Comments on: Beelink GTR5 GR9 Dual 2.5GbE AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Mini PC Review

By: Calvin Walton

Calvin Walton — Sun, 03 Jul 2022 17:08:15 +0000

It’s not surprising to see the MediaTek wireless solution on AMD boxes, since MediaTek and AMD have co-branded (and offer package deals on) these in an effort to compete with Intel. I bet the module says “Part Number: RZ608” (the AMD product name) on it?

MediaTek wifi is actually quite well supported on Linux, but the driver fixes for MT7921K aka RZ608 modules only got implemented very recently – you’ll need to use a 5.17 kernel or later.

By: Spuwho

Spuwho — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 18:43:57 +0000

Not everyone needs massive levels of versatility in their computing experience and these mini-PC’s fill a niche. They don’t require large levels of expertise to operate, are simple to just plug in and don’t require large levels of desk space and air space for heat removal. Many can game reasonably well and don’t suck up the power bill while doing so.

By: Fabs

Fabs — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:39:37 +0000

You benchmark Ryzen processors over several generations but there’s no newer generation Intel up there in the benchmark. For a review from june 22, I would awaited a comparison between the latest tech. Could you guys add 12gen intel and hit the article with an “update”?

By: Kongi

Kongi — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 06:58:44 +0000

These things are more often than not heavilly overpriced crap.

They charge an arm&leg for an SoC on very limited MoBo, cheap enclosure and custom, usually very constrained cooler.

Ofcourse, without a chipset – whole board is essentially Ryzen with VRM and connectors.

I also don’t understand why is it so painful for them to route out what’s already available on SoC.
Why is it so rare to see, for example, 4 Displayport outupts when chips do offer them ?

By: Peter P

Peter P — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 08:09:24 +0000

How loud this thing gets ?

By: MDF

MDF — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 22:06:58 +0000

At my old MSP we deployed these to our clients as desktops when we couldn’t get Lenovo M series. They’ve been a hit since, primarily because of the connectivity and just solid performance. We re-image by default, but in our labs we didn’t notice any spyware or biometric requirement….older model (blue ryzen 3750 ones) but really very similar product. I asked my buddy who still works there…never had to RMA one yet (~20 in the field).