You have a new subscriber and a new fan in me. I actually and literally took your advice and kicked back and enjoyed the review. Much better than most reviews I've seen on here TH-cam. You hit all the important key points in a surprisingly short amount of time and kept me interested. I appreciated your knowledge and making sure to inform us viewers on certain things we might not have known about the Bmax B2 Plus. Thanks a lot I, just bought this the Bmax B2 Plus mini pc about an hour ago and needed to get some information and you definitely provided that. I watch 3 videos before finding yours and thank God I did because sadly. Everyone does not need to be on TH-cam Just because they can LOL. Happy to say, I am now a subscriber with NOTIFICATION. Thank you very much.
I thought it comes with built in stereo speakers but couldn't see them in the teardown and I didn't hear you mention them in the review. Does it have built in speakers, if so how good is the quality?
I just purchased the BMAX B2 Pro Mini PC, Intel J4105 Quad Core CPU Up to 2.5GHz, 8GB DDR4 256GB SSD, 4K 60Hz HDMI 2.0x2, USB 3.0x4, USB 2.0, Micro SD Card Slot, 3.5mm Audio, M.2 2280 SSD Slot, 2.4/5GHz Dual Wi-Fi, BT 5.0, RJ45 1000Mbps Ethernet, Windows 11 Pro. I'll see how it preforms Thanks for the review.
The BMAX B1 Mini PC did not detect Transcend 256GB NVMe M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3x4 SSD:- The product specification of the PC mentions "Solid State Disk: Support 1* M.2 2280 SSD." And the Package List mentions 1 x SATA cable. However, the receipt package of the order specifically did not contain a SATA cable rather it contained a HDMI Cable in place of said SATA cable. Since, M.2 was designed to support SATA and also PCIe, so this raised a question in my mind in selecting an appropriate interface between SATA and PCIe. However, there is a M Key socket in the system board of the PC for the M.2 2280 SSD, so possibility of SATA interface is eliminated (at least in my case) considering almost all M.2 2280 SSDs with SATA interface mostly have B+M Key edges but I do not find such an SSD with SATA interface have M Key edge. Besides, all M Key edged M.2 2280 SSD's have PCIe interface, so there's only one possibility for a M key socket i.e. PCIe interface. Accordingly, I have purchased one Transcend 256GB NVMe PCIe Gen3x4 80mm M.2 SSD. But after insertion in the The BMAX B1 Mini PC socket, it does not detect Transcend 256GB NVMe M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3x4 SSD. I did not change the default BIOS setup of the PC and uncertain whether the BIOS at all needs any setup modification modification. So what may be the reason that the BMAX B1 Mini PC did not detect Transcend 256GB NVMe M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3x4 SSD in my case?
@@awuma well, i have a brand new bmax b2 plus, and i installed a brand new 1tb sabrent rocket nvme m.2 2280 pcie. it did not detect it in the bios nor in windows.
i have some problem The BMAX B2 plus Mini PC did not detect Silicon Power 256GB NVMe e 1.3 M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3x4 SSD: P34A60 help my please thanks a lot Marco
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Can my kid play basic Minecraft game, nothing crazy, he's 5, so very simple stuff he does, but I keep seeing reading Minecraft will not run on this sort of computer. I took a chance, ordered it, just arrived today, but trying to find any advice on this before I try it
@@DealUnboxing How loud is the fan is in idle and heavy load? I have Chuwi Herobox (review on my channel) which is fanless but it has issues with ethernet (only 100Mbps)
@@cbm80amiga Fan was not loud at all. If you checkout the teardown section you will see BMAX done a good job with cooling. Also didn't had issue with ethernet at all, i was able to connect at 1Gig LAN speed.
It depends on the Specs and Price. Brand Name does not matter. But i have great experience with BMAX Products. It is well build with great parts and specs. So i would go with BMAX.
Hoping to turn one of these into a Jellyfin server using QSV for a handful of 1080p transcoding streams. I'm not asking for much. Anything to improve performance over my Raspberry Pi. What do you think?
I have rebooted this system multiple times and each time it wiped my files and started a reinstall windows process. It is very frustrating to loss all you important documents just because windows update required a reboot.
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How did you access the BIOS? I have the B1 and the USB ports are not active on startup. I have tried holding the power button for 3 seconds, either it doesn't work or my timing is off.
Does anyone have any idea why the disk speeds on the 128GB M.2 drive are only topping out in the 500's? I would have expected over 3000. Are we dealing with a very slow M.2 drive, or are we limited in PCIe lanes? Also, are both M.2 slots identical in specification, such as lane usage?
