I can't believe how fast this mini pc is. I know there are tons of different ways to use this setup but I'm using it traditionally. I have it hooked up to a monitor with a wireless mouse and keyboard. As soon as I find a better location it will be my main pc. It's blowing my 3 year old laptop out of the water even having upgraded my hard drive to an ssd and adding ram. Did I mention my laptop also has an i5 processor? Yeah, it's way faster even with a smaller hard drive and less ram! Do not hesitate. It's worth every penny so far.