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Review on πŸ’» UM340 Mini PC Review: High-Performance AMD Ryzen 5 3450U, DDR4 16GB RAM+512GB SSD, Windows 10 Pro, 4K@60Hz Output, Dual Band WiFi, Radeon Vega 8 Graphics by Chad Gravely

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Clean and professional with weak graphics

The power behind it is definitely the CPU and RAM. This is ideal for tackling heavy tasks. It can handle Radeon-optimized graphics, but still nothing extreme. I tested Dolphin with it and it was able to do a Mario Kart double dash at a steady 60 fps with 2x zoom and 2x MSAA, but anything beyond that would fall like a stone. So decent graphics performance. Eight cores (logically) ensure a good distribution of work. I see this behaving like a clustered PC in a highly parallel environment, maybe a Kubernetes host. 16 GB of RAM is also not to be scoffed at. It comes with a fairly fast 240GB SSD, but has a full-size 2.5-inch SATA expansion that you can access by simply removing the cover, so it's really a small one Storage box can act if you so wish. Two Ethernet ports really make it a networking device, but it works great when mounted on the back of an HDMI monitor using the included bracket and connection cable. A clean install of Windows 10 Pro (as far as I can tell) that's really refreshing comes from vendors subpoenaing every useless gimmick they can find. I am impressed. I want to group three hooks together and see what I can do!

Pros
  • Entertaining
Cons
  • Not trendy