For someone who just wants to surf and check email on occasion or even every day, these kinds of computers are ideal. I turned an elderly couple's TV into a home computer by adding a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. A couple of lessons, and now they can email their grandkids and shop online. They liked it!

@folksurvival

3 ай бұрын

I hope you set up Linux for them too.

@TheDreadNought22

3 ай бұрын

@@folksurvival Why use linux for ppl that dont code? (genuine question)

@folksurvival

3 ай бұрын

@@TheDreadNought22 Because writing computer code isn't necessarily relevant to whether a person uses Linux or not same as it's not necessarily relevant to a person using Windows or MacOS.

@mekko1413

3 ай бұрын

@@folksurvival - Why just why. Linux is not compatible with everything people do on a computer. Linux is still only for those enthusiasts. Until it catches up with user friendliness as windows or iOS it is a horrible idea for use cases like the op. Linux users need to get it through their thick skulls that Linux isn't for everyone.

@folksurvival

3 ай бұрын

@@mekko1413 "Linux is not compatible with everything people do on a computer. " I never said Linux is compatible with EVERYTHING people do on a computer. Read the original comment that I was responding to. Quote: "For someone who just wants to surf and check email on occasion" which many Linux distributions are absolutely suitable for and not only suitable but in most cases the *best* OS choice. "Linux is still only for those enthusiasts." False. "Until it catches up with user friendliness as windows or iOS it is a horrible idea for use cases like the op." False again. It's often easier and more user friendly than Windows and many inexperienced and senior users can attest. iOS is a smartphone operating system so not really comparable to operating systems typically used on desktops/laptops such as Windows, Linux, MacOS (and servers in the case of Linux and BSD). "Linux users need to get it through their thick skulls that Linux isn't for everyone." I never claimed Linux is for EVERYONE. People that want to play PC games are probably best to use Windows (even though the Steam deck uses Linux). People that want to use proprietary software such as the Adobe suite should just use Windows. People that want the Apple eco-system must, obviously, use MacOS.

I'm using a Trigkey with a Ryzen 7 5800H and 32GB for high end audio editing. It's rock solid and eats everything I throw at it. Save yourselves a fortune and get one.

@3702251a

9 ай бұрын

How’s the temperature?

@islu6425

4 ай бұрын

​@@TheScepticalThinker i dont have that pc but the ryzen 7 5800H has a max tdp of 45 W which is way below the ps5's 180 W tdp, so i suppose it consumes way less than a console

@TheScepticalThinker

4 ай бұрын

@@islu6425 ok

@rockwach2388

4 ай бұрын

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@petermccavington8232

3 ай бұрын

What is TDP??

I bought one of these small footprint computers but I went more high end and I love it. I am not the normal 75 year old, I use my machine daily and I wanted more speed for business applications. First I had all of the peripherals that were needed and I went with an Intel i7 processor and 32 gig of memory with a 1.5 TB of SSD storage. I do program my own applications and run some larger commercial applications on it. I couldn’t beat the price and think it was a great buy. I believe that this type of machine can meet the demands of many individuals. Great informational review.

@jeffa847

3 ай бұрын

Which one did you get?

I have a beefy gaming PC and have not just played many high end games on it of late. I found I was simply surfing the web, reading web comics, and watching KZread mostly. You know, the chill life. I also love older or more retro like PC titles too, which are really overkill for my gaming PC. Beyond those issues, it was also really heating up my small office for no reason (as I was not pushing the system) and using a lot of watts as well. So I bought a SER5 (5560u) on sale and hooked up my 2 monitors and a USB switch so I can switch my USB devices back to my gaming PC easily if I really want to. It's been great as it's super quiet and only 25w vs over 300+ watts on my other system at times. It's been a big difference in heat and electricity use for this small office space I have. I'm also not sacrificing much in performance with the NVME and 6 cores and 12 threads for normal use. I can even play some chill more retro like games i.e. Vampire Survivors with no problem. Will I still use my gaming PC sometimes for newer/more demanding titles? Yeah, sure I will. But when I don't need it, I don't need it.

