This Mini PC is SHOCKINGLY Good at Gaming! Beelink SER5 review w/ benchmarks
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Beelink a mini PC company sent me over one of their mini PCs to review and I was astonished on how well this mini PC performs! There is a lot of power in this tiny box! Even with a hard to run title like Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, it still made for a playable gaming experience! Check it out!
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Man technology has come a long way. Running GTA V and OW2 on something cooled by such a small fan. Very impressive!
You are right but it's not that small if you think about it. Look at a laptop. Take away the display, the webcam, the keyboard and the track pad. What's left?
@@mckrackin5324 I guess that's true.
@@mckrackin5324a Laptop with similar performance costs way more than that mini pc with monitor and keyboard
@@admiral_alman8671 True. What's your point?
Thank you so much for your review, I really enjoyed it. I don't subscribe to many "Tech" channels, but I Liked and Subscribed to you because I like your style. Again, thank you. If you keep this mini PC, I would enjoy a video of your impressions after a few months. Personally, I'm looking for a Mini PC that would be good for content creation.
Thanks for the sub! This company actually does make a much more powerful version of this mini PC that would be better for content creation. I think I may try to get my hands on one. Stay tuned!
Just got one, delighted with it.
Runs better than a lot of those "gaming" prebuilts you see on Amazon
Oh absolutely! It performs quite well! I was actually very impressed with the 6500XT in particular!
my family is very poor, and I only have a phone to play on,I used to have a laptop that my mom handed down to me and only worked for Minecraft, I only like playing Minecraft and maybe GTA so this pc looks perfect the problem is just the money, I have none lol and it's the cheapest I could find, even after I gotta buy a monitor and a keyboard etc 😭😭
Sorry to hear about your situation. Maybe if I get my hands on another I can do a give away! Subscribe if you haven't already to stay in touch!
@@PCTechHustle definitely subscribed
@@PCTechHustle that would be sick
You can use a tv too
Do you own a TV ? You can use that
That Apple is magical. It auto healed it self at the end even after you took a bite. 😂
haha! Or maybe I ate the first one? But that does tell me you watched my video all the way through! So thanks!!!
@@kabbalah111 😂
I have a question, is it possible to play pc vr in the mini pc?
Small hands eh? We don’t judge. Looks like a cool little mini pc!
🤣🤣🤣
The CPU clock speeds are all over the place but it seems like a good little system. It would make a great media centre PC.
raspberry pi could do that
@@UnderqualifiedPilot 1080p content yes, not 4k movies and such
Interesting Video, thanks for sharing😉
Absolutely! Thanks for watching!
I'm looking at getting this as a "starter PC" to use in conjunction w my console. Essentially needing for basic web browsing, streaming, discord, etc. Would this be a solid option?
This would be perfect for those tasks!
Excellent vid ! ...A funny little question : is it safe to put a gps tracking device (in case it gets stolen !) in that tiny box of goodness ?...
I guess it’s it’s small enough that could work. Not much space to work with inside these though
Got one of these mini pc from an amazon "price error" for 90eu, 16gb ram 512ssd, but the ryzen 5500u version, not big of a difference I think. It has been sended but not arrived yet, great to see that this thing can gaming at low many games.
"t has been sended but not arrived yet"
*sent
I got one of these for 303$ (on sale) from Amazon. My last computer was a 500$ stock computer from Costco I had for 7 years. Its amazing how fast and responsive it is, it boots from button push to desktop in 15 seconds (yes I timed it) my last computer took 3 min to boot then another min to fully load the OS. Ready to go out of the box, plug and play. In the market of prebuilt PCs this has to be the best value for the power you get. Plays Satisfactory and Minecraft perfectly fine.
Awesome!
@@PCTechHustle Will League Of Legends and Valorant would run fine with this?
@@Made_In_Heavenn league of legends is CPU heavy so yes. valorant will run on my 2012 laptop with 8gb of ram and a cpu from 2010 so i think valorant will
@@Mango_Catto hmmm ok thx
imagine me going from an atom mini to this. lol. Different world
My laptop just killed itself and I will probably get this to replace it
how many fps does it run on roblox & the sims 4? & can youtube videos run smoothly?
that was a crisp bite gaddamn
Glad you enjoyed the crisp! 🤣
I got the SER 5 with the Ryzen 5800H , 16 gb ram,,,, 1T,,,, im still getting use to it,,,its my first desktop of any kind,,,my laptop died and price was a big factor,, but i love this little pc,,,so far,, no issues,
Nice!
