Mini PC: Beelink SER5-PRO

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Releases

Linux Mint 22.x

Compatibility

Works perfectly

Description of the hardware

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics

GPU: AMD Cezanne, driver=amdgpu

Network:

1. Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet, driver=r8169
2. Intel Wi-Fi 6, driver=iwlwifi

Bluetooth: Intel AX200 Bluetooth, driver=btusb

Memory: 2 x DDR4 SO-DIMM

• Max Speed: 3200 MHz
• Max capacity: 64GB (2 x 32GB)

Storage:

1. M.2 2280 PCIE3.0x4
2. 2.5 inch SATA

Optional - Notes

Zero stability issues, no proprietary drivers needed.

RAM and M.2/SATA are user-replaceable. A quick YouTube teardown search shows different revisions of this Mini PC have different motherboard layouts. Some videos show the Wifi M.2 card accessible, but not all videos. Originally came with NVME with Windows 11 PRO pre-installed, but I replaced with an off the shelf drive (WD Blue SN580).

Bluetooth works as well. Tested with Soundcore 3 external speaker.

IGPU uses system RAM, you can configure this in EFI BIOS. It defaults to 4 GB, but I've lowered it to 2 GB since I don't do any GPU intensive activities.

There are several CPU configurations of the SER5-PRO. If you want to purchase one with this CPU, you need to specify "5800H" in the search.

I use this as a secondary desktop PC to experiment with Linux. QEMU/KVM virtual machines run well on it with Virt-Manager. This machine flies with Linux Mint. Power on to login in less than 10 seconds. Excellent performance for all tasks I've used it for so far.