Some people assume it's a niche interest, which is fair. But at this point in time, it really makes sense to get one of these on sale for $300 instead of building your own rig with older parts. It costs more to build something that performs the same now. Best you can do is an old microtower with an RX 580. Anything else performs worse and suffers from old backends

@theinktician

10 ай бұрын

Of course, there are occasions when you can find a deal on ebay for a more modern pc for less, but those are rare. I actually ran into a few myself. Got an i5 8500 Elitedesk with 16gb ram for $120 in january. Saw a Thinkcentre with the same specs for $95 this week. I never stopped looking though - these prices are just that rare. But if you buy a 2018 or newer desktop for under $140 you can slap any DECENT GPU in and end up with a better deal. But it's a tough ask - especially if you;re looking for Ryzen. You pretty much NEED to get a prebuilt for this type of cost effectiveness -- a rig from an amateur seller. Not one of those guys that have choice dropboxes and stock photos.

@SwordfighterRed

4 ай бұрын

There's tons of folks that say "just get a miniITX build or a laptop instead", but I find there's at least some use or appeal with these tiny computers.

@user-nv1gm2zj7y

3 ай бұрын

@@SwordfighterRed its cheap its tiny. not everybody plays games. you can get the same for smart tvs but thats expensive

I saw a video like this in August, so I bought a MoreFine minipc for $159 to give it a try. It is WONDERFUL. I was not expecting much, so I went for the cheapest I could find. This is perfect, I love how small it is, I like that I can add to the internal storage and memory. The Minipc came with 16gb ram and 512g of storage, expandable to 32g ram and 4TB of storage. It is able to do everything I want. Now I have 20 HDDs usb'd to it with no problem. I will be adding to the memory and storage as I go by. Running 2160p videos with no problems. I will be buy another couple of these for different jobs later. It is working perfectly with all those drives attached. I am actually only using the one of the rear usb 3.2 ports. Never heard of MoreFine But this is a good little computer and has a 3yr warranty. I think my 2 big old desktop will now be storage for music and movies. I am totally sold on this computer.

I got my Beelink SER6 Pro recently and it cost me 50% less than an Apple Mac Mini M2 with similar specs. So far, I'm very pleased with it's performance and quietness.

@michaelpalmer2143

9 ай бұрын

I bought one and it plays every game and emulator I throw at it, including the new Ratchet & Clank PS5 port and Switch games.

@alanyoung159

3 ай бұрын

Are you guys concerned about its proprietary power plug? That was the only major downside I was reading for Beelink's newer stuff

@arnorobinwerkman

3 ай бұрын

@@alanyoung159 it just uses a barrel jack.

@alanyoung159

3 ай бұрын

@@arnorobinwerkman ahh thanks, I was thinking of their newer ones

@petermccavington8232

3 ай бұрын

What's better? Ryzen or Nvidia??

I have had a Beelink GTR6 since September 2022, I use it everyday for 12 hours straight. Great system.

One thing to be aware of is the 5000 series apus don't support AV1 decoding which is becoming very common now, a lot of youtube uses AV1 for instance.

I have a Minisforum mini PC and it's so good. It cost me £400. I didn't want a cheaper Celeron CPU because what I am using it for is quite CPU intensive, and the 11th gen i5 with 16gb I was using struggled at times, so I went for a more powerful system that will hopefully be good for years. It has Windows 11, a 12th gen i7, 32gb RAM and 2x 1TB SSD's, one NVMe and one SATA I added myself. It runs like a dream, I thought my old i5 machine was good but this is on another level. It boots up in about 5 seconds from a hard shutdown. Then there is the space it saves, it's on a shelf out of the way, and there's no huge tower in the way that makes a lot of noise any more. You can even mount it on the back of a monitor so it's out of sight. The only thing it's missing is an SD card slot, but that's easily remedied with a USB hub.

@Htbaa

Ай бұрын

I got a Minisforum as well as I wanted to have a Windows computer on the side for some of the things I can’t run on my Mac systems. I had a spare 24” screen and mounted it behind that. I now have a Windows PC setup in the living room that barely takes any space. Just the monitor, keyboard and mouse. Great! I run Steam on it and mostly play the old games (Command & Conquer, Rollercoaster Tycoon etc.) but it can run more modern games pretty good as well. My old Windows PC was a 3rd gen Intel i7 with SSD and a 4th gen i7 laptop with an SSD as well but the performance of this Minisforum is miles ahead. It’s so smooth.

I have three of the Minisforum UM690, two on DIY arcade racing setups (mostly for emulating Initial D and Mario Kart GP) and one in my RV. It is absolutely perfect for the RV for sure. I have it connected to a 32" Samsung Q60a (4K QLED) and we play family party games like Overcooked 2 and others while glamping or the kids play together while traveling, it only uses about 60 watts max which means we can pretty much play it for days without any issue. I love them!

