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ACEPC PowerBox Mini PC: Ryzen 5500U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Expired

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ACEPC has ACEPC PowerBox Mini PC on sale for $195 when you apply discount code P1QKSWRRD46F during checkout. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Staff Member Red_Liz for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 6-Core / 12-Thread 2.1GHz Processor
  • 16GB DDR4 SO-DIMM Memory (32GB Max)
  • 512G M.2 2280 Solid State Drive
  • WiFi 5.0 + Bluetooth 4.2
  • Windows 11 Pro
  • Ports:
    • 4x USB 3.0 Type-A
    • 1x HDMI 2.0b
    • 1x DisplayPort
    • 1x Ethernet
    • 1x USB Type-C
    • 1x Audio 3.5mm
  • 2-Year Warranty
  • Weight 469g
  • Dimensions 4.92" x 4.92" x 1.57"
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Acepc [acepcs.com] has PowerBox Home Mini PC on sale for $299 - $104 off w/ promo code P1QKSWRRD46F = $195. Shipping is free.

Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen 5500U (6C/12T, up to 4.0 GHz)
  • 16G DDR4 RAM (SO-DIMM, Max 32G)
  • 512G SSD (M.2 2280, Max 2TB)
  • Windows 11 Pro
  • Supports HDMI + DP 4K 60HZ Display
  • Wi-Fi 6.0 + Bluetooth 4.2
  • Ports:
    • 4xUSB 3.0 Type-A Port
    • 1x HDMI 2.0b
    • 1xDP
    • 1xRJ45
    • 1xType-C
    • 1 x Audio 3.5mm
  • 2-Year Acepc Warranty
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This specific chip has a gimped Vega and supports AMD VCE4 which means no hardware decode of AV-1 or VP9 (which an Intel 12th gen like the N100 does). You can see in the table UVD 7 for what it supports.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni...eo_Decoder


So if you are looking for Plex compatibility an N95 or N100 processor is modern and supports hw decode of all the recent codecs for lower cost. If you need raw CPU power this one is over 2x more powerful than the N100 so it would make a perfectly usable desktop task user replacement but not really either for 3D games. It could handle emulated games tho.
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woof, what did you expect for $195
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Never use the included windows installation. This appears to be the same company as ace magician, they're quietly paying for good reviews on Amazon (they approached me). They've removed driver signing to save on boot times, messed with the browser installation to add crapware/malware, and I believe have done other things.
This is cheap for reasons other than old hardware...
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venkol
03-28-2024 at 07:48 AM.
03-28-2024 at 07:48 AM.
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Pray you never go online with this! Like going to a lady of the night without protection!

Protection isn't absolute and doctor visits are expensive. This is the real slick deal
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WaltW
03-28-2024 at 07:56 AM.
03-28-2024 at 07:56 AM.
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What about resetting the PC in the Windows that it comes with?
And what about running a program like Malwarebytes Premium?
I have a Beelink mini with a N100 processor. If doing a clean install of Windows you have to contact them to get the Windows license key because it is not built in. The key they sent was different from the one that came with the machine. Also when you finish there are a lot of devices -- mostly USB - that lack proprietary drivers that need to be downloaded from Beelink's web site.
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thearches
03-28-2024 at 08:03 AM.
03-28-2024 at 08:03 AM.
Quote from captainjohn :
Never use the included windows installation. This appears to be the same company as ace magician, they're quietly paying for good reviews on Amazon (they approached me). They've removed driver signing to save on boot times, messed with the browser installation to add crapware/malware, and I believe have done other things.
This is cheap for reasons other than old hardware...
If you do a clean install after initial setup (downloaded from MS), will that take care of everything?
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03-28-2024 at 08:12 AM.
03-28-2024 at 08:12 AM.
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If you do a clean install after initial setup (downloaded from MS), will that take care of everything?

Hi thearches!!
Clean install would be by booting from Windows installation media, right? In that case, why do I need to do any initial setup that you mentioned? Thanks!!
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JimL1546
03-28-2024 at 08:13 AM.
03-28-2024 at 08:13 AM.
Quote from Solver :
I'm wondering if this could drive a 3-screen Pinball FX3 in a cabinet. I could use one of the Type-C port for the third screen. The specs for the game say a minimum video card would be a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or equivalent. Think this could handle it? I've seen others on Amazon that expressly say they support 3 screens, but those get into the $300 - $400 range.
Benchmarks for the GTX 970 look about 4X better than the Vega 7 on the 5500U, and I would guess cooling is suboptimal on these little boxes so results would probably not be great.
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03-28-2024 at 08:14 AM.
03-28-2024 at 08:14 AM.
Quote from WaltW :
I have a Beelink mini with a N100 processor. If doing a clean install of Windows you have to contact them to get the Windows license key because it is not built in. The key they sent was different from the one that came with the machine. Also when you finish there are a lot of devices -- mostly USB - that lack proprietary drivers that need to be downloaded from Beelink's web site.

Hi WaltW!!
What I asked was "Resetting" the PC which is an option in the existing Windows that's already on a system. I was not asking about a clean installation using Windows image downloaded from Microsoft onto bootable media.
In that case (if resetting the PC), no license key needs to be entered. Correct? Or is license key still required when simply resetting Windows?

And going back to my original question. Will simply resetting the PC clear any malware and other stuff or would that be still there because it's baked into the image that the vendor put in?

Thanks!!
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03-28-2024 at 08:16 AM.
03-28-2024 at 08:16 AM.
Quote from boball :
Hi thearches!!
Clean install would be by booting from Windows installation media, right? In that case, why do I need to do any initial setup that you mentioned? Thanks!!
Setup first using your MS account should mean you don't have to worry about needing a license code to install. I think. Maybe someone can weigh in on that.
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captainjohn
03-28-2024 at 10:46 AM.
03-28-2024 at 10:46 AM.
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If you do a clean install after initial setup (downloaded from MS), will that take care of everything?
Yes, a clean install should resolve all issues with these boxes that I'm aware of.
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03-28-2024 at 10:47 AM.
03-28-2024 at 10:47 AM.
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Setup first using your MS account should mean you don't have to worry about needing a license code to install. I think. Maybe someone can weigh in on that.
I would not enter any credential/password into these systems. I don't know if you can connect to your MS account without doing this.
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dyrne
03-28-2024 at 12:20 PM.
03-28-2024 at 12:20 PM.
It is many times difficult to reinstall windows on some of these. Mine, I had to reuse their windows image with all the drivers which kind of defeats the purpose. I ended up installing Linux but bios issues and getting a bios update was as far as I could tell impossible. It's now... a headless server
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03-28-2024 at 02:53 PM.
03-28-2024 at 02:53 PM.
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Setup first using your MS account should mean you don't have to worry about needing a license code to install. I think. Maybe someone can weigh in on that.
No need to login to a MS account to store your license key - the license key is embedded in the UEFI of the motherboard (has been this way since Win8). If you create Windows installation media via the Microsoft tool and boot to it, you can do a clean install and indeed not have to worry about license keys, etc.
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03-28-2024 at 05:12 PM.
03-28-2024 at 05:12 PM.
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It is many times difficult to reinstall windows on some of these. Mine, I had to reuse their windows image with all the drivers which kind of defeats the purpose. I ended up installing Linux but bios issues and getting a bios update was as far as I could tell impossible. It's now... a headless server

This is the way. Even if a person didn't go headless, these machine are just screaming Linux. I don't think people understand how stagnant Windows has become. Most people would not miss Windows if they just tried Linux. Many distributions are even simpler to use then Windows or Mac.
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