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Beelink S12 Pro Mini PC Intel N100 16GB 512GB $265.30 Delivered @ Beelink via Amazon AU

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Good specs for the price Mini PC from Beelink

Beelink Alder Lake-N100 Processor (Up to 3.40GHz)
Windows-11 Pro Mini Computer,
MINI-S12 Pro Mini PC,
- 16GB RAM
- 500GB SSD
- Dual HDMI
- WiFi 6
- BT 5 .2
- RJ45 (single NIC/lan port 1000/100/10)

The Intel N100 cpu runs at 6W when snoozing, so much less power hungry then the N95 & N5095.

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  • Raj09 on 25/09/2023 - 16:37

    What do you use it for? At home

    • abs898 on 25/09/2023 - 16:39
      +14

      Watching porn

      • RecklessMonkeys on 25/09/2023 - 17:09
        +4

        So you have a "mini" , then?

        • abs898 on 25/09/2023 - 17:22
          +2

          Mini PC for large action

    • M00Cow on 25/09/2023 - 16:41
      +1

      Well you can stick it in the back of a monitor and use it as a PC. But most people use it to run as a server, like Plex, Pi-Hole, Sonarr, SABNZB Minecraft, Home Assistant,etc

      • Raj09 on 25/09/2023 - 17:55

        OK got it. I have the prime TV thing so don't see why this one will help. But I get you for desktop computer

    • redfox1200 on 25/09/2023 - 16:45
      +6

      computing and computing related activities

  • SickDmith on 25/09/2023 - 17:10

    How is the build quality of this unit?

  • vodamerc on 25/09/2023 - 17:19

    This will get cheaper

    • superroach on 25/09/2023 - 17:38

      how so? pretty good specs

  • kouk on 25/09/2023 - 17:24

    Wish this had a second ethernet port so it could replace my OPNsense sff

      • neverlate on 25/09/2023 - 18:39

        do these have auto power on feature in the bios? say after a power outage.

        • OnTheMark on 25/09/2023 - 18:52
          +5

          I've got the N95 version of this deal and although it's not obvious, it does have a setting for S0 after G3 under the chipset settings which translates to power on after power is restored - I've just tested it and it does work.

    • GordonD on 25/09/2023 - 19:47
      +1

      Got an unused M.2 A+E key socket you're not using for wireless? Put a NIC in it. You can get ones with 2 ports. You can get ones with 2.5GbE ports.

      Or use a USB-C port to Ethernet adapter. They're cheap and easy.

    • Ademos on 25/09/2023 - 19:48

      You may find my other big comment re the P8505 boxes neat.

  • simehome on 25/09/2023 - 17:54

    I have an old intel i5-5600 (3.2Ghz) with GTX 970 card which is used for heavy office computing and programming (driving a 4k screen). No gaming.

    Would this mini PC match the performance? (looking for a space saving option for new office)

  • salehiam on 25/09/2023 - 17:55

    This or the second hand dell OptiPlex 8th gen that we regularly see on ebay? My use case is minecraft for kids and building a small home kubernetes cluster.

    • CrispyChrispy on 25/09/2023 - 19:08

      If you can slap a cheap GT 1030 or another low profile GPU in the Optiplex that's a better bet than this mini PC imo

      I don't want to say this would struggle with Minecraft, especially not Bedrock Edition, but I'd argue the Optiplex so the kids can at least play more intensive titles down the track if they want to if that makes sense.

  • GordonD on 25/09/2023 - 18:32

    The Intel N100 cpu runs at 6W when snoozing

    That's hardly very impressive. My Ryzen R1505G - CPU + GPU - runs at 1.13W when idling.

    Do you want to correct that. The N100 has a TDP of 6W. That's how much power it uses under load, not when its idling. Which is good for a 4 core 4 thread CPU.

    • OnTheMark on 25/09/2023 - 18:40
      +1

      6W is the TDP, so should be using a lot less when running idle.

