Thinking of buying a Beelink S12 mini pc, I use a computer for shopping, browsing the internet and playing music. I have a number of 24/96/192 downloads stored on external hd and play via VLC to my Topping DAC on A to B USB, does anyone see a problem with that on the Beelink. Thank you in advance, Dave
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Beelink should be absolutely fine and up to the task. If you're prepared to pay a little more the TRIGKEY S5 Ryzen mini from Amazon, has twice the memory capacity and better connectivity in terms of WIFI and USB.
Also installed with very fast storage 500GB NVMe SSD, better than SSD SATA. I think it's worth the extra outlay but it's your call 🙂
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Gone for the Beelink, with an Amazon deal of £166.90 doesn't eat into the pension too much. Dave
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You'll like it. I've had only minis for 12 years. I started with a Fujitsu model and currently have two Intel NUCs, one from 2017 and the other 2023 when I also considered Beelink. My three through Amazon as well, of course.
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Little late to reply but would still like to mention, I am using the Beelink S12 for my NAS and its motherboard short within 2 months of my usage. Luckily it was in warranty so it was replaced for free.
After that though it has been working fine (it's been 3 months now touch wood). I would advise you to keep it at a place where there is proper air ventilation.
After that though it has been working fine (it's been 3 months now touch wood). I would advise you to keep it at a place where there is proper air ventilation.
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Very helpful.
Please may I ask - do you know if any of these are fanless? I am led to believe that fanless mini-PCs will reduce noise when it comes to music playback and this is probably more important if music is the primary function. Am I right in thinking that even an Intel N100 is adequate in processing power for music (even a Raspberry pi, for that matter)?
Do you happen to know if there are mini PCs adequate for music recording (only a maximum of two tracks at a time with a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2)?
Thank you.
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Hi
I can't honestly recall if the above mentioned were fanless.
I've done some digging, the MINIX Intel N100 mini PC is certainly fanless, see link below.
This model comes with 16 GB of DDR memory, this should be more than adequate for music processing and recording.
The Focusrite Scarlett has USB-C connectivity, its compatible with MacOS, Windows and iPadOS.
So it should be fine.
I hope this helps 😀
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