Reliable MiniPCs?
Hello everyone~ Since September 2022 I've been running a Geekom Mini IT8 Intel i5-8259U and I absolutely loved it, it did everything I needed with few issues. Sadly it finally crapped out a couple months ago, instantly heating up to 100c under almost no pressure. I took it to a repair shop but they said that all the cooling stuff was working properly so it was likely the CPU, and that that's often a problem with mini PCs.
I need a new computer but if this is just reality for most or all mini PCs then I really can't afford to drop 500 bucks on a new PC every 3-4 years. I understand this could be a "buy it nice or buy it twice" situation but I do like the compactness of mini PCs since I tend to move around a lot.
Is there a system that I can expect to last longer than that, or is a bigger PC/building my own PC the only way to expect that kind of reliability/repairability?