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D**T
Size matters! That’s the reason I purchased it. Plus I needed a PC for a particular job.
So far it works fine and no problems. I have it connected to 2 monitors in tandem with my Mac Mini. To get the monitors to work I have to turn them of and on each time I change computers, but that is a minor issue. It works with my Mac keyboard as long as it is plugged in via a USB cord. I had to buy a mouse as the Magic Mouse doesn’t play well with windows. It’s not quite as smooth as the Mac if it’s working hard, but I’m OK with that as well. Overall it is much better that using windows in boot camp or Parallels on a Mac, as that’s an emergency measure at best The cost of upgrading the Mac mini ( a spare I had and adding memory, plus the inconvenience was getting close to the cost of the PC. It is super quiet and doesn’t seem to run hot. All in all I’m pleased with the unit, plus it is upgradeable if I recall want to do that.
R**L
Little monster ☺️
This mini pc after a few tweaks like going into bios and changing the por from 25 watts to 35 and overclocking the ram (make sure you get 3200mhz cl22 ram) it's a great performer... All the games I threw at it it has played (not all max settings some medium settings). For you guys who are getting blue screens what fixed it for me is uninstalling the wifi driver (windows 11) and downloading it from the Intel site. It's a great little machine if you know how to tweak it to get the most out of it
D**A
Not as advertised
It says it comes with windows 10 pro but it doesn't and it won't even activate or give me a product key. I got this because I have a ryzen 3 and can't run any programs that I would use for work or fun, I threw in my 970 evo plus because that was 1Tb and much much faster and I threw in the 16gb ram from my laptop because then I have 15.4gb usable, so it should be much better. I have to update the wifi driver and keep getting the blue screen every once in a while. Don't expect anything insane from this because what can you expect from a mini computer half the size of of a desktop gpu?...decent computer with some simple upgrades...oh almost forgot I also threw in my 2tb HDD so I have a total of 3rb and 16gb ram so that should be much better!
R**1
The little PC that could.
Well this is a great little PC. Just running a few of my Steam games and it's not bad (actually it's pretty good). Great for medium to light gaming. Just played Lost Ark and it looked and ran great. One thing upgrade it to 16 gb of ram and a 2 TB of mechanical drive (D drive) and this sucker runs well. Up date: 03/02/22 updated to Windows 11 and no problems. I am Very happy with this PC.
N**N
OK but not ready out of the box
Its ok. For the price and size it fine. For the investment the graphics card is very good. They say it's their "new" model but....its a new chip set in an old system. You will need to make time to get it running Example: The installed WiFi driver was 4 years old. I am sure someone will say so what! But considering that it came with Windows 10 I find this unacceptable. Example: The graphics card is fast but the POOR documentation and pre-sale compatibility resources made interfacing to my KVM a nightmare. I actually needed to disable the Radeon to get it to work. If you are not willing / able to tweek it .. it will be problematic. Maybe I am spoiled but this thing needed time to get right .. nothing crazy but be prepared.
I**Z
So far so Good
I am Using it for Emulation and works great on SMS,Sega Genesis,Nes, ,Super Nes, NeoGeo, GB,GBA,GB Color DS, 3DS, PSP , N64, DreamCast, Saturn, PS2 and Game Cube.But for regular PC games is not a Good machine in other words it’s not a Gaming PC, yes you can Run lot of PC games like Doom, Fortnite and GTA 5 but on lower specs and low FPS.
N**5
Great mini pc
I get this to replace an iMac, this pc is very fast and compact. The price was great too. I’m not tech person my my friend who is a software project manager recommended this unit and I’m very happy with it. Mounted it to the back of the monitor and the whole setup looks clean and modern like the IMac. I recommend this pc, small, stable and a great price
J**E
Great for Emulators
My old pc wasn’t keeping up with Dolphin Emulator. This does a great job. Also starting to use Cemu with mostly good results. Of course playing NES, SNES and SEGA emulators are ok as well but those are the only emulators I’ve used with this. Along with that, startup is insanely fast and it’s loud for about 2 seconds when you first start it but after that very quiet. Very impressed with the performance from something so small.
