Is the New M9 N200 Mini PC Really the Perfect Budget PC for Everyone?

The Morefine M9 Intel N200 Mini PC is an Affordable and compact mini PC that is perfect for a variety of uses, including home office, Light PC gaming, Emulation, digital signage, and media center. It features the latest Intel N200 processor, which provides excellent performance for everyday tasks such as web browsing, email, and office productivity. The M9 also comes with a variety of features, including dual HDMI 2.0 ports, 4 USB 3.2 ports, Wi-Fi 6, and Bluetooth 5.2.
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Here are just a few of the things you can do with the Morefine M9 Mini PC:
* Create a home office: The M9 is powerful enough to handle even the most demanding office tasks, such as running multiple applications simultaneously and editing large documents.
* Set up digital signage: The M9 is perfect for creating digital signage for your business or organization. It can be used to display menus, promotional materials, and other information on screens of all sizes.
* Build a media center: The M9 is a great way to turn your TV into a streaming device. It can be used to watch movies and TV shows from Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and other streaming services.
* Play games: While the M9 is not a gaming PC, it can still handle some light gaming. You can use it to play casual games such as Minecraft and Roblox, as well as older games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
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[@Schmootle]

I have 3 mini PCs now, ranging from $120-$450. The mid range went to my mother as a tidy replacement for an aging desktop and will be all she needs for the next 5 years. The top tier is my batocera box and runs Switch upscaled to 2x (amd 7735). The low tier, which has the N100, is a dedicated headless Minecraft server drawing about 6W, and I can leave ports open without worrying about my main PC. Getting an N100 or N200 for under $150 makes desktops on SBC like the Pi make little to no sense. These can all run mainline Linux distros and Win11, and are much more versatile in terms of PCIe lanes and I/O, and usually come with decent storage (and their own power adapter!) for that price.

[@phychmasher]

Ahh man, I've been really excited to see this N200 in action! I can't believe the power draw on this thing... Thanks for the videos, man! You always hit all the points I'm curious about. I can't even fathom why the N300 exists. 8 cores and 1 channel of RAM?

[@mystermont2019]

These are low power systems. Ram uses something like 3-6 watts per ram depending on which ddr its using along with its size. If you're going to go with a mini 8 core system and complain about 1 channel ram you shouldn't be buying a low power cpu to begin with and should be looking at 25 watt CPUs along with buying a bigger heat sink for it. These are 15 watt CPUs aimed at light use.

[@eloymalaco]

They should've made it with dual channel. It would give so much more power to this pc.

[@Autotrope]

These cut down Intel chips don't support dual channel. But I believe they're made on the assumption you'll be using ddr5 with them and if you are using ddr4, single channel will be more of a bottleneck. So I guess that if anything they should have used ddr5

[@ezdoesit2933]

The price point is too close to Ryzen 5500U mini pc, which is significantly faster then the N200. I mean you can get a Ryzen 5600U for about $200 or even less. If the N200 was in the low $100 it would be an easy choice, but at the current price point it's in a very competitive mini pc segment. I have the Trikey Ryzen 5700U with 32 GB Ram and 500 GB SSD for $260. So you go even $50 - $60 up in price and the mini pc performance is significantly better.

[@BahhBahhBrownSheep]

ETA Prime wouldn’t care about the truth, he just shills products out with no complaints. Wish more people on this channel were like you who could think for themselves.

[@the_dude182]

Only thing i know is a N100 / N200 is for network devices (power efficiency). Where the Ryzen is for desktop usage with above average graphic capabilities. So 2 different use cases.

[@Zeloverevolution]

You do get PCI-E Gen 4 with this system so there is that. but no thunderbolt port to access it easily, so kinda defeats the purpose of that.

[@iokwong1871]

​@@BahhBahhBrownSheepI mean all he did is trying out the machine for you to see. That is the truth. LOL is not like he claims it more than what it really is. Or try to out sell other products really.

[@iokwong1871]

​@@the_dude182The argument here is the price. And for the specific unit, it is too for general desktop use. Now there are N100/200 powered Network devices that have 4 Ethernet ports at 2.4Gps. And such. But those are like double the price.

[@RyanAumiller]

I love that Westen Champlin's offroad Hellcat video showed up on your recommendations list from KZbin.

