BeelinkSER8 Mini PC, AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS(4nm, 8C/16T) up to 4.9GHz, Mini Computer 24GB DDR5 RAM 1TB M.2 NVME SSD, Desktop PC 4K@120Hz Triple Display, Mini Gaming Computer WiFi6/BT5.2/2.5Gbps/W-11 Pro

This seems to be a well constructed machine. Very quiet and smooth.Opening the case is easy and quick, especially for a small PC, and it compares favorably to models I've owned or worked with from other makers (like HP Elite Mini series, some NUC-style machines, etc.) in both accessibility and easy of cleaning. (Obviously it does require unscrewing things, but that's a minimal issue.) You can replace all the major things like RAM, SSD, and wifi card w/o any trouble. Port choices are also very reasonable and well positioned.Currently running perfectly on Manjaro (Arch Linux derivative) with one minor issue - I had to set Bluetooth control panel to "receive from trusted devices" to send a file from my phone to the machine. Getting 150/380 Mbps Internet speed over wifi (no idea what router is supposed to be capable of, happy enough with that). 150% scaling factor on a TV display works well, no issues.Did not work as well w/ OpenSUSE tumbleweed, which had constant wifi issues - it seems to not have a good kernel or driver for the Intel AX200 for whatever reason. (I think it's known that Intel's driver's for AX200 are kind of finicky.) Was able to swap M.2 wifi card with no issues while evaluating tumbleweed, wouldn't recommend, just go w/ Arch or Manjaro.Any case, highly recommend the machine, it's without a doubt the best mini PC I've owned, though probably the most comparable machine is a Mac Mini, which I can't totally speak to in comparison.

I use this as a small form factor computer for tv gaming. Has worked wonderful thus far unfortunately not quite up to the oblivion remaster but rocks everything else. Maybe soon I can get a newer one from this brand to replace this one and move this one back to my bedroom. Overall I highly recommend and on top of that I think the price of this one has come down since I purchased! Great deal!

Beeline for the win!! I ended up sending back my AceMagician after it took forever to load and seemed to have a problem with integrated graphics. I read online then about quality makers and realized many are the same machine but different company name. Beelink seemed different. The web officials of Reddit said this was the company to go with for a mini PC and they were right. Boots reliably, great Windows 11 setup, kids are loving it for their rooms, they can do their homework while also play fortnight, Roblox and other games with ease. I was really impressed for Fortnight as my 12 yo wasn’t complaining about ‘lag’ or some other form of reason why he was losing to his friends - he was excited. I just wished he spent more time on Code.org then Forntnight. But in either case, great machine, good price and well worth the decision to switch.

I recently purchased a Beelink SER8 / 8745HS Mini PC on Amazon. While I have a MOSTLY favorable impression of this mini PC system, there are also some negatives, which I will list below. I received the PC in good condition, and started installing Windows 11 Pro updates, and some of my basic user software. The good stuff first :-) This mini PC is REALLY FAST, and extremely quiet, with very low fan noise! Also the fan ventilation is very effective, keeping the CPU temperatures low, even under moderate CPU loads. Since I do some audio editing on my PC, low fan noise is very important to me, and this mini PC meets this requirement. The AMD Ryzen 7 processor is speedy, and the AMD Radeon display adapter plays videos smoothly, with high frame rates. It handles my older Windows 10 apps, without any noticeable difficulties. It has an audio output jack on both the front and rear panels, which is a handy feature, not found on most mini PCs. The build quality of this mini PC feels quite solid, and the brushed metal top cover looks great.There are also a few negative aspects to this Beelink mini PC. First off, I immediately noticed the poor download speed performance of the internal Intel AX200 WiFi controller. Using my home 5G WiFi connection and the built-in Intel WiFi adapter, I was only able to reach a download speed of 34 Mbps, which is really dismal.THE SOLUTION : I disabled the internal WiFi adapter in "Device Manager", and connected a TP Link AC600 external USB WiFi adapter/antenna, and was able to achieve a download speed of 174 Mbps - which is about 5 times faster! Since the $15 USB WiFi adapter performs so much better, I have left the internal Intel WiFi adapter disabled, and am using the external USB WiFi adapter all the time now. While this is a cheap fix for the WiFi download speed problem, it is also a bit of a disappointment. ( NOTE :The download performance is probably degraded because of the placement of the built-in WiFi antenna, inside the metal case. )Other issues that I have yet to resolve, are problems with "sleep mode". One problem is that even if I set the "Power Options" setting to "Put the computer to sleep : 45 minutes", this PC does not actually go to sleep after 45 minutes! I have dug around in the other device software settings, but have been unable to fix this problem so far. The other problem with "sleep mode" is that it occasionally wakes up from manually initiated sleep mode, for no apparent reason. No clue as to why this happens, although it may have something to do with the fact that this PC is never fully asleep. This is because the SER8 system's BIOS only supports "S0 Modern Sleep" mode, which means that while it is "sleeping", Windows 11 is still running in the background, USB power is still on, and network internet activity is also happening! Apparently there is no way to disable this "feature" in the Windows 11 software, nor in the BIOS settings. While this is a very common "feature" (LOL) of most modern PC's, including Apple PCs, it is a potential network security issue, and it's also a waste of electric power.To sum up - this is overall a solid mini PC, despite the issues I have mentioned here.