A**R
Poor Support & Dated Technology
Bought A Beelink SER 3 with 8 GB Ram & 256 GB NVMe. The PC was delivered in 2 days. It came with 1 stick of Crucial RAM 8GB DDR4 3200MHz CL22 Ram, a 256 GB Kingston NVMe model #OM8PDP3256B-A01 and an Intel M.2 2230 AC7265 wifi card. In the 8 GB memory configuration, 512 MB are allocated to video memory. To be honest, I was prepared for generic parts - so this was a plus.i am disappointed with the lack of a formal specifications list for this PC. Subsequent questions to the manufacturer about the brands and model numbers of included components went unanswered (which is why I have provided that information). To date, I have not been able to figure out the maximum speed of memory - I am assuming it is 3200 MHz as it is what is installed - but that is only a guess on my part.The technology included in this PC was a letdown. For instance the PC only supports Bluetooth V4.2 which has been around since 2014. Similarly, the wifi is only Wifi 5 - which I believe was introduced in 2013. The costs of upgrading to Bluetooth V5 (2016) and Wifi 6 (2019) would have been negligible to the manufacturer and easily could have been passed along to the consumer.According to Kingston, the 256 GB Kingston NVMe only has a read speed of 2400 MB/s and a write speed of 1100 MB/s which are on the slower side of NVMe speeds and consistent with the technology already described.When initializing the PC - it went to a BSOD upon the first check for MS updates. - An indication of poor quality control and led to needless aggravation. I couldn't help but think what would an average user have done at this stage?The product description indicates that Win 11 runs on this rig. However, there are no instructions to perform the upgrade on the vendor's site. A quick search indicates that some (or all) Beelink mini PC's will require a BIOS update prior to upgrading to Win 11. I am unsure if this applies to this particular Beelink model or not. I note that there have been no BIOS releases for this model other than the original BIOS. I am deferring this upgrade until Beelink provides more information on the upgrade process to the public. (Somehow, I think I may be waiting a while) I wouldn't recommend it to somebody who just wants something that will run out of the box. It feels like they just threw together some lower end parts and pushed this product out and don't want to do the work of supporting it.Summary:Pros: Fast delivery Name brand componentsCons: Dated technology Poor (nonexistent) support BSOD in initial setup - led to some unnecessary cursing.
A**R
Came with windows 11
It was listed to come with windows 10. Came with windows 11 with no option to revert to 10. Great that I will get longer term support.. but I am not thrilled about a lot of the "features" in windows 11Without a 3rd party program, there was no way to get rid of the teams/chat icon on the taskbar. Do I not own the operating system anymore? I might throw linux mint on it sometime in the future or install it on a second drive to dual boot.I'm using it more as a streaming box to my main rig. But I have tested a handful of games on it and they've all run fine. Just know that you are getting an APU and have realistic expectations for which games it can run locally. As a streaming PC it has been fantastic.
T**E
Small but capable
The Beelink SER3 is a good PC for everyday use plenty snappy for day to day tasks. If you want to get the best from this little box It would be advisable to either buy it with 16 gb of ram or add a second 8gb stick of ram to upgrade to dual channel ram. Having dual channel ram really wakes up these AMD Ryzen based PCs. It has plenty of power to use as a Home Theatre PC that handles 4k 60hz content with ease. This box is not for hard core gaming but can handle most games at lower settings. If you're a benchmark fanatic you probably won’t be happy but most games are playable. Considering it’s small size and price it is good value.
M**K
Great deal
Impressive computer for anything productivity related. The combination of processing speed and portability make it an exceptional option for someone who runs large programs or develops code often. I’m able to compile and run codes in less than half the time it took on my MacBookpro. The graphics rating is slightly misleading, however, as it is capable of the advertised display resolution for normal use, but won’t be able to run any sort of games without external gpu added. I didn’t purchase it for that reason so I don’t find it to be an issue but figured I’d try it out for gaming and the gpu was just unable to keep up with the demands of modern games. Only mentioning this part in case somebody thinks this is a cheap option for a gaming pc.
M**
I'm happy overall
It is powerfull as expected, quiet and i like its size.I didn't give 5 stars because it came with Windows 11, 2 x 8GB Crucial memory sticks and an intel SSD. At the time of purchase, they advertised Windows 10, 1 x 16GB Crucial memory stick and a Kingston SSD (see the images in the description of the product).Now, the memory slots are full instead of having one free. I'm not so happy with this.Also, i would have prefered Win10 but i'm ok with Win11 as it is stable so far.
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