Mmm.
Pair it with a tv that can run interpolation settings and cap games at 30fps so the tv can put bridge fames in it'll be a fairly convincing 60fps experience with some blur around anything moving too fast.
I moved from a desktop, to the GTR5 model ( 5900HX ) . For two years, I worked out of the room as an office using a dell desktop. Didn't notice the noise, until I turned off the dell desktop. I literally heard EVERYTHING in the room. It was so strange to be so quiet in the room.
Not only does the desktop consume so much space, it also consumes quite a bit more electricity, and makes considerably more noise. I would suggest going with a cheaper model unless you want the absolute beast in a box and have the cash to burn; but even models now at 1/2 the price or less are far more powerful than my older desktops, and quieter to boot. Even replaced a laptop in another room (complete with cooler ) with a SER6 yesterday, again, for noise, and to reclaim space and a cleaner setup. Fantastic desktop replacements. Gaming is not the ONLY use for such.
Awesome! Thanks for your input! Glad to hear you like the product too!
you are not making sense at all, are you happy or not happy? lmao
Never judge a man by the size of his PC.
Hah!
looks like it would be a beastly emulation machine. use a bluetooth m/k and keep usb ports free for controllers
mini pcs deserve more credit
I dig em!
yes they do and you can use one as a old mini console too.
being a truck driver this is perfect setup
Absolutely! A great example!
This little sucker is fast, only downside is that mine came with Win11 preinstalled, but we fixed that by wiping and installing Void Linux.
Void is great. I've been running it full-time for about two years now. Probably my overall favorite distro.
How well do you think this computer could run something like Minecraft? I'm looking into mini computers since I currently own a laptop and want something a bit better, and this seems like I might be decent at that, though I don't want to get it if it won't run it smoothly. (Specifically, java edition, not bedrock)
Should run just fine!
I 'm not certain the model he is was sent to review but as of right now Beelink now has the SER 6 which uses the Ryzen 7 7000 series in it w/ 32 gb ram. It is roughly about $200 -$250 more then earlier models but that is still much cheaper than other gaming desktops around w/ specs that are less than that.
It would run it hella good. I had a PC with a 13 year old graphics card and it still ran mc at 120+fps
anything can run minecraft nowadays
@@krippystacks885 Tell that to my Hp stream 14.
I'm a professional film editor, and am curious if there are any mini PC's that you could recommend for absolutely throttling editing software and handling 4k footage on... I understand it'd probably require its own GPU and a fair amount of processing power. I've taken an interest in the whole mini PC set up, but would rather not invest thousands on a Mac Studio 😂
Beelink makes a very powerful mini PC thst I have not yet gotten a chance to get my hands on. I’m going to try and get one. I think that one would be good for such tasks you are asking about.
Beelink and Minisforum are the best for your application. Not cheap but under $1K anyway. Beelink has the Ryzen 7000 series in a mini with DDR5 RAM. That one is around $580-$625.
This is actually the PC I'm using right now, the only difference is that there is an odd red rubber tag on the bottom of mine.
If anyone knows what the tag is and what it's for, please tell me.
It’s for opening the bottom panel, something to grab on.
Hi! I found your review very iteresting so i subscribed to your channel. I am thinking of buying this pc but only if i get your answer in the following question. Would it be possible to emulate ps2 and GameCube games in 1080p? That's literally the only reason i want to buy it for. Not interested in today's gaming. Just wanna emulate in FULL HD. Attention: i am not talking about running the games in just higher resolution than the native one. I am talking about running them in 1080p via the emulator's settings. Please, help me and give me your answer.
I’d imagine it should be fine since those games are very simple to run
@@PCTechHustle thanks
I see that it does allow installation for an optional Sata HDD, I mean technically it probably should but could we also just put a Sata SSD instead?
Yes it will work with a sata 2.5 SSD drive.
Eating apple? Well, thats new.
Some are beer, coffee.
You know, 'an apple a day, keep the doctor away'.
