GEEKOM Mini IT11 Review: The perfect Living Room Mini PC?
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- I'm taking a close look at the modern GEEKOM Mini IT11 mini PC and transform it into the ultimate retro gaming emulation and media center solution for my living room.
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Kodi Media Center Software:
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TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
1:13 Unboxing and Specs
4:25 Build Quality & Connectivity
7:20 A Look Inside
9:45 Connecting it up
10:45 First boot
13:27 Benchmarks
20:09 Installing Retrogames
26:26 Installing Kodi Media Center
29:04 Modern(ish) PC Games
35:46 My Verdict
36:32 Thank you & Good night
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Watching your videos I took courage to fix my washing machine, it was an inflated capacitor, the first time I've repaired something electronic. Thank you!!!
I kinda like those small machines. This one is really capable.
Nice. I really like small form factor computers they come in handy for so many things. I have a couple I use for tasks I chose not to run on my primary computer system. I have Kodi installed on a couple Pi4's I use to stream my media content I have on my server but I don't use those all that often unless I have visitors and then it takes me a minute or two to remember how to use the software which is always a problem for me. Enjoy the Mini PC.
Love this form factor for emulation. Running Dolphin, it can act as a Wii. Hook up either an external CD, or an ISO loader off USB, and the entire thing will still be smaller in volume than the actual console. Only trouble is on my model I think bluetooth and wifi share a module and conflict with eachother. If I put a separate USB Bluetooth dongle and augment that functionality, then interference goes away.
Tiny PCs are pretty neat little things, this one seems to be decent spec too, but, I just can't afford such things hhaving looked at the prices of them... :\
Great little system
Great video as usual. But I don't really see the point of this machine. Spending the price of a PS5 to play old games you can play on a Raspberry Pi or newer games with only 5 or 10 fps, it must be disappointing. But you play River Raid, so I you're 100% right :-)
That thing is nuts.
nice form factor! would love to buy without ssd and memory and upgrade myself
I like the NUC form factor.
I would rather buy a Mini M2 but I like Logic and GarageBand so I'm biased. Good for Retro-gaming too.
Logic Pro ❤️❤️❤️👍
you can always use an external graphics card, I had meant to get one for my 2011 mac mini which I'm still using today but ended up just switching to console for games
no you can't... its only usb c, not thunderbolt over usb...
@@chloedevereaux1801 Yes you can... it has USB 4 and supports eGPU.
is hardware GFX offloading supported on OBS with this miniPC?
I do not quite understand the point of the mini PCs, they are so expensive that you can buy a laptop with similar specifications. Are just as bad upgradeable as laptops etc but with the laptop you still have display and keyboard.
of course there are applications such as office etc but for living room etc only for very special purposes
Especially when we have devices like the Orange Pi and similar single board computers, which are getting better and better (and are generally more available than the Raspberry Pi). Some already come with M.2 connectors, and the boards are generally cheaper and smaller. SBC's will run emulators just as well and not even need a fan. I think this is just Intel's way of trying to keep themselves relevant on the desktop in an era when we're moving away from x86 processors over to ARM and RISCV architectures.
@@LeftoverBeefcake On the one hand, there are very small solutions that are more specialized and cheaper, like the Pi. On the other hand, there are small factor PCs with desktop hardware that are twice as big but also offer significantly more power. as I said, I find laptops simply the more elegant solution, with the battery, display,... these are also really portable.
Wow, that is Expensive !
nice for the price - cheaper than just a cpu
Could you put these alongside a cd case? Just to give a better idea of its size
This pc 117 x 112 x 45.6 mm. CD case 142 x 125 x 10 mm.
Is the usb4 compatible with thunderbolt 3?
Ty
Looks very much like an Intel NUC. I'm guessing it's rebranded? Need to update mine, It's 7 years old now. ;)
Would I be able to smoothly play warzone on this
Thank you!!
Steamdeck not less expensive and better??
How quiet is it?
This is a better deal than an Incel NUC.
It's a custom-branded Intel NUC...
Thank you
Return to Monkey Island and Mass Effect, love it.
I used to be a Kodi/XBMC user for years. I find Plex is much better nowadays :)
I have yet to dig deeper into Plex, seems to have quite some nice features/options. Quite pleased with Kodi still (which I‘ve been using for ages in various setups, even installed it on an elderly Amazon FireTV stick that I had). :)
runs Winders 10 or 11
Is it the same size as an ordinary Intel NÜC?
I don't have any NUCs to compare but according to the data sheets, these are very similar in size.
I would say they simply are just rebranded Intel NUCs. The bottom case and the insides are quite similar to the ones we sell.
It's nice, but is it worth £600 considering it's limitations?
It depends on what you need, I guess. You can likely get a regular size desktop with more oomph for less but the small form factor is quite a nice feature (at least for my use case).
@@JanBeta I've just got to the part where you're setting up Win 11, the advertising-not-operating system, and I have to say, that is a big no-no for me old chap.
As you say, it depends on what you need I guess... I am using a AMD Ryzen5 system with 16GB RAM and an Nvidia GT1030 (2GB, nothing fancy really) graphics card and 14TB HDD space, all for a similar price to what this unit would cost... (I only mention it for comparison.)
Does it run DOOM?
I bet this one even runs Crysis. :D
Graphics is why i went for a mini itx solution for a media centre.
Having a dedicated GPU is more important for me then a small form factor.
Also bad review, you did not show it running doom😁
Everyone knows that doom is the real benchmark.
But it seriously looks like a very capable solution in a very nice formfactor.
He didn’t show FPS as well
its weird that he installed gta but didnt show it in the video or mention it probably because of lackluster performance.
Looks like a nice platform. Sadly I'd never consider running Windows on it and am not prepared to pay Microsoft a tax to get the hardware.
DUDE! USE LAUNCHBOX!!!!!!!!
Prepare to be disappointed with the ending of the Monkey Island game, it’s also not that long
WHAATTT!! 😠.. I'm triggered!! 😡 ........ Jan how could you not plug in there a USB floppy??!! 😦 ....... or..... or a DOS Pen-drive 😧 ........ and play some freaking DOOOM man!!! 😱 ......... what good is that thing for if it can not 🤯 .......... I mean .. i'm shock 😟 .. in shock😡 ..... I bet that thing can even run Crisis and you don tray it!! 😳 ........ 😁 😂 .................... in all seriousness the Win 11 GUI looks like crap 🤮 .. Linux mint looks more like Windows.. than Win11🤨
ITS SLOWER THAN MY 7700K........ paaahaahaaa
It’s also a tenth the size, I assume?
its not upgradable at all, upgrade is new cpu and gpu ect, its expandable.... bigger ssd, extra ssd and more ram.... all so the ryzen beelink is way way more powerful and NOT a 2 gen old cpu....
The current Beelink is ~300$ more than this one.
@@EgoShredder Ah yes, spreading the FUD.
also the thermal solution is AT THE BOTTOM not the top......
Fan and CPU are on top, bottom case is metal connected to the SSD with a thermal pad. Not too bad given its size, I’d say.
As Jan said the thermal solution is ON THE TOP not the bottom......