The Ultimate AliExpress Mini Gaming PC! This Is Awesome

[@andresvaldevit3692]

Wow! A real GTX 1650! GPUs are becoming the unicorns of the tech world

[@lachit-xe3fm]

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[@kodeypatterson8973]

Remember back on the day when there were just few graphics cards that could run full 1080p

[@rasmus80g]

"Back in the day" i still have a card saved that only did mpeg2 decoding. That was when the graphics card in a normal PC graphic card was not enough to decode a DVD movie from a DVD disc. To play from hard drive was just not an option because the harddrive's was not large enough to save a DVD movie.... Today any phone is more powerful :-)

[@westleyjohnstone4719]

Had one also, must of been late 90's.

[@thebluestig2654]

There were games that could run full speed at resolutions well beyond 1080p . . . . on a CRT monitor. CRT tubes didn't have the same rez limitations as LCD screens. I was running Quake 2 above 2000x_____ 4:3 rez at 120fps on an old Geforce card.

[@GAMERAX_Ae]

Like gtx 1050 gtx 1650 gtx 1070

[@kodeypatterson8973]

@@thebluestig2654 Wow, do you remember which graphics card you had?! That was an insane setup back then!

[@hansdampf7700]

When Eta is testing a new setup, hell breaks loose in GTA5....

[@PlayingGilly]

Genius design with the motherboard, putting the pcie slot on the side.

[@Casper042]

Probably not what they used here, but PicoBTX is roughly the same design but the x16 slot would be vertical and you'd need a mini riser. BTX in general has always had the IO slots on the opposite side of the IO shield compared to ATX.

[@ClayWheeler]

@@robertanthonybermudez5545 the only Motherboard I can find is JW H410i-P Mini ITX, which is surprisingly the exact same Motherboard as in this Video.

[@Szaone]

Amiga 500?^^

[@Erik56322]

@@ClayWheeler Not really i have found another mb but also with usb 3.0

[@milescarter7803]

@@ClayWheeler Microstep or Weibu TH310C-P actually, 6th to 9th gen CPU

[@skitzthegamer]

I found your channel yesterday when looking up how to do cool shit with my Raspberry Pi 4. I love your videos bro, keep up the good educational & entertaining videos!

[@driftyswifty1012]

Ikr, I did that a few months ago but now I love his channel.

[@rabes1981]

ETA Prime is a gem, feel exactly the same way!

[@petruccilewis]

You have come to the right place bro!

[@Cyko..]

His videos make my wallet cry!

[@gorebish7950]

great channel man, especially on emulation

[@Uvaldimo]

That's a thin mini-ITX motherboard, but I've never seen one with a side PCI-e slot before!

[@Barlos69]

Not only that but it has the PCI-e slot on the opposite side

[@RandomPlaceHolderName]

@@Barlos69 Seems like it's the IO that's been moved. At 2:16, a typical board would have it at 12 rather than 6. PCIe, CPU, RAM and chipset are in the same config.

[@RandomPlaceHolderName]

@@Barlos69 Always hard to explain positioning with words but I'll give it another shot. CPU, RAM, PCIe(GPU) and chipset form a square. CPU top left, ram top right, PCIe bottom left and chipset bottom right. Looks very similar to 99% of designs out there. All they did is move the IO to the opposite side.

[@Barlos69]

@@RandomPlaceHolderName Now I understand what ur saying it’s just the I/O is always in the same spot since that’s the reference point of how you mount it.

[@Airbag888]

Exactly.. If it had a few sata ports I'd put in a 10gbe sfp+ card in there and make it a great home server

[@excelle]

Need some emulation testing with Switch and PS3 :)

[@jjhack3r]

Yes.

[@Jimhawking24]

The video is up

[@mohammedelsheikh5342]

Was about to write this

[@22stunt45]

@ETA Prime awesome little mini. Hey man, can you please consider doing a step by step of the process each time you get a new pc, the software, game stores, games, etc and how you set it all up in preparation of doing your testing. Maybe im the only one interested in seeing this. If so i understand. Thanks

[@RamonAndino]

First thanks for testing this; 2 questions. How long did you have to wait for delivery ? and Will it pass the Windows 11 sniff test? thanks again

[@IamConstant314]

Those kind of motherboards are usually called Pio motherboards. Used for one-for-all PC - Monitors with built-in PC.

