I've been wanting to set up an owncloud for a while and stop paying google for additional storage in my google drive. I always thought of it as being a raspberry pi based set up with a powered usb hub and external hard drives.

Looking at these some of these N100 units, I'm wondering if they couldn't fill that gap?

To me it seems like the ethernet port and the 2.5mm SSD slots that some have make for a pretty solid starting place, but I'd like to get some thoughts on it before pulling the trigger on another project.

It's a super simple and very low-spec PC but it's sufficient for basic Internet and office tasks. I love it. They sell for around $125 on Amazon last I saw for anyone that is interested.

Hey all, new user of bee link and loving the performance!

Wondering if anyone is successful in overclocking and are the benefits in gaming worth it?

Thanks

Hi I'm new to the mini pc world, have built 2 full size systems but never got a mini.

Parents need a system to do basic web browsing and Ms office.

How much ram? Was thinking 16gb

What type of storage? 1tb/ 512 gb M2 nvme or is that overkill?

What are some recommendations?

I'm about to buy a Beelink Ser5 mini PC (Ryzen 7 5700u). Can I expect a good performance of a USB audio interface connected to it?

As most USB interfaces, mine doesn't have external supply, it takes the needed energy from the USB connection.

Or should I get larger name brand pc?

Just looking for some input. I have not looked into a PC purchase for a long long time. I am looking to get a mini PC for a primary school student. Something that can run windows and ms office, plus have the functionality to run a few games, maybe emulate some PS3. I have looked into the beelink Ser4 and the Asus pn41 so far.

It's been so long that I don't really know what I'm looking for. Something around $400 is my market. Are there other options besides the beelink or Asus?

I've been on the hunt for a very lightweight PC that I can use for working on pretty simple programming projects (learning languages, little apps here and there, nothing that's going to be handling heavy external requests) and the Beelink series seems perfect for what I am after.

For those that have gone with this PC or something similar to Beelink, how have you found this box worked for you? The only thing I need to do, it seems, is flash the BIOS and get linux on there instead of Windows 11. But given that it's a mini pc i'm curious if there's anything I should look out for when wiping Windows for Linux. I'm also curious how this thing sounds and if it overheats.

I don't think my workloads will be anything close to pushing this thing to the edge, but I might have some docker containers going here and there (but nothing that'll require high availability). If I wanted to upgrade a part on it later (RAM or disk space), is it easy enough to upgrade?

I've been looking on AliExpress and other places for a mini pc to replace my RiPi 4. It's really slowing down. If like to run my docker images and selfhost ABS, Arr and other things I currently run.

Is the T8 PRO good for this? Is it easy enough to get it running like I do my RiPi? It has N100, 16G and 512G but I'll be adding my SSD and everything else to it.

It's only £100ish so really cheap. Maybe something better is good for this price? I'm happy to take suggestions.

Id also like to know of any guides on setting it up and if it's easy to use as a server?

Thanks in advance.

I’ve a GMKTec G2 that arrived last week. It. booted up fine, I updated the bios and left it running Windows updates over night. At about 2am it hung (power monitoring dropped to 6W and sat there) and in the morning had a blank screen and was unresponsive. I’ve tried long pressing the power button. I’ve unplugged and replugged. I’ve also tried a full reset (unplug, remove battery, bridge battery connector and hold the power button for a minute). But nothing seems to work. The box just sits with the power light on and fan spinning but with no video output (tried both HDMI and the DP) and no network response (doesn’t show as connected to a switch at all).

GMKTec have not replied to any emails, so before I file a chargeback on my CC does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could try to “revive” the device? I’d rather like to use it. TIA.

I’ve recently been doing some research into mini PCs, to use as a Plex server and desktop replacement, and wanted to get some further advice.

Background

I’ve been running a Raspberry Pi Plex server for a few years, but it's not great. I have been considering replacing with a NAS but the cost was off putting, especially as I don’t have any heavy transcoding needs, so when I saw the suggestion of a mini PC for a few hundred pounds that seemed like a more appealing option.

My AMD Athlon X4 desktop is nearly 10 years old and whilst it still does the job for web browsing, Office, streaming and some light gaming, I’ve been considering an upgrade at some point. Feels like a mini PC with a half decent spec and Windows will be a good option to replace both, and save a lot of space.

Storage

I have a 4TB external drive hooked up to the Raspberry Pi, and 2 x 2TB 3.5” HDDs in my desktop (which I sync to the external drive).

It seems like most mini PCs have space for an additional 2.5” drive, but specify a 2TB limit, so I was considering getting one or two caddies to use with my existing HDDs. But from what I’ve since read it seems that this 2TB limit isn’t necessarily the case, does anyone have experience of using a larger capacity drive? If this is feasible, to reduce external devices, I’d probably go for a 4TB SSD for my media, and then keep using the external drive as a backup.

I also have a 5.25” BD-RW drive which I use for ripping discs and occasional burning. I think a portable drive to replace this won’t cost much more than a caddy for the existing drive, and will be more compact.

Processor

When I was only considering as a Plex server, it seemed the Intel N100 would be a very suitable processor, and while it would still be an improvement on my current desktop it feels like spending a bit more to get something more future-proofed would be worthwhile. I’ve been looking at a few devices with the AMD Ryzen5 5560U, is this overkill for my needs, or worth the extra? Certainly don’t think I need anything faster, but I’m also not sure if there’s benefit of going Intel over AMD?

General

I assume there are no issues leaving it running permanently as a server? It won’t be in heavy use so want to minimise consumption when not in use, presumably it can sleep and be awakened when needed?

And any other tips/suggestions?
I’m UK based and looking to buy from Amazon. £300 feels like a realistic budget for the mini PC (and then the additional drives on top), at the moment these two are looking like good options but will consider others devices/configurations based on advice/responses to the above questions.

Beeline SER5 AMD 5560U/16GB/1TB - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0B875HX5C

Trigkey S5 AMD 5560U/16GB/1TB - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0CL4R1SVS

Sorry for the long post and thanks for any advice!

I have a Minisforum NUCXi7 which has two M2 Nvme slots the boot being Gen 4 and the secondary M2 slot is Gen 3. Now for the past 9 months everything has worked OK recently the 1TB Lexar M2 Gen 4 stick using the 3rd Gen M2 slot has disappeared from the Win11 pro OS. Subsequently fitting another brand new M2 Gen4 stick has made no difference.

I did notice lately that the case was getting a tad warm and the cooling fan appears to running nearly all the time during any backup operation. The dealer is telling me the issue lies with Gen 4/3 incompatibilty, My gut feeling is the innards are overheating and slot 2 has fried ?? or its Windows 11 Pro playing games ?

What are these new UM790 Pro drivers for and do I have to install it: AMD IPU Driver.zip

Found these new AMD drivers on the Official Minisforum Support site

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What does it do? Do I need to install it, how to install and how to check if installed properly?

Currently running Windows 11 Pro, I tried extracting the zip.file, then tried double clicking on the install.bat

some command prompt screens or terminal screens loaded up for a split second and then nothing happened?

Is it supposed to do that? Don't I get a command prompt/terminal screen saying something along the lines of 'installation successful' ?

Restarted the PC afterwards and noticed nothing different yet? So what does this new driver do exactly?

I tried looking for a new 'AMD IPU Device' entry in Device Manager => System Devices but didn't find anything.

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Anyone else notice this new AMD driver (22/Jan/2024) for the Minisforum UM790 Pro and have any luck in installing it?

guys i want to download 64 bit games on my samsung but my os is 32 bit, what are some good VMs/emulators i could use? my processor supports 64 bit but my phone is running 32 bit os