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Check the thermal design before you buy. While the Beelinks look nice, their cooling and related case design is more for looks than efficiency ... I have an Aoostar GEM12+ and that can game for hours without thermal problems ...
Hugh_Ruka602 in r/MiniPCs
October 31, 2025 at 7:45 AM
13
I love my aoostar gem12+ ryzen 8845hs 780m but I’m running an egpu with it also. It’s awesomely designed and you can get it bare bones for under 350 and tailor make it like I did. 64g ddr5 4tb ssd I got all on eBay much much under current prices brand new. Or you can get the full built which I belie
...EXPOPSPEC in r/MiniPCs
June 24, 2026 at 2:02 PM
4
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...SerMumble in r/MiniPCs
June 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
13
Aoostar gem12+ Ryzen 8845s if you have ram and ssd you can get it for like 350’barebbones which I did but it’s amazing cooling is next level and it’s a beast I can’t speak to the 5070 I’m an amd person but oculink is there
EXPOPSPEC in r/eGPU
June 18, 2026 at 9:52 PM
3
I strongly back the aoostar gem12+ barebones with 8845 hs 780m it’s $329 US. This thing is a beast though, super high quality dual fans and vapor chamber cooling. I’m Running it with an egpu it comes equipped with Oculink and it’s freaking awesome
EXPOPSPEC in r/MiniPCs
June 2, 2026 at 8:49 PM
2
So I have the ag02 running it with the aoostar gem12 plus mini with ryzen 8845hs 64g ddr5 and 4tb. It’s a beast. And I’ve run it over oculink which the gem12 has and I’ve tried it with tb4. Not a huge huge difference but definitely will see some hits in micro stutter and overall clarity. But via ocu
...EXPOPSPEC in r/eGPU
June 13, 2026 at 9:26 PM
2
The aoostar gem12 plus 8845hs 329 on Amazon I have it oculink all the goodies and runs like a beast
EXPOPSPEC in r/MiniPCs
May 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
2
As an FYI and probably not a lot of difference but the Aoostar GEM12+ has the Ryzen 7 Pro 8845HS and the K8 Plus has the standard 8845HS.
LBTRS1911 in r/MiniPCs
September 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
6
A few "things". The 8945HS tends to cost more/dissipate slightly greater heat than the Ryzen 7 8845HS, with less than a 5% gain in processing power. The actual intent is to assist in supporting a dGPU in laptops (or eGPU for mPCs), although the findings "for software development, engineering simulat
...Old_Crows_Associate in r/MiniPCs
June 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
5
This is a great question, and as you can see comment no one has a solid idea. For all intents & purposes, the AooStar WTR MAX 8845HS is a 6x 3.5" SATA + 3x Gen4x2 2280 NVMe + 2x Gen4x1 NAS With 2x X710 10GbE LAN (SFP+) + 2x i226V 2.5GbE Built around a GEM12 8845HS mPC Expendable to 128GB With SFF-86
...Old_Crows_Associate in r/MiniPCs
April 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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