BMAX Mini Pc 6GB DDR4 64GB eMMC Windows 10 Pro Celeron N3350
BMAX Mini Pc 6GB DDR4 64GB eMMC Celeron N3350 Fanless Desktop Computer, 2.4G+5G Dual Band WiFi,HDMI+VGA Doppio Display, 4K HD for Business e Entertainment Mini Computer Micro PC
Kleine schnelle Workstation mit vielen Vorteilen aber auch kleinen Nachteile
Ich bin ber die Leistungsfhigkeit des N97-Chipsatzes positiv berrascht. Fr Office-, Internet und alle Arten sonstiger Brosoftware ist das Gert geeignet. Der Lfter des Prozessor ist im Hintergrund wahrzunehmen, aber nicht strend. Ausgestattet ist der Mini-PC mit DDR4-Ram und einer SATA-Festplatte (B/M-Codierung), obwohl echtes NVME vom Gert beherrscht wird. Die genannte Peripherie ist nicht auf das Mainboard verltet. Das Bios ist vom Hersteller nicht kastriert worden, es stellt eine Unmenge an Einstellungen bereit.
Wo Licht ist, ist meist auch Schatten. Nicht schn ist, dass die USB-Anschlsse nicht Thunderboltfhig sind. D. h. Videodaten an eine Dockingstation werden nicht bertragen, obwohl das bereits alle meine uralten Laptops bringen.
Dennoch gefllt mir das Gert und bleibt in der Familie. Aktuell bin ich noch am berlegen, ob ich daraus einen Homeserver mache oder fr meine Frau eine Workstation zur Ablsung ihres Win11 untauglichen Uralt-Laptops. Der voranstehend beschriebene Nachteil fllt damit nicht wirklich ins Gewicht, da er sich ohnehin nur bei der Systemeinrichtung auswirkt.
Korrektur 19.09.2024: NVME-Festplatten (M-codiert) knnen im Gert leider nicht installiert werden, obwohl die Bios-Einstellungen dies prinzipiell zulassen. NVME PCIe Festplatten werden nicht erkannt, getestet mit WD und Samsung. Es funktionieren leider nur SATA-Festplatten bis Baulnge 2280mm. Die originale chinesische SATA-Platte ist gar nicht mal so schlecht in ihren Leistungsdaten.
Fantastic Value!
This is a fantastic piece of equipment, comes pre-installed with Windows so it is ready to use out of the box with simply a mouse, keyboard and monitor plugged in.
This would be ideal for some basic work or Web browsing on the go, particularly ideal if you’re travelling for work. It’s better than a laptop and has both WiFi and Bluetooth capability baked in.
I personally use this to run home assistant on Ubuntu and it works flawlessly and silently drawing very minimal power. It’s been powered on with no restart for over 3 months running the smart home and hasn’t slipped up once.
This compact mini computer is easy to set up, plug in, and play. Used HDMI to connect to the monitor. I will use as a second computer to my Mac and take away with me when I travel. A powerful machine and good buy!
This compact mini computer is easy to set up, plug in, and play. Used HDMI to connect to the monitor. I will use as a second computer to my Mac and take away with me when I travel. A powerful machine and good buy!
Ottimo Prodotto per ora
Il mini pc oggetto mi arrivata nel suo involucro originale comprensivo di alimentatore, staffa, vite e cavo HDMI
Il prodotto si presenta molto bene sia di scocca in plastica resistente sia dal punto di vista hardware.
Al suo interno troviamo un processore Intel celeron N5095 da 16 giga.
Dopo l’installazione per caricare la macchina ho installato un’istanza virtuale con una distribuzione Linux e egregiamente il suo lavoro.
Si consiglia di tenerlo leggermente sopraelevato dal piano di appoggio per consentire una ventilazione ottimale.
In conclusione un ottimo prodotto con rapporto qualit prezzo ottima.