@tokyojerry

5 ай бұрын

For myself, I just ordered the one higher up, UM790Pro on a Christmas sale at Amazon Japan. I am really looking forward to getting this. My only concern though is being USB4 vs Thunderbolt 4. I hope it will connect to my external sonnet Edge 20 Thunderbolt 4 dock without any recognition problems.

I just purchased a GEEKOM i9 13th Gen to replace my old all in one desktop, and I love it. I will never go back to a traditional desktop computer again. This little pc is super powerful and fast and easy to upgrade. Just added a rotating 144hz monitor wireless keyboard and mouse, and that's it.

My odyssey mini computer integrates well into my RV system. With an adult size wireless keyboard and trackball, I can do everything I need. With a small 12 volt DC-DC inverter/charger, I don't have to deal with shore power or inefficient AC inverters. And when I eventually switch to Zorin OS, I will be able to do more for less power.

I discovered Intel NUC's about 3 years ago with the NUC 8 i5. Needed a good ,cheap 4k movie and media streamer. The goal was under $500 complete. Small foot print and stupid powerful for daily surfing and streaming. It's not a pro gamer machine but it is a powerful audio and video machine.

Ryzen 7 5800H unlocked at 54W TDP (Beelink SER5 Max) is the best bang for buck. You get comparable performance with RDNA2 without paying a premium price. You can emulate upto PS3/Switch with the 5800H.

@FlintG

7 ай бұрын

Yup that is a good deal I am going to get mine here soon too I look forward to testing it out.

@KatRollo

7 ай бұрын

@@FlintG Been super happy with mine. I have the SER7 but I like the SER5 MAX more. It's more stable and reliable.

@Denis-tf8fl

6 ай бұрын

What's the frame rate on switch like on it? Mario kart ok?

I use to build my own PCs but recently bought a Beelink SER5 5800U on sale, which came with a nice 36 gigs of RAM. It was a great choice for my tiny office. It is also quick enough for my needs as I'm only a casual gamer and is nearly silent. It also uses less electric power than my old PC and has the ports if I choose to upgrade to dual monitors. Sure, its not the computer equivalent of a monster truck, but it does all I ask without a hitch.

@starwars1357

6 ай бұрын

36 gigs of ram? :O

@avalagum7957

4 ай бұрын

36GB ram means 4 + 32?

@johnhulse4124

4 ай бұрын

Naw bro, just a total of 32 Gigs of RAM instead of the usual 16 most of the Beelink 5800U have as standard.

@dunzerkug

3 ай бұрын

@@johnhulse4124 Beelink doesn't make a SER5 5800U.

What people need most is a device that can stream videos, web browsing, do some light weight editing, office stuffs, play some popular games with decent frame rates without breaking their wallet. Laptop is overpriced for those needs and standard pc is overkill (also draw too much power)

I have 2 Lenovo Thinkcentre Mini's intel i7 3.3ghz c CPUs. 32gb RAM at less than £150 (used) Great little machines, almost completely silent. Almost the same price as a Raspberry Pin and a much more useful computer as a local web server, home computer, music and film machine. I love them.( I run Linux Mint on both )

These tiny systems are great for my little arcade cabs. I have a beelink ryzen 7735hs with a 680m agpu in my counter top arcade cab, and it runs MK11 at high on the 1366x768 at a constant 60fps, among other things. I got a beelink s12 n100 to go into what will be my “vertical” counter cabinet, because I don’t need more than that to run MAME. Awesome stuff.

@Shazizle

9 ай бұрын

The new 600m and 700m series agpu's have blown me away with its performance. It's crazy to think it will only get better and better.

@jmcminn1076

9 ай бұрын

@@Shazizle it really is crazy. The 680m is about on par with a GTX 960m, which makes these things crazy good relative to the power usage and size.

@JapanShopBrazil

7 ай бұрын

Can it play Aura Kingdom, Starbound, Terraria, Stardewvalley, minecraft medium at 60 fps and photoshop/Illusttator/corel draw just fine?

@Shazizle

7 ай бұрын

@@JapanShopBrazil the build in gpu is comparable to a gtx 1060 6gb, if you look up benchmarks for that it'll be about the same.

@jmcminn1076

7 ай бұрын

@@JapanShopBrazil not sure if you're serious are being glib, but I'd expect that a mini PC with a Ryzen that had a Radeon 680m or 780m agpu would do any and all of those things just fine. I've seen people run Cyberpunk 2077 on these -- at super low settings and not quite constant 60fps, but playable.

