We Turned This Tiny Low-Cost HP Office PC Into A Mini Gaming Machine!

We Turned the Cheap Low-cost Mini HP Office PC into a Gaming PC by adding an external M.2 Graphics card using a GTX1650 Super and the ADT-Link M.2 Key M NVMe External Graphics Card Stand Bracket!
This Tiny PC costs anywhere from $99 to $150 depending on the configuration.
by itself, it does a great job at emulation but I wanted a bit more out of it and the built-in Intel HD530 graphics just art gonna cut it.
Powered by an i5 6500T and backed by 16GB of ram this tiny pc actually does much better than I thought with the GTX 1650 added in.
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00:00-Intro
00:20-Overview
01:53-adding the M.2 Graphics Card
04:12-Booting It Up
04:45-Specs Overview
05:40-Forza Horizon 5 Test
06:17-Marvel Vs Capcom Infinite Test
06:45-Project Cars 2 Test
07:17-GTA5 Test
07:58-Doom Eternal Test
08:31-Cyberpunk 2077 Test
08:55-Final Thoughts
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[@latibass]

If only 'low end' GPU prices weren't so ridiculously high in 2022

[@ETAPRIME]

I know, it seems to only be getting worse

[@tomzpl]

@@ETAPRIME lets hope for cheap amd 6xxx apu's then.

[@Sioux-periorGaming]

People love their entertainment

[@EliezYT]

It sucks because right now is the best time to buy a Gpu but it’s already pretty darn high!

[@moetop]

This still might be a worthwhile upgrade if you have an old 2gb video card laying around.

[@cmdrclassified]

I really love your budget focused content! And yes, I know the market for ANYTHING these days has been way overpriced. But folks like you doing their best to look out for the little guy, gives me hope for humanity! A little late, but I want to wish you and yours, a very Happy New Year! o7

[@PizzaWormLight]

I've used a setup just like this with the exact same adapter and power supply for a few years using an AliExpress mini pc. It served me amazingly well, was incredibly silent and as messy as it seems! :D

[@divyaakashdutta4038]

Doesn't dust get inside the GPU? How do you clean it?

[@ClayWheeler]

@@divyaakashdutta4038 opening and disassembling GPU Fans & Heatsinks are pretty easy. Even on RTX 3090. What's your GPU in question?

[@fractalarbitrage]

may i ask which mini pc? i'm looking at getting one maybe a mini forum or a beelink and adding a gpu like this video

[@hereis_Tiff]

@@fractalarbitrage genuinely speaking for triple A gaming, any processor starting from 8th gen intel is alright. Go any lower and you'll have this video's performance results. I have an 8th gen i5 and it works way better, running GTA V on high / very high settings well above 60 fps.

[@alchercraft7014]

@fractalarbitrage you use Intergrated graphic?

[@tacobo]

I feel like this is the new old school Linus tech tips channel before he became a big shot. Frankenstein PC content is great to watch. I’ve worked in IT for a long time and use to do stuff like this for fun with old equipment. Thanks for the content.

[@mudit1]

WoW! Never thought this can be possible. Thanks for the video brother

[@armyofninjas9055]

As someone with a 1650S in my primary pc, it warms my heart to see this gpu used as the upgrade component. It's a great little card and does what I need it to. I game in 60hz 1080p.

[@digitaldonovin1189]

I literally just bought one of these on Monday from ebay. Although mine is coming with the i5-6600. I’ll be using mine for a personal game server. But this video was really cool to see.

[@unojojo]

Which game?

[@digitaldonovin1189]

@@unojojo 7 Days to Die, Ark, The forest, conan maybe. Just for me and my buddies.

[@xman2k2]

@@digitaldonovin1189 can I use this pc for a plex server?

[@digitaldonovin1189]

@@xman2k2 100%

[@agent_447]

Can you explain how exactly would you make this said game server? I mean just using it as machine used for game or more of a server streaming games elsewhere.

[@Chocoboengorilado]

Have you tried raising all the graphic settings that exclusively impact the GPU so the GPU usage goes up and the CPU has a bit more room to process all frames? You might get better graphics and less dips (probably not higher performance, but more consistent)

[@warthog2k]

Came to say just that - if the GPU is causing bottlenecking on the CPU then push the GPU harder - sounds counter intuitive, but could give smoother gameplay AND better graphics.