For the price it's A1 boots fast and the sound and graphics are very good for the price.
At the moment no dislikes, it loads fast, runs YouTube and other films no problem and is very quiet.
It is a perfect mini PC for media and office use.
Exceptional machine.
This tiny box surpassed my wildest expections. It is enough computer for many people on its own. If you want gaming then it is not for you. It is great for streaming etc.
Ein kleiner ...
… Computer, den benutze ich fast nur zum Streamen von Musik und Videos, bei Geruschpegel/Preis-Leistung habe ich 5 Sterne gegeben, bei Gaming 2 Sterne, man kann von so einem Computer in dieser Preisklasse auch nichts anderes erwarten. Wenn jemand zocken mchte, muss er/sie noch 350 – 400 drauflegen. Im Internet surfen, Videos auf Amazon und Co. gucken (deshalb habe ich den gekauft) luft alles flssig. Guter Computer, zum anstndigen Preis.
Super Gerä
Nutze ihn hauptschlich fr Homeassistant, ist recht klein und leise (nicht geruschlos). Bislang ohne Probleme Ubuntu 22.04, Homeassistant OS, und Windows 11 getestet.
Mein Messgert zeigt 3-6Watt an, was mir wichtig war, da das Gert 24/7 anbleiben soll.
Fr Smart Home Funktionen bestens geeignet, sowie leistungsstrker und sogar gnstiger als rin Raspberry pi (habe den bmax fur 109 geschossen, pi mit Zubehr / Gehause ist teurer)
Etant sur Apple/MAC, j’ai achet ce PC pour uniquement mettre jour des drivers de matriels (seulement possible avec des drivers windows…).
Branch en HDMI sur une LG TV 4k (cble fournis), tout fonctionne parfaitement, Windows est install l’ouverture, et le PC reconnais de suite un clavier Apple en USB (et une sourie Logitech USB).
Le WIFI est efficace, mme si ma box est un peu loigne.
Satisfait par le produit, qui rpond parfaitement mes attentes.
A mon avis:
-> une trs bonne solution pour accder, avec une TV “non-connecte”, au multimdia/streaming (films/vido/musique/etc…)
-> une bonne solution pour un usage bureautique de base occasionnel, et de l’internet au sens large (attention toutefois la faible capacit de stockage)
nb: le PC tant tout neuf, je ne peut confirmer la fiabilit du produit, mais le boitier (trs lger) est bien fini.
Fonctionne très bie
Super Mini PC, tant au solaire totale je voulais quelques chose qui ne consomme pas beaucoup d’nergie, le PC consomme 16W, je l’utilise pour mon serveur UNRAID qui tourne 24/24 365 jours/an. Il fait tourner 3 machines virtuelles 3 dockers et gre galement mon systme de stockage de fichier, j’utilise tous les ports USB, le port du HDD supplmentaire, les deux RJ 45 qui me permettent d’avoir un dbit de 2GB si besoin (LIVEBOX 2GB), de plus la carte mre permet de partager les diffrents composants du PC directement avec les machines virtuelles, un gros plus car il est possible d’attribuer la carte l’une d’entre elle de d’avoir la sortie vido en plus de la sortie QMENU. Je lui est ajout 8GO de RAM me faisant ainsi 16GO, il est possible de monter jusqu’ 32GO. Le ventilateur reste trs discret, la temprature du CPU ne dpasse pas 56C mme avec une temprature ambiante de 290C. Super produit.
I wfh and just started a new job where they don't provide equipment. My computer for some reason wasn't loading. Got it the next day. It passed the requirements and was cheaper. Plus it doesn't take up all that space. Perfect!
I wfh and just started a new job where they don’t provide equipment. My computer for some reason wasn’t loading. Got it the next day. It passed the requirements and was cheaper. Plus it doesn’t take up all that space. Perfect!
