Beelink GK Mini Review | PCMag

Cov txiaj ntsig pom tseeb ib txwm muaj rau lub desktop compact, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog ib qho uas siv hnab tshos-loj zoo li Beelink's GK Mini: qhov chaw txuag tau kawg, tab sis kuj muaj suab nrov thiab tsawg dua cable clutter. Beelink lub PC me me (pib ntawm $ 299; $ 319 raws li kev sim) tau yooj yim muab zais hauv qab cov duab lossis rooj. Txawm tias zaum ntawm koj lub rooj, nws siv qhov chaw me me uas nws nyuaj rau pom tias nws tuaj yeem nkag mus li cas. Qhov me me thiab qis, tus nqi qis tam sim no muaj qhov tsis zoo, txawm li cas los xij: Txawm hais tias muaj qhov tsis zoo ntawm 8GB ntawm RAM, GK Mini kuj tseem ua rau qeeb qeeb rau feem ntau cov dej num. Yog tias koj tab tom nrhiav kev daws teeb meem rau digital signage lossis qhov qis kawg rau cov ntaub ntawv kiosk, GK Mini yog qhov kev xaiv zoo, pheej yig. Tab sis txawm hais tias tus nqi txaus nyiam rau lub desktop tag nrho, lub khoos phis tawj siv nyiaj yuav yog tus nqi zoo dua rau feem ntau cov haujlwm niaj hnub.

Tsim: Ua Bee-Line rau Me

Beelink tau tsim GK Mini nrog lub cev me me dhau hneev taw. Nws ntsuas kwv yees li 4.6 los ntawm 4.1 los ntawm 1.75 ntiv tes, ib qho ntawm cov desktops me tshaj plaws uas peb tau pom uas muaj qee cov neeg siv khoom sib hloov tau. Beelink suav nrog lub bracket rau mounting nws nyob rau sab nraum qab ntawm ib qho screen.

Peb cov kws tshaj lij tau sim 41 Cov khoom hauv Desktop PCs Pawg Xyoo no

Txij li xyoo 1982, PCMag tau sim thiab ntsuas ntau txhiab yam khoom los pab koj txiav txim siab yuav zoo dua. (Saib seb peb sim li cas.)

Lub kaw lus muaj ib qho DDR4 SO-DIMM RAM qhov thiab ib qho M.2 Ntsiab M qhov uas muab qee qhov kev hloov kho dua tshiab. Beelink muab cov kab ke hauv kev teeb tsa sib txawv, nrog rau $ 299 tus qauv qauv ntawm 8GB ntawm RAM thiab 128GB SSD; peb chav ntsuas tuaj nrog tib DDR4 RAM thiab 256GB SATA 3.0 SSD. Qhov ntawd yog qhov zoo nkauj heev los txiav txim siab feem ntau teeb tsa lub desktops no pheej yig siv eMMC nco rau kev cia thiab sab saum toj ntawm RAM ntawm 4GB.

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Sab nrauv ntawm lub cev yog yas, tab sis nws tsis flex, thiab nws xav tias ruaj txaus rau nws lub hom phiaj. Rau lub PC ntawm qhov loj me no, GK Mini yog qhov yooj yim los hloov kho. Feem ntau ntawm cov txheej txheem sab hauv tau ncav cuag los ntawm kev tshem tawm plaub lub screws teem rau hauv qab cov ces kaum. Thaum cov no tau muab rho tawm, qhov hauv qab ntawm rooj plaub tuaj yeem tawm.

(Duab: Michael Justin Allen Sexton)

Hauv qab, koj yuav nkag mus rau ib sab ntawm lub motherboard, uas tuav ib qho RAM SO-DIMM (lub laptop-style module) thiab M.2 qhov. Txawm li cas los xij, qhov ib qho RAM nkaus xwb, txhais tau tias koj yuav tsis tuaj yeem khiav hauv dual-channel nco hom, thiab koj yuav tsis tau txais kev txhim kho ntau los ntawm kev hloov kho tshwj tsis yog tias koj siv ntau dua 8GB uas lub kaw lus tuaj nrog.