[@thegodhoward8037]

Many games today also have fsr including cyberpunk

[@CrapkinsTheBrave]

I love this stuff. I'm a min-maxxer, myself, and this kinda thing gives me much entertainment.

[@blingVolcano]

I've gotta say, i picked up an elitedesk mini pc based off your vid ETA, been casually tinkering with it now for about 6 months. I finally have everything working the way I can enjoy it for some high quality couch gaming, however despite you recommending not attaching a GPU to the mini pc, I'm inclined to actually get the m.2/sata adapter and use a 970 to augment the mini pc performance. OOTB, the HP elitedesk mini 800 g2 BARELY runs gamecube games, and only after some lengthy optimization and numerous PCSX2 nightly build updates over a series of months was I able to get PS2 to playback at 60fps, yet many PS2 games still struggle to hit 60 on the 6600T cpu. This is still amazing though, considering my home arcade journey started with comparing prices of tiny SBCs like rpi 3b+ and odroid boards, but ultimately if you can get a mini pc, a cheap older gpu, and the adapter, you're looking at the most cost effective way of playing any console pre-gen 8 on a modern TV.

[@dogfacezombie]

Bruh that thing still manages to be more portable than my school's school-provided ThinkPad 💀😭

[@thegodhoward8037]

My school had Chromebooks and they even came with special cases and slings

[@asawarai]

Very interesting! Been using basically the same exact mini PC as this except with a Ryzen 5 2400G instead, for low end gaming using the APU. It works pretty well! Never thought to add a GPU, but maybe I will eventually since this video is basically a guide for me lol. Awesome video!!

[@d2vlogs707]

How did it go bro

[@hereis_Tiff]

Recently I brought home a couple of desktops from work, including a HP Prodesk 600 G4 Mini. Did some digging online, and with the help of this video, I added a GTX 1650 to the mini computer and added a SATA SSD. Works like a charm, runs GTA V at 60 FPS with a mix of high and very high settings. Really love how the graphics card sits behind the machine. It's definitely worth it to convert & upgrade such an ex-office computer for 2-300 bucks.

[@LesFaul]

Is your adapter same as mine ie. like this on video?

[@hereis_Tiff]

@@LesFaul I'm using the Dell PSU, same one as in the video.

[@LesFaul]

@@hereis_Tiff The same as I do too…

[@bryan.t777]

I’ve been curious about adding a gpu via m.2 on this machine. I have one for my Arcade1Up mod because it was cheap and small. I mostly want to see how well the Windows version of Killer Instinct runs but the cpu does give me some concerns.

[@feniX0nE27]

Always great seeing what can be done with an ultra small form factor PC. Where there's a will there's a way! Thanks as always ETA.

[@Infini-Toons]

I literally have about 40-50 of these at wok that I refurbish and sell for $200. I use these for emulation machines all the time lol, good stuff my man

[@form4li7y]

I've got an Optiplex with an i5-7500t that I've thought about doing this with if I get a good deal on a graphics card some day. EGPU builds like this are really interesting.

[@franciscocasillas6562]

I’ve always wondered, does having it connect to m.2 negate some of the performance lose that would normally occur with a thunder bolt port?

[@januszcebula9324]

No, the performance lose are the same on both interfaces, because the thunderbold 3 and m.2 slot in this mini pc and cpu with pcie 3.0 lines version, have the same pcie 3.0 x4 bandwidth speed

[@ClayWheeler]

Thunderbolt is running at 22 Gbps (yes you read that right) Not 40 Gbps as advertised M.2 PCIe Gen 3 is at least 32 Gbps. No speed penalty by any means

[@franciscocasillas6562]

@@ClayWheeler that’s wild

[@1986Redfield]

@@ClayWheeler I'm sorry, but i try to understand this prot/Speed loss thing. So if i have a 1660 Super, how much % of performence i lost? How can i look it up?

[@jeremy121690]

Ok so Ive thought about doing this for a while after seeing people do it with laptops but dont have the money to wast if it didnt work. Glad to see someone finally try this! You could probably get all this to fit in a itx case with a few mods

[@miro5052]

I actually picked these up, I'm working abroad for a year and I needed something so I got the adapter and minipc and hooked up my old GPU. Works great for casual games.