      I've recently bought an N95 based Beelink that is otherwise the same as this - I just put a power meter on it and the whole system is drawing about 9W whilst sitting idle on the Windows 11 desktop. Doing a stress test in CPU-Z pushes it up to about 19W total

      • GordonD on 25/09/2023 - 19:01

        If you download PassMark (free) it will tell you how much grunt you are getting for your 6W. It allows you to compare with other CPUs, GPUs, RAM and drives.

        If you download CPUID HWMonitor (free) it'll tell you how much power your CPU is using, how fast its clocking and how hot its running. Plus a bunch of other things.

  • kingmoron on 25/09/2023 - 19:15
    +1

    anyone know of a similar solution but with some more graphics power?

    • Ademos on 25/09/2023 - 19:45
      +3

      Literally just posted this, but here goes :

      Anyone considering a NUC for home automation/lab might find neat the relatively new but seemingly less well known Pentium Gold 8505 units.

      Not much more TDP, but 1x proper (HT) performance core and 4x efficiency cores… a significant bump across the board, along with all the server virtualisation stuff, bigger cache, etc.

      Also can do DDR5 (vs DDR4). 64gb Ram vs 16. 2 channel mem vs 1. 48EU GPU vs 24-32. The list goes on.

      There's even fanless units out there with 6 built in RJ45 ports to double up as your home router running PFSense on a VM or something.

      Yeah, you pay more, but in the small form factor it's revolutionary. Can run multiple 4k cameras to it for a security system as well thanks to the GPU. Like 7x of them, it's been reported.

      Here's a comparison between the N-series and an 8505

      https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/compare.htm…

      • ace310 on 03/10/2023 - 10:06

        That Pentium looks nice.

        I am looking at this Mini ITX NAS Motherboard Pentium N6005 for my unraid home media server. Do you know any motherboard which has 6 sata ports and has either the i3-n305 or the pentium you mentioned.

        • Ademos on 03/10/2023 - 11:20

          No, I'm only just getting started on my little home NUC research journey. There'd have to be something out there, or something like a mini PCI-E daughterboard.

          Why not a seperate NAS, how big are the drives you want to use. SSD? 3.5"?

          • ace310 on 03/10/2023 - 11:24

            @Ademos: There is one listed below with i3, but doesn't have enough sata ports. Thinking of getting an mini-itx board in Fractal Design Node 304 with 5 hdds with Unraid and it last me for a while.
            12th Gen Fanless Firewall Soft Router Intel i3 N305 N200 N100 DDR5 4800MHz 4xi226-V 2.5G LAN Mini PC Proxmox ESXi Host Server

            • Ademos on 03/10/2023 - 11:36

              @ace310: It sounds like your use case is either beyond a NUC, or requires a NUC + A NAS type unit. There's only so much you can cram into / off one box :D

              commentary on the i226-V ethernet chip that has is not great, on reddit etc.

              That said you can do a lot with a single HDD nowadays. 12tb on one drive, lol!

              • ace310 on 09/10/2023 - 07:02

                @Ademos: I am not power user for media server, so will give it a try if everything works in it. If not I will move plex & some other services to another NUC and keep NAS related features here. Already have 2x1tb Cache nvme, 12tb&4tb hdds. Looking at getting another 2x16tb(parity & storage), so will have around 4xhdd & 2xssd.

            • Eatoff on 08/10/2023 - 22:24

              @ace310: I just built in a jonsbo n2 case. Much more compact than the fractal design.

              I've reused some other hardware I had, so I've got an 11th i7 installed in mine which is way overkill. Am tempted by these lower power chipsets

              • ace310 on 09/10/2023 - 06:58

                @Eatoff: Nice. I did see jonsbo n2 case. Where & how much you got the case for?

                • Eatoff on 09/10/2023 - 09:17
                  +1

                  @ace310: I got it from ple computers for $179.

