This teardown took an hour so set the speed to x2 or skip forward a lot. This is for anyone that needs help opening their GTi mini pc:

https://youtu.be/Hc-88FSCyEU?si=O6bwXDUaknipLCKu

Beelink went extra crazy and there are 55 screws in this mini pc. It took 16 screws to access the RAM/SSD and another 24 screws to access the CPU. Most mini PC enclose their RAM/SSD with 5-10 screws and have under 20 screws in total.

Synthetic tests, temperatures, and graph comparisons between the GTi14 Ultra and SER8 are linked in the google sheets link below.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mHzUf9Mc2KZC7XjY2Y9KOp26uUJ_dMThe2vfSyQQANs/edit?usp=drivesdk

Generally, the GTi14 Ultra is behind the SER8 in performance and has higher temperatures. The difference isn't big enough to be felt during casual use but it is safe to say that buying the GTi14 Ultra should be for its features rather than raw performance because it is considerably more expensive than the SER8.

Average temperatures were good and better than a GTR7 Pro but not as amazing as the SER8 due to unusual max CPU temperature spikes, heat from the internal power supply, and smaller SSD heatsink. I opened the GTi14 Ultra to diagnose CPU thermal throttling reports from HWinfo64. It is possible hwinfo64 is having trouble reading the CPU temperature. Cleaning liquid metal was tedious but possible with paper towels and +90% isopropyl alcohol. I plan on lapping and repasting the large vapor chamber because I suspect it may not be flat and the 185H die is very long.

Features to note with the GTi14 Ultra:

• finger print sensor
• speakers
• microphone
• intel BE200 wifi 7 (finally a better wireless card than the AX200 wifi 6!!)
• liquid metal, vapor chamber, and super mega 120x12mm 12V fan. The SER8 used a 105x12mm 12V fan and that was already very jumbo. These large fans are phenomenal.
• pcie x16 slot limited to pcie gen 4 x8 bandwidth (very frustrating to have but cannot use without a dock). It's possible we are not seeing the GTi with an AMD processor due to a lack of pcie lanes.
• 145W very very small internal power supply so there is no external power brick. Weirdly, there is some thermal bleed where the PC case gets around 30C when sleeping or off. I connected the GTi14 ultra to its own switch so I could cut power completely.
• SD card reader (underrated thing to include, very useful to me and my 3D printers and cameras)
• rear audio jack for cleaner speaker wire management
• dual 2.5GB lan

I tried talking to microsoft's copilot which was a funny novelty since copilot is too chatty. After a couple days, I stopped using it. I'm not in the habit of using speach apps like apple's Siri. Your experience may vary. The microphone and speaker were of mid quality, functional. I may not reinstall the microphone because it lacks an off switch.

The GTi14 Ultra is unexpectedly portable. It's larger than an intel NUC and Beelink SER6 but I did not have to worry about a power brick, speakers for audio, and logging in was a breeze with a fingerprint sensor. It works surprisingly well with a portable monitor.

The GTi14 Ultra is an engineering marvel and monstrous inside for better and worse.

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