[@Ender_Wiggin]

If you are willing to flash a new BIOS you could over clock the thing all the way to 4 ghz. The hard part is finding a bios that is unlocked

[@1986Redfield]

Can you tell us where to look for? I have a lenovo thinkcentre m715q with 2400ge cpu

[@dalkammarak6594]

Love this kind of content

[@ntgm20]

Very interesting. I have the same mini PC with a i5-6600T. I'll have to check out your emulation video.

[@saray8007]

Thank you for this video. I was just going to buy that same PC and was going to try a setup like this. Guess I'm not now. You saved me.

[@hereis_Tiff]

The G2 is quite an old machine now. The newer models are way better. The Prodesk 600 G4 (i5-8600T) for example can run GTA 5 at 60 FPS with high/very high settings.

[@theunreal_TOEBEANS]

That's pretty sick. That card is as big as the whole PC!!

[@carlolalattacosterbosa5821]

really nice! unpractical in reality but very interesting to see... Do you know how many Watts can you pull from the m.2 connector? it will be really more confortable to use a 1030 instead of the 1650s if you don't need any extra power... ;)

[@stephensliger4306]

Nah, wouldn’t work, m.2 doesn’t put nearly as much power as a regular Pcie :(

[@McKluskie]

@@stephensliger4306 gutted, I have one of these laying around I was going to try a 1030, dont think its worth shelling out of the PSU and adapter, you could pickup a cheap used desktop for the same money or less and drop a card straight in.

[@hereis_Tiff]

For GPU power you absolutely need that Dell PSU or a standard PSU.

[@henry_pq]

I have this exact PC and I found a cheap 1650 to buy so thank you a lot for making this video!

[@IkariAin]

thank you ETA for sharing this experiment

[@timothypeart3116]

i’ve done this in reverse building a full enclosure around The Beast adapter running a gtx 1050ti over mini pcie then got a hp elite desk 800 g1 usdt with a i5 4690s got great performance even with the cpu being older intel’s s variant cpu draw 65w and reach similar clock speeds of their non-s counterparts

[@JeremyLeePotocki]

When your dealing with the low power T series especially older gens you need the I7 variants due to them having hyper threading. The I7-6700T has nearly double the performance than the 6500T with less bottlenecks issues. Heck even a 3770T would have less issues. I've built many PCs with the T series CPUs so I've seen this problem with the I3 & I5 T class however the I7 have a longer shelf life.

[@davem1027]

I was thinking the same thing during this video lol, if only he had an i7. A lot of these newer games are demanding multi-core performance. Everything's a trade-off, sff=low power cpu. Maybe an 8th gen i5 would be able to handle this. But there's always cloud-streaming if you have a good enough connection.

[@JDMsohc]

I have the same Mini PC as the one in the video, except mine has the i3-6100t. I called HP to see what the max CPU I could put in was but even they seemed a bit confused about how they can help me. Would I be able to put an i7-7700t in there? Thank you!

[@hereis_Tiff]

@@davem1027 I have a HP Prodesk 600 G4 Mini with an 8th gen I5 (8600T). From my experience with the machine so far, it works absolutely great with a GTX 1650, even going as far as being able to play games like GTA on a mixed high & ultra high settings.

[@mcgillm5149]

800 G2 mini will only work with 6th gen CPU. Highest model would be the i7-6700t if you have the 35w model or the i7-6700 if you have the 65w model. If you get the larger 90w power brick for this machine, you can run the faster non-t variants (6500,6600,6700) which is the way to get the most performance out of this machine.

[@JeremyLeePotocki]

@@JDMsohc as Mcgill M stated the system works with 6th Gen only. However I would only recommend the I7-6700T at the most, and not upgrading it to a 65W I7-6700. The heatsinks they use are weak (0.5 inch all aluminum) like a "non gaming" laptop so even if you put in a 65W CPU thermal throttling would be a issue as well as a noise issue from the fan ramping up to full blast even for 50% workloads.

[@user-fk2dm2th7n]

Awesome build bro 👍🏻

[@AndyMelton]

I love this little computer! It has became my daily driver. I upgraded it from the 8 GBs of RAM / Core i3 it came with to 32 GBs of RAM / Core i7 Quad. It serves me amazingly well. I do a lot of HDR photo processing in Lightroom and virtualization with it. I switched to this as my daily driver to conserve power because my HP Z820 was drawing massive amounts of power while idling. I was shocked that I could do so much more with it than I thought I could. It's awesome that you can technically add a GPU to it but I am afraid I can't give up the m.2 slot! I need that for extra storage! Awesome video, as usual!

