Nucbox 2 is on sale for $390 while PN51 is $470 for barebones. Would only need to buy another 8gb stick of ram for nucbox 2 while for PN51 I would need to buy a pair of ram. I already have a spare 256gb m2 NVME that I'm not using (came from my alienware r7). Does the PN51 come with wi-fi or would I have to buy that too?

Is the PN51 worth all of that cost difference in performance? Thermals and fan noise are also a factor, I would be replacing my old Surface Pro 2 with one of these (due to it's age it just runs way too hot so the fans are always blasting even when I'm barely using it).

Thanks for your time.

Edit - also open to other mini pc suggestions within the same price range.

Saw that the minisforum elitemini HM50 Ryzen 5 4500U flash sale for $610(comes with 16gb ram and 256gb drive). So far I'm leaning towards the nucbox 2 due to price but I don't know how they all compare against each other).