[@iokwong1871]

If you are getting a N200 you really should go with DDR5. The RAM will make the system significantly faster. Especially for the GPU. The big difference between the N200 And the N100 is the iGPU. So if you don't really need the iGPU as much go with the N100 it is significantly cheaper.... But then for a similar price, a used Ryzen 2400G or even a 3400G if you are lucky with similar form factor would be much much better....

[@kajurn791]

Decent miniPC, just remember this is Intel's new celeron/pentium branding and you're buying one of their bottom of the barrel SKUs. Despite being Alder lake they're comparable to a mobile 7th gen i5 in single thread performance.

[@falkerify]

But at a fraction of the TDP.

[@sihamhamda47]

Still far better than the previous mediocre N4020/N4500 which always get 100% CPU usage when just idling and doing nothing

[@nahrafe]

If only these got iris xe graphics, that'd make it game more easily

[@hunterp6356]

Some of these cheaper minis are encroaching on RPi territory for value. I’m using a stripped down S12 mini in a Cyberdeck build

[@kajurn791]

@@falkerify 6w is actually not that much lower than 15w but okay.

[@One-Eyed-Willly]

I would love to see somebody 3d print some thing to use a full size fan to replace the fan that sits next to the sata bay. I wouldn’t care if it would add an in to 1.5.

[@xellaz]

I recently got a mini PC with an Intel N97 cpu and I have to debloat and optimize Windows 11 so much so that it would run smoothly and efficiently. My main daily driver is Linux and I have that installed on another more powerful mini pc. I got the N97 mini pc for light office tasks and other things that requires a Windows OS while being more power efficient. I have a more powerful Windows PC (my gaming PC)that has all the bells and whistles but I feel its overkill to use that if im just doing office tasks or watching KZbin videos. 😅

[@RevolutionFalls]

As someone without a PC who needs one for so many hacky home brew stuff, this might be perfect.

[@prof.schreiber8925]

I was just thinking that this would be PERFECT for my elderly mother who just needs to do light application work but needs something a little beefier than a tablet.

[@shlokshah5379]

Just use a old workstation pc. They have the 7th or 8th gen processors which belive it or not are in all minimum requirements now.

[@BahhBahhBrownSheep]

Don’t do it, Intel isn’t the way to go if you want graphics. They have so many issues. ETA prime wouldn’t tell you that though because he’s a sellout hack who lies on every video.

[@iokwong1871]

​@@prof.schreiber8925go with the N100 much cheaper, and really similar spec. Mainly weaker GPU. But I doubt elder will do a lot of GPU intensive things.

[@mrbobgamingmemes9558]

Honestly your house are unlikely ridiculously cramped to the point that you seriously only able fit mini pc, cuz you can just buy old dell optiplex that fit atx psu and swapped the default psu for better reliability

[@alitaimoor1482]

Watching 4k video playing on my 360p res is so cool.

[@seethruhead7119]

the new n100-300 series is exciting stuff

[@DyesubDave]

Seems like a bit of a missed opportunity here IMO. No USB-C, DDR4 Ram, Single Ethernet Port. I like that the iGPU has more EU but for the pricepoint at bare bones I may as well get an N100 Mini-PC that has a USB-C port, dual Ethernet, DDR5 Ram (included) and an SSD (included). I don't think the small jump in performance is a good trade-off for the other features not included.

[@zz-jj9sc]

I'd take performance over an extra ethernet port any day, and ddr5 is overrated. I agree, about the usb-c part tho.

[@Joelgeibel1002]

Hi mr prime! I only recently discovered your channel and i would love it if you could test cs2 in future reviews because it’s such a popular game.

[@JazzTechie]

After setting up a NUC mounted to the back of a monitor, performance with regular desktop computing is something I’d like to see.

[@roqeyt3566]

I can highly recommend people to get into this market at one point or another. It's very saturated with dirt cheap options, as it's a pretty cutthroat market. If you're willing to look, you can find and equip machines like this around the 100$, 100£ or even 100€ mark, factoring in import and shipping too.

[@-whackd]

Facebook marketplace can also get you a decent pc for $100. If the form factor doesn't matter much to you.

