@@okitom it was the beelink mini s series. I only use a computer for email, movies, TH-cam and some retroarch. It was cheap it was super easy to get in and add a HDD. I've had zero issues. Came with win 11.
I helped a friend buy this exact mini-PC yesterday for $550 during Amazon Prime Big Deal Days in October. I did a lot of research on mini-PCs, and decided the same thing - this was the top pick. Then today I found this video after I'd already made my purchase. I'm so glad you also think it is the top choice in the class. I would have been bummed if you had said it was a piece of crap, after I'd already ordered one. Thanks for the great video.
No company is perfect, but Beelink is a "Name Brand" in the world of mini PCs. I've got 2 old ones that are at least 6 years old. One I put Chrome OS on. The other I still use occasionaly with windows on it. For me, everything else compares to this brand because of their brand longevity as opposed to some fly by night.
Agreed fully. I have been using a Beelink U57 off-and-on since August 2020 along with an 2019 Alienware R8 and I have decided to go with a SER8 to replace both.
I like your comment as it's what I have been looking for. Longevity is the key for me here. I'm a full-time media music composer and I'm planning on replacing my 5 years old HP Omen 15t with Ser8 this coming black Friday. I have tons of virtual instruments (VSTs) and effect/processing plugins that consume hardware resources heavily. I'm very glad that you say Beelink is a big name brand in mini pcs.
It's getting very close now for me being able to switch from a full PC build to one of these mini PC's. The next generation of on board graphics should do it. Would consider laptop if it weren't for the noise.
I badly want to because I like the idea of downsizing and I'm at a point in life where system building isn't as fun or appealing anymore. I'm just not ready to take the graphics and performance hit. Nobody talks about the tiny L3 cache on these chips and the GPU is unfeasible for me at 4k. I think it will actually take years to get anywhere close to acceptable for me around this price range.
I have this on Pop!_OS running the COSMIC desktop with a 4K 144 Hz display next to a 4K 60 Hz display rotated vertically. This gets 500-600K PPD in Folding@Home. Either 500K PPD doing only CPU folding, or 350K + 250K when doing CPU + iGPU folding. In World Community Grid, this can complete 16 MCM work units every 1h13m. All while remaining silent and never exceeding 75C. Very good results for a 54W cTDP.
ufff it these were cheap enough it would make sense to build a cluster.... 8 nodes gets you 64 cores, 256GB at 720 GB/sec bandwidth, 8TB of storage at 40 TB/sec... maybe soon they get to like $300 each and then it's definitely worth it :D
Hey, I hardly ever comment here. But I've watched a number of 'here's a selection of emulation handhelds to pick from based on your needs.' I was wondering if there might be a similar video for these mini PCs or light PC gaming options, for better information on picking the right PC device for you. Similar to the spreadsheet, but a video format for covering the specifics?
Crazy how small, quiet yet powerful those PCs got. If I had an external monitor I would consider one instead of changing my laptop ( integrated graphics, plays many games ).
Im liking the switch up of the mini pcs and the break from handhelds. I bought my first retro device because of you back in 2021. Now, you’ll prob convince me to purchase a mini pc haha Thanks for your dedication brother 😎.
This Ser8 became very popular in our country's mini PC community because some sellers in here give crazy discounts that makes this decent device at about 290 usd(without Ram and storage of course). Just like your review, the Ser8 has many improvements over the previous Ser7. They are almost the 'peak mini PC' that you can get right now. But they also have some downsides. Because of the metal body, the wireless signal is so weak that it is almost unusable if you want to play competitive titles, even if you put this device next to your router. Some sellers on Taobao sell mod kits with external antennas that improve the wireless signal around 25usd. Many Korean users use these mod kits to improve the wireless signal. With this mod kit, this is really perfect mini pc that you can get Rn.
I do have a Ugreen wireless adapter, not sure if it'll improve the wireless connectivity as I'm using on my SER3 which I suspect I'd having some motherboard problem..
Ordered one of these tonight and it will be arriving tomorrow. I'm using it to replace a Minisforum NUCi7 that I have running Batocera in an Arcade1Up cabinet. The NUCi7 generates more heat than I'd like inside the cabinet, which doesn't help given the system throttles super easily. The SER8 should be able to provide the same or better performance at a lower power draw and generate less heat.
