I had a Lenovo mini-PC that I used for a home theater PC running Plex for several years, and it recently died (HDD failed). I was looking for a relatively cheap replacement that I could get quickly. The Beelink Mini S12 so far (one day in) is looking like it provides plenty of performance at a budget-friendly price, and is easy to set up.
Out of the box, I just plugged in a BT dongle for a mouse and keyboard, ethernet, HDMI and power, and I was setting up Windows 11. In less than an hour I had all the Windows updates downloaded and installed. In short order I was able to install Plex and get it connected to my media storage NAS, and even installed Docker Desktop to run a private MineCraft server.
Time will tell if this is a durable device (as I said, I've had it running less than 24 hours at this point). But it's small, silent, and doesn't seem to produce any appreciable heat (always a concern in such a compact device). It lacks a dedicated GPU but the chipset didn't seem to have any problems with displaying anything. I didn't run any high-intensity graphics tasks (no local games or anything), and wouldn't expect to. But for a HTPC or an inexpensive home server device running docker containers or something, it so far seems like a home run.
Screen Resolution | 3840 x 2160 |
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Max Screen Resolution | 3840 x 2160 pixels |
Processor | 3.4 GHz celeron |
RAM | 16 GB DDR5 |
Hard Drive | 500 GB SSD |
Graphics Coprocessor | Intel UHD Graphics 24Eus |
Chipset Brand | Intel |
Card Description | Integrated |
Wireless Type | Bluetooth, 802.11ax |