Kev hloov kho qhov system SSD yog qhov kev xaiv siv tau ntau dua, thiab tseem muaj chav ntxiv rau 2.5-nti SSD lossis hard drive ua tus tsav thib ob rau kev khaws cia ntxiv yog tias koj xav tau. Lub drive mounting bay thiab SATA connector yog nyob rau ntawm lub hau, txuas nrog ib tug nyias ribbon cable.

(Duab: Michael Justin Allen Sexton)

Kev xaiv kev sib txuas ntawm GK Mini kuj tseem ceeb heev rau lub kaw lus loj no. Ntawm qhov system pem hauv ntej yog ob lub USB 3.0 chaw nres nkoj thiab lub mloog pob ntseg…

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Nyob rau sab nraum qab ntawm lub kaw lus muaj ob qhov ntxiv USB 3.0 chaw nres nkoj, Ethernet jack, thiab ob lub HDMI chaw nres nkoj. Qhov no zoo li lub teeb pom kev zoo, vim nws ua rau koj muaj cov keyboard, nas thiab ob lub USB ntxiv yam tsis tas yuav tsum muaj lub adapter. Beelink tsis tau qhia tawm qhov twg ntawm HDMI chaw nres nkoj yog siv rau ntawm GK Mini, tab sis nws txhawb nqa 4K video tso tawm ntawm ob qho kev sib txuas.

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Raws li kev sib txuas hauv network, Ethernet jack tej zaum yuav tsis muaj tseeb los siv nrog GK Mini phab ntsa-mounted lossis bracketed rau sab nraub qaum ntawm lub monitor. Lub kaw lus kuj txhawb Wi-Fi 5 (tsis yog Wi-Fi 6, zam tau ntawm tus nqi) thiab Bluetooth.

Ib qho txawv me ntsis suav nrog ntawm qhov system sab nrauv yog lub pinhole "clear CMOS" khawm. Cov yam ntxwv no muaj ntau yam ntawm cov motherboards uas txhawb nqa overclocking, vim nws pab kom rov qab los ntawm BIOS-configuration yuam kev. Nws kuj zoo ib yam ntawm cov laug cam hauv qis hauv daim ntawv ntawm ib sab hauv jumper, tab sis nws xav tias me ntsis tawm ntawm qhov chaw kom muaj nyob rau sab nrauv ntawm GK Mini. (Tsis yog nws mob siab rau suav nrog cov yam ntxwv uas tsis tsim nyog nruj.)

Kuaj GK Mini: Ib Celeron Ua Si Catch-Up

Rau lub hom phiaj kev sim, peb muab Beelink GK Mini tawm tsam ib pawg ntawm cov PCs compact uas peb tau sim ua ntej, suav nrog ECS's Liva Q3 Plus thiab ib qho ntawm Intel qhov tseeb zoo ib yam li cov khoom siv me me NUC, NUC 11 Pro Cov Khoom Siv. Qhov tseeb tiag, GK Mini yuav tsis yeej ib qho kev sib tw rub ntawm no; Intel Celeron J4125 processor nyob rau hauv plawv ntawm lub system no muaj plaub CPU cores clocked ntawm 2GHz uas yog raws li Intel lub low-power "Gemini Lake" architecture. Nws tsis txhawb Hyper-Threading. Raws li kev paub dhau los nrog Gemini Lake thiab nws cov thawj coj, "Apollo Lake," qhov no tsis yog cov khoom ceev.

