Quick Look Review: Beelink SER8 AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS Mini PC

Do you like meandering product explorations that could have been an hour-long livestream, but ended up being cut down to a 20-minute video, instead? Well, you've come to the right place!

Disclaimer: Beelink sent this mini PC to us for our review, but we were not compensated in any way and this is NOT a sponsored video.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:12 Overview and specs
01:42 Unboxing
02:20 Exterior
04:16 Opening it up
04:52 Inside the SER8
07:06 First boot and some noise testing
08:47 HWINFO
09:35 Looking at the BIOS setup
11:12 Watch the system boot (in real time!)
11:36 Getting ready for some inadequate testing
12:26 Back after 20 minutes of a looped benchmark to look at thermals
13:52 More benchmarking exploits
17:11 Final thoughts

[EcksGamer]

For the final Fantasy XIV benchmarks, you should have gone with the standard laptop configuration because you're using mobile parts.

[TrusteftTech]

I had external floppy disk drives in the 80s (SF314) which I am pretty sure were larger than this mini PC.
The temps look good.
The one thing I noticed is with video editing performance while higher numbers than the Intel one you showed, the difference was quite small. Also the Intel iGPU has support for more codecs which should make the editing on the timeline experience a more smooth one. At least in theory as I never owned either of these computers.

The only two things I will say I definitely do not like about this pc is first the color. I want bright colorful colors. Orange, yellow, red, even blue, just give me something which isn't black, silver (including "rose gold") or even white.
Second, the difficulty in reach the CPU cooling solution for maintenance. I don't know why almost every single mini PC manufacturer does this. If you use these often then sooner or later you re going to have to clean them, if not repaste them. Why so difficult? Meh


Thanks for the video.

[johnfodo]

The mini PC aka nook PCs are getting really good now! Ryan what is the music called your playing? My wife likes to listen to same type of music!

[IntrovertAlert]

Great review Sebastian! Just wondering why that Samsung monitor is being used though? Don't you have a 34" ultra-wide that usually sits where the Samsung monitor is? Thought that would be better to show off productivity features.

[annebokma]

Hiding the screws but adding a pull tab 😂😂😂

[kazk]

Heyy i have a question if you wouldn’t mind answering for me, so i bought the ser8 mini pc i saw from your video, is it possible to connect an eGpu, (i don’t know anything about eGpu’s), and if so will it run just as perfect, and aswell what eGpu would you recommend fully for that pc🙏 it would mean a lot💪

[michaeldonaghy]

The wifi is absolutely shocking, really bad, five metres from the router, its downloading in kilobits. If I use a mobile hotspot off my tablet right beside its fine. Dunno if it's just mine or because it's a metal box.😮 Otherwise it's amazing, emulator monster

[drewy]

I have been looking for a mini PC. I want to use it to put Linux on it and just browse the internet with being tracked by windows advertising

[DMonZ]

Wow that is awful. Please dust regularly. You only have to pick out the tiny rubber plugs and undo some screws. So many others have magnetic covers.