Beelink Mini-PCs EQ14 and S13Pro N150 CPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD $299.20 or 500GB SSD $280 Delivered @ Beelink via Amazon AU

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The latest version of Beelink's quiet EQ13 mini PC but with a refreshed processor. Reviews say the N150 is only a small performance increase from the N100 with a higher TDP (6 W vs 10W), but given the EQ14 with 16GB RAM and 1TB storage is on sale for $299.20 currently and the OzB ATL for the EQ13 with N100 CPU, 16GB RAM and only 500GB storage is $329 I think this is a great deal.

The EQ14 with 16GB RAM and 500GB storage is $10.20 cheaper but imho not worth saving 10 buckaroos.

The S12 Pro with N100, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD is $259 but I’d prefer the EQ14 since it’s known to run silently and has dual Ethernet. S12Pro: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0C1N5287T

The S13 Pro with N150, 16GB RAM, 1TB storage is also $299 but again I’d prefer the EQ14. S13Pro: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0DPQC6DRV

Some reviewers have had minor driver issues with Linux though, there's a pretty good breakdown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8MUCR0u_7A. TL;DR you may need to go onto non-LTS Ubuntu or beta for hardware acceleration on Proxmox

Specs:

⚡【Latest Intel Alder Lake-N150】The EQ14 mini pc features 2024 latest Intel processor Alder Twin-N150 (4C/4T, up to 3.6 GHz, 25W TDP Max). Low power consumption and compact size makes the mini computer the first choice for light office work, 4K video playback, online training, design and much more.
⚡【Powerful Memory & Expandability】Mini PC with high-speed 16GB DDR4 memory and 1TB M.2 2280 SSD. This mini PC is perfect for everyday work and content creation. It provides powerful storage without severely draining system resources. Plus, You can expand storage to 2TB by adding an M.2 2280 SSD (NVMe/SATA).
⚡【4K Ultra HD Display】 Beelink N150 is equipped with UHD Graphics 24EUs 1000MHz, supports 4K video playback, providing smooth and gorgeous visual effects. You can also connect this mini PC to a projector to create a home theater and enjoy all kinds of entertainment. The Dual HDMI Mini PC allows you to connect two monitors simultaneously, simplifying and increasing your productivity.
⚡【Dual 1000M LAN & Wifi6】Beelink N150 has dual 1000M Ethernet ports that enable fast data transmission to meet your daily needs. Built-in WiFi6 (Intel AX101) and BT5.2, delivers a faster and more stable internet experience for you.
⚡【Satisfactory service】 Beelink mini pc will be delivered to customers only after strict inspection. Customer support makes our products better, which is our motivation to continue to bring better products to customers. Provide one year warranty, if you have any questions, please contact us.

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  • bargin424 on 13/01/2025 - 06:27
    +2

    Can this be used to connect to a NVR, and then wirelessly to a guest wifi network? Thinking to use this as a temp solution rather than spending similar amounts for a router eith VLAN that are expensive

    Potentially in the future, may use this to run blue iris

    • kizzaaa on 13/01/2025 - 08:07

      Yeah pfSense or OPNsense will work on these, and it would be the lower cost approach compared to a prosumer/business grade router.

      You might find that it’s suitable as permanent solution if the requirement stays the same.

  • kaikor on 13/01/2025 - 07:16

    so bet N150 must be perform better than N100?

    • geekcohen on 13/01/2025 - 07:38

      According to this, yes.

    • philotex on 13/01/2025 - 08:10
      +2

      The naming convention is misleading. The N97 also outperforms the N100 but consumes more power.

    • Joku on 13/01/2025 - 08:19
      +3

      This one has DDR4 RAM though.

      An N100 with DDR5 is going to outperform an N150 with DDR4 in many use cases, probably the majority of use cases.

      These systems (N100, N150 etc) don't support dual channel RAM, they only do single channel, so if you put 2 sticks of RAM into the system they share one channel. Because of this, the bandwidth advantage of DDR5 over DDR4 has a more significant performance impact than it otherwise would for this tier of system (ie. low performance system).

      Also keep in mind these are iGPU systems so if you intend to make good use of that iGPU (eg. gaming) then you're dealing with the issue that iGPU's in general are bottlenecked by sys RAM performance even in dual channel RAM systems. The biggest performance boost of the N150 over the N100 appears to be the iGPU frequency bump, but because sys RAM is so important to iGPU's I think you'll find the N100 with DDR5 still has better iGPU performance than the N150 with DDR4 in many games.