Lwm lub tshuab hauv daim ntawv teev npe no siv qee qhov sib txawv ntawm Intel lub zog Core architecture, tshwj tsis yog rau ECS Liva Q3 Plus, uas muaj ib qho embedded AMD Ryzen CPU. Nrog rau cov ntaub ntawv hauv siab, nws yuav tsum tsis muaj qhov xav tsis thoob tias GK Mini taug qab cov pob hauv txhua qhov kev sim hauv qab no, peb cov txheej txheem kev tsim khoom ntawm lub rooj zaum…

Cov qauv ntsuas no yog qhov ntsuas kev ntseeg tau ntau dua ntawm qhov GK Mini tuaj yeem ua tau thiab tsis tuaj yeem ua dua li cov qauv yooj yim. Peb yuav tau khiav ob peb daim duab ntsuas ntawm GK Mini, ib yam nkaus, thiab nthuav qhia lawv ntawm no. Tab sis peb tau khiav mus rau ntau qhov teeb meem ntawm peb ob qhov kev sim duab kos duab uas peb tsis tuaj yeem daws tau. Peb vam khom rau 3DMark thiab GFXBench 5.0 rau theem ntawm kev sim no, tab sis ob leeg yuav tsis ua haujlwm zoo ntawm GK Mini.

GFXBench yuav nruab rau ntawm lub kaw lus tab sis tsis kam khiav txawm tias tom qab rov nruab software ntau zaus. 3DMark ntsia tsis muaj teeb meem thiab yuav khiav Night Raid thiab Time Spy kev sim peb siv, tab sis rau qee qhov laj thawj, software yuav tsis tso tawm 3DMark Tag Nrho Cov qhab nia tom qab sim ntawm ob qho tib si. Lub software tau hais kom hloov kho cov duab tsav tsheb kom tau txais cov qhab nia xeem, tab sis tom qab rov txhim kho ob qhov tseeb Intel cov tsav tsheb sib xyaw ua ke tsis muaj kev txhim kho, peb tau raug yuam kom tso tseg.

Uas tau hais tias, peb xav tias yuav poob me ntsis ntawm no, muab Celeron CPU thiab minimalist Intel UHD Graphics silicon. GK Mini tsis tau tsim los ua si. (Tej zaum lub kaw lus tau paub txog tus kheej txaus kom paub qhov no, thiab tsis kam txiav txim rau nws qhov kev ua tau zoo hauv cheeb tsam no?)

Kev Siv Ua Ntej: Yuav, lossis Tsis Yuav

GK Mini yog, nyob rau hauv XNUMX lub hlis dhau los, lub desktop qeeb tshaj plaws uas peb tau khiav los ntawm peb cov qauv kev ntsuas uas peb siv rau cov tshuab niaj hnub no. Txawm li cas los xij, lub kaw lus tseem tuaj yeem siv tau hauv cov xwm txheej zoo. Beelink nws tus kheej qhia lub PC siv rau plaub qhov sib txawv:

• Raws li lub chaw ua haujlwm PC

• Raws li ib tug tub ntxhais kawm PC

• Raws li HTPC rau streaming yeeb yaj duab

• Raws li kev lag luam PC, rau digital signage thiab cov ntaub ntawv kiosks

Ntawm ob lub ntsiab lus kawg, Beelink yog qhov tseeb. Kuv tsis pom dab tsi uas ua rau GK Mini tsis haum rau siv raws li lub cav ntawm cov ntaub ntawv kiosk. Raws li nws muaj ob lub 4K-npaj HDMI chaw nres nkoj, GK Mini kuj yog ib qho kev xaiv zoo tshaj plaws rau ntau daim duab digital. Thiab txawm hais tias kuv tus kheej xav tau qee yam sai dua rau lub tsev ua yeeb yam PC (HTPC), lub tswv yim ntawm kev siv lub kaw lus rau txoj haujlwm ntawd muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau kev streaming yooj yim.

Raws li rau Beelink's thawj ob lub tswv yim (hais txog kev siv GK Mini ua PC rau kev ua haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm lossis kev ua haujlwm hauv tsev kawm ntawv), koj yuav nyuaj rau nrhiav pokier desktop xaiv nrog cov khoom niaj hnub. Ntawm $ 319, GK Mini los rau hauv kev sib tw nrog cov laptops uas tsis muaj nqi thiab Chromebooks uas yuav muab cov kev paub zoo sib xws lossis zoo dua. Cov tshuab no kuj muaj qhov zoo ntawm kev nruab nrog roj teeb, keyboards, kov cov ntaub qhwv, thiab cov lus qhia, thaum koj yuav tsum tau yuav ib pawg ntawm cov khoom siv sib cais los siv GK Mini tag nrho PC. Qhov no ua rau lub laptops tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo dua rau cov ntaub ntawv siv ntawd.