[@VictorDeMeira]

It think you meant "All in One", also known as AiO.

[@IamConstant314]

@@VictorDeMeira yes you are right

[@briannickel5131]

Makes sense. I have two old (2nd gen Core) Gateway (made by Acer) all-in-one PCs and the motherboard has a similar layout.

[@lightfantastik]

They've already jacked the price up. $674 for the barebones i5. Your videos are great, but every single time I try to follow up on an item you feature, they're either sold out or the price gets inflated almost immediately after you publish. 😕

[@michaelmorales9697]

Yep - i would have pulled the trigger at 580 but as soon as he makes a video about them they raise the price $75-$200 always such a let down

[@acejon2162]

Try searching for it on aliexpess, I believe there are tons of sellers selling similar hardware and not all of them change their prices. Don't buy from the linked seller if he marks up the price. That's the beauty of aliexpress, almost all sellers are selling identical products so you can choose which to buy from.

[@HeyImGaminOverHere]

I just checked it and it shows $719.66 US for that same setup. :(

[@menoats]

I legit LOLed when you called it "Allied" Express, I always thought it was ALI like the boxer. Pretty cool for the price though.

[@ibrahimthegoat]

Its (ah-lee)express

[@MarcNorris]

Definitely a good use of the limited space. It's nice that they don't sell a knock-off video card with the machine. I wonder how good it would be in terms of productivity - it would be slick to mount it on the back of a monitor and free up some clutter on my desk.

[@joshuataylor9799]

Wow, that's almost the price of the video card right now

[@der-Troet]

thx, for testing this. i would like to see the emulation performance, ps2, ps3, dreamcast, switch etc. I hope they will bring more low profile gpus, rtx 2060 for example.

[@ETAPRIME]

Coming up tomorrow, working on the video right now. Testing everything

[@der-Troet]

@@ETAPRIME that´s i wanted to read!

[@cubeflinger]

Shame they don't sell without or with a choice of GPU.

[@sully.varnadoe1472]

As awesome as a lp 2060 would be it’s probably not gonna happen because for a card to be lp it has to have no power connections

[@moxianglife8143]

@@ETAPRIME cant wait!

[@RClockinGoat]

I've been enjoying your channel for awhile, especially the emulation tests. Any chance that you could occasionally include Champions of Norrath (PS2) in some of the emulation tests? That's usually a stringent one that I want to base an emulation build on. Thanks for sharing all the cool stuff that you do.

[@R0GUEL0KI]

Man I forgot all about Champions of Norrath. I still don't understand why they spent the money to port EQ to PS2 TBH.

[@mattsmechanicalssi5833]

"Chine Compulsory Certification"! That fills me with confidence!

[@BAdventures]

Awesome mini PC. Good performance from such a compact system. OEM's need to lift their game. Wish there was an AMD version with their mobile RX 6000M GPU. Good review 👍

[@Jeakerek]

There is also 16 core 32 threads Xeon d1581 avanible for this pc. It's significantly cheaper than i5 and I'm super curious how it'd perform

[@Spolt_main]

I to would like to know, if anyone knows how it will perform let me know.

[@RobertSusin]

Xeon is for servers, its performance sucks for gaming, just google it

[@Spolt_main]

@@RobertSusin well yeah, but it's still a cpu that could game. In a system like this would you even have a cpu bottleneck is the question.

[@MegaRyan123456]

I have one with a 16 core xeon and 64gb ram i use it for casual games and running some virual machines Stays cool as And runs 5 vms at a time And plays pubg/csgo at good frame rates for a little fun I have even had 2 vms running and played csgo at same time loves it

[@JezyYT]

That is the sexiest and best performing MiniPC you have found

[@murdock94]

ASrock has two motherboards like this that I can find. Both Intel boards. B150M-PIO and Z170M-PIO2.

[@OwtDaftUK]

I am very tempted to buy one of these my self. I bought a laptop but returned it because it was insanely noisey.

[@HowToRacist]

I wonder if this would fit in a wii... dont ask

[@ETAPRIME]

With the GPU installed it’s a bit to long.