I find this stuff fascinating. The 2010s were about netbooks, I bought a few and they are fun little writing and basic browsing machines. I just picked up a basic mini fanless system and it's working fine. I'm gonna get a more serious machine but wanted to test the waters with a little 64 GB, 4 GB RAM I3 thing. It'll work for basic DAW and plugin work no problem.. Laptops need a battery and those don't do great for a machine that is gonna spend most of its life inn a mixing desk or on a table somewhere crunching numbers. This mini stuff is way more my thing and doesn't have a battery that'll puff up and degrade over a few years. A cool potential plan I have later is to wire up a battery bank and have the option of running off mains power or portable cells.

I am looking to get one of those in a couple of years when windows 10 ages out. My reason is that they are a cheap way to switch to a secure version of Windows that will be supported. At the same time, they are relatively inexpensive and allow me to do what I need to do on the web and at the same time keep my old more powerful Windows 10 PC offline and safe. It is a cheap and safe alternative to go full bore buying my more expensive intense use PC. So, my current Gen 7 core PC will keep chugging along offline, while the mini will serve as an internet tool. Upgrade without killing the budget or giving up functionality.

Don't forget the Geekom IT12 for those who don't game or game on a console. Intel 12th gen P series CPU, easy setup for non-technical people, and priced at $500. Add a Lenovo 27-inch QHD monitor for $300 and other accessories for $70. Total $870 for a modern setup.

@EVOTech1

9 ай бұрын

those 12th gen processors have some serious horsepower when it comes to raw CPU performance. Shame that intel's iGPUs haven't seen a major revision since 11th gen, but seems like 14th gen is going to actually see a major upgrade to the iGPU. this will hopefully make both AMD and Intel more competitive with each other. The biggest winners are always the customers when the companies are in close competition. Hopefully the performance jump is big enough on 14th gen that 12th gen and 13th gen systems end up being extremely discounted. imagine a 1260P in a 300 dollar Mini PC. For something like photoshop or video editing, it's such an insane value for money.

I moved away from using a Ryzen 7 5800U based laptop to work from home to using a Ryzen 7 5800H based mini PC from Trigkey that was dirt cheap. It works really well and with 32 GB memory, it can easily run a lot of docker containers for my development workflow. I now have so many of these mini PCs that I am actually having a hard time finding a good use for half of them. I think I'll just use the remainders as a proxmox cluster.

@reiniergarcia

9 ай бұрын

Nobody cares dude 😂😂

@DeltaLima274

7 ай бұрын

i feel you

@user-hv9sg5pl8b

27 күн бұрын

@@reiniergarcia But still, you read the comment and then felt the need to answer - obviously you care. LOL

@RobiOne313

22 күн бұрын

Set them up as Crypto Nodes or Miners

I got a Beelink SER5 at the end of 2022 and am still very happy with it. I upgraded the ram to 48 Gigs and am able to push a third monitor at 1080p over USB 3 (yes 3 not C) with a powered USB adapter. I don't see any need to upgrade any time soon.

I'm very tempted to buy one and an extra before the price gets jacked up since they're getting so popular. I've been getting into PC gaming more and more lately but I only have a basic laptop. I have so much trouble downloading bigger games like Genshin for example. Mini pc's might have just opened a whole new world for me.

i'm glad people are starting to see the vision with mini PCs cuz i've had a beelink SER4 since august 2022, and it's been my main PC ever since

I bought a GEEKOM A5 mini pc a few months ago to use as a second pc and love it. I found out of the box it didn't have any additional bloatware installed, unlike other pc manufacturers do. I easily installed a 2.5 hdd for additional storage and the only thing I can find wrong with it is the fan can be noisy sometimes which depends on the task at hand.

Perfect for amateur radio . I can fit my radio /digital interface /and mini pc into a small brief case. Ideal for quick setup and portable operation. Setup for offgrid when power is out or internet is down locally switches automatically . can email/and communicate world wide via radio through various digital modes by using the Radio's Tx/Rx and passing it through a digital interface allowing data to travel to and from the mini pc.

I have Trigkey S5 Ryzen 7 5800. I don't do gaming, just internet stuff. This thing is great. Came with W11 installed. Very fast, very small and quiet. I attached it to the back of my monitor. $269 on Amazon

I've got two HP minis from my previous company as the office closed. They are pretty awesome. I keep the older one for coding, and the newer one is capable enough to be upgraded to Win 11. The only bad thing about them is the cooling. When they are doing a major download they sound like they are going to burst into flames. I touched the case and it was red hot. They are super useful for space saving.