If you're not using your PC for intensive gaming, video editing, heavy software development, CAD, 3D animation, etc (at which point you probably know what you need) you can pick up old thin clients for very cheap. If you're going to use Windows, make sure the CPU supports Windows 11, and make sure it has a wifi chip if you need it. Some companies used ethernet exclusively so never ordered wifi. They can be like less than $100 for a 8GB ram (usually upgradable) quad core i5 cpu from like 4-5 years ago and 250GB SSD which is often upgradable. This is plenty for retro gaming, basic HTPC, or just allround family PC use. Also great as experimental home servers as they really do not use a lot of power. They would be experimental servers in the sense that they do not typically have server RAM or support RAID which you would want if you really really on uptime and improved reliability for a business, but I think they are plenty if you're just using it as a Plex server or even a home nas that you backup from time to time. Also some of these do not have HDMI, but they will have DisplayPort which you can convert to HDMI with a cheap converter.
I just bought one of these because of your review. Thanks Russ! I’m sure you have a few guides on your page which we’ll give me all I need to get it set up. You’re the best. Thanks for all you do for this community!
I bought one already and a intel ax210 WiFi card because I've seen a lot complaints about the WiFi performance. It costs about €460 in China for the 32G/1T version.
Been down this road w/ a multitude, six in the past two year, of mini PCs. They are all loud and run hot. Spend a little more and build a Mini-ITX system. Not only will it have a proper cooler. It has an upgrade path. Building a system based on an 8700G was one of the best decisions I made. Takes you a little more space on the desk but it runs 20° cooler under load and doesn’t sound like a jet engine.
Careful with Beelink. Had a few mini-pc's for an office that both quit working. When I went to troubleshooting I found out that each Beelink pc OS is a copied OS. A clone. Good luck getting it to work again if you have significant OS issues.
@commenter6441 I was sent a link to reinstall Windows OS from Beelink, and after installing and running into numerous failures and BSOD I quit trying. The Beelink tech team didn't even have any solid info to pass on.
My SER3 that I've used for nearly 2 years have started freezing way too often for my liking. Just today it froze like 8 times. Then a few hours later when I turned it on, I didn't face this issues which is really baffling. This with the 10.10 sale today I got the SER8 for roughly SGD900 which is just slightly more expensive than my original choice (SER6) Hopefully I won't face the same issues I'm getting soon since it's under preorder for the next 10 days before shipping it over.
The only tiny minor complaint is it doesn't have spdif optical audio output so it's limited to stereo versus 5.1 for a home theatre box, but tbh that's only a negative of like 0.1% from it's 100% score ahhhh
Would this minipc run games a bit better if you would boot in to linux and run Bazzite for Steam games? I'm considering this minipc for playing Steam games on my tv and movie streaming.
Thank you very much for your videos, they are always super helpful. I am considering getting an ASUS Ally for Windows games, mostly indie or emulation. Is it just as good with a dock as this PC, or does it offer more power?
Is the cooling really great? Can't see much space for airflow to go from from the SSD/ram side to the underneath cpu side And power usage seems all over the place, PS2 GoW2 at 4x take > 40W?😂 Is there some driver/bios issue affecting the power management?
Man I’m so used to play in 4K with my consoles that paying so much money to barely play in 1080p pc games is beyond me, I’ll do this for sure for retro games. Any advice on a mini pc that can handle all emulation at 4K? How about the Acemagic R7 8845HS? It was unfortunately not in your sheet.
Definitely looking for a really good all-around mini. For emulation purposes, will a mini PC like this run MAME, TeknoParrot along with Lightgun games? I've never seen anyone run that type of emulation on a mini. Love what you do and the channel!
I'd rather lose 1 usb4 port in exchange for an oculink port...I'm not sure why all these new pc's with newer chipsets refuse to include an oculink port. That should be standard these days...especially when more pc makers are making external gpu's to take advantage of it... I've been holding out in upgrading my beelink ser4 to see how many mini pc's come out with an oculink port included and so far I've only seen 2 in over a year...by the looks of it I'll be getting the minisforum um780 xtx which at this point I can get for less than $400. (Barebones)
Russ! I noticed that you also have Beelink listed in the Amazon Prime deals post What's your full opinion on the company? Of course they're good for Batocera retro emulation but do you have any spyware concerns they were to be used as everyday PCs?
