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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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
@@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?
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.
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! :)
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.
Heyy i have a question if you wouldn’t mind answering for me, so i bought the ser8 mini pc i saw from your video, is it possible to connect an eGpu, (i don’t know anything about eGpu’s), and if so will it run just as perfect, and aswell what eGpu would you recommend fully for that pc🙏 it would mean a lot💪
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 RU-vid 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.
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?
@@WitchDoctor87 Not sure what would fit that bill. This is larger than your hand when outstretched, so wouldn't be good for pocketing, IMO. This is kinda as small as laptop/desktop form factors get. Anything more and you're talking embedded chips like you'd find on a Pi. Best of luck to ya!
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 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.
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
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.
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.
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.
I have a Beelink SER5 5800H and it scores 18.5 on Speedometer 3.0. I really can't see how my system performs better than yours and it just shows how skewed or misleading these types of benchmarks are when comparing systems.
"Apple M1 is a little bit dated now" Yet still thrashing, in that particular speed test, the absolute latest gen 8 core Ryzen. Make it make sense. What a silly comment.