                  It's quite a bit smaller then the fractal design

  • Ademos on 25/09/2023 - 19:45
    +1

    Anyone considering a NUC for home automation/lab might find neat the relatively new but seemingly less well known Pentium Gold 8505 units.

    Not much more TDP, but 1x proper (HT) performance core and 4x efficiency cores… a significant bump across the board, along with all the server virtualisation stuff, bigger cache, etc.

    Also can do DDR5 (vs DDR4). 64gb Ram vs 16. 2 channel mem vs 1. 48EU GPU vs 24-32. The list goes on.

    There's even fanless units out there with 6 built in RJ45 ports to double up as your home router running PFSense on a VM or something.

    Yeah, you pay more, but in the small form factor it's revolutionary. Can run multiple 4k cameras to it for a security system as well thanks to the GPU. Like 7x of them, it's been reported.

    Here's a comparison between the N-series and an 8505

    https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/compare.htm…

    • GordonD on 25/09/2023 - 19:48

      You said that already.

      • Ademos on 25/09/2023 - 19:48
        +1

        You said that already.

        • kingmoron on 25/09/2023 - 19:55
          +2

          anyone know of a similar solution but with some more graphics power?

    • Shootinputin89 on 28/09/2023 - 20:37

      Or you can not worry about Intel's trash performance/efficiency cores and get a AMD Ryzen system.

      • Ademos on 28/09/2023 - 23:41

        Not at this tdp, with that gpu power, no. I dont think you can.

  • jonathonsunshine on 25/09/2023 - 20:34

    The N100 has AV1 decoding I believe. Not sure about 10bit or if AV1 will ever even become relevant…

    • superroach on 25/09/2023 - 21:18

      Av1 is used already in youtube isnt it? Its good to have.

      • jonathonsunshine on 25/09/2023 - 22:19

        AV1 has been around for a long time already and HEVC seems fairly cemented in the 4k space, doesn't look like it's going anywhere… I'm hoping it takes off as well, opensource, one codec to rule them all…

        • vodamerc on 26/09/2023 - 13:34

          AV1 will absolutely be the new king of video codecs. Hardware is the limiting factor right now, but it's being pushed hard and everything this or next generation will be able to at least decode. Latest gen graphics cards can encode it incredibly well too.

          Won't be long until YouTube turn it on for viewers as well.

          • desync on 04/10/2023 - 02:46
            +1

            @vodamerc: agreed, consumer hardware support is just rolling out now

            even so youtube have already adopted it

            extremely likely to be the new standard for the decade

  • Shootinputin89 on 28/09/2023 - 20:35

    Wish it had a second ethernet port so i can pfsense that shiz.

  • Rollyboyau on 01/10/2023 - 13:23

    Is there a mini pc that can be powered off a USB power bank? Minimum need is to view pdf files (viewing A1 plans) which will be mounted on a tool box.

    Budget is under $300. Cheaper the better.

    Plan is a mini pc + portable monitor on a tool box.

    Been looking at mini pc's but not sure what to get and I don't want to overspend on features that I would not use

    • OnTheMark on 01/10/2023 - 14:41

      Some laptops can be charged/run off a USB-C PD power bank - would that work for you?

      • Rollyboyau on 01/10/2023 - 16:58

        I'm open to different suggestions. What options would I be looking at and I could research what fits best for me. Thanks

        • SickDmith on 04/10/2023 - 18:50

          Have you decided what software you are going to use?

          • Rollyboyau on 07/10/2023 - 13:22

            @SickDmith: Mainly office, pdfs (multiple opened), corelDRAW

            Tablet would be fine if just viewing pdfs, but I prefer keyboard and mouse for better work flow.

    • desync on 02/10/2023 - 00:27

      use a tablet

    • Ademos on 06/10/2023 - 10:44

      Use a tablet?

  • desync on 02/10/2023 - 00:26

    are these the ones that are only capable of 4k/50fps?

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