Looks cool, i' be interested in such a small yet capable PC, but you got me even more curious about the...strickspoint PCs??? Never heard of those, can you share links so I may learn more? Thanks for vid!
An Xbox Series S does a great job with emulation up through PS2 and GameCube, but starts to hit limitations after that just due to emulator development for the platform. So the SER8 benefits from mature emulators on Windows
Bee link provides a pretty nice offering in a mini pc format. they'd be SOOOO much better if the price of DDR5 ram came down as it would be nice to have them ship with full 64gb of ram hopefully that happens this year, or next as whle 32gb is a lot windows and browswers are massive ram hogs if you use lots of tabs. I am hoping that access will stay stable to products coming from China. I am eagerly waiting to see if they have any offerings on black friday. The Ser7 Pro I got was enough to have a positive view of this brand as it is approaching a year now since I became interested in the minipcs. Only thing I wish I had the answer for was an easy way to get a firewire port or hub attached to it, or more PCIE slots ie easy cable way to hook up a few PCIE things. I think the second hardrive space can be used and maybe the usb4 slot but thereis only one of both so the io is rough if wanting to do stuff for music with it but with some hubs this thing is able to connect a lot to it. The other frustration is windows 11 efficiency mode which seems to engage due to microsoft trying to "save power" this is already like 40-60watt system so its sort of frustrating to have process suspended due to microsoft windows attempt to reducing energy consumption, its just a little silly on a low power system like the ser 7. The Ser 8 looks even better. I'm a little confused iwth the USB 2.0 ports though I thought all the ports were USB 3.1 or usb 4???? IMO this is one thing that makes it hard is if the usb ports are all non marked or differnetiated when you have a specific USB generation requirement it can be hard to find the port you are looking for unless you have a port diagram like at 4:20
I have a different mini pc but with the same chipset. I decided to put batocera on it and love it. Now I'm waiting for a new generation of Mini PC's with radeon 890m (which is more or less like the mobile version of nvidia's 1070). This one has 780m which is something like 1650 or I've heard.
Not as powerful as a 1070 Mobile. Time spy scores are different. 890M = 4221 Points 1070 Mobile = 5707 Points Still a great result. It's better than a 1060 Mobile (3909 pts) and really close to a desktop 1060 (4355 pts)
There's a ton of very similar Beelink nuggets, hard to know what has best performance. Also I'm interested in hooking up a Quest 2 for PC VR gaming but I don't know of this is compatible.
Thanks again Russ! Very much not like for like and ignoring windows gaming how does emulation performance compare between this and an Odin 2? For an under tv device either could do the job with the benefit the Odin can be taken on the road.
I'm wondering if this would run things like Teknoparrot... I'm currently trying to build an arcade racing rig, for classic games like Hydro Thunder, H2Overdrive, Mario Kart DX and so on... would it run those games at full beans?
Estoy entre estos dos minipc -Beelink SER8 AMD Ryzen™ 7 8845HS MINI PC 8 Cores/16 Threads Frequency up to 5.1GHz -Beelink SER7 7840HS AMD Ryzen™ 7 7840HS 65W TDP 8 Cores/16 Threads, 5.1GHz Cual me recomiendas actualmente por rendimiento y precio.
Hi, just wondering how does the Beelink Ser7 outperform the Ser8 for emulation? I thought being newer and more powerful it should give better performance, but in your table it says the Ser7 runs all the emulators better. I just want a mini pc to run all the newest emulators as best as possible and i had made my mind up on the Ser8 after this review, but then i sae this table and maybe i should chose the Ser7 now? I know the Ser7 had that magnetic power supply, but it alos looked better, but not sure if it ran cooler then the ser8 or any other positives or negatives over the ser8?
The HX99G is better performance by quite a bit thanks to its dedicated GPU, especially with PC games, provided you are good with its larger size and price!
With any 780M chips. Run the games at 720p with lowest settings or mix and match. Call it a day. You'll have a great time with any game you throw at it.