Hi! I have a question since I have no clue how technology works, but would you think this could run a vr headset? ( a quest 2 and link cable) I wanna play vrc that isn't standalone, and all I have is a laptop for a monitor
No you need a pretty stout GPU. Essentially a dedicated gaming pc. I'd say a 1000 buck setup would get vr running smoothly. Not perfect tho.
How much it consumes? Is it lowpower? Can be suitable for an offgrid setup?
It’s very low powered. I didn’t measure it from the wall but no more than your average laptop. Not sure though what you mean by “offgrid setup”
this is my work pc.
Do you think this will work with a VR setup like quest 2 ? 🤔
That might be a bit of a stretch playing that title but possibly maybe on low settings.
does it support a 120hz display? great video btw
Yes it should. The hz speed will be dependent on your monitor. It even claims 60hz 4k.
Great video...!! Is it possible to replace the WiFi card to a Wifi 6e Intel Ax211 ?
It does have a wifi 6e card already installed actually
lol the music at the end is the same as Gents Scents.
I wonder how this pc would behave with SteamOs
Not sure. I’ve never messed with SteamOS
hello, do you think this could handle something as computer soul crushing as the sims4?
Lol! I’m sure it would sleep though that game!
This would be good for a pc to use for streaming games from like nvidia g force now
Absolutely!
we know it's HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi there, would this be able to play a driving sim such as Project Cars 2 to a reasonable level ?
I am not sure on that, never tested that title. Based on what I googled though, I'd say yes :)
How about iracing
Is there any mini PC with multiple nvme or sata ports? Im looking for a PC that can also work like a NAS.
Not that I know of so far but I want to get my hands on more of these and I will! Stay tuned!
@@PCTechHustle thanks. I think we get a lot more options with a Mini-ITX build than this laptop cpu system. So I was searching for comparison videos between Mini-ITX builds and mini PC but there aren't any.
Do you think this mini pc can run Rust game on steam because this would be my first pc/mini pc. So the question is if I can play rust smoothly
I am pretty sure it can as Rust is not a super demanding title, though I have no played it myself. I'd expect similar performance to something like Apex as they both have similar recommendations. That said the best gameplay I found with Apex was to tone down the resolution under 1080p to maintain 60+fps aerate. In the benchmarks I just show a flat measure of all titles with 1080 resolution.
does it run in 144hrz monitor?
Is there any drivers to download on this to make it run better? For the amd Radeon
Best bet would maybe to download Ryzen master but I’m not sure if it would allow for anything. You honest best bet to increase performance would be to lower resolution settings
Can you play indie games in high settings??
Can you play riders republic because i have been trying to find a good and cheap mini pc that can fit on my old desk.
That I am not sure of exactly, never tested that title.
Would just adding more ram make it a bit better?
Just simply depends on what you are doing with it
Naa, its running on on board graphics, no gpu. so your only hope is to buy one with better specs. A ram upgrade helps with some games... but not all. they sell versions of this thing these things with the ryzen 9 in them too, but it's like 800 and at that pricepoint you'd be better off just building an itx with the same specs, at lest then you could get a graphics card down the line if you wanted. These things are basically low end laptops without the monitor. Currently i'm gaming on a laptop but it has as gtx 1650 in it. Not super powerful by any means. but i play 1080p @144htz. It's running an i5-10300H, I upped my ram from 8 to 32gb and ditched the stock dell 256gb for a 2tb 980 pro m.2 drive. Most games i can play on high settings. It'll be all i need for the next 2-5 years. my limiting factor is the I5. it's soldered to the board (which i think is the same limiting factor with these beelinks)... so no upgrades possible.
Im no expert in specs on these modern day stuff but im guessing this would be great for recording retrogaming videos for CZcams? I hope i get a response fast please 🥺
Absolutely, i was doing it from a 2015 intel i7 before upgrading to this
@@gaymerherb thanks for the response 🙏 glad to hear it'll work
@@leokeo6871 for sure! Don't sleep on Fightcade (even if you're not into fighters) and then Bizhawk is excellent for many things.
Got a Beelink model (Ryzen 5 5560u) on sale last year, along with a 6600xt. I was able to the link the gpu through the NMVe, and now it can run AAA games @ 1080p. I play Red Dead Redemption 2 with med setting @ 1080p and get around a very playable 90 fps. So no buyers remorse with it. They really can be a good deal, when you find them on sale.