I bought four Coofun (Ryzen 5) miniPCs on sale and built a Kubernetes cluster from them. These are great for home lab setups.

The one we had from AZ was Mini PC Windows 11 Pro J4125(up to 2.7GHz), 16GB DDR4/256GB M.2 SATA SSD, 2 HDMI/VGA Port,Dual Band Wi-Fi,Bluetooth 4.2,4K HD . It had windows already initialized which was a bit worrying. Recently I took it apart to harvest the parts and there were NO RAM sticks, the only thing I could use was the SSD. Expansion was either plug something external in or open it and add a small SSD to the connector inside the lid.

Love the little N95 i bought. 😊 Older Games are no problem at all!

Watching this on a Beelink PC. Works great, even does some occasional basic gaming and video editing. Great value for the money.

I own a couple of 7th gen i5 Dell OptiPlex's that I bought off Ebay for about 50 quid each, they make great home servers used for things like file sharing (Nextcloud) and media streaming (Plex). I also have a home lab setup with Windows Server, hyper-V etc. Add extra storage via USB 3 and upgrade the RAM and they make great little home servers, but you could probably use them as a small office server too. Great little versatile PC's imo.

Bought a barebone minisforum um790 to replace a 7yr old laptop. Installed Samsung 990 pro 1Tb, 32gb ddr5 5600mhz ram, Connected it behind a 50 inch 4K tv, wireless keyboard and mouse. Its great for gaming and streaming.

@tie_breaker

3 ай бұрын

where are best place to buy parts and how much did you pay in total?

My SER5 Pro 5800H 32GB has been holding up strong even with my dual monitor setup and 2 USB expansion hubs.

I bought one mainly as a replacement for projects I used to use raspberry pis for :) going to put kodi and launchbox on it, apparently those n100s can emulate up to playstation 2 and GameCube/wii so looking forward to tinkering with it

These cheaper Celeron and Pentium units can even handle pro audio production, if you freeze your tracks and resource intensive plugins once you get them how you want them, or just use it for actual audio capture and then relocate the project to a more capable machine. They can also use amp sim suites in stand alone mode just fine, so if you want a small system to use for a "custom guitar pedal" of sorts, these are the systems to do it with. Also, these mini PC's are cheaper than the laptops with the exact same hardware specs, so if you don't need to actually be mobile, but still want a system that is "portable" to an extent, or small enough to put in your TV stand, they more than do the trick. And the beefier systems with newer Ryzen 5, 7, or 9 platforms absolutely CAN keep up with gaming, especially if you put something like Steam OS 3 HoloISO or Chimera OS Linux on it.

@Spladoinkal

3 ай бұрын

That sounds awesome but I feel like if I was going to get one of these for audio production I'd just get one of the higher end ones since they still don't break the bank.

@needsLITHIUM

3 ай бұрын

@@Spladoinkal valid, and same, but the point is that these lower the cost of entry.

I recently got my self a GenMachine mini PC worth around $190 with AMD Ryzen 7 4700U + 8GB of RAM and 120GB NVMe SSD. I purposely went for the cheapest option that comes with the low RAM and storage specs because I know that I will be upgrading the RAM and SSD to a better one. Probably my best purchase this year and it's totally worth it.

I'm on a Mac and I got one of these mini-PCs just for running programming assignments on Windows. If you're not gaming, it's fantastic, saves a ton of space, works great, and mine was under $300.

I am a gamer I have a "beast PC" my wife on the other hand surfs the internet, reads a couple chat websites, looks for coupons and does online shopping so she got a Beelink mini PC, it meets her needs and she said "it's cute" so she bought one and likes it. I have a 1908's style full soze arcade and I am to throw one of these in that for arcade emulation.

First time coming across your channel. Thanks for putting this out. This particular title was of interest to me because it seems like one of these would be perfect for running Adobe Lightroom. Which product would you recommend for that, and IF I could, I would also prefer to be able to hook up two monitors

For someone that just needs some basic office work on a decent machine those mini PC's are ok. I'd say even for casual gaming and some more intensive work... Or say, some 90% of the entire market can to live out of those mini PC's... Wonderful.

Thanks a lot for the great video, I want to use one of them mini PC's as a smart tv console, which one would you recommend? It's really just to watch movies and streaming. Thanks a lot

Used is not necessarily a problem. You can find used systems with manufacturer warranties. I bought a 1 year old Lenovo m70q with 12500T for $170. It has three years left on the warranty and is fully transferable. It is not the best computer in the world, but it is good enough for basic stuff. I bumped it up to 64gb RAM and installed a 2TB ssd. The result is a decent machine for internet, watching streaming stuff, and running a few VMs.