@@bullymaguire243 Not if you have a highly quality display it isn't. Speak for yourself. I play at 720p on a 70 in. tv and looks clean and crispy. Maybe it's time you upgrade your monitor or something.
@unknown183 You mentioned that above, but 720p is 720p, unless upscaled. I run everything from old CRTs to new large flat panels. There's only so much any display can do with a 720p signal. I'm happy with 1080p 60 Hz streamed from the desktop, but many are not. What 70 is it?
I grabbed a mini pc after one of your reviews. Its been almost a year and i couldn't be happier with my purchase. Thank you for all your content!
may i know what mini pc did you get? I'm also planning to buy one
@@okitom it was the beelink mini s series. I only use a computer for email, movies, TH-cam and some retroarch. It was cheap it was super easy to get in and add a HDD. I've had zero issues. Came with win 11.
@@jinstinky501 thanks for the info
Hi mate, do you have any heating issues or slow wifi issues with your pc?
I helped a friend buy this exact mini-PC yesterday for $550 during Amazon Prime Big Deal Days in October. I did a lot of research on mini-PCs, and decided the same thing - this was the top pick. Then today I found this video after I'd already made my purchase. I'm so glad you also think it is the top choice in the class. I would have been bummed if you had said it was a piece of crap, after I'd already ordered one. Thanks for the great video.
You are a lucky one. I bought mine 4 months ago and it butned out! A piece of crap!! Congrats on your purchase
No company is perfect, but Beelink is a "Name Brand" in the world of mini PCs. I've got 2 old ones that are at least 6 years old. One I put Chrome OS on. The other I still use occasionaly with windows on it. For me, everything else compares to this brand because of their brand longevity as opposed to some fly by night.
Agreed fully. I have been using a Beelink U57 off-and-on since August 2020 along with an 2019 Alienware R8 and I have decided to go with a SER8 to replace both.
what about aoostar?
@@Lynsynnever heard of them.
@@punch_dance try to look for Aoostar Gem10 or Gem12 or God88
I like your comment as it's what I have been looking for. Longevity is the key for me here. I'm a full-time media music composer and I'm planning on replacing my 5 years old HP Omen 15t with Ser8 this coming black Friday. I have tons of virtual instruments (VSTs) and effect/processing plugins that consume hardware resources heavily. I'm very glad that you say Beelink is a big name brand in mini pcs.
I got a SER7 recently because I wasn't patient enough to wait for this one.
Good to see there isn't much performance difference.
It's getting very close now for me being able to switch from a full PC build to one of these mini PC's. The next generation of on board graphics should do it. Would consider laptop if it weren't for the noise.
I badly want to because I like the idea of downsizing and I'm at a point in life where system building isn't as fun or appealing anymore. I'm just not ready to take the graphics and performance hit. Nobody talks about the tiny L3 cache on these chips and the GPU is unfeasible for me at 4k. I think it will actually take years to get anywhere close to acceptable for me around this price range.
@@ledhrblakaexternal gpu?
i used to love working on a big tower block pc but these mini pcs are brilliant i can move them in between my 2 rooms and my big tv and gaming monitor
I've got a Lenovo Legion i9. The battery sucks but it plays everything and no noise unless you intentionally blast the fans.
I'm not confident about a GPU in those minis due to heat.
I love that Russ is doing PC reviews as well. The PC world is so varied and interesting.
I have this on Pop!_OS running the COSMIC desktop with a 4K 144 Hz display next to a 4K 60 Hz display rotated vertically. This gets 500-600K PPD in Folding@Home. Either 500K PPD doing only CPU folding, or 350K + 250K when doing CPU + iGPU folding. In World Community Grid, this can complete 16 MCM work units every 1h13m. All while remaining silent and never exceeding 75C. Very good results for a 54W cTDP.
