Man you're going to need to put out a top 10 list.

@zerocal76

Ай бұрын

That'd be nice. Too bad he's only the KZread Tech Home Shopping Network 🛍

@imacmill

Ай бұрын

@@zerocal76 And I love him for it.

@ThisNoName

Ай бұрын

search jackstone, it's in Chinese with English subtitle, similar reviews with full ranking history. Either youtube or ETA block any comments with link, but not hard to find.

oooh they went back to a normal barrel jack for power instead of the magnetic connector. Sweet.

I never really see any major differences in these mini pcs except ports and they are still basically the same.

@TheRayDog

Ай бұрын

All the super minis are limited by heat dissipation. Only changes in processor generation can lead to meaningful performance upgrades. But beside that, isn't your comment the story of PCs for the last 30 years? Faster, some new ports, etc. Software is where the real change is.

@maxmeier532

Ай бұрын

there are a lot of differences. You can all kinds of CPUs for it, some allow for full ssd, some dont, some have dual ethernet, some have fans, others dont. I mean, what do you expect, you need a minipc that can cook your dinner?

@alexseevdenis

Ай бұрын

a big misconception. for example, you will have two mini-PCs running on the same hardware, but one processor will run at 35 watts, the other at 65 watts. According to the final performance, these will be two completely different devices. And some of them are almost unsuitable for serious work and games, for example Peladn HA-4. His memory overheats and as a result, performance drops everywhere, and freezes and lags appear in games. But there is no such thing in SER7 or GTR7. Not to mention that USB 4 40 Gbps is not everywhere.

@vinyfiny

Ай бұрын

What major differences could they have? They can have different CPU's and cooling setups, some can do 2 SSD's, but otherwise they're all made around a mostly standardized board size so there's not going to be huge differences.

@bepbep7418

Ай бұрын

You want to know why they're all the same? They're not designed for consumers, they're designed for businesses.

I just bought this. This is my first mini pc. I've got a SK Hynix 2tb Gen 4 ssd that I would love to stick in this thing. I'd like to see some console emulation if you could. I bet that stuff looks unbelievable on this.

Hey, why is that in some vids you put the out of the wall power draw and in some you don't? I am all about power efficiency so it is quite key (especially the idle one). Thanks for your awesome vids! :)

Finally. Audio jack on the back. Praise the Lord.

@lllongreen

Ай бұрын

Yet the usb4 is on the front....just fail

@hanley6478

Ай бұрын

Just use a cheap USB DAC if you really want to plug speakers to the back.

@Bacavoit

Ай бұрын

@@lllongreen USB4 is on the back. Front is just a USB C 10Gbs. He got it backwards. It's on Beelink info.

@SweBeach2023

Ай бұрын

@@hanley6478 A mini pc is supposed to be used as a normal desktop with monitor, keyboard, mouse AND speakers attached. Why should an audio jack not be routed to both the front and the back? Is it not a much cheaper and more stable solution as compared to a bulky USB adapter?

Hi ETA, can you ask PRIME if the 2nd audio jack at the rear is a duplicate of the one in the front or does this computer have two separated sound cards (or one with double audio I/O) ? One of the time bomb of this kind of device is the fan, when it is worn it is not sure you will find a replacement part and when you do, it is often tagged with an unrealistic price - this is why I'll never buy one unless they make it bigger and use one or two standard fan(s) to force ventilation. Not to mention that this particular brand is known to have a deplorable customer service.

The picture on the website says the usb4 is actually in the back and the usb-c is the front one.

Legion Go or SER8? WHICH best for beginners on windows?

They finally ship to my country!

No comparison with the competition and cons. You promoted the GMKTECH K8 and I bought it and wasted my $480 you should be ashamed.

This is about the perfect IO layout imo, assuming you don't care about Oculink (which most don't). I'd just do a fresh build with 2x 4tb NVME drives and slap it on the back of a monitor for a clean and very usable all rounder.

@ByteMeCompletely

Ай бұрын

I recently bought a GMKtek K8, and it's on the back of my 4K LG monitor. I installed FreeBSD 14.1, Mint, and KDE Neon. FreeBSD won't open an X display, but I'm patient.

