Futuristic Design Meets Powerful Performance: AOOSTAR MN78 Cyberpunk Mini PC Review

Mini PCs are notorious for overheating and having stability issues. With a massive fan and a futuristic cyberpunk design, I can already tell this mini PC is much better than the ones I've previously tried. With better performance than the Z1 Extreme, is this the mini PC to buy? Let's take a look at my favorite mini PC to date!
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:12 - Specs, Features and Pricing
3:20 - Unboxing
4:37 - First Impressions and Build Quality
6:02 - Weight
6:26 - Size and Portability
6:47 - Connecting my Setup
7:19 - Setup
8:03 - Installing Apps
8:21 - Getting rid of UAC
8:44 - Startup Services and Apps
8:52 - Hardware Info (Deep Dive)
10:04 - CPU Benchmark
10:20 - Installing GPU Drivers
10:28 - Temps
11:16 - Windows Updates
11:33 - GPU Drivers (continued)
11:53 - Booting into the BIOS
12:24 - BIOS Overview
12:57 - Changing GPU VRAM
13:41 - BIOS Overview (continued)
14:33 - BIOS Power Config (Balanced)
15:19 - BIOS Power Config (Performance)
15:55 - AMD Adrenaline Optimizations
16:56 - Boot Speed Test
17:28 - SSD Benchmark
18:01 - 3.5mm Headphone Test
18:19 - Resolutions and Refresh Rates (HDMI)
19:13 - Streaming Test (4K/8K)
19:54 - Gaming Test - Skul: The Hero Slayer
20:18 - Gaming Test - Stray
21:57 - Gaming Test - Persona 5 Royal
22:48 - Gaming Test - Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
23:51 - Gaming Test - Ghost of Tsushima
24:11 - Frame Generation
25:47 - Gaming Test - Elden Ring
26:26 - Thermals
28:18 - Fan Noise
30:10 - Final Thoughts/ Worth It?
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[@KeiRetroGaming]

The CPU will slightly throttle at 85°C still reaching a decent 4.4-4.6ghz, but the iGPU holds at 2.7GHz. CPU-Z scores 7000 multi-thread and 670 single-core with the power mode set to "Best Performance" in Windows, not "Efficiency". The maximum CPU speed I've seen is 5115MHz. All in all, very impressive! What's your favorite mini PC currently?

[@yekimrelssek2929]

Great video Mr.Kei!

[@KeiRetroGaming]

Thanks Relssek!

[@chocho2188]

This mini PC looks great!

[@KeiRetroGaming]

Sure surprised me!

[@michaelcloutier2225]

That NVME drive is not so hot for a boot drive. It does not have a DRAM CACHE. I use it for Steam Libray storage and that is a good use for it.

[@KeiRetroGaming]

Thanks for letting me know! Maybe I'll upgrade mine to the extra Intel 760p I have sitting around. The only time I've had issues with dramless drives was when my old one got close to full but definitely some huge benefits to using a drive with DRAM.