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Review on πŸ’» Beelink GT-R Mini PC: AMD Ryzen 5, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, WiFi 6, 4K Dual HDMI, DP, Type-C, Windows 10 Pro by Jose Miller

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The first impression is good!

I've been reading and reviewing this little computer for months. So I pulled the trigger and bought it. I read a lot of reviews and watched a lot of youtube reviews etc. Overall it seemed good. So far it's working as expected, which is very good. About Me - I'm not a gamer and many YouTube reviews have enjoyed showing and discussing its gaming capabilities. Maybe, but that's not why I bought it. I had to update, that's all. I'm a regular computer user, just like you I guess. I use it for work and pleasure. I mainly work on MS Office and various other web applications such as SalesForce, Email, YouTube, Web Browsing etc. etc. I also don't do any photo or video editing. When I received the computer, I installed it, unpacked it and set it up. Quite easy. Plug and twist. I connected my Logitech USB Bluetooth and my keyboard and mouse worked! I also bought a brand new 32" Asus UDH monitor. It's good too. Definitely. I've been using GTR for about 4 days at the time of writing this review. BIOS changes. Bye. But I've heard that I should increase the RAM a little as the factory settings don't match the actual speed of the RAM. I've read that fans can be loud but for me it's not. I hear them turning on and off from time to time but they don't sound loud or annoying to me. Most of the time BeeLink is quiet. Now I have it under my monitor. I'll be moving to the back of the monitor soon after using it a little more and figuring out how to connect it to others I will connect devices like camera, usb etc. I tried the vesa mount that was included but it's not that good. I want a quick release mount. There are vi for those guys ele options. I didn't open the computer either, as I don't need it at the moment. However, I might replace the 1TB hard drive with a 1 or 2 SS d a bit later. (A 500GB SSD is already installed). After watching many YouTube videos, updating this PC is very easy. I have 16GB of RAM but 64 is supported. 16GB of RAM is probably enough for me. In conclusion and after using the GTR for a short time I am impressed. I can return the next day after further use. UPDATE: 5/2/2021 I've been using the GTR for about 4 months now. and I'm still happy with it. I had no problems with that at all. Before buying I read that the fans are noisy. Now and most of the time I'm dead quiet. There are times when I open a new tab/website and pick them up where you can hear them. But I think it's related to the website and not the OTO. When this happens I can close the tab/website in question and the GTR will go quiet again. Right now I have 16 browser tabs open and GTR is silent. In terms of performance, this GTR that I have will do anything. I increased the RAM speed as many have noticed, but I haven't noticed any difference. I didn't make any hardware changes inside. So my GTR works as built and delivered. I bought a quick release VESA mount for the back of the monitor, but then it wouldn't attach properly to my ASUS monitor. So I used the basic VESA mount that the GTR came with. Actually everything is fine. Overall I am very happy with my GTR.

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