SER8

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

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

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,

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

Probably Beelink SER8 8745hs 32Gig specifically. Don't touch the 24Gig config. It's not about the size. It's the memory configuration on the PCB. They're hurting iGPU performance. They are dead silent with great temperature management and uses Crucial exclusively for memory/SSD.

Currently TSMC 4nm fabrication is the most efficient and cost effective in the x86/x64 CISC sector. There are a number of AMD Ryzen architectures on this fabrication node. As a personal example I'm running a GMKtec K8 Plus to meet some of these requirements. Its a Hawk Point Zen 4 architecture 8845H

I have an SER8 which is Ryzen 7 (8845HS) with Radeon 780m graphics. The SER9's CPU is similar, but newer architecture, and has a better GPU. Mine is also 32GB and 1TB. One thing I don't like about this SER9 is that it lists LPDDR5 RAM; I would prefer socketed SODIMM that can be replaced or upgraded

I had an NAB6 that I constantly had to tweak to keep cool. Had to upgrade the NVMe heatsink and add this fan to exhaust hot air. It reduced idle temps from the 60s down to the low 50s, but still not as cool as my stock Beelink SER8. A bigger fan would certainly have done more, but I was trying to mi

I would say go mac mini as well, but I am currently very happy with a 64gb, 2x1tb beelink ser8 running win11 (winhanced) and av linux. Class compliant focusrite solo works with both. Runs cool and quiet with a few easy bios tweaks at balanced power and has been as steady as a rock so far.