I may have answered my own question. This unit has 2 m.2 slots. One is SATA based with a limit of 500+. The other is a PCIe based slot capable of 3000+. The 128GB M.2 card is installed in the slot labeled "SATA". No idea why! The video clearly shows the m.2 card in the "SATA" slot at 2:11. My unit arrives tomorrow. I will be plugging a nice Black Label WD m.2 drive into that PCIe slot with Win10 @ 3000+. Should provide 6x improvement in disk I/O. PS: Upon a closer look at the video at 2:11, I can clearly see that the 128GB M.2 drive is using the slower SATA based interface, utilizing a 2 notch M.2 connector. This interface only supports 550MB/s. The newer and faster NVMe based drives use a single notch M.2 connector, and can provide speeds up to 3500 MB/s. The SATA based M.e drive supplied, will be limited to 550MB/s, even if it were plugged into the PCIe based slot. The only way to fix this, is to throw a real PCIe based M.2 drive into the PCIe based slot, and put WIN10 on it. With that upgrade this thing will be lightening fast!
@@mazeeff how did it work for you? i have a brand new bmax b2 plus, and i installed a brand new 1tb sabrent rocket nvme m.2 2280 pcie. it did not detect it in the bios nor in windows.
@@theddygrumo I have two of the BMAX units. I upgraded both to PCIe based m.2 drives. I used a WD SN750 500G, as well as a Sabrent Rocket 256G drive. I had to change the sector size from 4K to 512 on the Sabrent to get my cloning software to work. I was also able to install fresh copies of Win10 on both drives as well. Unfortunately, the speed of the new drives was only double the existing SATA based m.2 drive, going from 500MB/s to 1000MB/s. Both of these PCIe m.2 drives get well over 3000MB/s on my desktop. HWINFO64 reports only 2x PCIe lanes available, instead of the normal 4x on my desktop. Looks like only 1 lane is being used on the BMAX. Overall, I'm still pretty impressed with this mini. PS: Make sure that the option in the BIOS; chipset/southbridge/m.2 m-key x2 is enabled. It should be enabled by default.
From Intel site: No results found for "J4115". But from Odroid forum: "Intel started early this year to offer a slightly modified chip called the J4115 for small manufacturers like us.", so it's still 2017's Gemini Lake CPU family, not Gemini Lake Refresh (with 300MHz base clock increase, and 100MHz decrease in turbo multi-core speed from J4105).
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You have a new subscriber and a new fan in me. I actually and literally took your advice and kicked back and enjoyed the review. Much better than most reviews I've seen on here TH-cam. You hit all the important key points in a surprisingly short amount of time and kept me interested. I appreciated your knowledge and making sure to inform us viewers on certain things we might not have known about the Bmax B2 Plus. Thanks a lot I, just bought this the Bmax B2 Plus mini pc about an hour ago and needed to get some information and you definitely provided that. I watch 3 videos before finding yours and thank God I did because sadly. Everyone does not need to be on TH-cam Just because they can LOL. Happy to say, I am now a subscriber with NOTIFICATION. Thank you very much.
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@@DealUnboxing ccan we install other programs like common computers?
I just love the way you review the product in full depth. Keep rocking bro. Kudos👍
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Yep. Straight out facts that matter
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Pro tip: you can watch movies on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching all kinds of movies these days.
@Grayson Garrett Yea, I've been watching on Flixzone} for since december myself =)
@Grayson Garrett definitely, I've been watching on Flixzone} for since november myself :)
I thought it comes with built in stereo speakers but couldn't see them in the teardown and I didn't hear you mention them in the review. Does it have built in speakers, if so how good is the quality?
I just purchased the BMAX B2 Pro Mini PC, Intel J4105 Quad Core CPU Up to 2.5GHz, 8GB DDR4 256GB SSD, 4K 60Hz HDMI 2.0x2, USB 3.0x4, USB 2.0, Micro SD Card Slot, 3.5mm Audio, M.2 2280 SSD Slot, 2.4/5GHz Dual Wi-Fi, BT 5.0, RJ45 1000Mbps Ethernet, Windows 11 Pro. I'll see how it preforms Thanks for the review.
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How is it ? Does it actually do 4k video ?
The BMAX B1 Mini PC did not detect Transcend 256GB NVMe M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3x4 SSD:-
The product specification of the PC mentions "Solid State Disk: Support 1* M.2 2280 SSD." And the Package List mentions 1 x SATA cable. However, the receipt package of the order specifically did not contain a SATA cable rather it contained a HDMI Cable in place of said SATA cable.