I like your words, magic man
ufff it these were cheap enough it would make sense to build a cluster.... 8 nodes gets you 64 cores, 256GB at 720 GB/sec bandwidth, 8TB of storage at 40 TB/sec... maybe soon they get to like $300 each and then it's definitely worth it :D
troonix users try not to mention their memeOS on any PC/windows video challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
@@dreamybull1509 U mad?
russ you forgot to remind us to grab a snack! lol
Gotta be at least 40 minutes to be snack reminder worthy
Facts
Nobody actually does it
@@youraveragedillon5958speak for yourself
@@youraveragedillon5958 speak for yourself. I often order some wings and a drink for the long videos I'm interested in.
This review is just in time for Prime Day today! $599 right now
Hey, I hardly ever comment here. But I've watched a number of 'here's a selection of emulation handhelds to pick from based on your needs.' I was wondering if there might be a similar video for these mini PCs or light PC gaming options, for better information on picking the right PC device for you. Similar to the spreadsheet, but a video format for covering the specifics?
I love the idea of doing more mini PC stuff, this is awesome
I bought an ser6 I remote to my pc at work every day for 9+ hours, no issues.
Crazy how small, quiet yet powerful those PCs got.
If I had an external monitor I would consider one instead of changing my laptop ( integrated graphics, plays many games ).
Im liking the switch up of the mini pcs and the break from handhelds.
I bought my first retro device because of you back in 2021. Now, you’ll prob convince me to purchase a mini pc haha
Thanks for your dedication brother 😎.
I tend to agree with the "more ports" conclusion. 2x USB-A ports at the front for peripherals.
Thank you bro might just end up buying this one my first pc ever plan on using it on the road
Beelink is nice. They use all name brand components. Their price point is on point. You really can't beat beelink if you want a mini pc.
This Ser8 became very popular in our country's mini PC community because some sellers in here give crazy discounts that makes this decent device at about 290 usd(without Ram and storage of course). Just like your review, the Ser8 has many improvements over the previous Ser7. They are almost the 'peak mini PC' that you can get right now. But they also have some downsides. Because of the metal body, the wireless signal is so weak that it is almost unusable if you want to play competitive titles, even if you put this device next to your router. Some sellers on Taobao sell mod kits with external antennas that improve the wireless signal around 25usd. Many Korean users use these mod kits to improve the wireless signal. With this mod kit, this is really perfect mini pc that you can get Rn.
I do have a Ugreen wireless adapter, not sure if it'll improve the wireless connectivity as I'm using on my SER3 which I suspect I'd having some motherboard problem..
I have the SER7, its fantastic and runs everything i throw at it without a single issue. Got it for 400$ cos 200$ coupon and 17% sale
Do you have any advice for someone who just got it and wants to set it up for emulation?
I do like the look of the SER7 over the SER8 and the former's colour options do pop a lot more than the latter's brushed metal look.
Ordered one of these tonight and it will be arriving tomorrow. I'm using it to replace a Minisforum NUCi7 that I have running Batocera in an Arcade1Up cabinet. The NUCi7 generates more heat than I'd like inside the cabinet, which doesn't help given the system throttles super easily. The SER8 should be able to provide the same or better performance at a lower power draw and generate less heat.
If you're not using your PC for intensive gaming, video editing, heavy software development, CAD, 3D animation, etc (at which point you probably know what you need) you can pick up old thin clients for very cheap. If you're going to use Windows, make sure the CPU supports Windows 11, and make sure it has a wifi chip if you need it. Some companies used ethernet exclusively so never ordered wifi. They can be like less than $100 for a 8GB ram (usually upgradable) quad core i5 cpu from like 4-5 years ago and 250GB SSD which is often upgradable. This is plenty for retro gaming, basic HTPC, or just allround family PC use.
Also great as experimental home servers as they really do not use a lot of power. They would be experimental servers in the sense that they do not typically have server RAM or support RAID which you would want if you really really on uptime and improved reliability for a business, but I think they are plenty if you're just using it as a Plex server or even a home nas that you backup from time to time.
Also some of these do not have HDMI, but they will have DisplayPort which you can convert to HDMI with a cheap converter.
JMachen external HD 1 Terabyte, lauchbox game system. Perfect for the Windows 11. Runs without problems in the Windows 11. That's my favorite system!
I just bought one of these because of your review. Thanks Russ! I’m sure you have a few guides on your page which we’ll give me all I need to get it set up. You’re the best. Thanks for all you do for this community!
