BOSGAME Mini PC AMD Ryzen 5 3501U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD | Ryzen 5 Compact Computer with Triple Display Support, USB-C, RJ45 LAN, WiFi 5, Expandable Memory, Ideal for Home Office

I bought this to replace an aging (and venerable) NUC 7 to run my observatory which requires telescope control, dome rotation, basic/initial data stacking and plate solving. IYKYK. I required this to run on 12V. At least when I bought this, this was not specified to run on 12V on Amazon, though Bosgame's website indicates it runs on 12-20V. For my fellow astronomers out there, this is true. Background: I replaced the 512GB SSD with a 2TB SSD (Silicon Power 2TB NVMe M.2), upgraded to 32GB RAM (Timetec 32GB KIT(2x16GB) DDR4 2400MHz), and replaced the WiFi card with an Intel AX210. None of this was necessary, and this unit was still cheaper than any alternative I found with a processor at this performance level. The Wifi module upgrade was $26 and installed in 4 minutes. The RAM and SSD upgrades were easy for someone who can barely use a screwdriver and knows little about computers. Note: there is only one slot for the SSD. Opening this up showed decent quality control and an easy layout to work with. Power consumption: A stress test with N.I.N.A image capture, PHD2 guiding, Cartes du Ciel, Gemini mount control, ASCOM Hub (for dome control), and, just to make it interesting, SIRIL (astronomy image processing program) stacking 450 subexposures peaked at 37 watts before settling down to 25-26 watts with BIOS settings unchanged from factory settings ("Balanced performance"). Under "normal" conditions, meaning capturing images; controling the dome and mount and cameras; and PHD2 guiding running, this hummed along between 15-21 watts, so less than 2 amps. This is slightly less than my NUC7 with an i5-7260U processor, but this AMD 3550H processor has twice as many cores and threads. The speed improvement over my old processor was significant and immediately noticeable. This will also run laps around Intel N100-N300 processors while allowing for dual-channel RAM. WiFi - Astronomers will know why I automatically upgraded the WiFi module before even turning the computer on. For most users, the standard WiFi module will be more than good enough, but I'm running this 65 feet from my house. The computer is inside a fiberglass observatory. With the upgraded module, download speeds were around 240-260 Mbps in perfect conditions in the observatory with the computer away from the metal telescope pier and without an USB Wifi antenna. With the computer attached to a steel pier, the signal dropped (very expectedly) down to a respectable 35-70 Mbps download (enough for Windows Remote Desktop). As planned, I use this with a relatively cheap TP-Link USB wifi antenna away from the telescope pier. Wifi speeds in this configuration range between 150 to 220 Mbps download. The connection is quite stable and still plenty fast over Windows Remote Desktop. For comparison, inside my house, download speeds were over 600 Mbps, so the physics of walls and distance still apply. In my use so far, I have not had any latency issues controlling this from inside my home (with the computer outside in the observatory) using Windows Remote Desktop in a suburban neighborhood with quite a number of Wifi networks visibile (houses are close together). The connection does not drop. I ran a CrystalDiskMark Read/Write Test with the somewhat generic SSD I bought to replace this was a respectable ~2800MB/s write and a RNK4K speed of ~280MB/s. It is no speed demon, but this was both better than I expected and more than good enough for astronomy. In indoor and outdoor testing, I've only ever heard the fan turn on at initial startup. Even while "stress testing," I never heard the fan turn on during normal use. This thing was cool to the touch indoors and outdoors. I did check temps via HWmonitor a couple of times and never saw temperatures approach 50C. Heavy gamers might have a different experience here. It should be noted that astronomy programs intended to run telescopes and observatories do not tax processors and memory like modern games do, so gamers' mileage may vary. However, image stacking and processing programs can tax processors and memory a little and the fan never turned on and power consumption remained below 40 watts in my limited use. Cons: 1. The plastic quality is somewhat to be desired. I'm nitpicking hard here as that same plastic allows for more effective WiFi range than my NUC had, which was a metal Faraday cage of otherwise beautiful build quality. I'd rate the build quality as good enough, particularly at this price. 2. No SATA expansion slot: Hence the reason why I got a 2TB SSD. I knew this going in, and now you do. I will not take a star off of my rating for this because they do not advertise this as having the capability to add a second SSD/SATA drive. 3. This is advertised as only being able to use 2400Mhz DDR4 memory, but the module inside the unit was 2666Mhz DDR4. I don't know whether this was faster memory operating at 2400Mhz or whether the motherboard/processor can handle faster memory, but I had bought new memory sticks for this computer before I knew I could potentially squeeze out a little more speed with 2666Mhz DDR4. It is difficult to call this a con because I don't know the actual limitations of the computer. For most users, this underpromise and overdelivery might be a good thing. If expecting to upgrade from 16GB RAM immediately, check with BOSGAME first to ensure it can only operate with 2400Mhz. Overall, in the two weeks I've had this, I've been happy with its performance for astronomy. It has significantly better performance than an ASIAir and uses marginally more power than otherwise lower-performing N97, N100-N305 Intel processors. 1-1.5A under normal loads is extremely reasonable either in the field or in an observatory. This thing is a steal thus far.