[@jayajoniyarso]

right, I need M.2 nvme, I can't sacrifice m.2 nvme, is there an external gpu riser that uses the wifi card slot..?

[@hereis_Tiff]

​@@jayajoniyarsoRead my reply to your original comment

[@KevinG761]

@@jayajoniyarso Yess, aliexpress

[@chriswiggins3896]

2 things: 1. I'd love to see this same test with the 65w version. 2. Some type of 3d printed case for the GPU that can adhere to the top of the HP?

[@moetop]

I was thinking the same thing. You just need space for airflow. Its almost to bad the slot isn't rotated 180 degrees. EDIT: Maybe go out the front of the case..

[@westleyjohnstone4719]

I have a 65w i7 8700 version of this. Wanting to put it in a bartop arcade cab. This may be a option, uhd 630 is pure crap. Be interesting to see if someone has done a case.

[@form4li7y]

I don't know, it looks kind of cool as it is. A 3d printed stand that improved the stability of the graphics card and made the pc stand vertically might be interesting. I like look of these projects when they have a minimalist approach to enclosures.

[@ericdanielski4802]

Nice video.

[@faves2064]

Good video, glad I wasn't planning to do more than emulate on mine.

[@joejones6968]

24 fps on a low-end PC is still very much playable, So, all in all you did well, And good job. Thank you for posting this video for all of us to watch it and see you work as well as play your games. Thank you.

[@rokuken]

Am I the only one that thinks that 60fps is fine in ANY game!? I don’t understand the problem of “just” having 60fps. I don’t see the difference going higher than that. 60fps, for me, is the way to play. Graphics is not always what makes a game great, at least in my opinion.

[@kibbee890]

A great idea if the GPU didn't cost 5 times as much as the rest of the PC.

[@proudofyourroots9575]

yeah without amd cards your performance per dollar is highly restricted. if you could get a rx580 8gb to work youd be set

[@unorthdoxcleric6953]

I LVE THESE WEIRD SETUP VIDS. They are awesome.

[@MicahDaRhuler]

You recorded this on my birthday. Very cool build BTW

[@wayland7150]

This is a lot of fun and very cool. However it's impractical. The practical solution is to plug that GPU into a cheap Dell tower i5 system. In fact GPUs are so valuable these day that it make sense to hook it up to an overkill CPU just to squeeze all the performance out of the 1650 super.

[@ChodyRay]

Yeah I got an i5 4590 with a 1650 and it's pretty decent. Newer AAA titles are usually a no go without scaling down the resolution to an unplayable point, but it's great for emulation and I get 200ish fps in rocket league so it does what I need from it

[@DiamondDepthYT]

@@ChodyRay I have an i5 4670 with a 1650 super, and it's okay but it bottlenecks for sure

[@SlickOnTop]

Even with budget gamers, Ingenuity always finds a way.

[@pleasentnokia]

amazing channel subscribed because of this video how resourceful way to use a small budget pc for gaming what i was looking for

[@udance4ever]

would have loved to see a before & after on this set up!

[@LazyBunnyKiera]

This with the 16GB+ of ram would be perfect for a tiny dedicated game server. I've been trying to find really affordable and especially tiny systems to use as game servers.

[@efeloteishe4675]

Game servers don't use gpu, they only use cpu. What are you trying to mine crypto

[@HDErickGames]

@@efeloteishe4675 This miniPC on itself does not have a dGPU in itself though.. So that person may be talking about the machine without an e-GPU

[@TharcioSantana]

A nice upgrade to this mini PC would be the i7-7700t, it seems to be way better than the 6500t having the exact same TDP, idk if would be easy to find one though

[@LesFaul]

It will not work! I7-6700T (Skylake) is max for this particular HP mini PC. I7-7700t is Kaby Lake and will not work on this motherboard.

[@TharcioSantana]

@@LesFaul ohh idk that, it would be a great upgrade too, right? At least, to handle the 1650 performance?

[@Dougget]

I did a very similar setup with a i5 10gen Mini HP and a RTX2060, so far I've been having some problems with crash and reboots, not very often and related with high intense tasks, just random. Event viewer points to PCI express slot. I hope I can figure this out.

