Got it 2 wks ago. It was great. But it seems to be defective. Devices connected to the USB4-C ports keep disconnecting any of the different USB4 external SSD drives I've plugged into it but only with the USB4 ports. I'll return it for a replacement. Sucks after I spent about 5hrs setting it up the way I liked it with Launchbox. I can't wait for the UM990 series if they have plans for that with the next 880M or higher chipset.
😢 Its only problem is the same as all mini PCs: Its integrated GPU is still stuck at the 780m and no matter how powerful the CPU is, as long as they don't improve that, these mini PCs will be stagnant. 😢
Agree with u, but this mini pc has oculink, anyway some of these mini pc's performing better with 64gigs of ram, more ram you add more power you get in this case, but of crz they are stacking with 780M so differencies are really relatives!
@tebin That's been my pet peeve. I've been dying for any of these mini PCs to include the new 980M chipset, (if it exists), to come out with any of these mini PCs. I just want to try them to see if it makes a difference, but so far it's a No-Go. It's almost like they're purposely holding back and staying stuck at 780M to realize as much profit as they can from that old chipset. ...And no, I don't buy these mini PCs to be connecting external GPUs to them or anything for that matter except for the minimum requirements such as a display, & a power supply to them. All else is a wireless device for me. I want them to keep the footprint as small as possible with the most built-in exceptional working internal devices without turning these mini PCs into a small fire hazard brick when gaming with AAA titles.
@Retro Gaming Guy What about Switch, PS4, XBOX and 360 performance? Would love to see a longer more detailed review. Were the PC games being played natively or streaming? If native, what kind of settings were used on those games shown? What kind of fps were you getting on each of the emulators? Would love to see this kind of info in your reviews as it's a better indicator of performance.
Sounds like a great machine. Did any one successfully boot Batocera from the INTERNAL SSD on this? I've been having issues with other models where the SSD would boot fine when hooked up via USB, but not at all when installed into the M2 slot.
Like the vids, would be good to know if you can compare running in windows to say linux with batocera or something, or also any up-scaling in resolution to see how much can be pushed on the system.
Its funny seeing all the Mac fanboys going crazy over the new Mac Mini saying what great value it is, but then we have this which can do more at half the price!
is the version with 64 GB ram and 1 TB ssd locked down on windows or can I put linux on the only drive instead of windows. I want it as a high-powered linux machine with eventually a 4 tb with linux and a 4 tb blank for data.
Can you elaborate? What is wine and why would you need it? These PC's come with windows 11 normally so you wouldn't need anything else to play windows games...why would you need a partition or external drive to run any games? This is not a Linux machine... You simply open your games in windows and you're done. Provided you have enough space on your internal drive...which could be anywhere from 500gb to 1tb...that should be plenty for 10 or 12 modern triple A games at least.
When I click on the link to buy it, the site says nothing about it having windows installed or being pre-loaded with games. Is this right? We have to install windows ourselves and add the emulators and games?
Not really. It depends on the game. Some Xbox will work off moderately powerful PCs and some really need the high end option. Early og xbox games like halo combat evolved aren't difficult to emulate but some later titles can be way harder to get running smooth.
@@OfficialChaseBrogan wow. I didn't realize how varied the requirements could be for the library of 1 console. Then again back in the day I imagine there were SNES titles that were more difficult than others to emulate. The last time I was actually into doing this stuff Napster hadn't been sued yet and Emulation was just a novelty due to how cheap actual hardware was. These days it's Far too expensive to do something like rebuild a stollen collection that started over 30 years ago. Thanks for the info \ response. 😄👍
Hey Rich, I'm a 47 y/o man with Parkinson's Disease. I was curious if you could donate one of the systems you've tested? I imagine you have a bunch. Maybe you could use it as a tax wire off. Of not I understand. My name is Michael. Thank you either way.