      • BlinkyBill on 13/01/2025 - 08:36
        +1

        Yep I cancelled my order on Saturday after seeing the performance of the n150 (with DDR4) is slower in most benchmarks than an N100 (with DDR5). This machine is pretty nice though.

        For about $100 more there is the i3-1220p Beelink with 24GB ram which looks pretty good value too.

    • gizmomelb on 13/01/2025 - 08:22

      GPU = a few more frames (but still low) and CPU about 10% more computational power over the N100 and it uses a few more Watts per hour - with N100 systems being around the $200 mark (from aliexpress) personally I'm not seeing the attraction with the N150.

      https://androidpctv.com/intel-n150-review/

    • GordonD on 13/01/2025 - 08:39
      +2

      I yearn for the days when AMD had a CPU naming scheme that told you what the benchmarked performance of the CPU was. Combine that with the TDP - like G16-5W5350 - and they'd be being helpful to consumers. Intel's naming scheme is just plain gobbldegook.

      • tm32 on 13/01/2025 - 09:06

        Thats the industry trend. Look at dells latest naming scheme.

      • RedHab on 13/01/2025 - 10:01

        I agree. Hard to tell whether a Pro Max 395+ AI is better than a Ultra Core Premium AI Plus NPU.

        I miss the days when it was pure MHz!

  • cooni on 13/01/2025 - 07:50
    +1

    Do these outperform the various refurbished min-pcs that come up here on OzB?
    Like https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/873346

    • geekcohen on 13/01/2025 - 07:55

      Would also like to know. I have one of those and find Chrome freezes from time to time, wondering whether this Beelink would be better or not……

    • kizzaaa on 13/01/2025 - 08:02
      +2

      Outperform in what?

      Power consumption? Single core or multi core performance? Encoding/decoding performance?

      Hard to answer without comparing to another specific CPU or use case.

    • philotex on 13/01/2025 - 08:08
      +2

      The selling point of these is the low power consumption and small footprint. If those don't matter as much as performance to you, there are many other ways to go and plenty of refurb mini-pcs that will generally outperform.

    • gizmomelb on 13/01/2025 - 08:27
      +2

      unlikely. the refurb PCs (even though many generations behind) generally have i5 or i7 CPUs and handle multi-core jobs much better than the 4 core N100. However, if low power usage and quietness is what you're more interested in, then the n100s win in those regards. Personally I've been using an n100 based mini PC (Chuwi Larkbox x 2023) for over a year now as my main daily desktop pc - it handles web browsing, 1440p youtube playback and email quite happily. It is on nearly 24/7 downloading (usenet) as well. When I want to game, I switch on my gaming desktop (the n100 is small enough it sits on top of the gaming PC and I share the same mouse and keyboard between the two computers using a usb kvm like this - https://www.amazon.com.au/UGREEN-Computers-Peripheral-Switch…

  • shaybisc on 13/01/2025 - 08:18

    Operating System: Windows 11 Pro?

    • geekcohen on 13/01/2025 - 08:23

      BYO OS. So whatever you want, you will need to install it. Doesn't appear to something with pre-installed OS.

    • gizmomelb on 13/01/2025 - 08:31
      +3

      I'd highly recommend formatting and installing your own O/S with any PC purchase. Less chance there's tonnes of bloatware or malware pre-installed. I made my own 'Tiny 11' installation and it runs in under 2GB RAM and uses something ridiculous like 8GB of NVME storage space. Add in 7zip, altbinz, thunderbird, chrome and malware bytes anti virus and that's all that is on my nightly usage computer for web browsing, email, youtube 1440p video watching and downloading.

      https://github.com/ntdevlabs/tiny11builder

      • Ninja9 on 13/01/2025 - 10:08

        Is it possible to remove the requirement for a Microsoft account during installation?

  • Bazzaaa on 13/01/2025 - 08:25
    +1

    I just bought the S13 recently and it runs great. I only need it for web browsing and Google docs, slides etc and it does it all flawlessly. I've got it hooked up to an ultrawide.

    • gizmomelb on 13/01/2025 - 08:33

      nice! I've been using a Chuwi Larkbox X 2023 for the past year for my nightly email, web browsing and youtube (1440p) watching, as well as almost 24/7 usenet downloading. Handles it all extremely well. I have a Kamrui n100 (AK2 plus?) which I will be setting up running proxmox and then install Home Assistant and pnsense or similar firewall.

