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Something with the Ryzen 780m or 890m integrated graphics & that has a oculink or USB4/thunderbolt port My vote is the Gmktec k8 plus it has been a little powerhouse for me it plays most games med-high settings 1080p 50-60fps and with the oculink port you can buy a eGPU dock and graphics card down t

Reliable brands are Beelink, Intel/Asus NUC, Apple Mac Mini, GMKtec, Geekom, and to some degree Minisforum. Within the $400 to $600 USD price range, are my recommendations: GMKtec K6 at $490 on Amazon. Ryzen 7 7840HS CPU and Radeon 780M iGPU, 32 GB of DDR5 RAM, 1 TB of SSD storage, and Wi-Fi 6E. Bee

Beelink Ser8. Just buy a wifi USB, I've heard the wifi is kinda bad thanks to the case.

I would honestly wait & save up for a mini PC with Ryzen 7 CPU that has the AMD 780m integrated graphics my Gmktec k8 plus plays most games med-high settings 1080p 50-60fps without a GPU & it has an oculink & USB4/thunderbolt port in the front to connect an external GPU if you wanted to down the roa

I know your questions is about replacing a laptop with a mini PC, but I thought I'd share my experience with a mini PC in the hopes it might be helpful. I bought a Beelink SER8 8845HS in April to replace a 14-year old tower system I had built in 2011 what would be unable to run Windows 11. I've been

Probe: https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/freebsd-laptop-testing/blob/main/test_results/beelink_ser8/probe_2026-04-07_22-36-08.txt Comments: https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/freebsd-laptop-testing/blob/main/test_results/beelink_ser8/comments.md Not entirely transparent how the score of 9.5/10 is arr

Gmktec k8 plus, the integrated graphics of the AMD Radeon 780m is good enough for casual gaming, it has an oculink & USB4 port on the front so you can connect an external GPU for serious gaming performance Beelink SER8 or AOOSTAR STAR GEM12 are also good options as well but ideally for an enjoyable

The SER9 pro AI 370HX with the radeon M890 gfx is the best for gaming, if not, the SER9 with the H255 processor is similar to my SER8 (the H255 is basically a rebranded Zen 4, 8745HS). The biggest downside to any of the Mac Mini clone Beelinks in their fantastic looking metal casings is the poor wif

I have had a Beelink SER8 since Jan 2025 so my advice is purely on what I discovered before buying mine. The truth is that I saw far more posts suggested Minisforum were less reliable than both GMKtec and Beelink. I loved the look of the Beelink (just looked more premium) and with similar specs, I w

Unfortunatley this is one of the flaws of the otherwise great SER8. Beelink does have an antenna kit you can get from them to try to update it. Other options: External wi-fi 7 USB card Use a MoCA adapter to connect it via coax -> ethernet I hate using wi-fi for fixed placements PCs so I'm using MoCA