Love your reviews RGG, buuuuut when will the newer generation of mini PCs come out? I'm tired of these mini's with the 780M Chipsets. That's been my pet peeve. I've been dying for any of these mini PCs to include the new integrated 980M chipset, (if that exists), to come out with any of these mini's. I want to buy and try them already to see if they make a difference, but so far it's a No-Go. It's almost like they're purposely holding back and staying stuck at 780M to realize as much profit as they can from that old chipset. ...And no, I don't buy these mini's to be connecting external GPUs to them or anything for that matter except for the minimum requirements such as a display ir two, & a power supply to them. All else is a wireless device for me. I want them to keep their footprint as small as possible with the most built-in exceptional working internal options without turning these mini's into small fire hazard bricks when gaming with AAA titles. New hi-score... POOF!!! FIRE!!!
Another expensive bottle neck useless mini pc. Man people r really pushing these things when the viewers don’t know they can do the same performance for 60-80 now. Let alone most of these other games and systems will require a dedicated video card to run other games. U can get a full desktop with dedicated gpu for $400 and get more out of it. Why encourage people to buy something that’s a pointless bottle neck
What do you mean by 60-80? Dollars?? Highly unlikely...the reason mini PC's have become so popular it's because they don't take up a lot of room on your desk...I for one avoided buying a PC because of the mere size of them. Whether it was on top of the desk or underneath I don't want a behemoth PC just to surf the net and play a few games every now and then... when these mini PC's started popping up I immediately gravitated towards them. 1st with the raspberry pi and now with mini PC's....they are getting better and better every year as technology improves.... now, I won't even consider a desktop PC even for $300...I just look at the latest mini PC's should I feel a need to upgrade...and should i require more power than I look for one with an oculink port...mini PC's are the future...if you don't think so then just look at the sales numbers compared to full desktops...not everybody needs or wants the raw power they provide. That's where mini PC's come in.
@@lexlopez15 lol highly unlikely?? They’ve been around now for about a year or 2. Problem is u guys don’t understand what to look for in specs and just buy whatever looks right on the market.
@@kiodiekin a PC that has the same performance or better for $60-$80 was the question. If that is what you're claiming then yes, it is highly unlikely... you'll be lucky to get a used raspberry pi 5 for that price.
A typical desktop computer consumes 40 to 50 watts at idle. A mini PC consumes about 5 to 10 watts at idle. In summer, all the heat generated from electrical devices, assuming you use AC, it must be removed by an even greater amount of energy from the AC. If you do not use AC, then your gaming PC will make the room hotter.
Can't wait for this! thanks man, been searching for the ultimate emulation mini PC beast! :)
congrats on hitting 100k!!!
Thank you!
Got it 2 wks ago.
It was great.
But it seems to be defective.
Devices connected to the USB4-C ports keep disconnecting any of the different USB4 external SSD drives I've plugged into it but only with the USB4 ports. I'll return it for a replacement. Sucks after I spent about 5hrs setting it up the way I liked it with Launchbox.
I can't wait for the UM990 series if they have plans for that with the next 880M or higher chipset.
😢 Its only problem is the same as all mini PCs: Its integrated GPU is still stuck at the 780m and no matter how powerful the CPU is, as long as they don't improve that, these mini PCs will be stagnant. 😢
Its has USB 4 and Oculink so you can hook up your Graphics Card to it
Agree with u, but this mini pc has oculink, anyway some of these mini pc's performing better with 64gigs of ram, more ram you add more power you get in this case, but of crz they are stacking with 780M so differencies are really relatives!
780m with dual channel DDR5 is plenty powerful for many older games.
@tebin That's been my pet peeve.
I've been dying for any of these mini PCs to include the new 980M chipset, (if it exists), to come out with any of these mini PCs. I just want to try them to see if it makes a difference, but so far it's a No-Go. It's almost like they're purposely holding back and staying stuck at 780M to realize as much profit as they can from that old chipset.
