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Hey everyone, I just picked up an Acemagic V1 (N150, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) and want to get the most out of it. Planning to use it mainly for web browsing, streaming, and some light productivity tasks.

A few questions:

1)Should I stick with Windows 11 or switch to Linux for better performance?

2)Any recommended tweaks to make it run smoother?

3)Are there any driver updates or BIOS settings I should check?

Appreciate any advice—thanks!

I’m looking to pick up a minipc with an AMD 7840u or equivalent for as cheap as possible with plans to build a handheld portable with it and was wondering if anyone has had any success with buying minipcs pff of AliExpress or if you guys had any other suggestions?

Very much a newbie when it comes to pcs, and don’t necessarily have the budget/space to get a full fledged gaming pc so I was looking at these two options. Any thoughts/recommendations on which one is better? I only really need the mini pc to play the sims and maybe some schoolwork so nothing too heavy.

Ive seen lots of review on youtube warning about this, for example the ace magician and the beelink computers. Are there any brands I should avoid or every brand is tainted. Can you direct me to a model without this problems if some of them are infected?

Hello, I am trying to buy a mini PC for a family member who dabbles into software (mostly uni work) and does light gaming on 1080p monitor. (league, tft, val, nothing too crazy).

I was wondering how the 870 slim would do 32gb ram + 780m
Also wondering if it is a good deal.

Im not sure if having this screenshot is ok in the sub but thank you all in advance.

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I have a brand new Ser8 with an 8745HS 32gbs of ram and I'm unsure if I should go with Batocera or Retrobat. The Ser8 is beefy for a mini pc but will I lose a lot of performance to the overhead of windows? My use case here is emulation up through original xbox and Dolphin.

Thanks for any suggestions!

So... as a result of an ill-advised eBay purchase, I am the proud owner of 10 Jasper Lake based mini-PCs; specifically the 10Zig 6000Q-1TAA.

As you can see from the photo, the motherboard of the machine has three mystery I/O interfaces. The white socket on the right turns out to be mSATA. The grey one on the left is E-keyed M.2 (and even turns out to have a PCIe lane going to it, fortunately).

And then there's the 10-pin header in the center of the image.

Does anyone know what it is? How would I even figure it out? My suspicion is that it's a header for a TPM daughterboard, but if so it's entirely dissimilar to the TPM daughterboards for any other mobo on the market.

The company's support org has no idea -- they "don't have the information I'm asking for", and seem reluctant to just sell me parts for other models.

If you were me, and both a) wanted to know what this thing is, and b) actually had a need to put a TPM in this thing, what would you do? How would you proceed?

The machine itself

Close-up of the Mystery Slots(TM) inside. J4 is the one I'm interested in

Hi reddit!

I am interested in buying my first MiniPC. The computer will be connected to my living room TV and used for streaming services (since my TV doesn't support all services I'm interested in nativelly) and for gaming, primarily using Switch Pro and Stadia Controllers, but I also have a wireless keyboard and mouse.

The games I intend to play are not that demanding on hardware, but I still would like to be able to use the mini pc for a few years before I have to replace it to be able to play newer games.

I was thinking of getting the Beelink SER8 for this purpose and would like to hear your oppinion on it.

• Regarding bad wifi and bluetooth range: I can connect the SER8 to my router directly via ethernet and I don't mind plugging in an extra dongle should the built in bluetooth be too unstable to connect controllers to.
• Amazon at the moment doesn't have the 8745HS in stock, so I'm considering getting it directly from Beelink (I'm living in Germany). According to their website they ship within 15 days and delivery takes 3-7 business days.

Does anyone have experience in ordering directly from beelink to central Europe or Germany? I expect I will have to pay sales tax and customs on arrival?

Any similar priced alternatives I should consider instead?

Mein Vater brauch einen neuen PC. Für Office und Internet. Sein Büro ist nicht ganz so Staubfrei, trotzdem will ich weg von dem großen Desktop PC.

Ich mag ja Geekom aber auch die optiplex Serie von Dell. Gebraucht liegt der Optiplex im Bereich von einem Geekom A5, daher die Alternative. Der Optiplex ist allerdings einfacher zu reinigen. Allerdings müsste ich Adapter von Displayport zu hdmi und dvi kaufen, wenn ich den optiplex nehme.

Der Geekom hat einen AMD Ryzen 7 5825U und win 11 pro. Ca 400 €

Der Optiplex hat einen i5 10500T und Win 11 Home. Rund 450€

Was mein ihr? Ich kann mich nicht entscheiden.

