To my eyes it looks like its main use case is for home use, intermediate gaming, college use, etc. It's probably worth the money for that configuration you demonstrated.
Have a very similar spec one of these for the father-in-law who uses it for browser based games and ingress game stuff . Which is perfect for him and only cost £249 on sale. Also dawid plz try put geforce now with these as it's perfect for that
I got one for my 10 year old daughter as her first computer. It's perfect as a desktop for her homework, web browsing, and music etc, as well as letting her play Minecraft.
Is it as compact? I mean I think of this as a photographer, this is ideal, even for video. Take gaming out, it's a highly capable and compact PC, I'm sure it doesn't consume as much power either.@@whatjake7898
You can upgrade a prebuilt. Not that I'm suggesting anyone in the universe buy a prebuilt, but your flippant enthusiasm may misdirect a new buyer into thinking this can replace a desktop computer (which it can, as long as you're okay with not being able to upgrade anything except the ram and storage. And it'll always run at the same temperature, no cooling options unless you strap on a Coorel(TM)
@@Boogie_the_cat true. I'm more thinking along the lines of something for if you have a second monitor and don't want to waste any of your current desktop's resources. Probably should have put that in my original comment
Ppl should embrace used parts too tho cuz you can get really good performance for dirt cheap as I've gotten my Rx 6600 ( that were only 5 months old ) for $95...it was really cheap considering the GPU in 2022 - 23 usually cost about $160+ new
Bought one of these mini pcs for my friend with a dead pc from the Jurassic age. To them it was like apeman discovers fire, they didnt even know that a chrome window can be launched without freezing the entire pc for a minute.
A racing track for mice. That's where I hear it all the time. But I keep betting on the wrong mouse, someone help me I'm addicted to betting on mouse racing. Help
@Dawid : To answer your question, this same brand of mini-PC was what I chose as an alternative to known brand (Dell, Lenovo, HP) mini-PCs for use on the shopfloor at our manufacturing plant. They cost less than the aformentionned products and perform much better. Paired with touch-screen monitors, this made possible the viewing of 3D technical designs at assembly stations. Not all customers are individuals... and that kind of solution can be very useful in a corporate environment. In our case, I went for the SER5 series... which is already more than enough computing power and graphics power for our needs. They cost around 400$CAN. With a Dell touch-screen, I can equip one station for 1000$. That also means that when one of those dies from exposure to dust (which will happen eventually), it will be simple to just swap the SSD onto a new unit. The last piece of the puzzle is that we designed our own custom mounting bracket so that the mini-PC mounts to the monitor AND a monitor arm. One of those brackets, once laser cut by our supplier and power-coated in house comes-up to about 25$ a piece... which is short change in the grand scheme of things.😉
Can you also put some more cooling to the units or just the SSD to protect them from failure? I mean, it should be easy if you already make custom parts for them.
@@BozesanVlad We don't re-engineer the devices themselves. We have no need for that in our case. Actually, since they run in an industrial environment, that would most likely increase their failure rate from contamination (although our production floor is relativelely clean). In fact, the way we designed the brackets, they also protect the mini-PC from dust being deposited on them, leaving them only exposed to dust that is being sucked through the intake of the device. So far, we have a lower failure rate than anticipated for those devices... so my choice really paid-off. Note: Beelink's customer support is... weird at best. But I got one unit replaced under warranty (DOA). Just be prepared to wait for a bit before you get a replacement device.
I have sold a number of Beelink and the identical Trigkey mini PC's for office use. They are fantastic! Usually in the flavor of Ryzen 5800H or 5700U or 5600something... Solid little computers.
u can upgrade for cheap through market places i got so much good hardware within a week on the dutch market place for non business people and i got deff 90% profit out of my purchases and with that i can build 3/5 nearly high end gaming builds :P just know how to talk and they sell cheap
As a little PC that have the footprint of a fly, being that powerful is really neat. The ratio of power/footprint makes good for a little multitasking office for game, render small videos, some relatively heavy stuff..etc You literally can put it behind a monitor.
