One thing to stay up for: Handheld gaming PCs have gotten more and more well-liked nowadays, however the upcoming Ayaneo 3 guarantees one thing distinctive: in response to the maker, it is the world’s first modular handheld. That modularity refers back to the a number of magnetic controller modules, which may be swapped round primarily based on person desire.
The Ayaneo 3 would be the firm’s first handheld powered by the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, the identical chip used within the GPD WIN 4 2025. There’s additionally an choice that includes the Ryzen 7 8840U APU.
The Ayaneo 3 seems to be extremely customizable. It makes use of the brand new Magic Module know-how that Ayaneo has been creating for 2 years. These magnetic modules join through a set of pogo pins and unlock with the press of a button, which prompts two customized miniature stepper motors.
There are a number of modules that includes mixtures of analog sticks, buttons, 6/8-way d-pads, and trackpads – one module consists of six buttons. Should you don’t love one or discover that sure video games are extra suited to explicit controller setups, simply swap and alter as you please. They’ll even be rotated 180 levels, so you may, for instance, place the sticks greater or decrease.
Ayaneo says over 50 format mixtures will likely be out there. There isn’t any phrase but on whether or not consumers get to decide on their modules when shopping for the Ayaneo 3, or if they are going to be offered individually.
As for the remainder of the specs, the Ayaneo 3 will use a 7-inch “high-refresh” show, both OLED (AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 model) or LCD (Ryzen 7 8840U). Choosing the newer APU means you get the Radeon 890M GPU with 16 RDNA 3.5 compute items (as much as 2.9GHz), whereas the Ryzen 7 options 12 RDNA 3 compute items (as much as 2.7GHz). The hand held is obtainable in both black or white.
No phrase but on worth, storage, decision, and so on., however Ayaneo will reveal extra particulars throughout a dwell streaming that takes place at this time (12/26/2024).
Ayaneo lastly made its official entry into the US gaming market a number of months in the past. It launched its 7-inch Subsequent Lite and eight.4-inch KUN handheld units at Finest Purchase and through the corporate’s web site.