Good mini compute
B-max b1 mini pc works ok used for 6 months little slow my laptop was windows 8.1 need windows 10
this was the lowest price i could afford runs most things but not games good for every day computing ie
email -internet use second hard drive as main drive to small in all it works
Extra computer voor in de slaapkame
Deze combinatie was goed, voldoende ram (16 GB), voldoende schijfruimte en toch goedkoop. Heb er wel een 2de goedkope M.2 SSD bij gezet voor de spellejes.
Werkt als een volwaardige computer.
Piccolo solo nelle dimensioni
Sono rimasto veramente sorpreso, inizialmente non ero molto convinto del prodotto ma visto la promozione di Amazon ho deciso di acquistarlo, arrivato il mini PC lo metto subito alla prova e sono rimasto sorpreso piccolo con un bel hardware quindi qualit prezzo ottimo
Le specifiche del prodotto descritte sono tutte corrette Win 11 Pro, Ram 8 Gb DDR4, SSD 256 Gb, la memoria Ram non possibile espanderla, non possibile mettere un secondo SSD M2, si pu espandere la memoria di archiviazione con HDD SATA da 2,5 all’interno presente il cavetto di collegamento non bisogna acquistare nulla e anche presente un ingresso per SD
Its does what it says on the tin. Its basic. Simple mini pc for emails basic home/office admin uses. It doesn’t have the memory for large applications as obviously part of the 64gb is partitioned for system use.
I bought it to run a display for advertising screen in a business window. It works fine running video clips and power point slides. Resolution output is good enough for the needs for 1080p, 4k.
very slow, but use linux mint and an m.2 drive and its much bette
Since I don’t watch live TV I bought it as a cheap upgrade for my not smart tv so I could watch youtube, netflix etc. It’s not really suitable for this. I’m going to install an m.2 into the spare slot and try to install linux mint on it.
28/04/2023 I installed an m.2 and linux mint and its much better.
Good Value
This PC is about 2x power of a Rpi4. Ran it on windows 10 Pro, but was a bit rubbish. Installed Linux Mint and it is a very usable basic Desktop. Will be running some on the edge AI on it. Removed the cover and will fit an extra passive heatsink, as it does throttle quit quickly on load. But bang for buck its OK.
Simple things only NOT a gaming machine But that's what I wanted
The set up was Farley strait forward, once done works as a home media machine which is why I wanted it,
web stuff and YouTube seem fine to, OLD / low demand game are fine.
If you are looking for a gaming machine this is not it, maybe game steaming but I wouldn’t know.
overall VERY good for the money
Ho dato 5 stelle, perch le pecche riscontrate, per me non sono state un ostacolo insormontabile, ma per altri , non sapendo come agire, potrebbero avere delle difficolt,
Premetto che da un pc simile, con un Celeron di questo, non ci si pu aspettare chiss quali prestazioni, Windows 10 funziona bene abbastanza fluido, la grafica buona, ma wi-fi e bluetooth pessimi.
L’uno faticava a passare una parete ( il mio portatile vecchio di 14 anni la passa e ha il segnale al massimo), l’altro faticava ad agganciare i dispositivi e il segnale arrivava a singhiozzo, a meno di non posizionarli a massimo 1,5m e non passare con qualche parte del corpo nel mezzo. Tutto risolto, fortunatamente, con un completo aggiornamento drivers e ne mancavano anche diversi. seconda pecca, la mancanza del cavetto per un hard disk da 2.5″ da posizionare al suo interno (potevano metterlo in dotazione, invece bisogna ordinarlo a parte). Il mini pc costato 149 euro in promozione e tutto sommato alla fine sono contento, ma il prezzo lievitato non poco. Il pc, come detto, fa il suo lavoro, se volete il sistema oerativo si pu aggiornare Windows 11 22h2, attenzione per lo rallenter un p. Detto ci……….
