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ACEMAGIC AK1 PLUS Mini PC: Intel N95, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Win 11 Pro Expired

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Ace Magic has ACEMAGIC AK1 PLUS Mini PC on sale for $135 when you apply discount code ACEAK1P2 during checkout. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member thePromoter for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • Intel Alder Lake N95 1.7- 3.4GHz 4-Core / 4-Thread 12th Gen Processor
  • 16GB DDR4 Memory
  • 512GB Solid State Drive
  • Wi-Fi 5 + Bluetooth 4.2
  • RGB Lighting
  • Windows 11 Pro
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB 2.0
    • 2x USB 3.0
    • 2x HDMI (up to 4k 60Hz)
    • 1x Ethernet
  • 3-Year Warranty

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Edited April 5, 2024 at 08:10 PM by
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I get these mini PCs for family computers or a local Minecraft server.
Should be fine for local media server. This processor should even be able to transcode 4k non-HDR media, but direct-play should be fine in any file.

Specs:
Intel Alder Lake-N N95 Processor
Intel UHD Graphics
16GB DDR4 RAM
512GB Solid State Drive
SATAm.2 SSD slot.
WiFi5 + Bluetooth 4.2
Ports:
2x HDMI ports
1x RJ45 Ethernet port
2x USB 3.0
2x USB 2.0
3.5mm AUX/audio jack
DC power input


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I buy broken hinge laptops for media play. Usually I get 8th Gen i5 or i7 for $50 or so in Facebook and those will blow this out of the water but they aren't presentable and use more power. Luckily I have them hidden away in the closet. This is a good price though for a nice little machine you can carry with you. Why don't they add a cheap 720p cellphone LCD to this and make it a ring laptop, I don't get it.
Acemagic minipc have been reported to have malware. So better to do a fresh install and get the drivers separately.
This... providing a link is a lot more helpful than just pointing out the shortfalls

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megablank
04-07-2024 at 10:07 AM.
04-07-2024 at 10:07 AM.
Quote from SeriousShape250 :
horrible deal because for $20-$30 more on sale you can get a intel n100 with ddr5, dual nic, usbc c and/or display port also

this has no display port, ddr4 and not ddr5, single nic as apposed to dual, no usb c and no display port
Yea the lack of 2.5G networking with these is ridiculous
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elefante72
04-07-2024 at 10:15 AM.
04-07-2024 at 10:15 AM.
Quote from moogoo541 :
Do these still have malware on them? I would like 1 but the model that was similar to this one I bought, I couldn't reformat the drive. 1st time that's happened. I tried many ways, wouldn't let me. Any one know?

Get a usb stick and put ventoy on it. Digitally register the computer then wipe it with orm windows iso. Put the iso on the ventoy directory. Super easy. some of these chinacom PC use funky hardware so you may need to search for drivers but whatever you do don't get them from said chinacom website.
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04-07-2024 at 10:18 AM.
04-07-2024 at 10:18 AM.
Quote from ultracheapmofo :
Good to know. How do you verify laptop still working when it has a broken screen?

They will have hdmi or the like. Connect to monitor. I just bought a super powerful gen10 Dell laptop for 230 bucks with thunderbolt. I had to update the battery for 25bucks and clean it out. Use it for a workstation. Although with this one the screen in perfect shape.
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elefante72
04-07-2024 at 10:22 AM.
04-07-2024 at 10:22 AM.
Quote from ultracheapmofo :
How does Acemagic brand compare to Beelink?
Recently ordered the Beelink Minis 12 Pro Mini PC with N100 Processor W-11 Pro for $169 + tax on Amazon which has 16GB DDR4 & 500GB SSD.

They are like coke and pepsi all made in the same industrial park. So if there is an issue good luck. Some say beelink is better I disagree. Beelink and trigkey are same odm but when I had an issue with my beelink it took days for them to respond and the response was useless. The ser5 pro I had has a cheap bluetooth/wifi module and I replaced it with Intel and prob went away however the antenna setup is just horrible.

In any case they all suck and support is offshore so it's like Dell. Crappy. So don't spend more than a few hundred and if something goes south then you don't cry.