July 24th, 2024... you can still find them for $599. I snagged one on Amazon a couple of days ago. Put it in your cart and keep an eye on the price.
This mini pc is a perfect use case for lossless scaling. It's much better than AMD afmf and you can also use it for any game, even emulators.
I bought one already and a intel ax210 WiFi card because I've seen a lot complaints about the WiFi performance. It costs about €460 in China for the 32G/1T version.
Been down this road w/ a multitude, six in the past two year, of mini PCs. They are all loud and run hot. Spend a little more and build a Mini-ITX system. Not only will it have a proper cooler. It has an upgrade path. Building a system based on an 8700G was one of the best decisions I made. Takes you a little more space on the desk but it runs 20° cooler under load and doesn’t sound like a jet engine.
Banging. Very happy to have ordered one of these
imagine this minipc with a battery and an hdmi port for monitor docking. You could take it outside perfectly
Careful with Beelink. Had a few mini-pc's for an office that both quit working. When I went to troubleshooting I found out that each Beelink pc OS is a copied OS. A clone. Good luck getting it to work again if you have significant OS issues.
Just do a clean windows install yourself
@commenter6441 I was sent a link to reinstall Windows OS from Beelink, and after installing and running into numerous failures and BSOD I quit trying. The Beelink tech team didn't even have any solid info to pass on.
I own 3 beelink mini pcs and love them, its hard to go back to standard pcs.
My SER3 that I've used for nearly 2 years have started freezing way too often for my liking. Just today it froze like 8 times. Then a few hours later when I turned it on, I didn't face this issues which is really baffling. This with the 10.10 sale today I got the SER8 for roughly SGD900 which is just slightly more expensive than my original choice (SER6) Hopefully I won't face the same issues I'm getting soon since it's under preorder for the next 10 days before shipping it over.
Dang, Russ. It happened again. I’m looking for a shorter video and yours pops up. Got to go make some tea and biscuits and sit in my comfy chair. 😂
Russ can you do a review for the SER9 please?
Pagato 600 euro e sono molto soddisfatto...potente e tascabile lo posso portare in vacanza o ovunque 🎉🎉🎉
Specs say we can upgrade the ram to 64gb, is it ok to do the 128gb upgrade? Thank you 🙏
Honestly - if I had the spare cash I would definitely consider this one!
The Kerry Gold unit of measurement is my favorite.
Strix point on these will be amazing. 2-3X steamdeck performance with lowest end strix point chip
Thank You for a Very Thorough Review
Nice. I am wondering if the power supply is compatible with both 110v and 220v outlets?
Have you gotten hands on the SER9 yet? Worth the $400 jump from here?
Would have been nice to see more FSR measurements throughout the testing. It can be a game changer for certain titles with limited GPU headroom.
I have the SER6 pro and its a great little machine
The only tiny minor complaint is it doesn't have spdif optical audio output so it's limited to stereo versus 5.1 for a home theatre box, but tbh that's only a negative of like 0.1% from it's 100% score ahhhh
You can always use the hdmi to your AV Receiver instead. That's what I use for all my media/console box.
Would this minipc run games a bit better if you would boot in to linux and run Bazzite for Steam games? I'm considering this minipc for playing Steam games on my tv and movie streaming.
Thank you very much for your videos, they are always super helpful.
I am considering getting an ASUS Ally for Windows games, mostly indie or emulation.
Is it just as good with a dock as this PC, or does it offer more power?
Good video, but the price is a bit much. Prices usually come down as newer mini's come out.
Yay, another miniPC. Since getting my Steam Deck I've decided I'll take my miniPC in handheld form and just hook it up to my monitor or TV.
I have a steam deck and a Legion Go so I don’t really think I am in need a mini PC
It's a really good mini pc but I will wait for the next Ryzen 9000. The graphics part looks crazy on this future generation.
Wow I'm a Mac guy, but I feel like I need this
so, is it pocketable?
Fanny pack only.
You'd have to dust off the JNCOs for this bad boy.
Is the cooling really great? Can't see much space for airflow to go from from the SSD/ram side to the underneath cpu side
And power usage seems all over the place, PS2 GoW2 at 4x take > 40W?😂
Is there some driver/bios issue affecting the power management?