Great summary. I think having built in bay for 2.5 inch sata additional drive is desirable feature.

Oh wow this video was a good YT recomendation, I didn't know these existed. I have a laptop from about 8 years ago and a screen, keyboard and mouse connected to it. I didn't want to get a big tower PC. I will for sure buy a good mini PC. sometimes do video editing but I don't play games

I have a lappy from 2012 with an AMD A6 and 6 Gb of RAM. The antiX distro runs it. It runs better than most laptops I have touched running Microsoft Windows 10, last build. While I own a new lappy, I will never ditch the old one. A mini PC is a better buy than a raspberry pi.

I'm looking at one of these as I want to go back to a desktop, partly so I can run 2 monitors. Tired of the bulky boxes taking up desk space. I can hook up my backup HD and call it good.

They are handy for home media .im on my Livingroom tv right now. i have plex media server on it with hundreds of movies and loads of tv shows hooked to several usb3 hard drives. I can play anything from any site on the 87 inch tv and unlike the built in the tv aps i get it all with no ads thanks to powerful ad blockers available for PC

Just the info I was needing!

You make very good points. Especially simce I've been getting into torrenting and building up my own entertainment collection this is a very good idea.

Yeah, I recently thought about buying one of these to throw in my backpack going to Thailand, because some of them have a HDMI Port on them, and I could just Plug the Hotel TV into the HDMI Port and use it as my Monitor, to edit my Videos with. It would be smaller to carry around than a Laptop, and I think it would Perform better than a Laptop. Thailand has restrictions on what you can actually bring into the Country, so I figured I would just pick one of these up in Bangkok and throw it in my Back Pack and go. 😁

What would you recommend for a triple display trading setup? I want it to be snappy and not lag up when loading charts. And i might do some light gaming like, fortnite and Battlefield 5 occasionally.

I prefer something I can get my hands into as I like doing my own repairs,updates etc.Saying that I do also have an M1 MacMini,I've never had problems with Macs,so the small size don't matter.

can you imagine going into the past 20 years ago, with this thing. that little box is more powerful than the giant machines we used to run starcraft with.

I just got an Intel NUC manufactured in 2021 NUC7CJYH from the college surplus store. Good little PC. $70.00 but well worth it.

I was very pleasantly surprised at the low cost, huge performance, and feature set they now have.

Advice wanted. I have hardware/software that requires a windows pc. I had stationed several of thwse setuos around my home and dont a traditional setup at each station.. What is a good solution to use a bunch of these mini PCs and have it wirelessly interfaced to a single monitor or windows surface machine? I don't need screens/keyboards/mouse for each station. Thank you.

Thanks for this comprehensive overview.

Just bought one for my mom to replace her crappy Chromebox. The reason is because they work perfectly as long as you aren't gaming, video editing, etc. She just needs something that surfs the web, plays KZread, email and basic stuff on her HDTV. I use mine as my main work PC and media player. I only use my gaming PC for gaming. These tiny PC's are great to just leave on all the time because they use very little power.

I bought a beelink for pfsense since I wanted a hardware firewall. It's been nice.

These are REALLY good! Very powerful!

I have a Mele Quieter 3C and the best thing is it's silence. For writing a novel without distractions it's damn perfect

@wiseowl4676

4 ай бұрын

What is your novel title?

@leemanwrong

3 ай бұрын

Yep i've been quite impressed with Mele, i got the PCG02 which is small and silent and hides behind my monitor for a nice, clean setup.

These are great PCs for people who primarily use their PC for browsing the web and maybe a little office work. When my mother-in-laws 10+ year i3 mid sized tower system dies I will purchase her one of these and maybe even get a vesa mount and mount it to the back of her monitor.

yep bought one to replace my RPi4 setup (due to non existence of RPi5) then bought a few more as gifts to brothers and sister they were shocked by the size and good performance for "usual PC workload" and some retro-games my GMKtek N100 is my current "daily linux grinder" + W11 WOWs

@EVOTech1

4 ай бұрын

Hell yeah, a fellow N100 linux user! The GMKtec G1 and G3 are currently set up with Mint and Nobara. These lower end chips absolutely scream with performance once the OS isn't eating up all the cores and ram just existing.

Worth mentioning is that you can buy "barebone" versions, whereby, you can insert your own ram and hd cards.

