Ultra Quiet Twin Lake N150 Sub $200 Mini PC! EQ14 Review

[@sydneyyourpal3403]

Thanks so much ETA Prime these videos are so helpful for making informed purchase decisions!

[@tobiwonkanogy2975]

Certainly one of beelink's most equipped boards, with the hdmi , dual m.2/NICs and internal psu . i just got a beetle last month too. playing current games over usb 3.0 and getting over A gig per sec reads as well.

[@random_person618]

imagine what torture that beetle must've been put through. You're an absolute menace, that poor beetle 😭😭

[@drewnewby]

Paying $200 USD when several brands, including Beelink have N100 units for half is crazy. Go with the N97, much better iGPU performance than either.

[@timezonewall]

...and the NICs are only 1gbps. For that amount of money, the NICs should be 2.5gbps.

[@cristianellis2742]

Where? Can u share a link?

[@drewnewby]

@cristianellis2742 Best today is the GMKtec G3 for $112 on AE. They go down during coupon / sales more, even the models with 16G / 512 GB.

[@brothyr]

Ah... The Solid State SSD! Just like an ATM machine.

[@TheElectrobuz]

I love ATM machine PIN numbers

[@-COBRA]

Some ATM machines use LED diodes for backlight.

[@avalagum7957]

I'd love to see you testing this with Linux, especially with 2 4k monitors.

[@Nightingale1887]

Just re-installed W11P because i had some issues on N100 system with scaling, but was running a very minimal OS. If you go with Arch + KDE you can do this easily. The system was way faster and even with indie games via Heroic BUT i had audio driver issues (these SBC's have odd audio chipsets, random per manufacturer) and what agitated me the most was the vsync which seems to only work 50% of the time. I hate screen tearing. Newer chipsets are also a bit dependent on Kernel support too new is asking for lack of support (N100 is now very functional but that also took a while) so with the new N150 + rest of chipset it is a gamble.

[@ezforsaken]

@@Nightingale1887 maybe just get a 10$ usb sound card ? I did that for the first gen ryzen on linux and pretty much forgot about the realtek sound issue that plagued us back then

[@LisSolitudinous]

love these little low power mini PCs

[@alanmay7929]

they would have been much lower power if intel used a 5nm node instead off the outdated 10/7nm one.

[@RANDOMNATION907]

I've searched your videos and cannot find one where you've tested the N95 CPU. I have read that the N95 and N97 are nearly identical in performance, while some other reviews say the N97 is quite noticeably faster than the N95. Could you maybe request a mini-cube with an N95 w/ddr4 for testing. I know all of these Alder Lake-N's _CAN_ use ddr5, but most minis aren't configured that way. DDR4 is the most common, I've found. The N95 has a much faster GPU but has less GPU cores (of course, it's intel after all), and the N95 has a higher wattage than the N100 but only slightly lower than the N97. I have the strangest feeling that the N95 just might give the N150 a serious challenge. Thank you.

[@frankbennett4034]

i love these little mini pc's. I still have an n100 beelink with a 2 ssd's (512gb nvme, 4tb SATA) set up as my home plex server. More than powerful enough to serve out a 4k stream on my home network, and i've seen it handle 3 1080p streams without a sweat. All for sipping a few watts compared to using my gaming rig as my plex server (what i used to do).

[@cesarvarela5438]

This as a mini server(CasaOS) has to slap

[@agermanmappertyna479]

my main problem always was the gpu side with the n 100

[@WickedGamerCollector]

That is why I slowly becoming an AMD fan 😅

[@agermanmappertyna479]

@@WickedGamerCollector i mean their i gpus a pretty decent for emulation

[@Trippy_Tunes]

Would be awesome to see what Batocera can do with this kind of hardware! Thanks G

[@0mnilegacy]

8:29 I don't know why I was thinking does it run Crysis and I was surprised it was shown...

[@honeybadger6127]

seems like a similar priced AMD (5700u) would be a better buy in the beelink mini PC market.

[@SchoolforHackers]

Agreed, especially for the graphics.

