Beelink SER7 mini PC review: Ryzen 7 7840HS with vapor chamber cooling

Beelink has dropped the removable top covers on older models in favor of a more fixed look and construction. The matte metal and ABS plastic surfaces are firm on each side including on the many ventilation grilles surrounding the unit. The SER7 is not a cheaply made or overlay plastic mini PC in any sense of the word.

The SER7 addresses one of our main complaints about older Beelink models by integrating multiple USB-C ports instead of only one. In fact, the system includes three USB-C ports which is more than what most other mini PCs offer. Two of the USB-C ports are also USB4 meaning eGPUs are fully supported.

The dual 3.5 mm headphone jacks are also notable for more expansive audio support.

Note that USB-C Power Delivery is supported up to 100 W meaning you can use third-party USB-C AC adapters to power unit should you ever lose the proprietary AC adapter that ships with the box. However, the model appears to be picky with which USB-C AC adapters are supported. For example, our 130 W USB-C AC adapter from Dell would not power on the SER7 at all while our 140 W USB-C AC adapter from Lenovo would work without any issues.

There is no Kensington lock unlike on the Intel NUC series.

The retail box includes a wall-mounted VESA bracket with screws, AC power adapter, and two HDMI cables. The AC adapter is unique when compared to other manufacturers as it attaches magnetically to the bottom of the SER7 to prevent accidental disconnects.

We set out unit to Performance mode via Windows prior to running the benchmarks below. Beelink includes no control center-like software for toggling any special features.

Ryzen 7 7840HS performance is excellent with multi-thread results that are roughly 10 percent faster than the competing Core i7-13700H to easily outperform any Intel Core U or Core P processors currently available by relatively wide margins. Users demanding more performance will have to look at Core i9-13900K or Ryzen 9 7945HX solutions, but such processors are well beyond the power envelope of our HS-series CPU.

Performance stability is also excellent and better than most mini PCs powered by Core U or Core P CPUs. Processor performance in the Intel NUC 12 Pro, for example, would dip by about 20 percent over time when running CineBench R15 xT in a loop whereas our Beelink would remain flat throughout. This can be partly attributed to the vapor chamber cooler of the SER7 design.