FIREBAT Global Store via AliExpress has
FIREBAT AM02 Mini PC on sale for $184.88 - $32 with promo code
AEUS32 during checkout =
$152.88.
Shipping is free.
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Specs:
- AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 6-Core Processor
- 16GB Memory
- 512GB Solid State Drive
- WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2
- Windows 11
- Ports:
- 3x USB 3.2 Type-A
- 1x USB 2.0 Type-A
- 1x USB Type-C
- 1x 3.5mm Audio
- 2x 1Gbps LAN
- 1x HDMI 2.0
- 1x DisplayPort 2.0
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This video [youtube.com] shows a similar GMKtec system with a Ryzen 6600H. He tested around 18W idle and 80W max.
A user in this thread [reddit.com] reported an idle power consumption of 7-11W for a Beelink system with a 6600H.
This benchmark [notebookcheck.net] lists the 6600H as idling around 8W and maxing around 80W.
This thread [reddit.com] shows an N100 idling at 14W.
You can find other benchmarks of N100 and similar systems idling under 6W.
My GMKtec mini PC with a Ryzen 7735HS idled at around 15W. I had it configured for a 54W TDP in the BIOS.
A couple of takeaways...
TDP is not a good way to estimate power usage of a CPU.
The total power of a system is very different from the power draw of the CPU.
Cheap components can greatly impact the overall efficiency of your system. It can turn a highly efficient N100 into a 10W+ idle machine in a hurry.
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Can probably only be used for streaming or entertaining HTPC.
For me, I would rather buy a used brand name laptop or desktop.
For $150-200 I don't know what you expect. I have Intel N100 and N95 mini PCs that were $100 each as NAS and home servers running 24/7 for 2 years with no issues. You should back up your data anyways and in that case if the hardware fails the cost of replacing the entire unit with something faster is the same as replacing components on a name brand machine.
or both. I used a remote like this and the IR blaster with a learning remote.
or both. I used a remote like this and the IR blaster with a learning remote.
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Overall for the price I'm very impressed. Solid little PC, snappy too. I'm only using it for office style work/video playback and some basic video transcoding. The 660M is a solid little workhorse for video conversion tasks.
More importantly, I wasn't sure what all the usb-c port would support and took a gamble. I have a dell usb-c dock that I use for my laptop that has 2 monitors, speakers, KB/mouse attached. I wanted to be able to easily quickly switch between my laptop and this unit, and it worked flawlessly. Plugged in the usb-c and it picked up both monitors and KB/mouse. Doesn't get power via usb-c but I didn't expect it too.
This makes my workspace so much more convenient as I have a dedicated PC for basic tasks and can plug my laptop in when needed. I also threw a win11 pro license on there and enabled remote desktop and bitlocker.
Interestingly task manager shows 1 of 2 slots used for the memory. I haven't cracked the case open to confirm but if I'm reading that right it's running in single channel mode with 1 16gb dimm. So cheaper/easier to upgrade to 32gb by grabbing one 16gb sodimm if desired. For now it seems fine with the 16gb and pretty snappy so not going to upgrade the ram.
The only thing I noticed is when I did windows updates, and it grabbed the latest win11 update, on reboot the AMD Adrenaline software gave an error of being the wrong version. I went to amds site, grabbed the latest adrenaline and chipset drivers, installed, rebooted, error went away.
The wifi chipset seems solid and connection to WiFi6 is strong. Interestingly on initial setup of win11 it didn't pester me to make an online Microsoft account, went straight to local account only setup which is what I wanted anyway.
It's silent when not under load. When under load you can hear the cooling fan but it's not very loud. Id equate it to one of those rechargable personal cooling fans.
The only "shady" thing, which I know a lot of vendors do, was a foil sealed card inside, when opened, it offers you a $20 GC or 3 year warranty for an Amazon review specifically (with a pic of 5 star icons at the top) and explicitly tells you not to mention the card in the review.
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