I've been interested in these high core count mini-pcs. Low watt mini VM server use case 👀

No Oculink so why buy this over the Minisforum UM780 which can be had in the US off Amazon for $575??

Hey ETA Prime! I was wondering if you can play native ripped 1080p high bit rate and 4k high bitrate movies on these mini PCs? Because on streaming services the bit rates are really low and on KZread the videos are really compressed even the audio is compressed alot. So it would be interesting to see these chips play high bit rate 1080p or even 4k videos.

Some of the benchmarks is showing Ryzen 9 8945HS instead of 8845HS... did you get the video benchmarks mixed up with the Geekom A8 Mini?

I have one of these on each of my 4 televisions around the house. They're great for streaming in 4k.

Great I guess, they need to hit the lab and all these companies need to come up with something competitive!

Is there a possibility that you'll put out a tier list for these micro PCs? I bought the SER6 Pro last year and now we're at SER8 like this is hard to navigate.

Hello. Can you do some emulation tests with this mini PC?

Hi ETA, thanks for the review. I'm very interested in the performance of these mini PCs and I would love to know or see if it is possible to run software like Autodesk Revit or Lumion on it.

These Beelinks go dummy hard as an all-in-one Plex/Overseerr server.

Isn't the Speedometer browser benchmark more of a test of Safari vs. Chrome?

How’s fan noise? Love the Beelink SER6 Max but I’ve heard the SER8 got louder?

Great Video, in the vram setup is there a limit to how much you can dedicate to the GPU? say 16 GB of ram?

@armyofninjas9055

Ай бұрын

Yes. And it is 16.

How will this run as a dedicated streaming pc? I’m looking for a mini pc to run as a dedicated streaming pc, so I’ll really only use it for obs with a capture card and some light browsing. Is this a good option for that?

This seems like the ultimate emulation station... probably going to order one for livingroom usage. Will probahbly give steamos a try, also curious how well rpcs3 will run more difficult titles.

if it can handle cyberpunk i assume it can run doom eternal and borderlands 3? also would dedicating more memory to the GPU boost performance?

What is the keyboard you are using?

I wanna know what happens if you max out the mini PC. Give it as much VRAM as it'll accept and max out the TDP, then compare the benchmarks.

I'm also waiting for my own version for review, the ser 8 ultra. there is a lot of information in the Russian segment, we have to fill the gap)

Whould be nice to se if fps changes if video memory was changed to the dubble

beelink spec sheet says triple display ports. have you verified if this works with 4 displays?

I would love to see a mini pc that come with a battery fit in them.

the beelink website actually says the front usb-c port is 3.2, and that the rear one is usb4

Where is the link where to get it? Is it on Amazon?

love the new design. hopefully they put faster chips on this new design.

@akin242002

Ай бұрын

It is already fast. Multicore performance is 16900, according to Cinebench R23. That is on par with an engineering workstation from 2 years ago.

@armyofninjas9055

Ай бұрын

​@@akin242002But only 3/4 of what strix will do lol

Snapdragon Dev Kit, powered by Snapdragon X Elite from Qualcomm, is a compact form-factor PC that provides significantly better performance with no fan noise, even surpassing Apple Silicon.

I would like you to make a top 10 list of the most powerful talk to the weakest so far I'm having a hard time trying to keep up and figure it out with all the mini PCS that are on the market

@armyofninjas9055

Ай бұрын

Just look for anything with a 780m.

Def nice Mac Mini type look.. just smaller

Hi bro, I need your advise in buying this devices 12th Gen Mini PC Beelink SEi12, i5-1235U 10-Core 12-Thread vs Beelink SER5 Max, AMD Ryzen 7 5800H 8-Core 16-Thread 4.4GHz Processor - Majoj Purpose is office work, gaming & 3d work

I did see on another review issues with bluetooth Wi-Fi reach any feedback on that?

@mmstick

12 күн бұрын

Swap it out for an Intel AX210 and you're good.

"Space Gray" Lawsuit Incoming

@goblinphreak2132

Ай бұрын

why? colors aren't patentable. no way to sue based on color.

@Fusion05

Ай бұрын

​@@goblinphreak2132Tiffany blue disagrees

@goblinphreak2132

Ай бұрын

@@Fusion05 is that supposed to mean something to me?

