Beelink EQI13 PRO Mini PC,Intel 13th Gen Core i7-13620H (10C/16T,up to 4.9GHz),Mini Computer with 32GB DDR4 RAM 500GB M.2 2280 PCle 4.0x4 SSD,4K Dual Screen Display/WiFi6/BT5.2/Dual LAN

I bought the i5-1235U model. I wanted a low power, compact, yet powerful mini-PC so I could run Proxmox and multiple virtual machines and LXC containers. I was able to easily load Proxmox 7.4 and upgrade to the Linux 6.2.6 kernel without issue. All hardware was recognized, and no hassle or driver issues. I did replace the NVMe SSD (which BTW, they use Kingston which is a very good brand, so kudos!) with a larger 1TB Samsung 980 Pro. Disassembling the case was not terribly hard, but a little tedious to get the fan and heatsink assembly out.Internally the PC is very premium. They put a thermal pad on the m.2 SSD, and the fan assembly has a large heat spreader that presses against the SSD. This should really help with SSD longevity. There is space and a connector for a SATA 2.5" SSD, in case you need extra storage. The WiFi card uses the m.2 A+E key, so you could in theory remove the WiFi card and install a Google Coral TPU. Those have a massive lead time, so I can't vouch that those cards work in this mini-PC but it should.I have a few minor nitpicks:1) Lack of 2.5Gbps NIC. Intel 2.5Gbps NICs have a history of problems, so maybe use Realtek or something.2) Needs more USB-C ports that are 10Gbps or faster3) The fabric top is baffling. Makes for cleaning and removing dust extremely hard. It needs to be solid plastic like every other mini-PC out there.I contacted tech support to get the auto-power on instructions, which they promptly sent. Took all of 1 minute in the BIOS to change the setting. I verified auto power on works as expected.With a Home Assistant OS VM, and 5 LXC containers, the steady state power draw is 8w. This is excellent! The CPU is very powerful, so even with all these services running steady-state CPU usage is literally less than 2%.I highly recommend this mini-PC! Since the CPU is so powerful, unless you need all the horsepower you could get away with a less expensive model if you want to run Proxmox and a few VMs or containers.

Love this mini pc, so powerful. Easy to setup. No noise from fan, fast.

A great PC I use when I travel. Fast relable, does not overheat, quiet, (I have 3 of them now)

I've been using these i5-12450H loaded mini-PCs this years as office workstations for basic Microsoft 365 and ERP workloads. These things are quite fast and I've had zero complaints about performance lag. Amazing how far tech has advanced in the past 2 years. Desktop towers are on the brink of obsolete.The Beelink performs as well as any that I've tried with the added bonus of not coming with highly illegal malware preloaded into a bogus Windows OS like the Ace Magician machines do (or at least did). My only knock on this one is the Display Port. I'd normally go with something that has 2 HDMI ports since the vast majority of monitors and displays used by everyday people do not have DP connections. I went with Beelink just because their reputation is solid and I could rely on them to not try to spy on my organization and sell data to ransomware outfits. I figured I would just use one of the DP to HDMI adapters out of storage and be good to go. It turns out, you can only use the DP port for your second monitor with an active DP 1.4 to HDMI 2.1 cable which is $20-40 dollars. A common DP 1.2 to HDMI 1.4 adapter does not work. This doesn't take away from the machine's performance but the exclusive port requires you to make an extra purchase if you plan on using it for a second HDMI monitor. Not to mention time lost researching the problem and losing a couple days waiting on another cable to show up. Not sure why a mini PC would need an 8K capable display port when it only produces up to 4K but there's nothing wrong with having the advanced tech if you advertise it properly and warn buyers of the requirements for adapting which most people will need to do.

My wife's main PC for years was an Intel i5 NUC that we bought years ago. It had relatively good specs for it's time, but slower 2nd Gen i5, small amount of RAM and limited storage, plus the fact that it couldn't upgrade to Windows 11 meant it was time for something new. This Beelink SEI12 cost just a little over half of what her original Intel NUC cost, came with 4x CPU Threads, 4x the RAM, and 4x the storage of her old machine, and Windows 11. Setup was a snap with the only hiccup being the time it took to download the latest Windows 11 patches to bring it fully up to date. It's fast, responsive and best of all - quiet. Which was one of her most important requirements. It's not totally silent, but near enough that she doesn't find it distracting (about the same as the previous Intel NUC).

One of the best mini pcs on the market right now. It just works and for admin use is more than enough

This thing is incredible. I'm running proxmox on it with 6 lxc's and a home assistant vm. The incredible thing is that its running a bare metal frigate lxc (no docker) with 8 cams and its been stable for months and no coral tpu is involved. When i say i'll be buying more of these i truly mean it. The only thing i would change is I would get one with dual NICs but that said it is stable with just one. I guess I should state that one of those LXC's is also running an IMMICH instance with full AI features turned on and if i happen to dump or sync a ton of photos (8000+) and have multiple cams getting whacked with tons of detects then yes the CPU usage can reach 90% but even then it remains stable if a little slow on the IMMICH import. I've never seen the RAM usage go above 8GB, crazy cool

After updating everything and getting it setup. it works great with no issues and It really does have good performance for the price.