Compr este miniPC para sustituir el porttil de un amigo, pero termin comprndose otro y me qued el dispositivo. Tras estar un tiempo sin sacar de la caja, desconect mi equipo (Ryzen 3800X, RTX 3070 Ti, Tomahawk X570 WiFi, NVMe 1 TB, monitor QHD) y prob este miniPC… ya llevo una semana que no toco el sobremesa porque mis necesidades actuales, que son sobre todo ofimticas, descarga, reproduccin multimedia y navegacin, quedan resueltas con un mnimo consumo.
La valoracin que hago del BMAX B3 Plus es muy buena. Apenas tiene un par de puntos dbiles:
– Salida de sonido (al menos en mi unidad) que no funciona bien, satura y distorsiona levemente dilogos y canciones al conectarlo con la salida de mi Logitech Z623. Solucionado emparejando por BT con la barra de sonido de la TV.
– Faltaba el cable SATA para conectar un SSD en el espacio que permite la caja. Solucionado pidiendo al SAT el conector.
El resto son puntos fuertes que paso a enumerar:
– Microprocesador bsico, pero con la potencia justa para mi uso actual. No he tenido problemas para abrir ningn programa habitual de ofimtica.
– Capacidad ethernet correcta, conectado por cable al router (WiFi 5 1 Gbps) descarga por torrent archivos en poco ms de un minuto. Puedo navegar y tener el torrent abierto sin que se ralentice.
– Capacidad de disco duro correcta, instalando la mayora de programas bsicos (Office LTSC abre en 2 segundos, Foxit, PotPlayer…), para descarga un SSD que tena por casa de 480 GB conectado me sirve ms que bien con una alta tasa de transferencia. El disco duro interno de 256 GB sin formatear, me queda con 180 GB libres.
– RAM adecuada para el sistema, aunque como soy de trabajar con muchas ventanas del navegador abiertas le he aadido 8 GB extra por 28 en AE. Insertarlas y la BIOS reconoce al momento los 16 GB.
– Consumo ridculo para lo que estoy acostumbrado en el sobremesa con fuente de 850W.
– Tamao mnimo, se cuelga detras del monitor y ha desaparecido. Deja el escritorio con espacio extra y difano. Quien se queja
– Muy silencioso, no se escucha ni parece calentarse a pesar de las largas horas que est encendido. Acostumbrado a mi torre con los ventiladores de la caja, ms los de la lquida y el de la fuente, apenas haca ruido, pero siempre haba un zumbido de fondo. Ahora nada de nada.
– Capacidad de conectar perifricos adecuada con todos sus puertos, incluyendo USB C.
En fin, que el BMAX me ha sorprendido gratamente y dudo que vuelva a mi sobremesa durante un buen tiempo y quizs solo para pasar archivos.
Ad oggi credo che il mini pc in questione si sta rilevando essere piuttosto buono considerato comunque la fascia di prezzo cui esso si colloca, un prodotto piuttosto leggero e compatto dalle dimensioni mini.
Parliamo di un prodotto comunque silenzioso anche sotto carico di lavoro o addirittura anche quando si utilizza comunque per diverse ore, senza mai andare a scaldare troppo nel complesso.
Abbiamo un sistema operativo quale per l’appunto Windows 11 un sistema operativo comunque giovine e considerato gli standard odierni anche seppur ancora da scoprire a 360 riesce a soddisfare ogni richiesta come il predecessore, nuove funzionalit ed innovazioni anche per quanto concerne grafica o navigazione nei menu, abbiamo una gestione delle relative applicazioni comunque piuttosto buona le applicazioni infatti riescono ad aprirsi piuttosto velocemente con conseguente caricamento e gestione delle applicazioni in background senza mai andare a sovraccaricare la cpu.
Il prodotto viene fornito in una confezione accompagnato da tutti quegli accessori utili all’utilizzo quotidiano e all’installazione anche su supporti quali monitor oppure tv, infatti presente la staffa di supporto per dispositivi fissi.