System is pretty decent for the purpose purchased - looking for a small mini-PC that takes up very little space, inexpensive, and allows retro gaming w/ RetroArch/Duckstation via running a Linux. I installed Bazzite OS on it in a decent amount of time (20 minutes), and all the hardware works as is - network, graphics, usb, etc. No issues. The Vega 8 graphics card is decent for what is needed here - not going to run AAA games on it via Steam, but can run a lot on lower settings. It came w/ Windows 11 24H2, but I don't need that and opted to put the Bazzite on it. Pros: Runs Linux w/o issue (Bazzite anyway) Has 16 Gigs of RAM - plenty for retro gaming and for most things 512 Gig SSD allows storing lots of retro games, and a few Steam games Easy to open the computer (4 screws) and can upgrade memory and/or SSD Came with cable to add a 2.5" SATA drive if desired Came with VESA mount if you want to mount to back of monitor/TV Drives a 1920x1080 display easily via HDMI (has 2 ports, but not sure if I'd drive 2 with it) Cons: Plastic case and is very light - doesn't feel as quality as my others from Geekom or GMKTec RAM was a single stick in single channel (16 Gig) but other slot is empty so could upgrade - this just means that the system won't be the fastest; I would have preferred 2 8GB sticks for dual channel Recommendations: If you get this, I'd recommend changing RAM out for 2 8GB sticks or adding an additional 16GB stick if you need it - and maybe changing the NVME SSD out for a 1 or 2 TB version if you are going to install a lot. Alternatively, spend $200-$300 more and get one that comes with 32 GB RAM and a 1+TB SSD Ultimately it depends on your needs... if you want a machine to do basic apps like Office, browse the internet, etc, or play Retro games, this will work as it is.

I have a powerful desktop PC with retroarch that I use to stream more demanding emulation into the TV of my living room for some couch play sessions, but it can be a pain to get it to function correctly all of the time. I'll admit I bought this PC with very low expectations, thinking I may not be able to even properly emulate anything beyond the 4th gen (SNES, Genesis, etc); what I planned for was to leverage vulkan to see how much more I could squeeze out of this device, and I am pleasantly surprised: with the exception of N64 (a notoriously difficult, hardware heavy platform to emulate), I can pull off everything up to the 6th gen (PS2, Gamecube and, more importantly for me, Dreamcast; haven't tested OG Xbox emulation since it's not part of Lakka/Retroarch yet). And honestly, that's where my testing stopped: I am not interested on emulating 7th gen and beyond, so maybe this mini pc can handle even more than what I tried. That said, the Ryzen 5 5500H is still a mobile chip and won't perform any miracles, so for very graphically intensive gaming, pairing it up with a GPU running externally may be the best bet. My overachieving goal for this experiment was to get Saturn emulation working with Virtua Fighter Remix not running at 2 fps; not only did this mini pc managed it, but exceeded it by giving me decent Dreamcast, GameCube and PS2 emulation as well. The only point of contention is that you need to fiddle around in the BIOS to get the iGPU to use vulkan properly and you're unlikely to get as much performance as I did if you run Windows on it. In my case, I used Lakka (lightweight Linux based os for making your own retro consoles) and it was compatible with everything: Bluetooth, Wifi, etc. So keep in mind that some knowledge of Linux and system administration is required (SSH, Samba and general Linux terminal usage). Overall, I'm very satisfied with this purchase and was surprised at the capability of this device for retro emulation. UPDATE 08/04/25: I managed to get N64 emulation working by disabling threaded sync in the retroarch settings, which was messing with it and even other emulators. That said, I couldn't get Mupen64Plus-Next running, only Parallel-N64; that's good enough for me, however. As a bonus, I also tested Wii emulation with Dolphin and seems to work great too, although I did have some black screen flashes that I managed to get rid of by disabling shader compilation before games start and using Async Ubershaders. So all in all, even more impressed with this item after some time; just keep in mind you will have to fiddle around the BIOS settings to enable vulkan/have the igpu working properly and likely need to swap operating systems to squeeze more performance out.