People try to grade the chinacom providers with reputation. it's like going to the dollar store and buying generic sugar. it's sugar but you have no idea where it came from and how it tastes. the components they use are generic and can change at a whim. So I say you are buying something at the dollar store.
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04-07-2024 at 10:27 AM.
04-07-2024 at 10:27 AM.
Quote from Brooklynite :
I buy broken hinge laptops for media play. Usually I get 8th Gen i5 or i7 for
$50 or so in Facebook and those will blow this out of the water but they aren't presentable and use more power. Luckily I have them hidden away in the closet. This is a good price though for a nice little machine you can carry with you. Why don't they add a cheap 720p cellphone LCD to this and make it a ring laptop, I don't get it.
The 6th, 7th and 8th gen Intel i7 laptops make good emulation devices. They can be bought for around $50 without any defects and the screen working normal. Most laptop cpus have a "U" at the end which means ultra low power. I stay away from those because they are slow. I prefer the laptop cpus with "HQ" at the end which means high performance quad-core. Even with Intel integrated graphics you can run Yuzu to emulate a lot of Switch games. Imagine playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
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04-07-2024 at 10:28 AM.
04-07-2024 at 10:28 AM.
Quote from tbern1 :
I'm not a mini-PC wiz and may have this comparison wrong. But I wish I had gotten a deal such as this for my homelab rather than my Raspberry Pi 5.

8 GB Raspberry Pi 5 @ $85 shipped
Enclosure w/ fan & NVMe @ $61 shipped
Still need a specific wall wart @ ~$15 shipped

This seems more capable, cheaper, and pre-assembled.

You are correct. Rpi value prop is not there unless you need gpio or arm otherwise the n95 will wipe the floor with it with moderate more power.. I bought a bunch for harvester cluster for 120 so these prices right now are OK but this was a year ago when ssd were dirt cheap.

I did buy a 3+ to defeat region blocks from.netflix, Hulu etc for 35 bucks full setup so you can see used for a good price and it's 3 watts. money well.spent.
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04-07-2024 at 10:28 AM.
04-07-2024 at 10:28 AM.
Quote from Brooklynite :
I buy broken hinge laptops for media play. Usually I get 8th Gen i5 or i7 for $50 or so in Facebook and those will blow this out of the water but they aren't presentable and use more power. Luckily I have them hidden away in the closet. This is a good price though for a nice little machine you can carry with you. Why don't they add a cheap 720p cellphone LCD to this and make it a ring laptop, I don't get it.

I bought a couple of paper boxes full of laptops (my company did a refresh and they were "unfixable" ). 1 I run as a media server ( no display with some USB external drives ) 3 I run as Kodi devices (no keyboard or display, one is just the mobo and heatsink with fan, the power button is directly on the board). I fixed some and gave them to family members I sold a few for a discount but to cover the cost of all parts.

We need to keep this stuff out of the landfill as long as possible.
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04-07-2024 at 10:32 AM.
04-07-2024 at 10:32 AM.
Quote from megablank :
Yea the lack of 2.5G networking with these is ridiculous

You can buy a 2.5 usb adapter for 8 bucks. I put one on my 1200 Mac mini works just fine and goes full speed. Wish I paid the 100 bucks for the 10 gig but hey.
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04-07-2024 at 10:36 AM.
04-07-2024 at 10:36 AM.
DDR4 means the build is using older chipset. I'd pass. I'd also pay a bit more for N100, way more efficient, runs cooler.
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04-07-2024 at 10:44 AM.
04-07-2024 at 10:44 AM.
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I bought a couple of paper boxes full of laptops (my company did a refresh and they were "unfixable" ). 1 I run as a media server ( no display with some USB external drives ) 3 I run as Kodi devices (no keyboard or display, one is just the mobo and heatsink with fan, the power button is directly on the board). I fixed some and gave them to family members I sold a few for a discount but to cover the cost of all parts.

We need to keep this stuff out of the landfill as long as possible.
The 6th, 7th and 8th gen Intel i7 Dell or HP laptops still worked great even nowaday. Just put in a ssd if it does not have one, upgrade the ram memory to 16 gb and install Windows 10.
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04-07-2024 at 11:09 AM.
04-07-2024 at 11:09 AM.
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Do these still have malware on them? I would like 1 but the model that was similar to this one I bought, I couldn't reformat the drive. 1st time that's happened. I tried many ways, wouldn't let me. Any one know?
I have a model like this from them and I could do a Windows clean install with a drive reformat. I would definitely recommend a clean install to assure the machine is malware free.
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04-07-2024 at 11:44 AM.
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Better yet install Linux. Half the things people do on their computer could be done on Linux running on a potato.
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04-07-2024 at 12:12 PM.
04-07-2024 at 12:12 PM.
I pre ordered 8GB Rock 5C with heatsink $97 shipped + $10 5V5A usb-c + $26 fast sd = $133 to do Jellyfin etc...
I will cancel it, This much better for sure
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Dead? Link not working for me
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04-07-2024 at 12:44 PM.
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This sounds like what you want not the general public want. It all come down to keep cost low.

You totally missed his point lol
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