Beelink EQI12 Mini PC W-11 Pro i5-1235U 32GB DDR4 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD Dual Display 4K@60Hz Output, Wi-Fi 6, RJ45, Built in PSU Office Mini Computer

I recently revamped my home workstation, but having 2 monitors connected to a laptop that's nearly 5 years old was proving to be a somewhat inefficient setup, so I started shopping around for mini PCs. I initially had a different model from Beelink in my cart and happened to see this one in the recommended products right at the last minute; the specs were too good to pass up and I went ahead and spent the extra money. Setup was simple and fast. I like that it came with Windows 11 by default but that it was kind of a bare-bones installation without a lot of extra Microsoft bloatware. I've got one of my monitors connected via the HDMI port and the other connected via a HDMI/USB-C DisplayLink adapter; at first, the PC wasn't recognizing this monitor for some reason, but after restarting it to allow some other settings to take effect, the DisplayLink works just fine. I'm glad to have 4 USB ports as well. In terms of performance, everything is very fast and smooth; apps launch quickly and run well thanks to those 32 GB of RAM. I use my home workstation for working from home part time, which includes a remote connection to my office computer and a variety of Zoom/Teams calls and meetings, and this PC handles all of that well. I did have a little bit of an issue getting the new version of Teams installed, but that was more of a Windows 11 problem than a problem with this actual PC. One of the other reasons I opted for this model with more processing power and RAM is because I also do a fair bit of graphic design and am often handling large Photoshop files that my laptop sometimes struggled with, and so far they've all been a piece of cake for this little guy. I can't really speak to its performance with games (I'm a console gal), but I haven't had any issues with ordinary video streaming. It's also a very quiet little machine; I do have it mounted under my standing desk so that might kind of muffle any noise it's making, but I rarely even notice it making noise at all. Very pleased so far.

Picked this up to run as a home server and it’s been excellent. Currently running Proxmox with OPNsense as my firewall plus four other VMs without dropping in performance and is very responsive. Temps are impressive too. Even under sustained load with everything spun up, it stays cool and quiet. The size still surprises me every time I look at the rack because it’s small If you wanted to scale out, you could easily cluster a couple of these together for redundancy or extra compute and still come in well under the cost of a single mid-range server. For anyone considering a Proxmox host, an OPNsense/pfSense box, or a compact homelab. I Highly recommend this.

So, let me preface this with I have been using the Beelink with no issues for a couple months now, hosting a plex server. I recently realized it did not ship with the 500g hard drive but rather a 100/65g LOL!!! I guess that's what you get when you buy a Chinese product from a source such as Amazon. I'm not looking to return it as I have a NAS with massive drives and also massive external drives but it still sucks. It did however ship with the 32g RAM and that's probably more important for my use case. If you buy this, prepare to not get what you ordered more than likely! Chinese crap that works good but sold by a crap company (Amazon) and not as advertised.

These have worked out well. It gives our people what they need and the compact design is wonderful.

This thing is tiny, but seems to work awesome. I am very pleased with the speed and features. My girlfriend says I should wait longer before I submitt a review since I have only had it a few days, but it seems pretty darn nice. I wish it had more USB ports in the back, but it isn't a big deal.

I wanted to love this as it packs a lot of good specs in a small package but it is loud! The performance is subpar compared to the specs and price. Not sure if they cheaped out on the chipset or what’s going on but i have a 4th gen i5 with 16gb ram that performs just the same. The time to return it passed while I was troubleshooting trying to get it to work or I would have returned it. It’s the only beelink product that has been a flop.

Two weeks using it and far beyond my expectations.

After having this for over 2 yrs ALL 3 of the USB ports in the front don't work.. Designed with cheap material 1 USB-A barely works the second one will not connect at all, the UBs-C barely wokrs i have to constantly wiggle it to make it work again.....

Excellent mini-pc for home office work. One small detail to be aware of; the DisplayPort is at least 1.4 and will not work with an older 1.2 cable. Be sure you have a 1.4+ cable or be prepared to purchase one. Otherwise, very happy with my purchase so far.

A very fast, power PC in a small size. I'm impressed how well it works and how quick it is.