...And no, I don't buy these mini PCs to be connecting external GPUs to them or anything for that matter except for the minimum requirements such as a display, & a power supply to them. All else is a wireless device for me. I want them to keep the footprint as small as possible with the most built-in exceptional working internal devices without turning these mini PCs into a small fire hazard brick when gaming with AAA titles.
@@ReeseL4D but still pricy for 1080 p gaming
Great video
Yo yo, Happy birthday RGG
Thanks Chase!! Awesome little mini Beast!!
Can't wait for the drop!
Could you include the resolution you play on the emulators. Is the ps2 / ps3 emulation on x2 or x3 resolution possible?
Great value for the money and it will probably get a promo code in a few months
@Retro Gaming Guy What about Switch, PS4, XBOX and 360 performance? Would love to see a longer more detailed review. Were the PC games being played natively or streaming? If native, what kind of settings were used on those games shown? What kind of fps were you getting on each of the emulators? Would love to see this kind of info in your reviews as it's a better indicator of performance.
Retro Gaming Guy, great video it was really good
Holly shit, this is fucking awesome!
Sounds like a great machine. Did any one successfully boot Batocera from the INTERNAL SSD on this? I've been having issues with other models where the SSD would boot fine when hooked up via USB, but not at all when installed into the M2 slot.
Like the vids, would be good to know if you can compare running in windows to say linux with batocera or something, or also any up-scaling in resolution to see how much can be pushed on the system.
Its funny seeing all the Mac fanboys going crazy over the new Mac Mini saying what great value it is, but then we have this which can do more at half the price!
Hi, would you recommend this or the bee-link ser 8 for high end emulation ???..🤔🤔🤔
They're right in line. Both are great for high end emulation. Go with whichever is cheaper.
I'm late again...dammit. But great video, sadly the price as always...but oh well. HAPPY BIRTHDAY RGG!✨🎂 🥧🍰 get yo cheesecake.
Thank you!!!
Your videos are very good, but could you inform in your videos the resolution of the games and whether they are in high, medium or low quality.
I remember him saying he would show the numbers soon on his reviews but he hasn't done it. I've asked him to do the same.
Very impressive and worth the money as you could pay a lot more for a desktop gaming PC with obsolete components.
What is an oculink ???
port to link your Ocu in.
Did u update the new AMD drivers?
What about AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 in a Mini PC?
Can this be used without having a PC? Can it connect directly to a TV?
This IS a PC. If your TV has an HDMI input then yes you can use this on it.
is the version with 64 GB ram and 1 TB ssd locked down on windows or can I put linux on the only drive instead of windows. I want it as a high-powered linux machine with eventually a 4 tb with linux and a 4 tb blank for data.
When you are running a win11 game is it via Wine or do your have a partition on your external?
Can you elaborate? What is wine and why would you need it? These PC's come with windows 11 normally so you wouldn't need anything else to play windows games...why would you need a partition or external drive to run any games? This is not a Linux machine... You simply open your games in windows and you're done. Provided you have enough space on your internal drive...which could be anywhere from 500gb to 1tb...that should be plenty for 10 or 12 modern triple A games at least.
What do you recommend for $100-$200?
Do you only check native resolution? Is it able to upscale PS3 or the other higher end emulators? Thanks for the videos.
i bought ms-a1 instead so i can use the 8700g cpu somewhere else if the mainboard is dead...
When I click on the link to buy it, the site says nothing about it having windows installed or being pre-loaded with games. Is this right? We have to install windows ourselves and add the emulators and games?
Windows is on there by default but not the games
Was OG X-Box really that advanced that you need PS3 capability just to run it? How much more would it take to run 360 stuff?
Not really. It depends on the game. Some Xbox will work off moderately powerful PCs and some really need the high end option. Early og xbox games like halo combat evolved aren't difficult to emulate but some later titles can be way harder to get running smooth.
@@OfficialChaseBrogan wow. I didn't realize how varied the requirements could be for the library of 1 console.