[@cyrus3055]

Very nice thanks for doing it :D

[@3godzilla3]

No idea how you're finding these so cheap, it's literally 160-190 on Ebay.

[@melvishabbo]

Yeah and almost 200/230 on amazon kinda sad

[@LordManhattan]

Yeah, I can't find them for under $300 where I'm at (outside the US)

[@melvishabbo]

@@LordManhattan Same here fam, all "cheap" pc here are already refurbished and really bad (And almost expensive as a new one) so it's lame

[@quentinwilliams1158]

There is a rumored ETA Prime effect. Soon as he post a video of a cheap PC, it sells out at eBay really quickly. At least the cheapest versions of that pc sell out fast.

[@Infini-Toons]

Also you can swap out the CPU in those, unscrew the three T-10 screws and remove the heatsink. It's an LGA-115X socket so you can fit 6th gen to 9th gen CPUs (check PC compatibility). I have an i5-9600 with a GTX 980-ti in mine.

[@ytxzw]

wow ok, good to know! thanks

[@gabytrifan838]

Fitting 8th gen+ CPUs would requiring modding the bios, did you get that working on a OEM Mobo?

[@HunterBikelife]

How did you get the power supply to work ?

[@switchx182]

I love this.. I need a pc game system on the go for work travel and this is perfect. I didn't know there was an adapter m.2 for Gpu, thanks

[@willn8664]

Would it help to put one of those small magnetic slap on filters in front of the GPU's fan to cut down on dust going in?

[@RCfromtheNYC]

Thanks! This will definitely help in getting PS3 emulation up and running!

[@alfajiri0013]

can you start testing xemu on these type of emulation machine videos? your channel inspired me to start searching for a mini PC to turn into an emulation machine, and I'd like to get something that I can do solid xbox emulation on. thank you and love your videos!!

[@EnterpriseKnight]

this channel is so relaxing sometimes.

[@brad7207]

Great video as usual ETA. I love these franken minis. I got a beelink gt I5. Do you think you can do a video like this with something like that cpu. Love all your vids.

[@sovan781]

i have this same elite desk unit and a bunch of video card sitting, i only use this pc for youtube and web surfing to save electric since my desktop computer draw alot of power and only kept that for gaiming, however this is a neat trick and going to try this . thanks

[@begcoins]

So the Ryzen version of the 705 G4 should be able to load the AMD GPU drivers just fine since your version is Intel NUC correct?

[@gdjaybee742]

Another idea is external male PCIx expansion slot on the mini pc, which would dock into a PCIx slot on a external Video card enclosure case that has an external PCIx slot "dock" which you can dock the mini PC on(think modular design). This external PCIx slot is wired to an PCIx riser cable into the external Video card enclosure case. This Video card external enclosure should have custom designed and standardized power supply for this enclosure, so that you don't need to connect a standard atx power supply, and there would be no external clutter.

[@overcrazy9940]

That's is so cool and he really knows his stuff amazing video

[@jaywarren3505]

Would love to see you apply this mod to that 705 G4 you were able to up the TDP on.

[@tavaszicsaba9247]

@ETA PRIME I'm a fairly new subscriber of your channel , but I love how you turn old junks into nice emulation machines. I'm bit confused about the software side, googleing a lot, I found many many alternatives. Do you have a video about what would be a best solution to follow? For windows , for linux? Really confusing where and how to start on the sw side. Maybe I just mist one of your videos, as I have spare time I look at your older videos. If you don't have, maybe you could do a complete tutorial about this to. Best regards.

[@hereis_Tiff]

I've followed this video's idea to upgrade a newer version of the Prodesk. I could drop a comment explaining what I've done if that interests or helps you out!

[@AguFungus]

Now I'm curious to know if installing a GPU via M.2 is possible for Atari VCS.

[@plutoniumshore]

Picked one up after watching this (about $150) and loaded it up with Batocera. No complaints so far! Originally tried Retropie/Ubuntu but couldn't figure out the default audio. Wasn't an issue with Batocera as it has a menu option to select audio devices built right in.

[@mojoosodope]

Does it work good with ps2 like he said? I can’t find the original video

[@plutoniumshore]

@@mojoosodope I did not do any testing with PS2. I actually JUST modded an old PS2 console last week (cosmic coincidence) and really like having a dedicated console for that. I just shuffled some stuff around..but as soon as I pull the HP back out of storage, I'll load up some of the PS2 ISO's I have and give it a try.

