Two that aren't on the list: It's getting a bit old now and prices crept up but I've been really happy with my little Gigabyte Brix GB-BLCE-4105. The J4105 Ce

Two that aren't on the list: It's getting a bit old now and prices crept up but I've been really happy with my little Gigabyte Brix GB-BLCE-4105. The J4105 Celeron is only 10W TDP but has 4 cores and a 3020 Passmark. $150 plus 1-2 laptop sticks of DDR4 and a 2.5" or M.2 SSD and it's a lot cheaper than a NUC. Mine runs Plex for the household but I tried it as a desktop first even with CSGO and it was usable but a little slow at times. Not for the performance-minded but I think my total cost was closer to $200 than $250. I also have the ASRock DeskMini A300 with a AMD Ryzen 3400G and it's hard to notice that it's a "mini" PC at all from the performance until you try AAA gaming or push the CPU hard. I got a bundle deal but right now it's I think $480 without RAM or disk. Not cheap but I think it beats price-comparable NUCs. I think the same A300 should handle the upcoming new APUs if you wanted a little more umph. There's also a Noctua cooler that fits this case (even an all-black version) for very quiet operation.