  • gravelc on 13/01/2025 - 08:30

    How would this perform as a plex server?

    • gizmomelb on 13/01/2025 - 08:37

      from my experience the Intel GPU handles transcoding for 1080p streams quite nicely and will natively play back AV1 content - though to be honest you're better off with native streaming (no transcoding) from the server as it can then handle more streams. That is why I convert all the x264 content to x265 - the server can handle more simultaneous streams (including 4K). Note I'm running Jellyfin (it's free) instead of plex.

  • TheThoughtFraud on 13/01/2025 - 08:32
    +1

    Not as cheap as the N100s you might find elsewhere but its still a good deal because:

    • Beelink is a reputable brand so theres near 0% chance of having spyware preinstalled (even if the chance of this is already low)
    • decent RAM and SSDs (many N100 variants may only have 12GB)
    • Good and easier return/replace potential via Amazon

    If I didnt already have a few N100s, I would have bought one of these.

    • gizmomelb on 13/01/2025 - 08:41

      haha I'm sorry but saying anyone is a reputable brand so there's a lower chance of having spyware pre-installed is laughable. The top name brands like Dell, HP and Lenovo have all had instances where malware was installed on pre-built systems by the third party O/S installers looking to make some extra money on the side. No brand is beyond suspicion imo.
      As to whether the 10% or so more CPU and GPU power is worth a near 50% price point is up to the end buyer.

    • tm32 on 13/01/2025 - 09:01
      +1

      EQ12 for proxmox duty.

      Just in case you want to re-purpose the device later as a windows device, go through the setup to the point you sign in. This will associate the key + device with your MS Account.

      For the security minded , ensure that MFA is working for MS account, or use another account that isn't your usual one.

      Can do this anyway, then a clean install of windows. Key should still work at install.

  • sicaboy on 13/01/2025 - 08:52

    Can this replace a NAS? Any extension to support RAID hard drives?

  • Gordzirra on 13/01/2025 - 08:53

    I have the n100 windows 11 from about a year ago Amazon deal, all fine for basic browsing etc but the Bluetooth wouldn't work have tried downloading and updating from multiple sites and driver updates etc can't get going, gave up couldn't be bothered reinstalling windows just bought a $10 Bluetooth USB adapter as don't use often . It's a PC for my bedroom tv, anyway that was a bit annoying otherwise like a lot for size n quiet etc

  • maogua on 13/01/2025 - 08:56

    Do Beelink have a version of machine that we can plug in video card externally via docking when needed? Are those more expensive than building our own machine?

  • tm32 on 13/01/2025 - 09:02

    Anyone using one of these for Batocera duty?

  • OzTech74L on 13/01/2025 - 09:16
    +1

    This would have been a perfect OPNSense/PFSense router/firewall until I realize it has only 1Gbe ports… problems for those using 2.5Gbe and up local network.

    • Jazzydazzy on 13/01/2025 - 10:25

      1GB ports is a lot for home network.. Most Protectli devices people use are 1 GB.. If you get the 4 port Protectli you can do spanning though.

  • leftspeaker2000 on 13/01/2025 - 09:38

    I been thinking one of these as a jbod nas for Plex and Jellyfin to put in a closet with a external hard drive attracted.

    Thoughts ?

  • bitsam on 13/01/2025 - 09:46

    I'm looking for something with a bit more processing power. How does the EQi12 12650H for $629 rate on value? Does anyone recommend a better value alternative? I need a mini PC. repurposing a desktop would be to bulky for where I want this to go. https://www.amazon.com.au/Beelink-Pre-Installed-Desktop-Busi…

  • xdirex on 13/01/2025 - 10:08

    Anyone have any comments on the build quality of these Beelink devices, compared to the Intel NUCs of yesteryear? I always bought the Intels due to the 3 year warranty and bulletproof construction, but I'm wondering where I'll go from here…

    • Mostly Fanless on 13/01/2025 - 10:30

      I had a Beelink for a day but not this one, as I recall it was OK but not like a NUC. Out of curiousity which NUC do you have? I was looking up the benchmarks and these processors still have a way to go to catch up to the 6-year old I5.

    • sicaboy on 13/01/2025 - 10:21

      These are more expansive then. If budget is high, consider Mac mini m4

      • kml22 on 13/01/2025 - 10:25

        If you can handle MacOS, I tried the M4 Mac Mini. It's a powerful unit, but it's not suitable for my needs.

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