


-I got this just to run my media server since the raspberry pi wasnt cutting it for video encoding, I was assuming Id just run a headless gentoo installation and keep things minimal. The CPU is a beast! I got the most bloated arch hyprland setup (Ml4w) and it runs beautifully with a containerized media server (Jellyfin, Prowlarr, Jackett, multiple Usenets and NZB indexers + tailscale webapp hosting so my family can add stuff remotely) and it honestly has plenty of room to spare! I only put 16 GB of DDR5 ram in it as well. -The build quality is astoundingly good, I literally found this machine by searching for cheapest Chinesium barebones pc made of bamboo. But the thing is metal, feels s o l i d, has good airflow, and the internals are well seated. -Very good engineering/design, the 1st ssd slot is slightly raised as to not touch the control module battery. That sounds small but its a chefs kiss when so many builds have irreconcilable placement issues

installed a few different versions of linux. stayed with linux mint. been ruuning beautifully replaced nvme with a 2tb and filled the second slot with a same brand/size


- Runs games and other CPU intensive programs really well - Fits 2x NVME M.2 drives even with - With the right case it fits a full size GPU (RTX 3090 Ti pictured) - Sips power due to being a mobile CPU especially at idle - Compact complete package without any CPU setup needed

Very fast and quiet, easy to setup. Plugged in all peripherals everything works.





Very fast, quiet, and super low profile! Best with ethernet!! Lower power consumption!



- Snappy single threaded performance really makes a big difference with daily tasks. - Excellent graphics performance, pretty much neck and neck with my Ryzen 4700U laptop (needs dual channel RAM for good performance, though). - Plenty of USB Type A ports (for a change!) - Good thermal design: two heat pipes and high-end laptop-class heatsink/fan combo. A bit loud when under stress, but I am glad it gets the job done. I rarely crack 80 C under full multithreaded load when compiling etc - Overall good quality case construction. - Great Linux support in kernel 5.10 and up. WiFi didn't work out of the box on my distro, but after a kernel update it worked no problem. This is not an ASRock thing, but just something to point out. The newer versions of distros coming out will almost certainly have a more recent kernel and have full support for everything right out of the box.



Working as advertised

No bloat, No Spyware, Quiet, stays cool, Windows 11 installed