[@HowToRacist]

@@ETAPRIME i see. My search continues.

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

A NUC might

[@richardboegli5112]

If you used a PCIX extender cable you might be able to get it to fit?

[@pyjama9556]

Hate to say this but I’m really starting to doubt ETA’s comments. Another instance where he has stated a price that he has paid is well below what their actually selling for on the link he has supplied!! Price of i5 model in barebones form is $652, not $580 as he claimed. Also no wifi antennas are supplied on the barebones model. Just be wary people.

[@markh8901]

You should suggest ETA not releasing the name or the link to the product. That price was what he got at that period of time nothing more. You may get better price or worse.

[@incomingtruth49]

That's weirdest pronunciation i heard of Ali Express :d

[@li_13_adeshjain40]

Can you plz tell how to connect two touch display to raspberry pi 4

[@HallyFPV]

Every single hardware video is turning in to "This is the best machine".... Jeez what to buy!

[@duncan51]

Thank you for doing Aliexpress content! You'd be surprised at how many tech tubers ignore Aliexpress altogether

[@li_13_adeshjain40]

Plz make dual display raspberry pi laptop project😃

[@walasium]

AliExpress is owned by Alibaba, so it should be pronounced "A-lee-ex-press" instead of "a-lai-ex-press" :)

[@nefariousyawn]

This guy also pronounces minis forum as "miniss forum." I wonder if he does it deliberately.

[@robertfontaine3650]

Old Gen hardware in an industrial case. Hard to see the excitement here. Get what you pay for.

[@ClayWheeler]

You call 2019 CPU as old? Hard to see the truth here.

[@chuck1011212]

The Xeon processor option looks interesting as well for this rig. 16 Cores 32 Threads and its the cheapest choice.

[@ryandunne7558]

i have this system its good lil box but it lacks single thread performance

[@Thomas-of5ox]

Nice video as always ! I LOVE your KZbin channel ! ❤️ Please in your next video is it possible to compare it to your SVMIY AliExpress mini PC (from the point of view of emulation) ? Even a few words would be great, I hesitate which one to buy. Thank you and I can't wait to see more videos from you 😁👍🎉

[@JamesWhiting96]

Yes please do this!

[@ToumalRakesh]

I got a similar mini PC off Ali with a Ryzen 4800H for about 700 bucks. It doesn't have a dedicated graphics card but it sure beats intel NUCs that cost a lot more. And just like your unit, the case was really well made, solid aluminium and very clean build.

[@flapjack6495]

I'll be surprised if those boards last more the a year

[@nehcooahnait7827]

Tsk. You are probably just prejudiced

[@mauriciobr4776]

I'll be surprised if my mobile last more the a year

[@immortallix]

@@nehcooahnait7827 against a cheapo motherboard with virtually no support?

[@CorderoCode]

can it be upgrade to windows 11?

[@yountune9799]

I thought about buying one of these but decided that it was cheaper buying last gen Ryzen gaming laptop like Zephyrus G14. I get 8 core, 16 thread plus faster graphics plus built in UPS and screen... Well I guess not anymore. Before the Pandemic open box G14 were like $1100 but now even used ones cost more.

[@dimitriid]

Interesting: I've seen this side-by-side itx case style a lot from Silverstone and Fractal Design and if you want an HDPlex style PSU also from Not-from-concentrate but the gpu compartment is usually made to accomodate at least a standard height gpu or even slightly above that, making it half height does reduce the footprint significantly. It's a shame that half-height GPUs are not more popular since I could easily see something as powerful as a 3060 or 3060ti being sufficiently cooled by a half height form factor if done right.

[@IIStasisII]

Do they sell motherboards with side mounted pcie slots or would you have to use a pcie extender cable?

[@bemtevi3547]

Testo game escape from tarkov please.

[@AJerseyJohnnyEntertainment]

ETA prime , honestly , you gotta be making a million dollars a year just in referrals . Lol everyone buys from your links .

[@thedungeondelver]

NGL I thought we'd see some emulator performance benchmarks :) But regardless, another cool vid. At first I thought, oh, OK, that's your bog standard mini-ITX board but in a bespoke case, but I have never seen a layout like that, with a downward facing slot. Very cool!

[@Bob_Smith19]

Emulation tests are always in the second video.