I'll only be using it for watching movies, web browsing and email etc. I've been using a Trigkey S5 but it freezes on all 4k movies after a few seconds to a few minutes.

can i connect a usb egpu to the trigkey s6 6900hx? the specific gpu is the RX 580 8GB.

I am looking for a mini PC as a NAS. I was thinking of something with an n100 or so and 3 drive slots would be ideal. One for the OS and the other two as raid.

I purchased several N150 Mini PCs for a project, but unfortunately they don't work with Hackintosh since the integrated GPU isn't supported. AMD Ryzen APUs with Vega graphics would be compatible - what cost-effective alternative would you recommend? I'm looking for 10-15 units and want to spend as little as possible. The performance should be at least on par with the N150

Hey, I was looking at various options for Protectli VP6650 including the storage options. Looks like a 4TB NVMe based storage is cheaper than 2TB NVMe + 2TB 2.5' SSD ($255 vs $293)

My question is whether it's better to just get all NVMe or split into NVMe + SSD and if so why?

On the box I was planning to run Proxmox with VMs - pfsense, HomeAssistant, Roon server and perhaps Plex at some point for movie streaming. On top of that, few containers in docker compose or kubernetes cluster for educational purposes.
I am not planning to make this Protectli my storage, for that I would have proper NAS with a RAID.

Thanks a lot for all suggestions,

M.

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I'm looking for a cheap minipc. I need very little processing power but a lot of RAM (min 32gb but ideally 64gb). What minipc setup would you be looking at to achieve this in the most cost efficient manner?

Hi, just got a Trigkey G5 with 16GB Ram and 500GB SSD.

I've installed Opnsense and that seems to be working very well.

However when I issue a reboot command the box seems to shut the OS down, but doesn't finish the reboot. I have to press the power button quickly and then it reboots.

Is there a setting in the BIOS that needs updating ?

Thanks

Purchased my Minisforum MS-01 i9-13900H Barebones for $639 on December 15, 2024. Now, it costs $679 on shop.minisforum.com. Tariffs already taking effect? 🤔

Can I get away with a GMKtec g3 for the following: *Low power consumption *Basic Minecraft server *Home assistant to serve a couple video feeds over to an Apple TV. *maybe some other light weight docker containers

If not, what you recommend?

I’m overwhelmed by the number of options for gaming mini PCs. Every time I find one, there’s always a “better” option, and it’s hard to decide.

The best one I’ve found so far is the ACEMAGIC Mini Gaming PC (AM08PRO):

• 32GB DDR5 RAM
• 1TB NVMe SSD
• Ryzen 9 6900HX + AMD Radeon 680M
• Supports 4K Triple Screen, RGB Lights, WiFi 6, BT 5.2, Type-C, up to 4.9GHz

I’m looking for something in the $300–$500 range. I code and play games like Fortnite, so I need something fast and great for gaming. If it handles gaming well, I know it’ll handle everything else I do.

Must-haves:

• Good performance (speed is key)
• Decent storage (I’m switching from a 1TB laptop)
• Solid RAM (for multitasking and coding)

There are so many mini PCs out there—I just want a final, no-regrets decision. Any recommendations?

I was playing Atomic Heart and checked HWInfo and found that temperatures were hitting 99 C. What temperature ranges are safe when using mini PCs?

my mini pc just shut off on time and flashed green for a couple frames before everything just stopped working it's like the usb ports and stuff just stopped working nothing was showing up my keyboard wasn't turning on just nothing

HI, I did a fresh install of Windows and when I pull up the device manager I get a few errors. Has anyone else seen this? I tried to reinstall drives after downloading the drivers on the minisforum site but doesnt seem to do anything.

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I've seen a lot of people recommending others to opt for a mini pc without an NPU because they won't need it or use it...although that may be true at 1st that doesn't mean it won't be true later...especially as more and more companies take full advantage of it...there will come a time when a certain feature is implemented in your OS or app and your mini pc without an NPU won't be able to run it or have a gimped version of it....just something to think about if you're in the market for a mini pc.

"These optimized models let developers build and deploy AI-powered applications that run efficiently on-device, taking full advantage of the powerful NPUs in Copilot+ PCs," Microsoft wrote. It added that it implemented systems to take advantage of low-bit processing to ensure the R1 models could run locally on NPU hardware."

Deepseek is coming to Windows Copilot+ PCs

Both has 8845HS, 780M

SER8 is $600 and K8 Plus is $550 for 32GB/1TB

Will use it primarily for gaming until I can get my hands on a RTX 5080 for a SFFPC build with Nanoq case arriving soon. Will then use the Mini PC for my homelab.