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Beelink Mini S12 Pro Mini PC: Intel 12th Gen N100, 16GB DDR4, 500GB SSD
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These machine comes with a default windows 11/10 but there is a software that comes with it, that you can see it under START UP services. I forgot the name but please make sure you reinstall windows.
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Wifi wasn't a deal breaker for me as I have it wired in..Bluetooth was a nuisance, but I solved that by buying a couple of cheap esp boards and letting them feed all the Bluetooth data into HA
You can reinstall Windows as many times as you like. Reset it via Start / Settings / Reset this PC or boot to USB bootable media if you have already made a Windows USB installation tool.
Be sure to back up your data folder first before resetting the PC or reinstalling Windows again.
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I firmly believe that most people who buy a mini pc would be better served by something else. It's a rare situation that you have very limited space to place a processing unit. People go to strange lengths to make mini pcs work for them, but the problems they are solving have already been solved elsewhere. For instance, I see people who add external GPUs so they can play AAA games. Had they opted for a bigger form factor they could have just installed a graphics card directly on the motherboard. Instead they end up with a heap of electronic spaghetti and meatballs on their desk. It's like they can only think one move at a time.
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However, some Radeon mobile graphics are there. Look at this [notebookcheck.net]! The Radeon 680M - iGPU on a Ryzen 6950HX, for example - is a little bit better than the mobile 1050!
There are also solid dGPU laptop options on a budget. I'm not going to argue Gateway is top-tier build quality... but this Gateway with an i5-11400H and an RTX 3050 for $400 is tempting.
https://ark.intel.com/content/www...803,23180
https://ark.intel.com/content/www...803,23180
https://github.com/batocera-linux...ssues/9288
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There's been reported case of this system overheating. So I took the heat sink off it apart (16 screws), cleaned the old thermal paste off and put in a good one. I've measured the system temps before and after. Idle temps are down to 32 degrees from 42 degrees. Also, I saw temps spike up to 80's for no reasons and it's steady.
Also, the BIOS setting appears to be very aggressive. Some thermal protections, including passive and Intel's thermal management, were disables and fan was set to only run at 70%. I've enabled many of them.
Linux Kernel: This comment is partially true.
If you want to use this unit without Bluetooth and WIFI, this works fine.
Bluetooth is reportedly working with Kernel 6.4. WIFI 5 is working with 6.4 or 6.5. WIFI6 may be working with 6.5. Bur these kernels are brand new and we won't see them in the mainline linux distros for probably 6 months. Latest (non-LTS) Ubuntu is at 6.2. And while you can load new kernel, it is not meant for an ordinary user.
I use this primary as a Plex server and a docker node where I push out containers to do bunch of experiments. And occasionally switch to my Windows partition. I don't know if I'd want to use this as Windows desktop out of box without replacing the thermal paste. (Which costs < $10)
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I use mine as a media server and it works great
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