[@campyc1]

They SUCKS.....they ignored my evidence of a defective and inappropriate product and withdrew my refund, even whey I wont to return product .... SHAME!!!!!!

[@skins4thewin]

Am kind of surprised that you didn't talk about the power solution. This thing doesn't even have any sort of PSU like you'd normally see. It has a power brick, but w most PC's you'd need more than just that to run something like this. You'd need something like a PICO power supply or something. Does this have something like that? Would really have loved to see it so I could learn about how this stuff works, but you didn't even touch on it...

[@basic086]

I see they have a really cheap option with a Xeon D-1581 and a Quadro 620 2GB, this would be the cheapest, most compact and power efficient home server lab box :D

[@nffan696]

Eta I don't know where to look I don't even know if they exist I've tried looking but I need to find a mini PC like this but that supports low profile ddr4 ram and no any lpddr crap normal desktop memory support

[@hassosigbjoernson5738]

This build is very, very interesting! Thank you for showing +ETA PRIME ! Especially a case like this would look amazing on a desk ... I wonder if there are cases with standard IO shields also available somewhere. *For gaming itself I would rather stick to a XBox Series S these days!* I'm not a console person but the price-performance ratio is simply unbeatable. For more than half the price of that Mini PC you get the same performance (1080p 60fps) + Raytracing (more often), one of this 512 nvMe SSD, a compact case plus amazing emulation and backward compatibility performance ... so these days that's hard to beat with a small PC. Greetings from Berlin

[@bretthollingsworth9866]

What SSD did you use? Wondering if a WD black sn850 would increase performance/fps, esp. for Cyber Punk... thoughts?

[@PauloRAgostinho]

Hopefully they uprade the dGPU with a GDDR6 Version, like the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 D6 OC Low Profile.

[@DailyDriven3148]

Hi, I was wondering if you a comparison video of this mini pc against the toptop mini gaming pc? They both have the gtx1650. Makes me wonder which one is better for a daily use with moderate gaming from time to time. Thank you!

[@ionamygdalon2263]

The fact that you can game so well while running under 200 watts is quite impressive! I also did not expect that the temps would be under 82 degrees Celsius with such a small factor.

[@ShepVII]

Would you be able to swap out the gpu later? Just now getting into pc nd still learning. Want to invest in a mini pc for starters for games/school work. Need a small unit. Been looking at the svmiy and the morefine s500+ the most. However this one is looking more ideally

[@anand_bhasme]

Nice. That motherboard is impressive

[@skins4thewin]

I really wish the PC in the link gave you the option to get the i5 without the Graphics Card. It lets you get the Xeon without it but not the i5. Very strange, as I have a 1050 low profile card already but would want the i5 not the Xeon.... What a shame, I wonder why it's like that?

[@alexri6854]

Hi what settings you used for gta v? PLEASE Answer, or make a video and how does it run GTA ONLINE? How many FPS?

[@joseloco8186]

Looks great but another review you did with a mini pc with laptop 1650 100 bucks cheaper i think is the one i choose for my needs thank you for your review mr ETA

[@qwertyguy76]

I’m between this and a Mac Mini. I’ve been wondering whether to buy this or try Mac OS. What’s the noise like in terms of the fans? For me I’d use it for gaming here and there and mostly coding/browsing, would this be good as a daily driver?

[@PiperisCalling]

Clicked link, exact config $674.60...1 hour after video goes up...F aliexpress

[@davidgrim5990]

These computers have no support though. Wamt a bios update? Not going to happen. Seems to be.the standard level of care for these bulk Chinese manufacturers is no care..

[@aemilianusmartinus5472]

These results are so weird. My GL65 9SC with a GTX 1650 and a i7-9750h outperforms this SFF PC in many games. Is it because wattage? CPU? Anyways, great video!

[@dexmiermaxime8583]

You have an i7. He ordered an i5.

[@SzymonPmc]

it's aliexpress not allyexpress

I think those are the smallest wifi antennas I've ever seen.

[@ThomasYoutubeKanal]

After updating windows. Bluetooth isn’t working. Can’t find drivers. .. what can I do?

[@maow_.]

Is this pc powerful enough for youtube gaming (both playing and recording gameplay video at the same time) ?