[@mojoosodope]

Are you using it right out the box?

[@surendramaharjan6047]

Love all your videos especially emulation videos. I have a dell laptop with thunderbolt but no extra nvme slot. Can i use a thunderbolt ssd enclosure and use the egpu dock? Could you make video if possible. Thanks

[@Colo2K]

Awesome video as always! but like you said this set up is not really worth it specially with how much it ends up costing but it's still entertaining nevertheless.

[@XxUltimateGodzXx]

Yooooo we have the same background. That's awesome.

[@AmoyamoyamoyaYouTube]

I've got a pair of these EliteDesk 800 G2s I got for the same price ETA Prime quoted. I'm tempted to try this "mod" myself and use an idle GTX-1050 just to see what happens. The CPU can be upgraded to an i7-6700 for around $120-ish (eBay prices as of April 2022) which might address some of the performance short-comings of the i5. The TDP is the limit here I wouldn't expect much of an improvement

[@mojoosodope]

Using it right out the box, was it easy to run GameCube like he said?

[@maxcady360]

Even without a dedicated graphics cards it should be pointed out that the HP EliteDesk Mini G2 is a very solid device for gaming as it is.

[@Fantazysz]

I have a mini elite desk coming in the mail rn haha I have the egpu adapter dell PSU and a rx 580

[@edwarddolezal559]

When testing did you use the latest bios revision I noticed better performance after updating to the latest revision.

[@carlosgrant7740]

Will be doing this with a i5 6500 and yes will be putting it in a box, Mr. Dust...... More Power LOL Love your content

[@jaykeeggleston4093]

im so excited to do this, i just got a 9th gen i5 elite desk with, 8gb ddr4, and no storage for $75! ordering everything this friday, probably gonna go with a 1650 like you did.

[@hereis_Tiff]

Go for it! I have an ith gen i5 prodesk with 16gb ddr4 and 750gb storage, using an external GTX 1650. It really plays games like GTA V smoother with fps well above 60 on average!

[@Manolox4]

OH! it is exactly the same thing that I want to do, I have a prodesk 400 g4 with i7 8700t, thanks, I already had an idea of ​​how to do it, but with this video I get rid of all the doubts.

[@hereis_Tiff]

Go for it man, the GTX 1650 Super will work very well with your i7-8700T. One thing that's overlooked in this video is how big of a bottleneck the processor is in the G2 mini version.

[@patriskin]

Why it crashes with driver for rx 590? How can you find out in advance which video card will not have problems?

[@ogbenchmarks7127]

Do you think that the i3-6300T with its faster 2 physical cores (3.3 GHz no turbo) would be better in some of these games than the i5-6500T with 4 slower cores (2.8 GHz with turbo)?

[@florianfelix8295]

Hey eta, how about using one of these as a server? would you still go with an i5? or celeron... I would like to have some more ram so I can use it as a substitute server (compiling packages on the local network)

[@blazetankdestoryer]

I've got the dell optiplex 7050 micro with a i5 7600 non t with a gtx 970 and over this same adapter and it's a beast

[@grzegorz__]

wow, crazy. didn't know there are adapters like this xD

[@jrtirado8266]

Great review as always. Hope you can try the hp prodesk 600 g5 with i5 9500t. Planning to buy it for light gaming.

[@hereis_Tiff]

I'm using the Prodesk 600 G4 mini with i5-8600T. Got a GTX 1650 with the same ADT-link adapter. It can run GTA V with 60FPS & a mix of high and ultra high settings. Considering the G5 has a 9th gen processor, you might even be able to get the maximum performance out of a 1650 Super or 1660!

[@luisfelipegonzalez4423]

If you manage to catch the g1 with amd a8 7600, it came with the gpu locked on 450mhz, but using amd overdrive, you cant unlock it and works perfect for light gaming and emulation.

[@TheRollsen]

nice work ETA

[@carlos26ch]

I know its old, but what about using a tuning utility to level up the power consumption? It might be possible right?