[@roqeyt3566]

@@-whackd also a far recommendation Most people haven't found a use yet for small PCs so you can grab an optiplex instead

[@mrbobgamingmemes9558]

​@@roqeyt3566there are use cases for mini pc but mostly for bussines or small utility pc for lightweight software on narrow place like store, office, school,

[@TheTastefulThickness]

Its cool but the top spec model gets way too close to more useful mini pc's. Really gotta stay on the budget side of this box

[@BrianThomas]

This seems like a decent little machine. I'm curious if it will see 64GB of RAM at all even though it's not supported.

[@chromerims]

Great vid 👍 Thx for thoroughly testing an N200. 6W idle looks pretty decent. Kindest regards, neighbours and friends.

[@Woodwerker]

Godspeed

[@chromerims]

@@Woodwerker 👍

[@jihrijihri710]

It cost more than the Morefine S500+ R5 5625U (with 16BG + 500BG). which do you think is better?

[@ChasingEnigma]

Please do a gaming bench mark on NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada on Dell Precision 3240 Compact or on anything.

[@mazuscrow1983]

Thanks for the great videos you doing, please review world of warcraft on ryzen phoenix cpus, am so interested in buying those small builds, pls 1440p max settings

[@Woodwerker]

😂

[@Dekerus]

Pretty Cool! 🙂

[@hitman727]

Thanks for another great and informative video do you think adding 32 gigs of ram would make any difference Other than opening up more web pages more apps?

[@iokwong1871]

What I really want to see is N200 with DDR5 vs N6000 with dual channels DDR4.

[@pedretejb2492]

Use the other ram slot (if it exists). You'll run Switch

[@garuda]

At what resolution?

[@kjjustinXD]

The CPUs memory Controller only does single channel so another Stick wouldn't do anything.

[@pedretejb2492]

@@kjjustinXD there is no God in this land

[@sourdippySs]

3rd day asking for the Lattepanda sigma paired up with the AI Rtx a500.

[@bluetech2809]

Whenever a video title says "Is X... Y?" the answer is almost always "no"

[@fredygerman_]

Can you please try running an LLM on this

[@user-pm7mq2be9f]

Do these mini PC's are available in India????

[@arcaderacer586]

This N200 doesnt seem to give anymore performance vs the N100. The results was almost identical

[@njm12]

Pair with an ADTLink and GPU!

[@alexisrivera200xable]

At $300 for a marginal spec config of 8Gb ram, 512Gb storage... this is not a budget machine in 2023, you are definitely paying a premium for the small form factor. Its a system that shows how stagnant PC performance on the lower end hardware market has been for years. I have a 4 year old acer desktop (ITX form factor) that cost the same and performs the about the same except for the power draw. At least I can add a low profile GPU if I need more performance on that one. This only being capable of single channel memory hurts its performance potential the most.

[@Chris.Brisson]

The N200 supports only PCIe Gen 3, not PCIe Gen 4, and has only 9 PCIe lanes in total. How many PCIe lanes are routed to the M.2 NVMe? What CrystalDiskMark scores are achieved?

[@deaglan6641]

I wonder if theres any of these small PCs that could run any VR games decently without using an external graphics card. I think overheating would be an issue and im not aware of many pre built mini PCs that have a deicated graphics card and not an APU that could overheat and be put under more strain eaiser.

[@mikinyaa]

Bad audio for recent videos😢

[@dailyrider2975]

My 5 yr old AMD desktop with GPU doesn't do any better as far as I can see. far less power needed. QUESTION! Can you connect a external GPU for gaming and possibly editing?

[@kuyache2]

Aside from that very very low power usage, why would anyone want these when we can now get used SFF pc's with Ryzen 2200g/2400g/3200g/3400g (with Ram + Storage = Ready to Use) for way cheaper and will run circles around this morefine minipc? Intel GIMPED this processor line so much its borderline not an option for majority of people! It's like choosing to buy a Geforce 1030 ddr4 wack edition when a used GTX1050ti/RX570 is available!

[@mdd1963]

I have a minPC with only a Celeron N5105, and it is remarkably snappy for general WIndows 11 tasks/desktop usage....

[@si4632]

no shit im using a athlon 5350 it runs windows 11 well

[@si4632]

you need 8gig ram as a healthy minimum

[@jamesdavies686]

Too bad no dual NIC. This would be a nice opnsense system where weak iGPU, single channel ram don't matter.