Man I’m so used to play in 4K with my consoles that paying so much money to barely play in 1080p pc games is beyond me, I’ll do this for sure for retro games. Any advice on a mini pc that can handle all emulation at 4K?
How about the Acemagic R7 8845HS? It was unfortunately not in your sheet.
Definitely looking for a really good all-around mini. For emulation purposes, will a mini PC like this run MAME, TeknoParrot along with Lightgun games? I've never seen anyone run that type of emulation on a mini. Love what you do and the channel!
Will you be reviewing the SER9?
Do you think you could hook up an eGPU to the USB C back port? Or maybe the PCIe slot
Hi, yes the back port is USB4 40gbps so it will work with eGPUs capable of Thunderbolt 3/4 and USB4 connectivity.
Thanks for testing CS2!
it might be a bit OCD but it really urks me that the USB 2.0 ports aren't together. the 3.1 port should be on its own
I'd rather lose 1 usb4 port in exchange for an oculink port...I'm not sure why all these new pc's with newer chipsets refuse to include an oculink port.
That should be standard these days...especially when more pc makers are making external gpu's to take advantage of it...
I've been holding out in upgrading my beelink ser4 to see how many mini pc's come out with an oculink port included and so far I've only seen 2 in over a year...by the looks of it I'll be getting the minisforum um780 xtx which at this point I can get for less than $400. (Barebones)
Russ! I noticed that you also have Beelink listed in the Amazon Prime deals post
What's your full opinion on the company? Of course they're good for Batocera retro emulation but do you have any spyware concerns they were to be used as everyday PCs?
9:05 So now you're measuring sizes in ounces. This is the best yet.
Looks cool, i' be interested in such a small yet capable PC, but you got me even more curious about the...strickspoint PCs??? Never heard of those, can you share links so I may learn more? Thanks for vid!
Sure, Phawx just released a video about these CPUs today: th-cam.com/video/6Y9e7Db3ny0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=BlukIYeRr3ytnaGA
Great videos as always. How does it compares to a Xbox Series S for emulation?
An Xbox Series S does a great job with emulation up through PS2 and GameCube, but starts to hit limitations after that just due to emulator development for the platform. So the SER8 benefits from mature emulators on Windows
OMG it will play Crackdown ?!?! Ok Im sold! Gamecube, PS1, 2, 3, Wii U... This things a powerhouse lol
broke my edging streak to watch this video
How does this compare to the SER7?
Bee link provides a pretty nice offering in a mini pc format. they'd be SOOOO much better if the price of DDR5 ram came down as it would be nice to have them ship with full 64gb of ram hopefully that happens this year, or next as whle 32gb is a lot windows and browswers are massive ram hogs if you use lots of tabs. I am hoping that access will stay stable to products coming from China. I am eagerly waiting to see if they have any offerings on black friday. The Ser7 Pro I got was enough to have a positive view of this brand as it is approaching a year now since I became interested in the minipcs. Only thing I wish I had the answer for was an easy way to get a firewire port or hub attached to it, or more PCIE slots ie easy cable way to hook up a few PCIE things. I think the second hardrive space can be used and maybe the usb4 slot but thereis only one of both so the io is rough if wanting to do stuff for music with it but with some hubs this thing is able to connect a lot to it. The other frustration is windows 11 efficiency mode which seems to engage due to microsoft trying to "save power" this is already like 40-60watt system so its sort of frustrating to have process suspended due to microsoft windows attempt to reducing energy consumption, its just a little silly on a low power system like the ser 7. The Ser 8 looks even better. I'm a little confused iwth the USB 2.0 ports though I thought all the ports were USB 3.1 or usb 4???? IMO this is one thing that makes it hard is if the usb ports are all non marked or differnetiated when you have a specific USB generation requirement it can be hard to find the port you are looking for unless you have a port diagram like at 4:20
Instead of dropping the resolution just use FSR upscaling.
Lauchbox game system it's a good option? In this case?
I have a different mini pc but with the same chipset. I decided to put batocera on it and love it. Now I'm waiting for a new generation of Mini PC's with radeon 890m (which is more or less like the mobile version of nvidia's 1070). This one has 780m which is something like 1650 or I've heard.
