Nice Review ! Sata cable/adapter Seems to be a million dollar question , you have any info on the cable/adapter to use for SATA connector to install a SSD drive ?
Thanks for the teardown! I bought this before realizing it has single channel ram, and I was wondering if you've tested this at all with emulation? I was planning on using this to emulate older games, up through perhaps PS1 era, but now I'm a bit worried it won't be able to handle that. Any insight? Thanks!
Thanks for watching. While I haven’t tested it for Retro gaming, other comparable MiniPCs seem to handle up to PS1 fairly well. I do plan a follow up video to see if DDR-5 will work, and if so, what’s the speed bump. Maybe I’ll do some retro game testing then.
@@heywhatisnext Great, thank you! I initially read an article that suggest the speed bump you'd get from DDR4 to DDR5 would be minimal because of the CPU limitations, but I suspect single channel may amplify the gap somewhat. Fingers crossed for decent emulation performance.
Thanks for watching. I plan to do a follow-up episode on this mini PC. I’ll look to see if this is an option in the BIOS and what happens when I swap the DDR4 memory with a DDR5 memory module.
Good question. Looking this up on the internet, the low end spec should be covered by this mini pc. I can look further into this, but if someone else know, please respond.
@@heywhatisnext im just looking for something cheap to use as a replacement for a month or two while in between moving homes so I dont have to bring my big PC with me lol
I love watching these videos because it helps me brush up on my computer hardware knowledge. Thanks Phil keep up the awesome vids.
Thanks for watching. It’s great to hear you find the videos helpful!
Nice Review ! Sata cable/adapter Seems to be a million dollar question , you have any info on the cable/adapter to use for SATA connector to install a SSD drive ?
Thanks for the compliment. I am planning a follow up video to cover that and adding DDR-5 RAM. I did purchase a six-inch SATA cable to test.
Thorough review, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for watching.
Thanks for the teardown! I bought this before realizing it has single channel ram, and I was wondering if you've tested this at all with emulation? I was planning on using this to emulate older games, up through perhaps PS1 era, but now I'm a bit worried it won't be able to handle that. Any insight? Thanks!
Thanks for watching. While I haven’t tested it for Retro gaming, other comparable MiniPCs seem to handle up to PS1 fairly well. I do plan a follow up video to see if DDR-5 will work, and if so, what’s the speed bump. Maybe I’ll do some retro game testing then.
@@heywhatisnext Great, thank you! I initially read an article that suggest the speed bump you'd get from DDR4 to DDR5 would be minimal because of the CPU limitations, but I suspect single channel may amplify the gap somewhat. Fingers crossed for decent emulation performance.
Great review!
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice! :)
Thanks! 😄
Good review! It may be a SATA flex connector on the motherboard, right beside the NVMe slot? Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching. Yeah, that’s the SATA connector, just no included cable. Bummer.
can you show how to adjust the VRAM on this machine
Thanks for watching. I plan to do a follow-up episode on this mini PC. I’ll look to see if this is an option in the BIOS and what happens when I swap the DDR4 memory with a DDR5 memory module.
How to get into bios on this?
Thanks for watching. You have to press the F12 key during boot up.
Would this be able to run runelite and OldSchool Runescape?
Good question. Looking this up on the internet, the low end spec should be covered by this mini pc. I can look further into this, but if someone else know, please respond.
@@heywhatisnext im just looking for something cheap to use as a replacement for a month or two while in between moving homes so I dont have to bring my big PC with me lol
@@kingjames8926I think you’d be fine short term.