Only Con: It is 4k, but only at 30 Hz. It is advertised to be able to do 4k 60 Hz. Nothing I try can get this to hit 60 Hz. Documentation on this thing is thin to say the least. The processor should be able to push 60 Hz, but it seems the MB can't. Pros: Small, no fan, super quiet, light, does not get even a little warm, plenty of ports. I'm running Mint (Ubuntu) with Kodi - just using this as a media PC. Watching movies and TV shows and old cartoons. It's great for this. I'm on a LAN and disabled the WAN in the BIOS. Also, it comes default with 3G carved off for the video. You can bump it up to 16 (provided you upgrade the RAM). Installed this to the back of the TV mount. Ultimately, although the lack of 60 Hz annoys me (since it is advertised to support 60 Hz), it's solid at 4k 30 Hz. I seriously doubt the Win install is legit. It's too cheap to include a real license, but who knows. I don't care. Didn't even boot it into Windows. Just installed Mint and got Kodi configured. Amazing little PC for under two bills.

I purchased the AMD Ryzen 5 3550HS model of this product. My wife has an astigmatism and is only able to play older 2d games. I was looking to prepare an emulation machine that allowed her to play all the games of her childhood and others that she missed. I looked at every budget model of mini pc and in the sun $200 range, this provided the best bang for your buck. I purchased at $178 and can run any emulation up to PS2/GameCube/XBox. This has allowed me to box up all of the old machines and consolidate 8+ consoles into one, tiny windows 11 box. This machine will also perform any streaming you may want to do, a Plex server, or any number of Office tasks in word, excel, etc. The Radeon integrated graphics of this computer double or triple the Intel options in this price for similar CPU performance. If you are looking for an emulation platform, a streaming box or a light office processing unit, I would absolutely purchase the Bosgame 2 as the best value sub $200 mini pc.

Does not come with Linux or unbunto....bought only for those 2 operating systems ... windows comes up with no option to go to bios and pick another operating system...this is an offiic computer that took a several weeks to get the time to take everything down and hook back up...dream quest worked perfect....gave us the choice of operating systems and off we went....don't buy if you want Linux or unbunto systems!!!

I've only had this for a day but purchased it to use for my work from home job. Seems powerful enough to handle heavy browser use, some programming, and general multitasking between programs. Boots very quickly, no problems with speed or lagging have come up so far, and the few times that the fans have had to come on, they are relatively quiet. For my first day with it, this seems like a great purchase for the price, and I hope I continue to see this value going forward. I also upgraded the memory, so I'm not sure how the original 16 GB handled, but was very simple to install new memory. One thing to note is that prior to setting it up, I heard online that I should do a clean install of Windows for safety and IT reasons. I did this but unknowingly messed with the graphics drivers. After a few hours of trying to fix it, I determined it would be best to do another install of Windows, and saw that the manufacturer has these files available on their website. Was able to redownload Windows 11 from there, get it reinstalled, and now everything is working fine!

Im blown away by this $180 mini PC. I've always built my own PC's and this is the first fully assembled PC I've purchased in well over 20 years. I coming from a DELL Laptop for use on my workbench and this blows that away. Granted it was an older WIN7 Pro machine but I would never have thought the mini PC would be so much better and this snappy. Im doing some Arduino programming, some light video/photo editing and not really stressing the system but it just rips through what I've thrown at it. Whats even more surprising is ZERO bloatware came with it. I was fully expecting to start uninstalling tons of programs but nothing, zero, nada was included. It did take a LONG time to boot up initially as it was installing all the updates, probably 2 hours, but once complete it was up and running with only 2 more restarts. These things are way undervalued for what they do. I would not hesitate getting another or even looking at a higher spec model for more serious tasks.

Excellent product so far. Easy to setup and use.

Good replacement for 14 yrs old desktop computer The mini computer is easy to setup windows 11 I was actually surprise how fast it is. I basically use it as steaming for videos it works great. Great for watching video off Pluto tv. Only disadvantage limited usb ports .

on sale this was a massive deal. good win 11 build almost no bloatware. as per answers from users, on first boot do not connect to web. only after a few boots. will need external storage but that is expected. very happy

Its a mini PC, a cheaper one at that. All around though its not terrible can run some games on more lighter graphics settings. I get about 30-40fps on vanilla minecraft, I wouldnt recommend cyberpunk though. All around a good PC, easy to set up and great for the price

As described so far..anyway I bought this for Photo editing and its very responsive and fast pages load super fast and videos play in 4k with absolutely no issue ...very pleased