[@Mmmm_tea]

I wouldn't call it cheap, it seems reasonably priced for the low spec mini pc it is

[@quantumfx2677]

What I'm looking for? The best cheapest way to run all emulation in 4k up to ps3! Going into a arcade build!

[@SerPounceToebeans]

Yes, I would like to see how Linux run on it. Also can you test out some emulators?

[@benmobi]

I've been running Kubuntu 24.10 on a GMKTec cheapie with the N150 processor (same RAM, same specs, etc). It's been rock solid. Photo & video editing, music & web surfing mostly. Have not tried any emulators and I would not recommend this for gaming of course but for everything else, great.

[@Matthigast]

I'd like to see a power consumption comparison of it running as a small home server (home assistant, jellyfin/plex, NAS etc...), since it'd be idling 95% of the time and electricity prices going through the roof here, every Watt counts on something running 24/7

[@LouisHochmanTheJourno]

A use case I'd like to see tested: Connecting at 4K120hz to an HDMI 2.1 monitor or TV using a USB-C to HDMI adapter, and streaming via Moonlight at 4K 120fps. I'd like to see if it can consistently decode the stream at that speed.

[@squidskunk]

i would like to see how it runs Batocera..

[@Liorms]

I'm interested in watching the Linux review. I'm especially interested in knowing if it could be used as a compute node for Opennebula (for a home lab-NOT production).

[@alfredocanas6802]

I think this new twin lake cpu performs better temp-wise than the N100 so the system is a bit more quiet, but that's almost about it, the performance boost is almost insignificant, if it at least had a DDR5 memory then we are talking about a bit better performance boost.

[@fuzzycuffs]

Dual m.2? Let's see an oculink adapter and eGPU?

[@robinl.7948]

I think we can put the old joke of "Can it run Crysis" to rest now, now that people on Intel iGPUs can play it. Still, looks like a great little mini PC, would love to see one paired with a Gen4 SSD and some high-speed DDR5

[@Carnyzzle]

now it's "Can it run Stalker 2"

[@MrGeforcerFX]

integrated has been able to run it since around 2013, the game actually scaled down pretty well with a lot of options to tune performance on low end systems.

[@nielsdebakker3283]

N100/150 is gen3 so you are never going to see gen4 speeds. Not seen any N150 with ddr5 yet.

[@alirax4058]

👍Thank you so much

[@VictorContesBlackSon]

Man screw intel apus, we need a "cheap" 6 core 12 threads ryzen with 890m.. all these 8, 12, 16 core ai apus are crazy expensive i mean you can still beat the 890m with a $75 rx6500xt😂

[@kgrayman]

Fr this is also what I want

[@nickjones1609]

bros getting abused cause people figured out that igpu graphics are finally good enough to use as a dual gpu 💔

[@AndrewNYJ3CKO]

Have they finally straightened out the USBs?! in past models they were all reversed. Ok nothing worrying, but it was really annoying to see the USB sticks with the light covered because it was turned downwards.😄

[@FELiPES101]

the n250 looks cool

[@samserious1337]

4:55 13W CPU for 1100 points? Damn, are these chips even worth putting in a mini PC? I wouldn't recommend it, even for an office PC.

[@DigitalIP]

I could see these in an office environment instead of using bulky towers, but thats about it.

[@axescar]

For Beelink my only concern is DDR4, its just strange in 2025. But for Intel I'm waiting for some upgrade - at least new iGPU and two channel memory controller for at least DDR5 5600 modules. Without it this Intel N lineup is only suitable for RPI style sbc's IMHO. And while im waiting for these upgrades from Intel it would be nice to see more mini pcs with socketable cpus - even something low end like Intel G7400/12100 or even AMD 8500G/4142p in this formfacor can be awesome! For now there is only very expensive 1L corporate pcs and not so expensive Asrock DeskMini line, but I think if someone like Beelink can create more cheap options even with some limited cpu/TDP support - for example to hardware limit tdp on 45w level from the board side.

