This Ryzen 5 Mini-PC is CHEAP ($399) & Fast!

The Ace Magician AMR5-AMD Ryzen 5 mini-PC is a cheap and fast Windows computer that can work as a daily driver but also play games pretty well.

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** DISCLAIMER: The computer was sent to me for review, but nobody reviewed this video before going live and all of the opinions are my own **

[thescienceoftankss]

Imagine if you were to tell Sony that you can emulate a PS3 on something 3/4 the size of a PS3. And yet I still can't play PS3 games on my PS5 unless it's streaming

[Chibidia]

I bought one of these after watching several reviews back in February and I'm pretty satisfied with it (mine wasn't called Ace Magician, but "Kamrui"... essentially the same thing). I bought it with emulation in mind since I'm not much a gamer, but everything works pretty well. Most of the WiiU games running on Cemu run fine (even BotW after a little tweaking). Most of my Steam games run without any noticeable problems (MGSV, RE2, Fallout:NV, Sims 4). Like I said, I'm not much of a gamer and don't have any interest in playing current gen games, but most last gen games seem to run just fine.

[stephens]

I would have loved this back in the day for lan parties, this and a flat panel monitor I would have been in heaven lol. I miss those days, gaming online is fun, but there was something special about cramming a bunch of us into a room playing Diablo 2 or StarCraft for a whole day.

[WebstersYouTube]

I could realistically see something like this replacing the Raspberry Pi in my arcade machine in a couple of years when prices are even lower.

[kooijbas]

These mobile ryzen processors since the 4x00 series have been awesome. When they were released they blew all the Intel offerings out of the water, most of them were still at 2 cores, while these budget Ryzens had 6!

[jaemiura]

this is actually perfect for a second pc for content creation due to the size and with the specs its perfect for video capture and wont clutter your desk when you have a main PC next to it

[MichaelScottGuitar]

This is probably perfect for digital audio work stations and video editing. I like it. Might get one in the future.

[garou]

I've always loved small form factor PCs, since the early-mid 00s and some of the micro ATX builds at the time. Lately I have been really considering one, I'll have to compare this to some of the ones I've been looking at from Beelink

[TheExistentialNerd]

I just recently got a very similar mini but it runs the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. Rest of the specs are pretty much the same. I am using it as my OBS machine. I have a separate computer for gaming, and my mini (and this one, too) handles the demands of 1080p 30f perfectly. It does struggle a bit with the 60, but just tune it to 720p and it's all good again. The things one can do with these minis is fantastic. What a time to be alive!

[SourceBoniface]

The magnetic access panel is such a genius idea.

[Keanine]

Seems like a good living room / streaming PC, lots of ports and good enough performance that you won't have issues with streaming from a more powerful PC in the house, but it will also handle older games natively too

[MetalJesusRocks]

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[MKSmooth]

I recently just started playing Prodeus and I'm having a lot of fun with it. Definitely a hidden gem you need to pick up.

[ModeSOLOgaming]

Been looking into these small PCs. I really don't know much about PCs at all but I want to dive in just for the purpose of emulation. What triggered my interest was trying to get an original xbox working and dealing with that headache. So really, I want to start emulating because upkeep on the 20+ game consoles I have is just too much at this point. It's making my favorite passtime stressful to the point I've even considered just giving up on gaming altogether.

[AceDonald]

I legit thought that was a Hyperscan for a second

[FADEDZOMBY]

Been looking for a computer or laptop to edit photos and videos. Wow I never knew these existed! Thank you!

[cusernament]

I always appreciate yours reviews on legitimate gaming options. This thing could be a real option for a lot of people.

[SeanXtopher]

I added an external 3070 to this and I play CoD:MWII at max settings (except for normal textures) and I get over 100fps reliably. Great machine.

[bruhnisher]

Looks like a good PC for a console guy to play fan mod games. I had a used Alienware alpha for that but it didn't last long.

[CJinMono]

The price may be less expensive than cutting edge hardware, but by no means is it cheap.