Can you play the latest call of duty modern warfare three pretty decently? Thanks for your videos and your information, bro.
Does it handle emulation pretty well don’t know if you’ve tried ncaa next the mod ncaa 06 pcsx2?
lol imagine if you could do red dead and you other aaa titles it should
I turned on my beeline twice just to set it up when I bought it. I powered it off and have not used it for like 2 months. Today it's dead at the beeline logo and I can't get into setup or boot up menu. Wtf?
That’s a bummer! I know it does have a “reset cmos” button on the outside you can try holding down a few seconds and trying again. Hope it’s not complete dead.
can you connect speakers to it? just wondering
It doesn’t have an audio in/out but if the speakers work via USB then yes
Can I do Google watch CZcams things like that on this that's all I need it?
Absolutely!
Is it loud or quiet compare to normal gaming pc?
Dead silent!
this pc is pretty good the only con is the GPU but windows 11 16gb radeon CPU everything looks good
Yeah it’s not a power house but for general use computing and low level gaming it does a darn fine job!
you can attach an egpu and get better performance.
Would this be compatible with ps5 and playing cod or any game?
PS5 I believe has a bit stronger of an APU but pretty close, yeah.
Hi, i’m planning on getting a mini pc and this looks perfect! Just wondering, can you please do a review on fortnite though. Many thanks :)
I don’t have this one anymore but I am getting some different ones in soon! Stay tuned!
@@PCTechHustle ok! Thank you so much :)
Weird question, what are your desks?
I actually have a video on my setup, specially the process of the desk but they are countertops I purchased from Home Depot and stained / finished myself.
@@PCTechHustle thanks! I like it a lot. Looks like I'm doing a diy
Can you use the PC for editing software??
Can you? Yes. Should you? I would say…try not to. It doesn’t have a ton of processing power and no dedicated GPU which could make for a bit of a painful experience editing.
I thought the apple was the playable PC, my joy has been crushed 😔
Haha!
I got the Asus mini pc PN52 and use it mainly to cloud game wtih Geforce Now Ultiimate, great to play Cyberpunk 2077 with settings maxed out, without any disturbing fan noise, and a minimalistic gaming setup on a small desk :D
Heck yeah!
try doing that in the uk on the fasted internet u will get your internet is to slow D:
@@ORBIT9224 Yes luckily we are spoiled here in sweden with very good internet connections :)
@@ORBIT9224 mas que 2mb de ancho de banda en mi pais?
Would this be able to play assassins Creed origins or vahalla?
Hard to say, possibly if in lower settings / resolution
Will that run FS22
Ive seen these before but how can a key be $15 when windows wants $199.00? Is this truly legit?
Yep! It’s legit!
Have you tried Genshin Impact? I'm wondering if it can play it smoothly
I have not, sorry
@@PCTechHustle can you maybe try it out?
wonder if the airport would have any problem with this traveling internationally? I assume its the same as taking a laptop but they get skeptical sometimes with gaming systems.
I doubt you would have any issues. Just remove it like you would a laptop and get it check separately . I’ve traveled with a full on collection of hardware before (mobo, gpu, ram, PSU) and had no issues.
Yeah Apex on those things get a bit rough sometimes.
I tried to get the bad guys!
Doctors watching this video. KEEEP THAT APPLE AWAY!!!
🤣🤣🤣
Does this have a graphics card?
No it has a built in graphics chip integrated with the CPU.
How is the temperatures are in the 60s most videos hit 80 degrees
I didn’t observe it having any temperature problems.
Getting one for emulation
Should work well for that!
I click on the link to it but it don’t take me to it
Try again. Seems to be working.
Can it handle monitors with 120hz refresh rate? How about 144? 160?
Not sure this is the best kind of PC for using high refresh rate monitors but it will work. I wouldn’t expect those kinds of frames from many games, as you could see in the benchmarks.
@@PCTechHustle I see. My current setup is a 120hz monitor connected to a HP Laptop i5 8th gen processor. Would the mini pc at least preform as good or better than that?
Does your laptop have a dedicated GPU?
@@PCTechHustle So sorry for the late response. My laptop just uses integrated graphics so probably not.
Most of these are only 60 Hz. You might be able to do TB to a higher refresh rate if you have an external GPU that'll let you do it.
