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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

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.

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

From the perspective of customer experience. Of the latest generation mPCs, the least customer complaints/request tickets & apparent customer satisfaction since the holidays has been the Beelink SER8 8845HS & GMKtec NucBox K8 Plus. The SER8 8845HS has restrictive induction single fan cooling for enh

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

I had a Minisforum NAB6 that ran great but had a lot of trouble keeping the CPU and drive cool. I tried several different external fan configurations but never got it down below about 50C at idle. I switched to a Beelink SER8 with similar processing power and it runs consistently around 30C for both

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 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

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