Kuj tseem muaj kev xaiv ntawm kev yuav khoom kho dua tshiab rau chaw ua haujlwm lossis tsev kawm ntawv ua haujlwm. Koj tsis zoo li yuav pom ib yam dab tsi me me li GK Mini, tab sis saib ntawm Amazon.com lossis Newegg, thiab koj yuav pom ntau ntau cov kev hloov kho tshiab thiab rov ua dua tshiab muaj nyob rau hauv $ 200 uas yuav muab kev ua tau zoo dua. Txawm hais tias qhov chaw txuag tau muaj txiaj ntsig, kuv tus kheej yuav ntshai lub tswv yim ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm lub kaw lus qeeb no tsis tu ncua. Los ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav luv luv, kuv tuaj yeem pom ntau yam 4th Generation Intel Core i5 desktops uas tuaj nrog cov keyboard thiab nas nyob ib puag ncig $ 100 txog $ 200. Kuv paub tseeb tias lawv yuav ua tau zoo dua thiab cov tshuab ua haujlwm uas ua haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm.

Thaum kawg, koj yuav tsum ntsuas qhov tseem ceeb ntawm qhov chaw txuag rau koj nrog GK Mini. Tshwj tsis yog tias lawv yog qhov tseem ceeb (xws li nws yuav yog, rau cov khoom siv digital-signage txhais tau tias yuav tsum tau muab zais los yog zais), tej zaum yuav muaj qhov zoo dua, loj dua, thiab muaj peev xwm txawm tias pheej yig dua. Nws yuav luag xav tias tsis ncaj ncees, qhov tseeb, los txiav txim rau GK Mini li no, tab sis raws li Beelink teev "chaw ua haujlwm PC" thiab "cov tub ntxhais kawm PC" raws li ob lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb ntawm cov cuab yeej no tuaj yeem ua tiav, nws yog qhov ncaj ncees rau cov lus nug.

Kev txiav txim: Digital Signage? Koj Yuav Zoo Siab Txaus

Txawm hais tias nws qhov kev ua tau zoo yog qeeb thiab lub kaw lus tsis zoo rau kev siv ua tus kheej lossis chaw ua haujlwm PC, Beelink GK Mini tseem muaj cov nyiaj hauv ob sab phlu. Lub kaw lus me me tsis tshua muaj lub cev hneev taw thiab dual HDMI tso tawm ua rau nws zoo tsim rau digital signage. Nws kuj tseem tuaj yeem ua tau zoo txaus raws li HTPC lossis hauv ob peb lub luag haujlwm uas tsis dhau se. Thiab tus nqi ntawd nyuaj rau tsis quav ntsej. Intel's NUC mini systems muaj ntau qhov loj me, tab sis sim nrhiav ib qho kev teeb tsa tag nrho rau ntau dua $ 300 nrog 8GB ntawm RAM, 256GB SSD, thiab Windows ntsia. Peb mam li tos ntawm no.

Kev ncaj ncees ntawm qhov kev thuam peb theem tawm tsam cov txheej txheem los ntawm lub tuam txhab kev lag luam ntawm PC mus rau qhov chaw ua haujlwm lossis tsev kawm ntawv siv, vim tias muaj kev xaiv zoo dua rau cov dej num hauv tib tus nqi ntau. Yuav GK Mini tsuas yog tias koj xav tau nws rau ib qho ntawm cov haujlwm qhia meej uas nws tau tsim los, thiab koj yuav zoo siab txaus. Tsuas yog tsis txhob cia siab tias nws yuav yog (Bee?) tus tsav tsheb txhua hnub.