Then again back in the day I imagine there were SNES titles that were more difficult than others to emulate. The last time I was actually into doing this stuff Napster hadn't been sued yet and Emulation was just a novelty due to how cheap actual hardware was. These days it's Far too expensive to do something like rebuild a stollen collection that started over 30 years ago. Thanks for the info \ response.
😄👍
Supports one-cable connection.
How easy is it to add a bigger ssd
does it use 262 or 260 pin ddr5 5600 ram?
Hey Rich, I'm a 47 y/o man with Parkinson's Disease. I was curious if you could donate one of the systems you've tested? I imagine you have a bunch. Maybe you could use it as a tax wire off. Of not I understand. My name is Michael. Thank you either way.
Wow you pathetic beggars are on every video now a days
do i need a pc or can i just plug this to my tv?
Will this run the kinhank 12tb drives?
Easily, without breaking a sweat.
Love your reviews RGG, buuuuut when will the newer generation of mini PCs come out?
I'm tired of these mini's with the 780M Chipsets.
That's been my pet peeve.
I've been dying for any of these mini PCs to include the new integrated 980M chipset, (if that exists), to come out with any of these mini's. I want to buy and try them already to see if they make a difference, but so far it's a No-Go. It's almost like they're purposely holding back and staying stuck at 780M to realize as much profit as they can from that old chipset.
...And no, I don't buy these mini's to be connecting external GPUs to them or anything for that matter except for the minimum requirements such as a display ir two, & a power supply to them. All else is a wireless device for me. I want them to keep their footprint as small as possible with the most built-in exceptional working internal options without turning these mini's into small fire hazard bricks when gaming with AAA titles.
New hi-score...
POOF!!! FIRE!!!
The newest generation would be using the 880m not 980m
@@jasonrichardson1999 Yeah that
They're going to release their "EliteMini AI 370" with the new AMD Ryzen 9 HX 370 so I would wait for that. It has 890M graphics
no Fps?
It’s already unavailable lol
Will this run TeknoParrot games?
yes I can't say perfectly but I tried many and they were very smooth. Didn't try every game though.
@@OfficialChaseBrogan Appreciate the speedy reply! Thank you
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all mini are great... all have zero support...good luck.
Another expensive bottle neck useless mini pc. Man people r really pushing these things when the viewers don’t know they can do the same performance for 60-80 now. Let alone most of these other games and systems will require a dedicated video card to run other games. U can get a full desktop with dedicated gpu for $400 and get more out of it. Why encourage people to buy something that’s a pointless bottle neck
What do you mean by 60-80? Dollars?? Highly unlikely...the reason mini PC's have become so popular it's because they don't take up a lot of room on your desk...I for one avoided buying a PC because of the mere size of them. Whether it was on top of the desk or underneath I don't want a behemoth PC just to surf the net and play a few games every now and then...
when these mini PC's started popping up I immediately gravitated towards them. 1st with the raspberry pi and now with mini PC's....they are getting better and better every year as technology improves....
now, I won't even consider a desktop PC even for $300...I just look at the latest mini PC's should I feel a need to upgrade...and should i require more power than I look for one with an oculink port...mini PC's are the future...if you don't think so then just look at the sales numbers compared to full desktops...not everybody needs or wants the raw power they provide. That's where mini PC's come in.
@@lexlopez15 lol highly unlikely?? They’ve been around now for about a year or 2. Problem is u guys don’t understand what to look for in specs and just buy whatever looks right on the market.
@@kiodiekin a PC that has the same performance or better for $60-$80 was the question. If that is what you're claiming then yes, it is highly unlikely... you'll be lucky to get a used raspberry pi 5 for that price.
@@lexlopez15shop around
A typical desktop computer consumes 40 to 50 watts at idle. A mini PC consumes about 5 to 10 watts at idle. In summer, all the heat generated from electrical devices, assuming you use AC, it must be removed by an even greater amount of energy from the AC. If you do not use AC, then your gaming PC will make the room hotter.
I wish i could sub to your channel but contrary to other channels you barely go in depth when it comes to tests and performance, it's really sad.
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