Riguardo il mini pc esso caratterizzato da una doppia uscita HDMI utile a sdoppiare ed utilizzare un secondo monitor, abbiamo inoltre doppia porta usb 3.0 ed un’ulteriore doppia porta usb 2.0, infine troviamo porta audio quale porta per microfono jack da 3.5mm oltre che presentare una porta per interfaccia internet ovviamente per cavo lan infine un entrata usb tipo c.
Per quanto concerne lo spazio interno abbiamo un mini pc che presenta al suo interno un ssd da 256GB ma ovviamente considerato il sistema operativo ed alcune delle applicazioni base gi pre-installate lo spazio comunque sar inferiore, sinceramente per l’utilizzo cui ne faccio io va bene. Il tutto viene accompagnato da 8GB di ram ed equipaggia un socket ovvero una cpu basata e costituita su architettura Intel Gemini J4105 una cpu che consente comunque un utilizzo quotidiano senza mai andare ad intaccare quelle che sono le operazioni base quale navigazione, gestione programmi ecc..
Che dire sinceramente cercavo un mini pc piuttosto piccolo e compatto ideale da installare sul io monitor da 24 pollici, ovviamente il tutto basato per un uso totalmente da ufficio e ad oggi il prodotto si sta rilevando essere comunque piuttosto d’aiuto e di questo non potrei certamente che esserne contento.
Lato spedizione devo dire che come al solito il servizio stato pi che ottimo, una spedizione avvenuta nei tempi previsti e senza alcun problema, infatti, il pacco stato consegnato in ottime condizioni ed in modo impeccabile, come al solito mi sento di fare come al solito un complimento al servizio spedizione Amazon sempre al TOP del TOP.
Spero di esservi stato d’aiuto con la mia recensione.
Salvatore S.
Nice little box!
I do a lot with EPOS and require discrete units to sit in the back of data racks, collect info and allow remote sessions. Perfect. Price point is bang on as well!
Fast and easy setup
Got this for my father-in-law just for Email and internet.
Boots up quickly and loads pages quickly.
Had it running smoothly in a matter of minutes.
Updated win10 and it says it’s ready for Win11 but 10 will be fine for what it’s needed for.
It’s very small, same size as most of the android TV boxes.
The internal fan can be gears but isn’t noisy.
I feel I’ve got a bargain.
Tena otro mini pc con el que he estado muy satisfecho durante 3 aos pero ya empezaba a quedarse perezoso. Este me parece que es un frmula 1 comparado con el intel 3350 que llevaba el anterior. Lo uso como ordenador principal, aunque no lo uso para jugar. El wifi y bluetooth van muy muy bien y la velocidad de apertura de aplicaciones y navegacin no tiene nada que envidiar a mi movil. Puedes ver videos en youtube sin notar sobrecalentamiento. Cuenta con ventilador, pero el ruido es totalmente soportable y hace que no se modifique el rendimiento durante el uso, aspecto que ha sido clave para que cambie mi anterior mini pc. Muy satisfecho en general con la compra. Esperemos que resista el paso del tiempo de forma razonable. Gracias por leer la resea. Saludos
Everything worked fine until upgraded to Win11. Most onboard apps are not compatible. Tried to revert back to Win10 and that is were all of the problems started. I only had this Bmax to 5 months. The company only wants to send emails back and forth. When I asked for a replacement the company referred me back to Amazon. Not a happy camper right now.
Everything worked fine until upgraded to Win11. Most onboard apps are not compatible. Tried to revert back to Win10 and that is were all of the problems started. I only had this Bmax to 5 months. The company only wants to send emails back and forth. When I asked for a replacement the company referred me back to Amazon. Not a happy camper right now.
Quick start up
Does exactly what I want. Runs really quietly and starts up quickly with no issues. Programs also start up and run quickly. Fantastic computer for the price and easy to transport if needed.