Since, M.2 was designed to support SATA and also PCIe, so this raised a question in my mind in selecting an appropriate interface between SATA and PCIe.
However, there is a M Key socket in the system board of the PC for the M.2 2280 SSD, so possibility of SATA interface is eliminated (at least in my case) considering almost all M.2 2280 SSDs with SATA interface mostly have B+M Key edges but I do not find such an SSD with SATA interface have M Key edge. Besides, all M Key edged M.2 2280 SSD's have PCIe interface, so there's only one possibility for a M key socket i.e. PCIe interface.
Accordingly, I have purchased one Transcend 256GB NVMe PCIe Gen3x4 80mm M.2 SSD. But after insertion in the The BMAX B1 Mini PC socket, it does not detect Transcend 256GB NVMe M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3x4 SSD. I did not change the default BIOS setup of the PC and uncertain whether the BIOS at all needs any setup modification modification.
So what may be the reason that the BMAX B1 Mini PC did not detect Transcend 256GB NVMe M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3x4 SSD in my case?
M.2 also supports SATA. The B1 M.2 slot does not support NVMe, but the B2 here does.
@@awuma well, i have a brand new bmax b2 plus, and i installed a brand new 1tb sabrent rocket nvme m.2 2280 pcie. it did not detect it in the bios nor in windows.
@@theddygrumo me too! No clue from BMAX on how to get it to recognize NVMe SSD
i have some problem
The BMAX B2 plus Mini PC did not detect Silicon Power 256GB NVMe e 1.3 M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3x4 SSD: P34A60 help my please thanks a lot Marco
Does anyone know the difference between this and the plus pro
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how is it compare to Chuwi Herobox ? what should i get ?
hello the white thing that has in the fan it is necessary to remove it? or is it because you want to ask please answer
I'm confused: Title says "Celeron J4115", HWinfo (4:03) shows "Atom-1800"?
Yeah. It is Celeron J4115
honestly I will like to see how this Intel Celeron J4115 handles Apex Legends, Pubg and Pubg Lite. No one has done a video on it.
I just wanna know how it handled minecraft
can the graphics card be updated?
Where can i get the SATA cable?
Amazon
@@DealUnboxing link pls as it's a fake !
how do i enter the bios?
If i remember correctly. It was F2 or Dell button.
@@DealUnboxing with usb keyboard ? because with a wireless keyboard it doesn't work
Press Delete button
where can i find a replacement cooling fan? thanks
Great review, bro! Which one do you think is better Bmax 2 Plus or Chuwi Larkbox with the same processor? Thanks!
And its only 119$ im gonna ask my mom for this
Does it support USB PD (Power delivery)
This thing looks great, i'm really tempted to get one of these to tinker with.
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Can my kid play basic Minecraft game, nothing crazy, he's 5, so very simple stuff he does, but I keep seeing reading Minecraft will not run on this sort of computer. I took a chance, ordered it, just arrived today, but trying to find any advice on this before I try it
Pleeease somebody help me with this question
It can play FULL HD and 4Κ video smoothly? And from youtube and from video stored in SSD or external storage.
how do you enter the BMAX bios?
If i remember correctly it was F2.
Press Delete during the boot
I've tried ESC, Delete, f7, f2, and nothing works.
Could you please add results of Geekbench 4 and 5?
Sorry cannot. I already sold the unit after the review. I buy these tech from my money and sell it after i review it.
@@DealUnboxing How loud is the fan is in idle and heavy load? I have Chuwi Herobox (review on my channel) which is fanless but it has issues with ethernet (only 100Mbps)
@@cbm80amiga Fan was not loud at all. If you checkout the teardown section you will see BMAX done a good job with cooling. Also didn't had issue with ethernet at all, i was able to connect at 1Gig LAN speed.
hi again it's me, was just wondering, would you have this or the the Chuwi Herobox?
It depends on the Specs and Price. Brand Name does not matter. But i have great experience with BMAX Products. It is well build with great parts and specs. So i would go with BMAX.
I had the same dilemma, I finally bought Bmax...more powerful CPU.
@@Tomgil4
what model?
Stuck on BMAX logo screen, can't enter BIOS with ESC, Delete, F2, F7 (which I've seen said to be correct).
Hoping to turn one of these into a Jellyfin server using QSV for a handful of 1080p transcoding streams. I'm not asking for much. Anything to improve performance over my Raspberry Pi. What do you think?
I don't see why not. It is a good idea.
I have rebooted this system multiple times and each time it wiped my files and started a reinstall windows process. It is very frustrating to loss all you important documents just because windows update required a reboot.
Can you test it for emulations like PPSSPP, thanks
Can it run Vb6?