Not as powerful as a 1070 Mobile.
Time spy scores are different.
890M = 4221 Points
1070 Mobile = 5707 Points
Still a great result. It's better than a 1060 Mobile (3909 pts) and really close to a desktop 1060 (4355 pts)
There's a ton of very similar Beelink nuggets, hard to know what has best performance. Also I'm interested in hooking up a Quest 2 for PC VR gaming but I don't know of this is compatible.
May i ask sir , cpu is removable and can you put thermal paste after 1 yr for maintenance?
Thanks again Russ! Very much not like for like and ignoring windows gaming how does emulation performance compare between this and an Odin 2? For an under tv device either could do the job with the benefit the Odin can be taken on the road.
is there a chance you are going to review Chuwi's new Larkbox or Herobox that uses Intel N100? thanks
Love it though an Occulink would be an interesting addition.
I'm wondering if this would run things like Teknoparrot... I'm currently trying to build an arcade racing rig, for classic games like Hydro Thunder, H2Overdrive, Mario Kart DX and so on... would it run those games at full beans?
So good but sadly no VESA mount to have it invisible behind a monitor with VESA mount.
Estoy entre estos dos minipc -Beelink SER8 AMD Ryzen™ 7 8845HS MINI PC 8 Cores/16 Threads Frequency up to 5.1GHz
-Beelink SER7 7840HS AMD Ryzen™ 7 7840HS 65W TDP 8 Cores/16 Threads, 5.1GHz
Cual me recomiendas actualmente por rendimiento y precio.
Hi, just wondering how does the Beelink Ser7 outperform the Ser8 for emulation? I thought being newer and more powerful it should give better performance, but in your table it says the Ser7 runs all the emulators better. I just want a mini pc to run all the newest emulators as best as possible and i had made my mind up on the Ser8 after this review, but then i sae this table and maybe i should chose the Ser7 now? I know the Ser7 had that magnetic power supply, but it alos looked better, but not sure if it ran cooler then the ser8 or any other positives or negatives over the ser8?
Just a heads up. GTA V is a 7th gen game (PS3 & Xbox 360), not an 8th gen game (PS4 & Xbox One). Yes, it's that old.
Whats your keyboard, man?
Man this channel does so much for the community I love them
Hey Russ any chance for a Powkiddy V10 review?
Following this review I ordered one. ..A pack of Kerrygold butter, that is. :)
How’s this mini pc vs the minisforum hx99g?
The HX99G is better performance by quite a bit thanks to its dedicated GPU, especially with PC games, provided you are good with its larger size and price!
With any 780M chips. Run the games at 720p with lowest settings or mix and match. Call it a day. You'll have a great time with any game you throw at it.
Nobody plays at 720p anymore. Only it’s acceptable for a handheld
@@bullymaguire243 Not if you have a highly quality display it isn't. Speak for yourself. I play at 720p on a 70 in. tv and looks clean and crispy. Maybe it's time you upgrade your monitor or something.
@bullymaguire243 This is the same 780M as the handhelds, so there's the limitation here.
@@drewnewby Limitations on what display you use. I run 720p all the time on a 70 inch tv I own. Looks clean and plays great.
@unknown183 You mentioned that above, but 720p is 720p, unless upscaled. I run everything from old CRTs to new large flat panels. There's only so much any display can do with a 720p signal. I'm happy with 1080p 60 Hz streamed from the desktop, but many are not. What 70 is it?
Any suggestions for a mini windows PC that would run all retro games just fine please? Bonus of some PC games at decent frames.
Phenomenal thanks!
Is the better than the ser7?
This pc greatly benefits from “Lossless Scaling Frame Generation”
Can you not put an extra SSD drive in this one like the other models?
Have you tried installing linux on it?
27:00
I would like to have all this power in a handheld
Why did they stop putting SD card readers on mini PCs? This one doesn't even have a Micro SD card reader.
What about Teknoparrot games?
metal box on 5 sides and opening at the bottom.. where is the wifi antenna? completely shielded?
Other options for around that price or $900 trying to play ps4 game on it
“Americans will use anything but the metric system for a system of measurement”
Russ: Hold my butter