I have been using this products now for a few months and I love it. I will give all the pros and cons I have learned about this little workhorse.
Pros:
– It really does work great. It’s a quick little computer with Windows 11 Pro already installed on it. Will do everything the average user needs and much much more.
– Will run a lot of games! I ran Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Spiderman 1 on LOW setting with the integrated graphics and I had no issues with it whatsoever. (Will not run some games like star field, COD, and some of these more high end games.) but what do you expect with integrated graphics. More than enough for the price tag on this bad boy.
– SSD slot to add additional storage (or move your OS to it and run a GPU via the M.2 slot like I did)
– It does have a pretty strong fan attached to the CPU.
Cons:
– Heat will always be a problem on these little computers, not to the point where it fry’s it, but be cognizant of the temperature. I run MSI Afterburner to make sure I’m within decent limits. Don’t run computer on Game mode if you can help it, because the extra power to the CPU will cause it to overheat and in some instances power down automatically so that no real damage happens. (I purchase silicone thermal pads which helped significantly with the heat)
– Unsure of how to get to support, the website seems kind of iffy. (I could’t find a number, but you shouldn’t need them for too much unless your system breaks on you, anything else can be fixed with a internet search)
DON’T HAVE UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS
This is a great computer in many ways. I love it and will probably never get rid of it, but be real when purchasing it. It is feasible to do some gaming on the computer and I did, but don’t buy it with the expectation that this is a full blown gaming PC. Integrated graphics will only get you so far. If you want it to be a gaming computer then look at the list of modifications I have done to mine. The eGPU has made this thing play anything I want at very high settings. I run a RTX 3060 12GB VRAM on the ADT link eGPU
Modificatons:
– ADT Link M.2 eGPU bracket (This is awesome, but you do have to purchase a GPU and a PSU)
– Replace 2 x 8 GB Crucial RAM with 2 x 16 GB Corsair Vengeance RAM
– Moved OS over to Crucial 1TB SSD so that eGPU could use the M.2 slot
– Added thermal silicone padding to the m.2 adapter, wireless card, and opened the SSD and added more there. (It has helped tremendously with heat.
– I also adjusted the fan setting on Afterburner to cool the computer a little better. I have no plans of overclocking this computer.
On this current setup I can run:
– Starfield on High/Ultra setting and get around 60 FPS
– COD on whatever setting you want
– Apex full settings
– Texas Chainsaw Massacre full settings
– SpiderMan on Very High setting
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