Can stream HDR ?
can u review the bmax b2 .?
Is it good for editing video? Like just Video projects from school.
school projects - depends what type?
@@DealUnboxing Is it good for Video Editing? Like Sony Vegas 14?
Can you play 4k youtube?
Yes you can.
Is this mini PC compatible with windows 11.?
Full depth review bro Nice one. Keep up the good work 👍💓🇮🇳
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Great review. Thanks.
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Can i use it for gaming?
No. This is mini PC with no dedicated graphics card
Hey Deal,
Is the ram in dual channel configuration?
Thank you
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Both hdmi support 4k 60hz or not ?
Yes. Please checkout BMAX website for detail information or check out the specs list with the link below in the description.
How did you access the BIOS? I have the B1 and the USB ports are not active on startup. I have tried holding the power button for 3 seconds, either it doesn't work or my timing is off.
Mine is no longer running windows 10 either.
Press Delete during the boot
This or AWOW AK41? İ can't decide
same price, same spec but AWOW comes with nvme instead of ssd here...so my choice is made....
Saberia dizer se ele suporta windows 11.?
I don't see why not.
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Does anyone have any idea why the disk speeds on the 128GB M.2 drive are only topping out in the 500's? I would have expected over 3000. Are we dealing with a very slow M.2 drive, or are we limited in PCIe lanes? Also, are both M.2 slots identical in specification, such as lane usage?
I may have answered my own question. This unit has 2 m.2 slots. One is SATA based with a limit of 500+. The other is a PCIe based slot capable of 3000+. The 128GB M.2 card is installed in the slot labeled "SATA". No idea why! The video clearly shows the m.2 card in the "SATA" slot at 2:11. My unit arrives tomorrow. I will be plugging a nice Black Label WD m.2 drive into that PCIe slot with Win10 @ 3000+. Should provide 6x improvement in disk I/O.
PS: Upon a closer look at the video at 2:11, I can clearly see that the 128GB M.2 drive is using the slower SATA based interface, utilizing a 2 notch M.2 connector. This interface only supports 550MB/s. The newer and faster NVMe based drives use a single notch M.2 connector, and can provide speeds up to 3500 MB/s. The SATA based M.e drive supplied, will be limited to 550MB/s, even if it were plugged into the PCIe based slot. The only way to fix this, is to throw a real PCIe based M.2 drive into the PCIe based slot, and put WIN10 on it. With that upgrade this thing will be lightening fast!
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@@mazeeff how did it work for you? i have a brand new bmax b2 plus, and i installed a brand new 1tb sabrent rocket nvme m.2 2280 pcie. it did not detect it in the bios nor in windows.
@@theddygrumo I have two of the BMAX units. I upgraded both to PCIe based m.2 drives. I used a WD SN750 500G, as well as a Sabrent Rocket 256G drive. I had to change the sector size from 4K to 512 on the Sabrent to get my cloning software to work. I was also able to install fresh copies of Win10 on both drives as well. Unfortunately, the speed of the new drives was only double the existing SATA based m.2 drive, going from 500MB/s to 1000MB/s. Both of these PCIe m.2 drives get well over 3000MB/s on my desktop. HWINFO64 reports only 2x PCIe lanes available, instead of the normal 4x on my desktop. Looks like only 1 lane is being used on the BMAX. Overall, I'm still pretty impressed with this mini.
PS: Make sure that the option in the BIOS; chipset/southbridge/m.2 m-key x2 is enabled. It should be enabled by default.
@@theddygrumo If you figure it out, please reply. The Bios shows both ports configured as eSATA, not PCIe. How one re-configyres a port is ??????
Thêm phụ đề tiếng việt nam vào video đi men?
Great review. Interesting i don't find Intel Celeron J4115 in any other PC, so i guess it is brand new SKU.
Yes it is New CPU. You can check it out on Intel's website.
From Intel site: No results found for "J4115". But from Odroid forum: "Intel started early this year to offer a slightly modified chip called the J4115 for small manufacturers like us.", so it's still 2017's Gemini Lake CPU family, not Gemini Lake Refresh (with 300MHz base clock increase, and 100MHz decrease in turbo multi-core speed from J4105).
worth it for 105usd?
$105? Totally. It's retail price $199 or more.
¿Zoom and office?
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Chuwi hero box is better
Like 523 Brasil
Can it play gta 5
Yea but you would probably run about 15 through 25 FPS
Can you game?
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I think this channel might have stolen some of your video? not sure: th-cam.com/video/2n2zdlyLCQo/w-d-xo.html
Oh Wow - Thanks!