@Vinterloft

Ай бұрын

Xiaomi have used "Space Gray" for 5 years

@Yusei255

Ай бұрын

​@@Vinterloftthat means nothing.

Did you know when you see something with youtube video dropouts, that DPC latency often plays a big role in that? Hence another example of why I suggested testing it on Windows PCs.

im just patiently waiting for the strix models before i touch a mini pc

This is the one to go for the 8945hs throttles after a while under load.

Will it work with other Linux or FreeBsd

❤ this... Tiny mini pc

Hey, new subscriber here, can we get a xDefiant benchmark? Very interested

what a timely recommendation of the key store, I just needed a key for Windows. Thx, fast and cheap

Seriously, I thought this video's already uploaded couple days ago. I couldn't tell the difference

How does the SER8 stack up against the Minisforum UM790 Pro?

@mmstick

12 күн бұрын

Geekbench records for the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 leaked the other day. The SER8 performs identically to it. Likely due to better cooling.

If Opencore can turn this into a real Mac then I'm sold. :)

@trashtbyghosts

26 күн бұрын

pls post links!

Geekbanch test says "ubuntu operating system" ?

There’s a new one coming out each day 😮‍💨

Please show us Chimera OS on this machine 🙏

Wish AMD made the 16-core for the 8000 series just as they did for the 7945HX.

Where can I buy it

Please compare another mini pc

what about heat also fan noise

You should start comparing with other mini pcs

Thé site suggests that the RAM can be upgraded to 256 GB. Am I reading it right? SER8 supports dual-channel DDR5 5600MHz RAM of up to 256GB

@mmstick

Ай бұрын

I've yet to see any RAM kits beyond 96 GB. 96 GB works.

dpc-latency?

I have one, my main reason to buy it was how noisy my old Beelink was - this one is pretty much silent.

Finally they put the USB A port in the right direction

if you pay attention, the ryzen in the ser8 is RYZEN 7. which means, have the lower base clock version of the radeon 780m in it. which means still below the previous mini PC "new" this channel shown the other day, the geekom A8. that one use ryzen 9. also, in asia, the price listing of the previous version of beelink ser7 is somewhat higher than the previous version of geekom A7. so, most likeley, since i already see very affordable price listing of the A8 in asia, the beelink ser8 would be on the higher price level, while it still uses ryzen 7 instead of 9. people buy these stuff for the compact and affordability.

@mmstick

Ай бұрын

The Geekom A8 is throttled by thermals, so in practice it performs identically.

I'm interested in a Mac mini sized PC

whats the fastest rdna 3 mini pc so far?

wake on power/lan ?

How about loading android/Google tv

The New Beelink SER8 looks really an amazing new mini PC. Mini PCs are the Future of PC Gaming! 😮😊

Brand and model of the keyboard in the background?

@mittvierziger7235

21 күн бұрын

Logitech MX Mechanical Mini

@thegeneral7975

21 күн бұрын

@@mittvierziger7235 No, it’s the Asus ROG Azoth

@mittvierziger7235

20 күн бұрын

​@@thegeneral7975 oh, you're right, they look almost identically

wow it better then my laptop

❤ I have a older model

So the Ser8 is basically a Ser7 with better looks, but only one USB4 port?

Can you run snowrunner It's like a really specific game n no-one is running it on this apu 😭😭😭

Why don't you mention the price? I just bought a GMKtek K8 for $640. I prefer metal chassis, but the price diff, I'll take the plastic case. 8o)

What the use case for these boxes since they cost as much or more than a similarly spec'd laptop? You're better off buying a laptop where you can travel and take your games with you. Traveling with this thing requires a suitcase load of peripherals such as a keyboard, mouse and LCD screen.

@mmstick

Ай бұрын

If I were traveling, I'd rather play games on a Nintendo Switch or PlayStation Portal-or actually going places and doing things other than gaming when I can do that at home. Laptops are more prone to critical hardware failure. I've never had a laptop last more than a few years without the hinge, or barrel charging port breaking. It's also unhealthy to bring them to bed. As a software developer, this has better single and multi-threaded performance than a laptop. This also works perfectly for a setup I have in my living room where I have a large 4K monitor on an arm mount clamped to a sturdy height-adjustable side table with wheels. When the day comes that you want to retire it, you can use it as a TV box, server, or give it to someone to use as a desktop replacement.

