AMD is doing a much better job of competing with Intel ever since launching its Ryzen line of chips. But one sector where Intel still dominates is in the small and fanless PC category. However, AMD has a Ryzen solution for that, and Tranquil PC looks to be the first to use it in a tiny, fanless PC.

As Liliputing reports, Tranquil PC is a UK-based company offering a range of mini desktops and cluster servers. Its latest offering is called the Mini Multi Display PC, and it takes advantage of AMD's Ryzen Embedded processors.

Three models are on offer, none of which are cheap. At the low end is the Mini Multi Basic, offering an AMD Ryzen Embedded V1202B with two cores and four threads running at 2.3GHz boosting up to 3.2GHz using Turbo. It's combined with 8GB of DDR4 2400MHz RAM, a 250GB M.2 SSD, and AMD Vega GPU using 2GB of shared memory. It will cost you $870 without an operating system.

The Mini Multi Advance costs $1,005 and uses a Ryzen Embedded V1605B (four cores and eight threads) and increases the RAM to 16GB while sticking with the 250GB SSD. Then at the high end there's the Mini Multi Advance+ costing $1,480. For that, you get the same V1605B processors, but Tranquil upped the RAM to 32GB and increased the storage to a 1TB M.2 SSD, which aren't cheap on there own.

The high cost can be explained partly by the fact these are industrial PCs designed to function in less than ideal environments for computers and are IP50 rated. Tranquil sees them being used in gaming machines, medical imaging, digital signage, and as point-of-sale terminals.

They'll make great silent-running home PCs, though, if you don't mind the price. Each model supports up to four 4K displays, measure just 54-by-180-by-157mm, and weigh 3.9lbs. Power consumption maxes out at 25 watts. All three models are expected to start shipping on Aug. 30.