Beelink Mini S12 Mini PC, 12th Intel Alder Lake- N95 (4C/4T, up to 3.4GHz), 8GB DDR4 256GB M.2 SSD, Mini Desktop Computer Support 4K@60Hz Dual Display/WiFi 6/BT5.2/USB 3.2/2.5GB LAN for Home/Office

The small format and capabilities of this S13 Mini PC make it a fairly versatile option for a wide range of small server applications. It shipped with 1 500MB NVME & 16GB of RAM. It can support up to 2 NVME sticks - and I later needed that. I skipped the included Window 11 Pro, and installed what I needed for the project: Ubuntu Server. No issues for the install & Ubuntu Server runs fine on the S13. Boots Linux amazingly fast. For a project, I needed two 1TB NVME drives. So, I upgraded the storage to two 1TB WD Black SN7100s. Yikes! When just idling, the NVME temps climbed beyond 70C. So the issue is the bottom compartment of the S13 case is where the DRAM & NVMEs are installed. Air ventilation there is inadequate for dual SN7100s - in my opinion. So I scrapped the standard S13 base and created a replacement base and printed it on a 3D printer. The design includes a small 5V Noctua fan (60mm x 15mm) that plugs into one of the USB ports. The fan adds a bit of noise but I doesn't seem too loud to me. The fan blows directly on the NVME sticks. I also attached thin heatsinks to the NVMEs. I found heatsinks 6mm thick (or less) will fit. Anything thicker surely won't. But keep in mind: this is with my custom baseplate. Also, getting the heatsinks to fit best did require some fiddling with the NVME mounting hardware. The S13 has some jumpers in the bottom compartment that control when the USB ports are powered. Either always on (even powered down) or only on when powered up. I chose the latter. Anyway, this keeps the NVME sticks around 38-42C. Much better. But please consider: the standard 1 stick setup ran fine as the single NVME stick stayed well below 60C at idle. All-in-all I love these things as mini servers. I believe the graphics are probably good enough for a HTPC or a simple desktop PC.

This thing is awesome! The value is fantastic, with such good performance for the price. I opened it up, and the construction is top notch. I'm using this a a dedicated computer for running Home Assistant. It couldn't have been easier to install Home Assistant on it, and it works like a charm! It does have a fan that runs all the time (I was hoping the fan would turn off when the CPU isn't under load), but maybe the CPU needs active cooling even when not under load. I didn't have the ability to load test, but the most power I saw during boot was 12W. When idling with Home Assistant running, it only consumes 8-9W. These numbers are AC input into AC adapter. I don't know the efficiency of the adapter so wanted to also measure the DC input with a benchtop supply, but I couldn't find a suitable DC jack. It has an unusually large center pin on the power input, so pay attention to that if you power from another source. While the AC adapter input is 8-9W, it's 17VA so power factor is only about 0.51. Not very good! So best if you have a very high PF 12V supply in your system to hook this into. One nice thing about the low power consumption is that it can be powered by a PoE adapter that splits out Ethernet / DC power. I was leaning towards a Raspberry Pi 5 for this application to keep power consumption low, but so glad I went this route since it's also very low power consumption, but much better value when you figure in the more powerful processor, memory, and SSD. Note that it does not have a USB-C port, but luckily I don't need one for my application so would hate for the cost to be driven up to add one.

It's amazing how cheap these mini PCs have become. I bought this to replace a 10-yr old Intel i5 NUC that I've been using as an always-on file server. The NUC was still working but was starting to act up at times, and feeling pretty slow. This thing cost less than half as much as that one did, is even smaller, twice as fast, uses less power and after spending the evening getting everything set up, I never even heard the fan (the old one would get noisy even when just running background tasks sometimes). Don't necessarily expect this to last as long as my last one did given that was an Intel product, but so far very happy. For those interested, I run this with Windows and a 4-bay QNAP RAID 1 USB enclosure to store/host my main file storage. This is shared on my local network and mounted as a network drive on my main PC (which is quite power-hungry so I only turn on when I use it). By having my important files (mainly family pictures/videos) on an always-on PC, I can have them back up to the Cloud without having to worry about keeping my main PC on long enough for the upload to finish. And by running Windows instead of Linux, I can back up my full 8TB (and growing) of personal data to Backblaze Personal for $7/mo (which they only offer to Windows/Mac users with direct-attached storage). Windows may not be the typical choice for a file server, but this is the least expensive and easiest way to back up this much data to the cloud that I've found. I also run SyncBack to maintain a local backup to a second external HDD. It took me all of a couple hours to get everything set up and migrated over to this from the NUC and so far it's working great.

Value for money, system mid range. Highly recommended.

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Podem pesquisar. Melhor alternativa custo-benefício que existe para NAS. Eu já tinha um ugreen mas esse se tornou o principal. Está funcionando perfeitamente com TrueNAS

Works great, I recommend

The size of the mini PC is so perfect that I can hide it behind my monitor which makes my monitor a "all in one PC". This is enough powerful for my needs. Recommended.