@ferrellsl

Ай бұрын

@@mmstick When I travel, it's usually for work so a laptop is a necessity. Being able to game on it is a plus after hours at the hotel.

Still no active cooling on the NVME or memory....

Something is up. Under Base Frequency it says 6.68 Ghz. That is NOT the base frequency...

The keyboard! Please, brand and model!

7940HS is still the King.

@kennymorelandiii9406

Ай бұрын

When it comes to price to performance for these mini pcs I completely agree that they are the best. The cpu isn't all that much better and the 780m gpu is like 5-10% better at most than the 680m yet the 8000 series mini pcs are like easily $200+ more expensive So atleast $200+ more for like 8-10% performance increase at worth it and best to go 7450, 7840 or even the 7735 series. I am hopeful for the next ryzen APUs though. I feel like in 2025 the next gen ryzen cpu integrated gpus will bring a nice performance jump of atleast 15-20% so getting a mini pc or laptop with those specs will be a nice buy once they come out

I can guess they need to different model and improve hardware design. I seen some copy cat model or rebrand as their own.

Lo único que le falta para ser perfecto es que tenga un puerto Oculink.

How is this compared to SER7?

@RiyanHovercat

Ай бұрын

maybe the CPU, even the CPU spect almost the same

If Geekom would make one of their variants with Oculink that would be awesome. I think they make the nicest mini pcs.

You buy the PC, then you have to buy an activation key?

Im waiting for good ARM based Mini PCs. Until now only Qualcomm APUs were allowed to run Windows on ARM. Nor all can do. Maybe Nvidia, AMD or even Intel will come up with good ARM hardware the next years. Or the smallest Strix Halo might be also good. 32CU and 8 cores at about 100W. These PCs should outperform this Mini PC by far. Even if i reduce the power limit to 60W it should get twice FPS.

I’m looking to buy a mini pc for retro gaming, game cube, ps1 &2, Xbox 360 any recommendations?

@k1ngarthur290

Ай бұрын

Commodore 64

I ordered mine after watching this review. However, i received it with the old fashioned brick heavy charger. WTF Beelink!!

@NecolasHamwi

Ай бұрын

Update: I contacted Beelink support and they apologized and sent me the new generation charger free of cost. Kudos!

Why not try a GEEKOM mini PC? It equipped with AMD Ryzen 9 or 13th Gen Intel Core i9/i7😉

Do they come with social credit?

@armyofninjas9055

Ай бұрын

Yeah, dude. *buys Chevy mini pc

I don't see a difference between the 7840HS and this other than the Radeon AI is faster in this newer chip by 6 Tops. It would make this unit a little more usable than the 7840HS in AI.

I wish I could buy this in India ❤

Speedometer 3 kind of sucks. I get literally 4-5 more points if i use edge over chrome. You can actually get the score higher with some trickery too. its not a good benchmark imo.

and price same as mac mini

That windows 11 with the keylogger and tracking from Microsoft to me is a no go and a violation of ones privacy.

Not enough ports...

currently $650 with coupon...still, i'd rather get the minisforum xtx which can go as high as 100w with an oculink port if you really want the extra push for $430 (barebones) or $330 (with amazon card)....granted it has the 7840hs processor but it pretty much can do everything this ser8 can do right out of the box, and then some...so why pay $200 - $300 more?... beelink should have done a bit more with it considering...I'm currently sporting a ser4 so this would be a huge upgrade if I were to go with it, but the minisforum seems like a more practical and financial solution that is more capable than this new ser8.

@mmstick

Ай бұрын

650 is the retail price if you buy direct from their website. I don't see the use case in buying this for the purpose of gaming with a dGPU. If you were wanting a dGPU to begin with, you should have gotten a desktop PC with a full PCIe port. Mini ITX and Micro ATX systems can accommodate large graphics cards in a small form factor.

@lexlopez15

Ай бұрын

@mmstick if you're referring to me, everything you mentioned is too big for my liking.

another without Oculink port...