[@kakashi99908]

Used corporate computers are such a good value because there are so many of them and so few know to look for them they are also highly serviceable to please I.T departments . If anyone wants a used laptop you can get a EliteBook G6 for like $150 even cheaper if you buy one with a trashed screen and just close the lid to use it as a HTPC or emulation box, they also work with GPU enclosures and the same m.2 to PCI in this video

[@Vincent-Singh17159]

Hmm not sure if I can attempt this on my HP Elitedesk 800 G1 mini PC since the m.2 drive stays underneath the fan but it might have enough gap for it.

[@IRWPD]

The more I see on this little PC. The more I thinking about getting one.

[@crtme]

Hello, Mr. Prime. Lovely video. Please clarify whether or not you got the "-TU" version of the ADT Link (R43SG or R43SG-TU). Your link takes us to R43SG but according to the product detail and mfr/seller comments, "-TU" has the key on the bracket side of the m.2 insert (right side if looking at motherboard connector), which is what you seem to have in the video.

[@hereis_Tiff]

If it helps, I bought the R43SG, and not the -TU version. My setup works like a charm!

[@AndrewBob]

Kindly Provide links and tutorials for setting up those games you've tested.

[@DemureTrack]

This is a nice package that I might use for my home lab setup. The dell power supply and the m.2 adapter are a really nice package. From cost and appearance, I plan to add a 1060 6gb gpu to a mini pc with a ryzen 5800H. The goal is to have 1-4 people playing something easy to run like Minecraft over Liam workspaces for self hosted cloud gaming. I kinda have the dream achieved already but after reviewing some documentation and from my own testing, I believe I need to have an nvidia gpu for the best video encoding experience.

[@thecbc7658]

why not ad a strong velcrow strip on the top of the case and mount everything on top?

[@STRUMMERBOY1975]

Hi ! Gr8 stuff! Am wondering if this mini pc is wireless internet or needs to be hardwired?

[@hereis_Tiff]

The mini PC's do support wifi (built-in M.2 wifi slot) but you'll have to check when purchasing these (new and used) if they come shipped with an added wifi card.

[@CapApollo]

if you use that 590 for mining there is a chance it have a bios mod. restore the bios in order to driver to work..

[@draggonhedd]

it looks like you could pretty easily set the card on top of the case so you're not blocking the rear ports

[@udance4ever]

it looks like that would block the airflow to that gargantuan fan tho?

[@ChandraWortel]

I bought this exact system voor retrogaming en movies ect. Was wondering if m.2 was there (saw it yesterday in comments somewhere) but it is. And i wondered indeed for a better graficscart. Not that i really need it. It runs all up to ps3 before getting into troubles. Also its weird. Im playing ridgeracer 7 and was suprised at how smooth it looked. Than replay game crashes 😂 but still it can handle it so i just need to find the right settings. Great review rwally exactly what i needed to know. Good algorithyms yt has 💯 thx again

[@kamaruladib2092]

Thank you sir, nice video. Could you share cheaper gpu for photo editing please? Thanks you

[@KINGLIFERISM]

Is there an external box that can do this? No seriously. I know about Pcie thunderbolt from back in the days but ETA you could be rich making and enclosure that does this. I have a MSI trident 3 11th Gen and want more bays.... not just for graphics. Any advice would be awesome.

[@britishwordplay4335]

So this is good to purchase without the additions you have made in the video?. I am looking for it to hopefully play ps2 and xbox games smoothly

[@MojoMagic977]

I had no problem getting this pair to work with the ADT-Link Graphics m.2 adapter and Dell power brick. Runs the newer games I tried really well! - ASRock AMD Radeon RX 6600 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Video Card RX6600 CLD & - HP EliteDesk 800 G4 Mini i5-8500T 16GB DDR4

[@jvtc]

The g4 has an extra m.2?

[@rickbgrowerinb.c.7691]

I would love to know if the rx590 or something else budget but powerful would work with a beelink ser5 pro .ryzen7 5800h.

[@LootPinata2]

@ETA Prime When I go to your Amazon listing there is 4 variations of it. Do you know witch one would work an Elagato HD60pro? I am trying to install one on a computer with only one PCIE slot that’s being used by the GPU. So this might work for me.

[@hereis_Tiff]

The one used in the video is the R43SG. There are two variants of the R43SG: one with a 25 centimeter cable length and one with a 50 centimeter one.

[@MnsterMMGamin]

Would love to see the lenovo thinkcentre m75q-1 tiny, performance on a similar setup