Beelink is no stranger to the mini PC landscape, and the SER8 was one of 2024's more interesting mini PC launches, thanks to the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS and Ryzen 7 8745HS CPUs and their powerful Radeon 780M graphics. Now, an Amazon discount on the Beelink SER8 has made the mini PC a much more attractive prospect.
Amazon has discounted a handful of variants of the Beelink SER8, including the top-of-the-line versions sporting a Ryzen 7 8845HS and Ryzen 7 8745HS. Both the 8745HS and 8845HS feature eight Zen 4 cores for 16 total threads and AMD's popular Radeon 780M iGPUs, but the biggest difference between the two is that the 8745HS features no NPU.
During the Amazon sale, the SER8 with the AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS comes in at an affordable $499.99, meanwhile the Ryzen 7 8845HS version is discounted to $599.99. Both discounted mini PCs come with a generous 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB of PCIe 4.0 storage, making them ready to go, right out of the box. Despite its diminutive size, the SER8 has a healthy ports selection, featuring 2 × USB 2.0, 3 × USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 × USB 4.0 40 Gbps, USB-C Power Delivery (PD), 1 × HDMI, 2 × DisplayPort, and 2x 3.5 mm combo jacks. That USB 4 port is also handy, because, in theory, it could be used to connect the SER8 to something like the OneXGPU with the AMD RX 7600M XT (curr. $699.99 on Amazon), drastically improving its graphics capability.
In our review of the Beelink SER8 with the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS, we praised it for its premium-feeling metal construction, efficient, quiet cooling solution, and maintenance-friendly design. It managed out thermal stress test admirably, topping out at 75° C without throttling CPU or GPU performance. It also scored some of the highest among devices with the AMD Radeon 780M iGPU, despite its quiet cooling solution.
While these mini PCs are certainly more geared for productivity or possibly workstation use, AMD's Radeon 780M has proven itself to be a powerful enough iGPU to run even many modern games, as long as you're happy reducing image quality and lowering resolution somewhat.
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