Can this mini pc run nba 2k? Thank you
hi! can this mini pc run blender and other 3d software?
Can it? Yes! Is it a great platform for that? Not really.
@@PCTechHustle can you recommend a mini pc that can handle 3d and is budget friendly?
Is this on Amazon
It is! Link in the description of the video.
Would be nice if you mentioned which model of SER you were reviewing:..Ryzen 5,7???
Do you have eyes or ears?
Would this run music software good?
Something like Spotify?
@@PCTechHustle FL studio?
Does this have wifi?
Yes it does! The latest wifi 6 adapter
@@PCTechHustle Thank you for the reply.
What’s it run on fornite
Sorry I wasn't able to catch a bench mark for Fortnite, but it should be reasonably playable on this PC.
I recently bought this, but I can’t download Valorant, can anyone help me please. I suspect it’s something got to do with Windows 11
You have to disable secure boot. It’s a bug within the game code for windows 11
@@PCTechHustle I got it now! thanks bro 😎
Would this pc work for gta ?
Watch the video again and you tell me 😉😉😉
I wish my parents would let me buy things from the internet😭😭
Looking for a mini pc for my GF to play some old games together.
Nice!
My Beelink SER5 will not let me play games at all. If I try and install a game it gives me an error code of 2503? what do you do now?
Interesting. Same model I showcase here? Please elaborate! I’d love to help!
@PC Tech Hustle when I try to install the Farmville 2 installer it fails to install with a fault code, 2503?
Does it work for steam vr?
It should wilt in relative expectation
Is it any good for coding ??
Coding is just code. So yeah it will work great!
@@PCTechHustle Thanks so much, I think is a killer deal for the price.I'm not so much of a gamer.I need a budget desktop for coding mainly web.I think this will do it for me.
Ok if I may ask would such a device or something similar be capable of running space engineers or fallout 4 as if any good could be rid of my desktop without paying a fortune for a alienware
That I’m not entirely sure of as I’m not sure of the system requirements for those games.
It runs Fallout 4 very well. Can't comment on Space Engineers, but considering how long that's been around I wouldn't anticipate any problems.
@robertstanley5555 many thanks really maximum be mass effect legendary edition as well as that .I do most gaming console now but have massive steam library that either needs a half decent laptop or something from above
@@PCTechHustlewell based of apex legends run requirements fallout 4 ,space engineers,fallout new Vegas should work extremely well unless you think a below 700.00 pound laptop can run these titles well .
I don't care if latest generation technology as lot my newer stuff on xbox but for mods or console commands only pc does that task I just don't really have room for my 2016 desktop anymore and not worth upgrading any further either.
Some of those captures were 10-21FPS, which is NOT "Shockingly good". At that framerate you will get a bad headache. Tech is coming a long way. However, even this would barely make it as an intro gaming PC.
Shockingly good for what it is and if you bump down the settings like I mentioned it plays quite well
Exactly.
Does this mini pc run roblox?
It should with no prob!
A few moments later……….
Hi!
And that's why apple will never amount to a pc lmao
Low settings looks like the ps4
I would say that’s a relative fair comparison.
I think it's funny when reviewers put Cyberpunk in there. lol... I mean, a 4090 struggles with 60 fps with everything maxed out. I just ordered one of these little guys. All I want it for is watching CZcams videos and such. I'd just use my smart TV but I also want to be able to complain on Twitter when a CZcams video gets my inner Karen all fired up. lol
As it stands, my PC runs 24/7 and has for years. Probably using 300W of power or more as I type this comment. I just don't need a Ryzen 7 and 3080 running all the time when all I want to do 90% of the time is consume media content. Save the gaming PC for, well, gaming.
Haha! I had to include Cyberpunk to satisfy my own curiosity! Obviously not at all a good platform to run it on but was at least fun putting it to the test!
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Come on man, the review lasted like one minute. Change the title. This is an unboxing
What more would you have wanted to see?
Beelink has the most dreadful so called tech support team. If you have a post purchase trouble - like first the fan goes 79dB then rattles and eventually dies... - you are by yourself. The tech support team is evading, avoiding, promising but does absolutely jacksh.t! Less than a month old Ser5 Ryzen 7 machine is a doorstop...