Pros & Cons
Pros
Nice compact little machine at an affordable price. Very compact, quiet. I was sceptical, however, it's a great little unit.
It surpasses the lenovo mini pc with a 4350pro that its replacing. A little slower booting up than my big desktop, but very reasonable. Wifi and cpu speed is amazing - of all the machines in our house a speedtest. Com test found it to be the fastest. ... Read More
Cons
The problem is apparently in the motherboard. On the packaging, it tells me specifically, if i want to use the pc for personal use, don't connect to the wifi. I implore don't buy it.
Highlights
Quality
Really happy with the build, ease of adding ssd, and quiet operation.
It is very powerful though and he is able to play a ton of high graphic games with no lag, no issues, and he absolutely loves it.
Tried reinstalling windows, but ended up stuck in the same place, with no other sign in options available - once it gets to the... Read More
After a couple of week blue screen random shutdowns occurred and was not very happy.
Price
It is great bang for the buck.
Overall, a really great computer for the price.
I paid about $1,000 dollars 7 years ago for a lap top and it looked like i would pay the same or a little more for a new one.
I came across the beelink ser5 on amazon for about $519 (it is now $479).
Shipping
Super fast, and the set up was a breeze!
An update left with no choice i ordered replacement memory from amazon out of pocket for $130 cdn and was shipped to wrong addr... Read More
Packaging/appearance
Came without the usual bloatware installed on new computers, just a nice clean install of windows 11
Beelink is aware of the potential installation issue because they include this statement on their packaging: "during the system... Read More
" i tried various versions of this advice (following the note on the beelink packaging and reading forums on the internet that ... Read More
Competitiveness
I highly recommend this model if you are a gamer vs the cheaper models of this brand.
Granted there are other models of this brand that have higher specs and they are more expensive, but for the price and what thi... Read More
Or, go for the 6800h or newer amd ones with connections for an external gpu.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Its ok for gaming but it lacks good gpu performance
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It can run most games at 1080p low settings at 60fps but dont expect much more then that
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Whatever i installed a linux system instead of win 11
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I might keep it for longterm use
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I bought this mini pc to do some streaming and video editing and general computing
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After a couple of week blue screen random shutdowns occurred and was not very happy
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The first thing to do was run a memory diagnostic and as expected it came with a defective memory stick
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
On 2 attempts i contacted beelink on their site and still no reply leaving a bad taste in my mouth