[@tatageek]

Too bad that n150 has almost the same performance as n100 ... 😐

[@kurtwinter4422]

All the N series have the same performance more or less until the N300. Intel needs to do better

[@Marauder-q2v]

well of course, its all alderlake chips. its the same performance because its the same chip lmao

[@burningpho3nix]

Sounds like a small NAS wird 2x2TB in RAID 1

[@Gigi-zy1kx]

I like that nucs coming out lately are having more than one ethernet port. Price is good at 189.

[@ttak82]

That's an incredible price.

[@iPtrck]

Can you test the idle I'm making a home assistant server with n100 chips just want to see which is more efficient in idle

[@DanPottas]

Will u run batocera on this unit so can be seen how good it runs the bigger better emulatore

[@kuyache2]

Mendocino based (Ryzen 7xxx) mini pc's exist, is this better? Also there are deals for Old Ryzen 5000/6000 series mini PC's that comes close to the 199$ target which I'm sure are more powerful than this... I believe you already have covered some of them like the Ryzen 7320u... Intel has gimped these Atom grandchildren so much (single channel, anemic igpu etc.) that we should just go for better AMD offerings.

[@jackofthelantern1545]

Why is the power button on the front? Do they know nothing about usability and ergonomics?

[@toogr84u]

Could you start incorporating how these type of minipcs handle acting as a dedicated gaming server for games like PalWorld or 7 Days to Die using LinuxGSM? I'd love to have a stutter free experience 24/7 running an open world with one of these low power PCs.

[@samp6162]

There's probably not much point. This would handle a dedicated server for palworld with ease.

[@middle_pickup]

DDR5 wouldn't be that noticeable of a difference given this CPU's performance.

[@LisSolitudinous]

but it would give a bit more punch to that iGPU

[@Minstadave]

Might help with GPU bound games as GPU is using the system memory.

[@samp6162]

​@@Minstadavememory bandwidth isn't the bottleneck. You'd maybe see 1-2fps with some decent ddr5

[@jihrijihri710]

Compare it to the n97

[@dragon2knight]

The N150 is meh at best, I bought the GMKTec version and sent it right back to Amazon, it's not at all different from the N100 I'm using as a server. In fact it's seems like a complete waste of time watching all the reviews being done on it. This is a joke, for real. If you have an N100, avoid this one like the waste of silicon it is.

[@Germania9]

Is there a Mini PC that's rechargeable?

[@PantheraTK]

Why dont these N100/250 machines allow for 4TB NVME drives?

[@onefiftycanningvale]

Intel can fix naming products

[@shirakolee]

What if i plug a usb device that use 10w and is powered by usb ? Does it still stick to 25 or goes 35 ? Thx for the video

[@BeelinkOfficial]

Hello, our USB port output power may be less than 10W, so the machine will be power off if you use 10W usb device.

[@shirakolee]

@BeelinkOfficial Nice to know thx !

[@dustinsimoneau4780]

Can we equip an external GPU to boost game performance?

[@BeelinkOfficial]

Hello, thanks for asking! You can't equip an external GPU because our EQ14 does not have USB4 full function interface.

[@dgtheone]

Great mini pcs for the office.

[@srvuk]

Not for me with that RAM. The cheaper N97 boxes like the G5 will essentially give the same kind of general performance.

[@Crustenscharbap]

6:06 here you should not cut the video. This would show how fast the web browsing really is. I prefer older AMD PCs like the Beelink SER5 with Ryzen 5560U. Its more than twice as fast and cost about the same.

[@ME-cd8pe]

Needs dual 2.5GbE to be useful.

[@Winston-1984]

I can see on their website that the WiFi card is intel, cant see what make the dual NIC is. Does anyone here know?.

[@BeelinkOfficial]

Hello, thanks for asking! The brand of dual NIC is Realtek RTL8111.

[@madspaz77098]

Integrated PSU is not a bonus... Would much rather have a barrel jack and external brick.