I recently purchased this exact same mini PC. It was on a lightning deal with an additional $50 off coupon. Brought it down to $533.20. I've been using it as a multimedia PC. It also works as one heckuva retro emulator system. Handling PS3 games. All the while, staying nice and cool. Even with setting Performance mode, 64W, in the BIOS. Additionally, setting the iGPU VRAM from the default of 4gb to 8gb helps a bit with games too. The fact that it comes with Crucial RAM and a Crucial P3 Plus m.2, is totally insane for this price.
I bought this exact model but in silver. I use it as my HTPC for my TV. When my nephew visits he uses it as a decently capable gaming device as well. All around a great buy!
This Tiny little guy was able to embarrass basically 70% of the PCs/Laptops that you have covered so far along with offering a better price point. Truly the definition of, *Size doesn’t matter.*
I bought one of these beelink minipcs as a software development "workstation". Triple 4k display was the selling point for me, along with good specs and form factor. Hi from Vancouver :)
Seems like a more suitable use case. I just got an Orange Pi 5 Plus to use as an educational/dev machine. I'm taking a cybersec course and will be learning Python and Rust this year. I don't have top of the line x86 mini-PC money. x86 is on its deathbed anyway. The huge upswing in CPU power consumption over the past couple of generations means that we are close to hitting the wall. MS is going full bore with Windows on ARM and AMD and intel are starting to look at developing ARM CPUs for the consumer market. In another couple of years, gaming on ARM will be a reality and we'll start seeing consumer ARM desktop CPUs. The desktop PC isn't going anywhere anytime soon for gamers and power users.
I got one of these to replace an ancient tower system that finally died. With plenty of ports in the back, it was basically a drop in replacement, including line out for the speakers. It's so small that it literally fits in the space between the surface of the desk and the lower edge of my monitor, which really opened up a lot of desk space. And, the iGPU is capable enough that I can do light gaming.
I'd imagine the used case for this is something for someone who is a bit of a minimalist, or just someone who is looking to have a computer somewhere where they do not have a lot of space. Maybe like a HTPC, and keep it in plain sight, but also out of the way at the same time. Or maybe for someone who is trying to setup a home network, and they want to use these at a thin client, meanwhile they have all of the files being stored on some type of a file server. IDK, that would be about all of my personal uses anyway. I wouldn't mind getting my hands on one of these things, maybe more (for one or more of the reasons listed previously). What you are getting for the price is about spot on IMO. This is a bit of a "specialty" item, so you are going to spend a little more on it, vs building a full sized PC with similar specs. Thanks for the video, Dawid! Cheers!
the price seem very reasonable for the power you're getting and the smalll form factor that you can just pack in your backpack - that's where this thing shines
Honestly if I wanted a reasonably powerful PC that I can just mount behind my monitor this would be a great choice. Would offer a clean setup for a home office.
NUCs like this are bloody excellent for giving to family who don't want the full bulky desktop look or experience, or for students who might not have room in their dorms. They're also great for black magic rituals.
There's a different brand, Minisforum that has same spec-ed mini PC with Oculink port that takes the second M2. It performs better than the Thunderbolt 4 eGPUs. and the enclosure is less than 100bucks. it does need a power supply tho, for the discreet gpu
I have the SER6 Max 6900HX model and its fantastic, got the GPD G1 eGPU to go with it as well. Got it hooked up to my TV when I want to play games from my bed, its crazy how powerful it is.
this is a really cool little pc, in a few years when you can pick one up for 250 bucks it would be great as a second pc for watching videos and surfing the web
@@alexanderpushkin2094 i have one already and i run linux on it, i see no ads and i get no virus's from popular websites no spy ware no scams or all the other crap that screws up your windows pc. i use that one for gaming only and i can watch twitch while playing the game.