After years of trying to build micro footprint systems capable of light gaming I finally bought a beelink mini pc with the AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with radeon 680m graphics. It is my main gaming PC.... and I have an 18 gaming laptop with a rtx 4080 as well as two other high end machines. Its near silent, takes up zero space and there isnt a game it cant play with lowered settings... Older games run amazingly well. A simple wireless keyboard and controller and you have an amazing, cheap home entertainment system. These are not going to fade away like netbooks or other handhelds... APUs are getting better and better and for normal netflix, email, browsing even the lowest cost one does the trick.

One of these would be PERFECT for running OBS for church's livestream! One for ProPresenter and another for OBS all for around $500!

Theyre perfect for home theater or media tvs. They last way longer and dont slow up like the overpriced firecube, roku, or other built in media tv devices.

@EVOTech1

4 ай бұрын

not to mention adblocker and the ability to host your own jellyfin or plex server

Question: I have a Core i5 750 based system dating from 2011 which was pretty high end at the time, but it's been refreshed over the years - it's overclocked to 3.6GHz, has 16GB RAM, and a GeForce GTX 970 and a 1TB SSD. How would one of these puppies match up to my system for performance do we think? My system is quirky because even today its RAM and SDD capacity is pretty good, the GTX970 is still a half decent graphics card, but I'm aware the CPU is now pensionable (although overclocked to an insane level and running very nicely still)

My next laptop replacement is going to be a mini PC. I'll just take it along with a USB screen and a keyboard. That way the next time I want to upgrade the PC, I don't throw away a keyboard and screen onto the trash heap.

Ryzen 7735hs, 1TB SSD, 32GB of RAM on Amazon for like 600-700 bucks and you're asking why? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

I've been using an HX90 for about a year. I love it but would have bought the HX99G if it had been out when I order the older brother.

Purchased a SER5 a few months back, absolutely happy with it. Been recommending them ever since to anyone who wants an affordable option for gaming and emulation.

@adambriers1681

5 ай бұрын

Can the SER5 handle wii emulation @1080p?

@jdubxi11

5 ай бұрын

@@adambriers1681 it can, but for best all around results I keep mine at 720p. Also, just got a Peladn 5800U on Amazon for like $280. Having great luck with it, and it does run wii at 1080p a lot more smoothly. runs wiiU very well and switch ehh..depends on the game.

@ckthmpson

4 ай бұрын

​@@adambriers1681I'm wondering this as well

Great Video, i love Mini PCs and as Media-PCs they are superb.

We we're just talking about these mini PC last night. Then you published a video to clarify things up. Very very helpful sir!

@EVOTech1

10 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

@just2716

10 ай бұрын

sir are these Ryzen mini pc over clock ready? CPU, GPU and RAM oc unlocked?

@EVOTech1

10 ай бұрын

the most you can do is adjust the TDP. clock speeds on both the igpu and CPU are locked and can not be adjusted. RAM also needs to follow JDEC spec so it does not support XMP or overclocking.

@just2716

10 ай бұрын

@@EVOTech1 thank you so much sir. That clarifies my thoughts. Then TDP adjustment is the way to go then if I wanna pull the most out of these things.

Pay $600-800 for a laptop with a small screen and lousy keyboard I never use, or $300 for a mini PC with 2X more RAM and an upgrade slot for a 4TB SATA SSD or HDD. Got an acemagic on black friday, lets see if i can get ubuntu running on it.

if these mini pcs will rock RDN4 alongside higher speed ddr5 rams in the future, i can’t wait to swap my main pc to one of these due to how efficient they are

@michaelpalmer2143

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, imagine 40cus instead of just 12. It'll decimate the mid tier gpu market, anf Intel market share.

Price any one against an equivalent laptop. Having noted that, they are still a bit pricey at times, If you need an SSH or VPN server at home they are ideal. The only issue is power. Apple can get a PSU inside the AppleTV? I use a Phantom Canyon as my daily driver at about a third of the equivalent laptop. Employer provides screen, but portable screens are cheap.

I’m using a Beelink with Ryzen processor that performs great! And it was only for $260.

Size & silence are why these miniPCs are so popular: Typical "micro-ATX tower" desktops cases are about 14.5'x7.5"x15" (volume V=1575 cu. in.). Typical Mini PCs are about 4.5"x4.0"x2.0" (V~35 cu in). That's about **1/15th** the volume of typical (non-gamer) desktop cases!! Old cases typically have 2-4 fans and often sound like vacuum cleaners under load. MiniPCs have 1 CPU fan, and are near-silent. (need to make the fans larger-diameter & turn slower to be even quieter) All this for about the same or lesser price. Amazing.