[@nicoful86]

I don't get this. The n97 had been out for a while

[@ranjitmandal1612]

Nice chip but would go with n100

[@ele.zer0696]

ROG Flow Z13 AMD Strix Halo Vs Hp Omen Max 16 Which Has Better Cpu for 3 or 2 Ps3 Emulation with 8/12 Controllers

[@JustinEmlay]

USB 3.2 is 5Gbps. Gen2 is 10.

[@joelius24]

Why do you think we're going to be seeing a lot of it?

[@ytuser2093]

Great vid 👍 Linux

[@jeffnew1213]

Gigabit Ethernet in 2025? And DDR4, topping out at 32GB? Hard pass. There are, or will be, better equipped machines at a similar price point. Worth waiting for.

[@dannyking4138]

Why would anyone pay that much for external SSD jus buy a cheap external ssd enclosure and you can put whatever m.2 ssd you want in it and you can carry as many ssd’s about with you and just swap them

[@dannyking4138]

So just looked the Beetle ssd is £90 for 1tb that does 1050MB/S where as I can get a SSD enclosure for 30 odd pounds that doe over 20000MB/S and a 2tb SSD that does 5000 MB/s for £50 so faster and cheaper and you can swap the ssd as much as you like

[@ForTheViolence]

Meh, should have been DDR5. Would have helped the integrated GPU.

[@FrugalShave]

Until Intel can catch up with AMD on the GPU side of these chips I just can't see spending money on them.

[@mlentsch]

I'd vastly prefer it if had a 12v DC input - get that stupid ac adapter outta there!!!

[@samp6162]

If this has a 12v DC input then you would have a "stupid AC adapter". The fact this is a 110/220v input means there is no "stupid AC adapter".

[@mlentsch]

@@samp6162 Not if you're running off of DC

[@alanmay7929]

why< hasnt Intel managed to make that chip on a 5nm node for example!? 10nm is soooo outdated it sucks.

[@sokrin]

"The mini pc is noticeably faster and a better performer delivering over 10-15% of performance improvement over the Intel N100 and N95 CPU." Why exclude the N97?

[@otcitex]

Day 77 of asking for a gamesir g8 galileo

[@init_yeah]

This guy consistent

[@VictorContesBlackSon]

With all that effort you do commenting the same on every video you would have that g8 already😂

[@otcitex]

@VictorContesBlackSon I mean it ain't that hard, I'm a regular viewer

[@analyticalmind4493]

Russ over at Retro Game Corps did one like a year ago. As an actual reviewer, he is far superior to ETA Prime. I use this channel as a preview of things, then look for actual reviews elsewhere.

[@VictorContesBlackSon]

​@@otcitexi think he already showed it but yeah, its the best u can buy right now. That one and the Mcon are the best imo

[@revben]

Using Geekbench 🙃

[@ele.zer0696]

*CRISIS!!!!!*

[@D3MiNsTr8]

Video starts here 0:01

[@itsmiggy3446]

We are early 🎉

[@PhotoJohn80]

259 is NOT sub 200!!!

[@tranceeris]

To many ads

[@kevinkev1530]

👍🏾

[@ColtSeaversAZ]

Ha Ha, Ha Ha Ha. slowest shipt in the market. Like Donkey carriage in Corvette market.

[@gatocosmico1760]

$200? lol............

[@Divinxu]

1 minute ago... lol and multiple first comments already

[@isbestlizard]

My smart watch is probably faster than this intel pos

[@polarvortex6601]

🤣🤣

[@ranjitmandal1612]

6 min gang

[@sklynexd]

3:19 ad ends, shameful

[@raminpro9765]

INTEL GOOD DAYS END,,,,NOW AMD IS NO1

[@NintendoCatMario]

Second comment!

[@sigma.4974]

No thank you. Never byu any shitty intel proc

[@LuisPerez-5]

Ok

[@SomethingLocal]

First

[@Joe8172yeaaaa]

I have a two monitor work setup. Plugs into laptop via one usb-c cable. Do you think i can plug in that usb-c cable to this little computer and interface with those displays ??

[@raghavsingh1078]

1st