pricing across the rest of the category.