[@iokwong1871]

There are 4 ports of 2.5Gps unit with N200.

[@I86282]

Nice. ! 👍👍

[@wolfeman781992]

You used the wrong box art for ratchet&clank

[@fastertove]

Seems like it's particular cheap for what you are getting - features like single channel memory. How is the cooling solution and does it have modding/fanless potential? Does it have a small or a proper sized fan? I don't care much how low the wattage is unless it is reflected in the noise and temperature.

[@plsbanhackers9031]

A few months ago I got a dell wyse for free (dumpster). Put in a 128gb sata (which I had lying around), 8gb ram and repasted, installed chrome os flex. I got a practically free browsing machine that draws less than 10w 😂

[@Mecrom]

i really don't understand the n200's place on the market. same cores, same tdp, just higher clocks and a few more shaders for $50 more?

[@MechAdv]

Still waiting for mini PCs with proper on board graphics. If mainstream laptop manufacturers can sell a device with a 100wh lithium battery, quality screen, vapor chamber cooling solution, keyboard, track pad, webcam, with a R7/i7 processor and RTX 4070 for 1400$, then surely a miniPC with without all those additional parts could be sold for under $1000, and packaged under 2L.

[@BahhBahhBrownSheep]

A 4070 isn’t onboard graphics my guy

[@MechAdv]

@@BahhBahhBrownSheep If it’s soldered to the board, then it is on board. You’re thinking integrated versus discrete.

[@chronotron2782]

Could you possibly test an egpu

[@aliessa8515]

Id love to know what the lowest idle power draw you have seen. Wasn’t there one that was 4 or 5 watt

[@patrickcadette]

Ohhh..nice..😁😁😁👍👍👍

[@user-wq8cp3bi9k]

better looking for some mini pc with ryzens

[@philth69]

I have a budget of £400 or £500 and I want to be able to play emulation games and the odd steam game like euro truck simulator 2. But I also want it to be on my tv which would be best to do this? Mini p.c, laptop, phone, streaming box or any other suggestions you may have. Thank you.

[@quarteratom]

Does that Windows 11 work without a Microsoft account? Does that Windows 11 work without connecting to the internet? Does that Windows 11 work without a Microsoft account, if you connect to the internet?

[@gregglowery3452]

I am wondering if the RAM can be swapped out for DDR5 or is the slot keyed to accept only DDR4?

[@quarteratom]

It's not a "mini-PC" if it has a huge power brick almost the size of the PC case.

[@sw1000xg]

Can you use them without the case?

[@ArinoSeb_Gccx_QC]

since this have 2 NVMe slot, can it run a eGPU with an adapter

[@Tom-xy7mx]

Granted this thing sips power but for $200 the performance isnt there. I've seen deals on other mini pcs with ryzen 7 processors like the 4800H and 5700u for as low as $180 which mop the floor with the n200.

[@albert1313]

what cheapest mini pc do you recommend for gaming ty

[@ThePhantomviper]

Is it better than any of the Kamruis? I can only seem to fine the n100 how are those? I want to be able to run PS2

[@SF2MJ]

Can this play switch and wii u games?

[@axescar]

Its single channel chip - why not ddr5?! And I cant call N200 entry level, its i3-9100t analogue, even ddr5-4800 bandwidth support is equal to dual channel ddr4-2400 and max turbo boost frequency is equal too. iGPU a little bit more powerfull, but tdp is lower and chip is 10nm vs 14nm

[@shaggskatz1168]

what is the widevine level. can it play 4k netflix

[@pythan011]

Will this outrun the hp EliteDesk g2 mini?

[@cj013810]

Can you run wii u on the n200?

[@tttomtxhc]

Wen N305?

[@KAMGOSEN]

Single channel ram is a deal breaker imo

[@Chris.Brisson]

The N6000 is the low-power dual-channel solution. Comparable performance, and even cheaper.

[@Chris.Brisson]

But is Morefine trust-worthy? Caveat emptor, read the user review comments about problems.

[@iokwong1871]

Not when you use with DDR5 I bet it will beat the N6000 with dual channel (CPU at the same class but last gen)

[@NeoShameMan]

Reference cost?

