You can do way more performance than that for not much more money, if you’re willing to try something unorthodox in another way:

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AOOSTAR Gem 12 Max Mini PC

$580 ($550 for Amazon simps)

www.amazon.com/dp/B0GGB5L9P7/?psc=0

CPU: Ryzen 7 8745HS ( 8C / 16T / base 3.8 Ghz / max 5.10 Ghz)

(approximately multi thread performance equivalent to a Ryzen 5 9600 AM5 socket)

RAM: 24 GB DDR5

SSD: 1TB

Power: Max draw 70w (on its own)

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XFX RX 9070 (16 GB GDDR6)

$640

www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXLBTL4B/?psc=1

Power: ~220w

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EG01 OCulink eGPU Dock

$100

www.amazon.com/dp/B0G1STZM7H/?psc=1

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ASRock PRO-650 G PSU

$50

Power: 650w (way more than what you need)

Gold Rated

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Total pretax cost: ~$1370, ~+17%

50% more RAM, also its DDR5

100% more SSD capacity

GPU 3DBenchmark = +~60%