[@welshie6313]

Looks amazing! So, emulation tests next? :)

[@zodiacfml]

crazy aluminum chassis and weak gtx 1650, not adding much value. Easy to dismiss this vs an Apple m1 mini

[@SyedKamran2016]

Thanks for witcher 3 testing

[@williamwilliam9993]

Any ETA prime videos have an ads on youtube promoting ETA prime video

[@caiodaris7064]

Emulation testing with yuzu and the ps3 emulator please Mr ETA!

[@theretroman3862]

I'd appreciated if you trim your fingernails and wash hands clean please. Cool gear anyway.

[@krisshietala2119]

Just when EU changed law and everything is now taxed from aliexpress...

[@carldeancatabay]

Can this run Dota 2 4K resolution 60 FPS? Can you test high and ultra settings please?

[@jskjellman]

@ETA Prime can't wait for your emulation video

[@omi527]

Can u upgrade the video card? or the processor? ineould like to upgrade it to rtx 2020 and intel i9 🤪

[@mohammedriyadmedjadji3666]

Please test Soccer games like : Pro évolution soccer 2021 , it's gonna be awsome

[@avamaeva7999]

Could you strip out the 2tb drive of the Super Console PC Box and put it in this for the ultimate emulation PC?

[@Jacket430]

If you test fortnite again in the future, please test it in the full map and not the party mode island. the party mode island is significantly smaller and much less intensive.

[@colinmaharaj]

I'll want to put in 2 mini 1TB drives in a mirror to make a dev machine.

[@sylin7538]

some info is wrong the drive is m2 but not nvme its just an m2 card and 1650 has gddr6 not gddr5

[@surfninja3877]

Emulations teste plz

[@brahul8245]

Statrting 30 $ gaming pc build please 🙏 🙏 😀 We can upgrade it later

[@chochanga]

Am I seeing it right? Everything is facing down?

[@danlopretto7222]

Would totally buy if Ali Express wasn’t garbage.

[@dreyb1801]

Sometimes I wander how much better the gtx 1660 is than this 1650.

[@JulienWestfield]

Hey ETA Prime, would this system run Windows11?

[@alexri6854]

Hi how does it run GTA Online? Do you know how much FPS? Ty

[@zephyrtv1115]

Pls try genshin impact, minecraft, valorant and apex legend

[@ThomasYoutubeKanal]

Order arrived today ... no manual including :( so lets try to get things done

[@PiMania]

Looks Neat BUT Wishing the PSU was internal even if it added a little to the size.

[@xpmon]

Is it Ali express as in the Arabic name Ali or Ally express?

[@TornadoBarrage]

Not that into PC's but these small versions are tempting and i have shadow PC

[@gertjanvandermeij4265]

*This is way too expensive !* With AMD parts, we can build this SAME performance,* INCLUDING an 512Gb ssd & 16Gb ram, for LESS than $550,- !

[@ClayWheeler]

And the overall size smaller than 22 Centimeters? I highly doubt it. The Smallest AMD System is using a 65 Watt TDP CPU which are Ryzen G series like Ryzen 4750G or Ryzen 5600G. And it doesn't have PCIe X16 Slot for additional GPU. Try to find that Particular AMD System No bigger than 22 Centimeters with PCIe X16.

[@constantined9015]

Hi guys! Is there any way to have a battery for these small factor pcs??

[@thernganomoly4141]

180 w power suppliy can take care of all of that!?

[@paulocorreia2024]

Usd 800 plus custom taxes. Nope, not with my money.

[@brucelyon9573]

I can purchase a gaming laptop with better specs. I don't get it?

[@MrDavidBFoster]

You paid $580 for that? You can't even get the graphics card for that price! Tell me this isn't a manufactured shortage.. I've got a bridge I need to sell!

[@Bob_Smith19]

It’s not a manufactured shortage unless you consider not enough manufacturing capacity a manufactured shortage.

[@MrDavidBFoster]

@@Bob_Smith19 Well, that's their story and they're sticking to it.

[@3lcost3]

Is it possible to get a mini pc with a RTX 2000 series for $1000?

[@tn31rider51]

Dear friend, it's possible pubg mobile working

[@withoutname6862]

I come ..ads 😌