[@nick-leffler]

PS3/X360 via batocera

[@redrush-hp9li]

4 threads is deadly

[@alisterlf]

it supports nvme?

[@jondonnelly4831]

Anyone got this working as a hackintosh?

[@wanzmejuez]

Can use with linux os?

[@samueljung2165]

Thanks to this n100 pcs got cheaper.

[@Woodwerker]

This isn't a budget pc to me.

[@nightstalker673]

I'm not interested in anything that only runs in single channel mode. I would never consider making this purchase.

[@kamertonaudiophileplayer847]

No SD slot? I pass.

[@JustinEmlay]

BT 5.2 but only WiFi6? Bruh...

[@Printman3332]

👍👍

[@bobn2805]

Intel cpus are fine, but their Igpus are so far behind AMD that it just completely makes me lose interest in an Intel mini pc or handheld

[@JorgeC-uk6wk]

Not that cheap, it's twice the price of the N95 you showed before.

[@roqeyt3566]

It's a terrible deal, but it gets worse: The n200 is only 60$ less barebones than the GMKtek r7 6800u barebones, and that thing has USB 4 The n100 barebones is twice the cost of the GMKtek n100 barebones (if you have a good coupon code) and 30$ more than the Chuwi Larkbox X, which has dual ethernet ports, storage, RAM and USB C PD/DP. If you don't mind forgoing that USB C, both Chuwi and GMK offer a 150$ variant

[@JorgeC-uk6wk]

@@roqeyt3566 I still have the m93p that ETA recommended years ago for 100€, and I'm yet to see a real replacement in this channel since...

[@ryanbrancel]

The version with 16 GB and 1 TB is $349. I just got the Beelink SER6 Max with same options for $399.

[@JorgeC-uk6wk]

​@@ryanbrancel You either have a good computer or a good console, or both. These Mini PCs are an extra, either a backup PC, a computer for your TV, something to play a bit of emulation... none of that should cost above 200$ in my opinion. I don't know who's the target for all these overpriced mini PCs...

[@roqeyt3566]

@@JorgeC-uk6wk the ryzen APUs have finally dropped far enough that they do make sense against the steam deck. But for the most part, I agree. These mini PCs are great for projects and extras, and shouldn't become too expensive as a result. 100-170 depending on the horsepower, I/O and features is a good sweet spot

[@JorgeC-uk6wk]

I wished ETA would go back to his video about the m93p and give us real modern alternatives for that price range (100€) and compare it to m93p.

[@jt3000o]

Nearly $400 for something like this isn't worth it You could buy something much more powerful for the same price

[@originalbadboy32]

Decent for a server, but for emulation and games AMD is still far better, especially when 8000 series APU's come along.

[@DoubtingThomas333]

Why would anyone buy this when the 4800H Ryzen mini pc is cheaper? I'm comparing barebones to barebones.

[@easenst1978]

N305 is a i3. is N200 a i2?

[@vtnwesley]

I think they are just referring to them as "Intel Processor" now... I know, rolls of the tongue, doesn't it? Similar SKUs were called Celeron and Pentium last generation if I recall.

[@reallybigjohnson]

When you can get a small box that runs Cyberpunk on high settings for around $900 then this is not worth buying.

[@mkuhnactual]

1:41 and you lost me. Zero interest in single channel ram.

[@Venlaw]

Morefine seems have a lot of issues with quality.

[@ariessilva]

Too expensive for what you get spec wise

[@namangupta86]

What do you know? Pi5 is going to have better emulation then this. PS2 would be good on pi5 with future updates.😂

[@megazoid]

Passmark actually benchmarks the N200 lower than the N100. Worst upgrade eva

[@fieldcar]

I think he mentioned it in the video. The n200's GPU is about 1.9x faster than the n100's. Look at notebookcheck for 3dmark results.

[@NeptuneSega]

Bad price to performance. Do noy buy this unless you get it for $100 or close

[@beau-urns]

No, it’s not

[@stillblazinkush]

Ya lost me at single channel RAM

[@BahhBahhBrownSheep]

Oh another “perfect for everyone” product. Shocking coming from you 🙄

[@pdahandyman]

SPORK!

[@wews2047]

1st?

[@nargalda773]

can you test run Fortnite on this??

[@mmpressey]

3rd!

[@legart4507]

Ugh, intel again