The use case I can think of: LAN party. Just grab this PC over to your friend's house, assuming he has a spare monitor laying around. But this is probably designed for people who frequently travel. You can take this when you're going to convention so you can edit your footage in the convention and upload to RU-vid from nearby hotel.
I bought one of these some months ago with an almost identical configuration (an SER-6) and I thought it was too much to pay. I had it for a few days and thought about sending it back, but I decided I really liked it and just put Linux on it. It's an outstanding little computer, one of the best I've ever owned.
You can use such pc, portably anywhere. So when traveling and going to hotels or maybe one an airplane you can use it as well as long as you have a screen and a wireless/wired keyboard and mouse. You can also get a small inverter, go camping and still work/play games on it, even in the car or a tent.
The typical use case would be 1. business/office desktop directly attached to the monitor (mail, browser, excel, word, 1 business app like SAP client) 2. home users who want a "clean" look on their desk 3. a commuting scenario where a desktop setup exists on each location. A similar laptop would cost more and has only equal or less performance (wattage limit over time to not burn your lap and hands). Also the monitor/mouse/keyboard of the laptop would not be needed
I purchased this exact PC for my wife for Christmas. It was on sale at the time for $585. We attached it to the back of her monitor, so it doesn't take up any desk space.
It already is. The CPU it has, the 7840HS, is almost identical to the Z1 Extreme in the ROG ally and Lenovo Legion Go, only difference is it’s got some AI stuff, and a bit higher clock speeds.
This looks great for an HTPC. With the powerful CPU/GPU and 2.5Gbit LAN you can very easily playback 4K HDR videos from a NAS. I currently use a DeskMeet X300 with a 5600X and RX6600 to do this exact thing, so, to me this little Beelink is actually quite a great alternative option.
This looks like a fantastic little office/mixed-usage PC for the money. Its got enough chops it should be able to do the vast majority of day to day tasks with that level of RAM, CPU and storage, and the fact the IGPU is fast enough to actually game a bit is a bonus, and means it should be perfectly capable for video decode and the likes.
I'd say use case is relatively good/great performance for both its price and size. Mini PCs are getting better every year while also becoming cheaper, probably because of them producing/selling more, they're becoming less of a niche product, which is great for cost.
The main use case for that lil fella is clearly going to involve your disemboweling it, and ramming the guts into a atx case, with all of the Big Daddy appointments. Obvi.
This would be great for a van life or tiny home person, where space is at a premium. Would make a fairly usable PC that takes up virtually none of your limited space.
Probably good for a school computer lab when you don't have a lot of space, but need a lot of machines. Just put it on a monitor and you're good to go.
attach it using the vesa mount to the back of a tv and use it for movie streaming, locally stored movie watching. If you use wireless peripherals it would be a very clean looking setup
I purchased a MINISFORUM HX77G last fall. It looks like it has been discontinued, but similar units are available. With its discrete mobile GPU, it can put out a TimeSpy benchmark score of around 8200. This Beelink unit's TimeSpy score is around 3200. So if you are looking for a tiny living room gaming PC, one with a discrete graphics chip is the way to go.
It can be used in offices with medium to heavy loads. A great office PC can be easily hidden under a desk or behind the monitors or it can be a really good HT pc to hook up with Projector/TV.
In my opinion, the best use of a mini pc is to use it instead of an All-in-one pc. Buy a decent monitor of your choice and pair it with a mini pc, and when it becomes old/slow/obsolete/broken, keep the monitor and replace the mini pc.
This would be great for creative professionals that don't require a dedicated gpu and don't want tp upgrade/swap out parts every year or so. It's also great for Emulation and plenty of indie pc games will run on high settings on this.
For the price it costs it performs really well. I'd say for someone who likes to game here and there but doesn't want a bulky beast on their desk it's perfect!
I bought one of these exact same PC's to make my kids an emulator box for Christmas. It's a great little PC. It emulates switch fantastically and plays any new PC game. The WiFi and Bluetooth get massive interference though. I had to get external adapters for both.
