BeelinkSER5 Mini PC,AMD Ryzen 5 5500U(6C/12T,up to 4.0 GHz),Mini Computer 16GB DDR4 RAM 500GB M.2 NVMe 2280 SSD Graphics 7 core 1800 MHz,Support 4K Dual Display/HDMI+DP/Wifi6/BT5.2,Auto Power On

I just bought this computer on a Black Friday special. This will only be used for web browsing, photo editing, and light office/PowerPoint/Excel use. Here are the first impressions.Price: This was marked down to about $250 and that price made it any easy decision. It packs a punch in processor power and RAM and of course has a quick hard drive. You couldn't build this computer for the same price as a motherboard and the CPU alone would cost a similar amount.Size: As seen in the pictures this is a tiny little computer. It's actually perfect for use as a "desktop computer" because it can easily sit on the desk or be mounted behind the monitor. Monitor mounting bracket included.Aesthetic: I find it to be very pleasing, the build quality is solid, finishing is good, and it looks nice with a shiny gloss finish.Noise: There appears to be a small fan inside as I've heard it come on, but if that's as loud as it gets then it's very quiet.Software: This wasn't listed anywhere on the description so I assumed I would need to install my own, however this came with Windows 11. I just logged into Windows when it was initializing and it installed and downloaded some of my programs.Ports: This has an HDMI and Displayport in the back. If you have an monitor that only has DVI or VGA inputs there are converter cables that will work. It also has 2 USB 3.0 ports on the front and back as well as a USB C port on the front.Power: I haven't measured power consumption but I can safely assume this uses less power than the older Desktop Tower I was using, even though this is faster and certainly more powerful.I haven't used this long enough to know how it will hold up or how it will handle more intense processing, but unless you're doing video editing or heavy gaming I don't anticipate any issues. The single core speed should be fast enough to handle Photoshop or similar programs.Overall I am very pleased with this purchase, it's super small and clean, doesn't clutter the desk with cables (only power and monitor) and is much faster than expected.

The Beelink SER5 Pro is an excellent choice for my small home lab server. Its performance has been reliable for light tasks like running virtual machines and testing applications. While the included RAM is sufficient for basic workloads, I plan to upgrade it for better multitasking performance. Based on the research, this was the best for my use case which was small homelab setup.Storage isn't a concern, as I use a separate NAS, allowing the mini PC to remain efficient without additional storage upgrades. Overall, it's a compact, budget-friendly solution that's perfect for anyone starting with home labs or needing a capable, space-saving server. Also it is quite under light load.

It came minimally packaged, secured, and functional. It automatically updated with windows 11 and was easily made into a remote server pc! It's quiet under load with two ASA servers running on it. It's fast for mini computer and it's cheaper overall when compared to a Nitrando server (garbage servers).I recommend it!Best advised, I haven't tried it with 20 people on my servers but I'm running two at the same time with no more than 20% cpu usage and 70 ram usage. I'll try tomorrow with around 5 or 6 people on with me. It should do great though.Works great with several people on it. I have had more than 10 on but plays well.

I have two of these mini's. One is used at my business and one in my house. The main thing I like about these mini's is that it let me get rid of older dust breathing under the desk PC's and have small mini on my desk. They run super quiet and are pretty powerful for Non gaming type work. These are not gaming computers although you could run simple games on them if you wanted to.On the mini I use in my office, I am running 3 monitors and 3 printers, so this thing can do work.

For the size, its got amazing performance and very quite. Ended up reinstalling windows from scratch, but it got stuck on an update. Turns out the release it has is from 2021 and it was having a problem updating to the latest 24H2 release. I ended up having to manually update it using the MS upgrade utility, which took a while to find out and do, hence the 4 star review.

A powerhouse mini pc. Sadly, it stop working in 3 months. No video signal, dead. Working with the warranty to see how they resolve my issue. I will update this review after I finish dealing with the warranty.

The build quality is much better than the previous two I had tried it runs multiple servers perfectly and the ram can even be upgraded. On its own it performs surprisingly well for the price.

I’ve only had the product for a few hours, but I love the quality that I am experiencing. It is everything it promised to be, and I am so happy. It is performing well. I love the capacity and the speed. This is just right for me!