I’m looking for one of these pcs to run Home Assistant on. Any suggestions? I won’t be doing anything too intense like video surveillance. Your basic home automation.

Apart from PCs getting smaller, cheaper and more powerful we're seeing similar cases Transmitters and Ham Radios.

YE I got a mini PC the other day and dam it runs rings around my big desktop PC and great for video editing

Tbh they're ok for a starting point, someone's first system (as a gift) or a boomer that doesn't know what to get hold of, for everyday light tasks. BUT they're very limited with what they can do after that and the problem many ppl seem to miss is hardware upgrades aren't really an option for it (not the key parts anyway). Like swapping out the CPU for something better, yeah you can't do that. So you're stuck with what you buy. Though if you're able to save (depending on what side of the pond you're on) $1,000 or £1000 then you can quite easily build yourself a nice PC for that price point, more capable than these Mini thingies. It's very very EASY to build PCs. Though will say make sure that you check the QVL when selecting parts 😉😁

Power/performance/price have really met a crossroads now... a cheap 2nd hand PC is perfectly capable of most things, including GTA5, or most work things.... so... for an every day? Why pay more? My main system is an AMD 5600X, 32GB DDR 4... but.... I'd have no proplem using an old mini like this as a back up. Right now I am replacing the Hard drive... I'd really appreciate a little system like that on hand to work with whilst I piss about rebuilding.... I'll be offline for a day or two..... would prefer to have a little pc working in the corner....

@federicocatelli8785

5 ай бұрын

Btw GTA 5 is over 10 years old but these minipc looks nice for average users

Just think in a couple years we might have one of these small boxes with a Strix Point Ryzen 8000 APU. I'd buy one for a stream PC.

I just bought an Asus mini pc with a Ryzen 3, 8GB of RAM, a 128 GB SSD etc. Everything is upgradeable should I choose to. I only use it for media online plus some basic online gaming. It's a powerful little computer for not a lot of money.

These cheaper Ryzen PCs are a great value for their performance. They typically draw about 65 watts of power under their most demanding uses. They're easy on the wallet from when you buy it to daily use. Not only that, but they tend to support two or more 4K monitors simultaneously. Some models still support 1 or more 2.5 inch drives which can be laptop sized hard drives or short-lived SSDs. The dual channel models tend to support anywhere from 32-64 GBs RAM, making them ideal for certain render and game emulation workloads. Plus, there are models that have terrific modern graphics cards in them or can be used with external GPUs for top-notch gaming and rendering.

I currently own three, one for desktop use running Gecko Linux and CacheyOS dual booting, one running a NAS that all of my computers access and store their files on, and the final and cheapest one running Windows for those extremely rare times I need Windows to do something - Talking to you Nikon, make firmware updates available with Linux! They are substantially smaller than my two laptops.

You know I'm have been hearing a lot of good things about these Mini-Pc's lately & it sounds promising. I only care about retro gaming like PS2, MAME, Dreamcast etc. & those gaming PC's that cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars is too much. These mini-pc's sounds like a good alternative & they hardly take up space, something I'll think about in the future.

I recently purchased an AceMagic S1. My existing 8 year old PC was still working fine, with two exceptions: Not officially supporting Windows 11 (and thus facing end of support in 2025), and more immediately, being limited to 1080p video output, while I really wanted 4K after being spoiled by my Mac Mini M1 on that front. While a graphics card could address that, there was a problem of where to put it (the slot it would normally use was taken up by an m.2 adapter), and the cost of a low end card that could do 4K was around the same as the S1 cost me.

Hello is this mini PC good for audiophile user? I have thousands flac songs in my micro sd card in my old tablet? Maybe i can play song from front 3.5mm jack headphone. I don't play games. I already have a monitor myself

Affordability will forever undercut capacity in the drive to reduce utility to advantage profit margins.

Which model can run video edit software like Topaz and adobe?

I want one for graphics etc seems like cheap way to have a new laptop be good if could get these running off a usb cable is this possible?

I got i9 Ryzen 5900 I'm happy, I play everything ‼️, 64 Ram, M.2, M.2 SATA, HDD sata 3

For the price they're asking and the purposed said, I would rather do a system with CPU:1230v2 Any cheap 3gen mother board 32G DDR3 memory A pretty new MATX case A cheap power 30 minutes of your time All can be done for around $110 bucks and can pretty much do anything Threw in a RX580 to make it $150 total and you can play 95% of the games on the market right now