Considering you can mount it to the back of a monitor it's clearly meant to be some kind of "media center/game center" PC. Maybe, specifically designed for those Gaming Cafe' places, but even then it might be too expensive. Although as an alternative to an "all-in-one" it's certainly superior.
I've had my SER7 for almost two months now. No complaints, been playing Diablo 4 without issue. it also has a Boutique feel to it and I love the bare essentials windows install.
After watching ETA Prime cover a literal TON of these little tiny PC's it's nice to see Dawid cover one once again. These little guys really are interesting, I want to say about as interesting as the absolute avalanche of handheld PC's over the last few years now since the Steam Deck came out really. The fact you can upgrade these little guys "somewhat" well, is still a notch above SFF PC's I've seen over the years. Hope to see more sooner rather than later Dawid :D
These little PCs, although MUCH more expensive, are so much more impressive to me than a raspberry pie. Like, I'm sorry, but I don't care that if the RAM being socketed means it's no longer an SBC, I just want a tiny PC.
These systems are the future, period. The way they've been increasing performace capability - I personally have no reason to build a full tower ever again.
I agree with comments about going minimalist with something that is “good enough”. I personally just bought a Miniforum similar to this and I’ve built a much more powerful pc in the past with a 3080. I went with the Miniforum just for the access to OCulink port. I don’t NEED a beefy GPU for the graphical levels I’m okay with gaming at now (thanks Steam Deck) but it’s nice to know that I can get an eGPU upgrade if I decide I “need” it someday. But that’s being said, minimalism and flexibility comes at a price that not everyone can afford or want to pay for. It’s nice that we have so many options based on your budget and use case!
Honestly, it's a viable productivity computer for an environment where space is limited. The price isn't even really that bad when you consider that laptops with the same processor, storage, and RAM spec are like $1200-1500 CAD.
main use case is probably targeting students in a dorm room or something, somewhere with limited space where they can still get some casual gaming in as well as run the crap out of excel or what ever students do now adays
Beelink has been making some pretty nice mini PC systems as of late. I've got two of their somewhat mid level systems for about $150 each. If you plan on reinstalling Windows, be sure to pull off the drivers directory located in the root of the C: drive. Makes it easy to restore the system later if you want to explore other OS options. For a consumer, I could see a $800 mini PC being useful for LAN game nights. Instead of lugging a 50 pound machine around, use that mini PC instead. IMO, mini PCs are better as always-on backoffice headless systems that sip wall power until needed for a heavy workload. A render farm, application compiler/QA automation testing farm, a remote VM host, etc.
If you get it on Sell and with Vouchers i say its not a bad deal and it uses Adapter so you can power it with a 19.5v battery to make a very good portable power house.
I have the previous gen, and I can play Destiny 2 on it at OK settings at 1080p. It's not blowing me away, but gives me the option to game at another location. Which is why I got the computer in the first place, as a 2nd PC in a workshop that doesn't take up a lot of space.
AS a mini PC, it seems great for a low to medium user, maybe even some office type stuff. Servicabily might be a bit of a limitation for office work, but I've put some of my former users on Intel NUCs and they generally liked it. Other than that, if you've got a backlog of games from 2015 and before you want to get through, this is a decent option if you don't want a similiarly speced laptop.
I bought the Minis Forum 7735 with 680M graphics about 18 months ago for $500 and I think they are sub $400 now 32GB 500GB. Plenty of performance in the CPU. 780M is better but not massively better and I can OC the 680M graphics if I want and underclock the CPU for even more thermal headroom without blowing out the heat budget. Point being, it's 3-4 frames less for half the price as far as gaming goes. In my opinion, most people don't need this much CPU performance in a tiny box and would be better served with some kind of traditional desktop for commercial work...the beauty is this can approximate workstation loads in a tiny box. My MF 7735 has thunderbolt 4 so you can have external storage without degradation in the data speed, run more monitors. $400 or less.
