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Let's try to get as close to "Apples-to-Apples" as possible, using a 1-year warranty, dependably sourced Beelink SER8 8845HS as the example. ASRock DeskMini x600 Ryzen 7 8700G 32GB of dual channel CL40 DDR5 5600MT/s 1TB Gen4x4 NVMe SSDs Windows 11 Pro key Here's the build his less than $650, with th

I like my Beelink SER8 AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS. It's fast, reliable, and runs cool. However, I think the requirement for 3 M.2 slots will be the limiting factor as most of the mini PCs I've looked at had two M.2 slots. When asking AI for mini PCs with three or more M.2 slots, it returned the Minisforum M

Coming from a PC repair shop, we simply scan customer OOTB PC drives from a secure computer (akin to your Dell) for malware, inspect the PC & the staff & I are done. These are primarily purchases from Walmart, Target, Amazon, etc, where we rarely find anything. It's not like during the pandemic or c

With a little research, you'll quickly find that the BMAX B8A Pro has all the serious "red flags" of a cost cutting budget build. Couple of the signs are. • Cheaper quality Chinese market 8745HS • RAM reduced to cheaper 4800MT/s • RAM configuration reduced to 1x 16GB single channel memory • Native p

There are issues with AMD CPU versions of Beelink mini PCs at the moment regarding chipset driver updates that degrade system performance and cause random reboots, thermal throttling and freezes. I temporarily fixed my SER8 8745hs by rolling back my AMD GPIO driver to the previous version. Beelink t

So far the most quiet mini PCs I've had in front of me have been the Beelink SER8 8845HS and SER9 Pro HX 370. These have a non-ventilated aluminum case with single fan cooling specifically designed with noise in mind. I personally own a GMKtec K8 Plus with a fully ventilated case and dual fan coolin

If you're focused on "quiet" look at the non ventilated case, single fan SER8/SER9 series. Out of the ones I tried, this design was noticeable the quietest. I chose a dual fan, fully ventilated case knowing long-term heat kills laptops and NUCs. I'm running the 35W TDP "silent mode" on my K8 Plus mo

I also sent back my k12 recently - mainly for the fan noise. I was just intending to use it as a media pc for my TV, but found the fans to be an annoying pitch and also loud, even after tweaking fan speeds. I got the beelink ser8 instead, which I could tune to be literally silent (fans off) at idle,

Currently Chinese NUCs have constantly gone up in price, only going on "sale" to the original price after they go up. As for the SER8 there are a couple of things to be aware of. 1st they are different processors. The 8745HS is basically an engineering grade version of the 8845HS AMD is dumping on t

The Beelink SER8 has single fan cooling with bottom ventilation, and is the quieter of the two. The 8745HS isn't acknowledged by AMD, requiring custom AGESA firmware only supported by the manufacturer (AZWBeelink). The GMKtec NucBox K8 Plus has dual fan cooling & a fully ventilated case, with a 8845