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expired Posted by Dr.W • Sep 23, 2024
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Prime Members: Ace Magician Mini Desktop PC: Ryzen 7 5800U, 16GB DDR4, 512GB SSD
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These have had bad rep in the past for having shady software installed. As you should with all Mini PCs, install your own OS.
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The price is very attractive, but there is a reason these are so inexpensive.
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it should be perfectly fine for your use case. but if you already have a laptop from that era, you won't notice too much of a difference for the money to be worth it, at least in my opinion.
I've been using one of these for about a year as a home mini-server and it has been running well. A few months after initially purchasing it, I had a failure of the generic NVME SSD. The vendor replaced it fairly quickly and with minimal hassle. That was a relief since I was running BitLocker (this ships with Win11 Pro) and was worried about potential Windows activation issues (no problems whatsoever, though I think I had to decrypt/re-encrypt the drive after restore from backup).
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You can get the Beelink for the same price ($269) or less with this processor/. The only difference is the Beelink has a 5800H which is about 10-12% faster. Beelink IMHO is more mainstream and doesn't have the checkered past of Ace but that is 100% personal opinion. I purchased the SER5 Max for my kid for college and it is fast and no issues. You can mild game on it, but there are newer miniPC which approach more usable so I would not say this is the target. Also FWIW Plex now supports AMD GPU so if you want to avoid the Intel gen 13/14 issues you can do this and also hardware transcode.
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What I can say is, for my use case as compute nodes in a Proxmox cluster, they work quite well. 2.5gbps LAN with a fairly capable and power-efficient CPU make it great for a low-power and decently performant virtualization cluster. Storage for my VMs run off of a NAS, and these guys do all the thinking. Haven't wanted for more past this with my home lab.
ETA: I know my use-case is fairly uncommon, but I figured I'd share my experience if someone had a similar project they might be considering.
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I've been using one of these for about a year as a home mini-server and it has been running well. A few months after initially purchasing it, I had a failure of the generic NVME SSD. The vendor replaced it fairly quickly and with minimal hassle. That was a relief since I was running BitLocker (this ships with Win11 Pro) and was worried about potential Windows activation issues (no problems whatsoever, though I think I had to decrypt/re-encrypt the drive after restore from backup).
What I can say is, for my use case as compute nodes in a Proxmox cluster, they work quite well. 2.5gbps LAN with a fairly capable and power-efficient CPU make it great for a low-power and decently performant virtualization cluster. Storage for my VMs run off of a NAS, and these guys do all the thinking. Haven't wanted for more past this with my home lab.
ETA: I know my use-case is fairly uncommon, but I figured I'd share my experience if someone had a similar project they might be considering.
i use it for customer demo purpose on the go, with the setup, i am looking at about about 14 VM all said and done. and i am so glad i didn't have to carry a beefy workstation with me anymore.
Oh... Wait... What is this it says on the LINK??
"[MINI PC PERFECT FOR GAMING] Powered by AMD Zen3 Ryzen 7 5800U and Radeon RX Vega Graphics(2000 MHz), our mini computer delivers up to 3.4% better performance in multitask computing compared to previous Zen 2 processors. Play your favorite games like APEX, CSGO, PUBG, COD, DOTA2, RUST, GTA5, and more with ease"
Is it? Is it the perfect gaming PC? No.
I'm sorry, is this an appliance or a computer? Show me a computer from the 1990s that can keep up with anything today.
What I can say is, for my use case as compute nodes in a Proxmox cluster, they work quite well. 2.5gbps LAN with a fairly capable and power-efficient CPU make it great for a low-power and decently performant virtualization cluster. Storage for my VMs run off of a NAS, and these guys do all the thinking. Haven't wanted for more past this with my home lab.
ETA: I know my use-case is fairly uncommon, but I figured I'd share my experience if someone had a similar project they might be considering.
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What I can say is, for my use case as compute nodes in a Proxmox cluster, they work quite well. 2.5gbps LAN with a fairly capable and power-efficient CPU make it great for a low-power and decently performant virtualization cluster. Storage for my VMs run off of a NAS, and these guys do all the thinking. Haven't wanted for more past this with my home lab.
ETA: I know my use-case is fairly uncommon, but I figured I'd share my experience if someone had a similar project they might be considering.
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