I will start with the caveat that I never prefer Celeron processors, so this one with N4120 processor was an impulse buy for me when it came up on Amazon deals. I have been using this as a mini PC for some days now (for testing, I may use it eventually for something else). I have it connected to a Lepow portable monitor that I bought last year and am using a Logitech keyboard/ mouse. I also put a 256GB micro SD card for additional storage.
Considering that this uses an old/ slow processor, it does run Windows Pro 10 21H1 without any issues. Youtube 4K videos plays fine, and I have not seen the computer heat up too much. Runs very cool and silent. Basic browsing, development all works fine without any noticeable lag. I was able to connect a projector and my monitor using HDMI (both at the same time). However, using USB-C is more practical as I need one cable only. Even that worked without a hitch (not all cables can transfer data at the required rate, so you have to get a good USB-C to USB-C cable. If not you will find USB-C connection does not work).
The only problem that I had was with display drivers. On first startup it installed some Intel drivers that was incompatible and my screen started flickering pretty bad. I had to go in and uninstall the software and the driver. On next update Windows pulled down the correct driver for the video card and everything went fine after that.
I have not installed or played any games on it, as I am sure the GPU that comes with Intel 600 card will not be able to handle new games. This card is now 5 years old. Overall, considering the price and performance, it turned out to be a good buy.
After my aging desktop PC decided to take rest periods whenever it felt like it, I searched around for a suitable replacement. Not really wanting another full size PC or laptop I spotted the range of mini PCs which looked ideal. On receipt I was amazed at how tiny it was. The specification suggested that it was up to the job so I plugged it in and hoped for the best. I use a 42inch TV as a monitor and have a Wifi hub. Within minutes of power on we were into the welcome screen and through the preliminary setup, so far so good.
For what I use it for it works well enough, IE, watching Utube videos, mild photo editing and facebook, all ok. However, it does buffer a lot on high definition videos, 480 or 720 being ideal, any higher or having background programs is a no no. Use on Facebook is again acceptable if you are not in a rush as it hangs up if replying to messages that involve emojis, pictures and so forth. But it will do it, you just have to be patient and wait for it to catch up. Windows 10 (which is very good btw) uses half the available ssd memory to operate, about 29 gig. 4 gig of Ram is just barely enough to run the programs, but it does cope. This unit would not support even mild gaming imo. Having said that a machine of double the ram and memory capacity would be ideal for my use but for the price, spec and what I use it for, it does the job.
Decent little computer with Windows 10 Pro
This is a decent little computer with Windows 10 Pro. The specs are just about right with a zippy CeLeron processor. Not sure what I’d use the USB Type C port for, but it’s there.
I don’t get why the rear ports are USB 2 but the front ports are USB 3. Why aren’t they all USB 3? Makes no sense to me.
Demonstrably faster than the Atom version. I also have the Atom version of this mini-PC and this version runs circles around that one.
The glossy top panel has two plastic covers. The first says to peel off. The second is like a cheap phone screen protector and it also peels off. Not sure what that was all about.
For speed freaks you might want to know it uses SATA SSD, not NVMe, but it comes with two NVMe ports if you want to upgrade but at this price point I wouldn’t bother. I kinda wonder why the designers put two NVMe ports (and a proprietary SATA port) in this device to begin with.
Get yourself a Windows 10 Pro mini-PC for the same price as a Windows 10 Pro license? That works for me, too!
Short Life
I’m retired. Able to do 99% of my computing needs via my phone. Every so often I find the need to use a desk top and/or larger monitor. Thus the logic behind why I purchased this machine 17 months ago, which until recently has served my needs just fine.
Keeping that in mind I might fire it up twice a month on average. Hardly use. As of today it’s very difficult to get it to boot/start up (noticed a few others complain of the same) Get the BMax screen the little running circle indicating it’s starting, then it stops/freezes. If I go through this process and turn it on/off 5-6 times eventually it boots. Not a good process as it is and thinking I may have experienced it’s final start-up each time I use.
I’ll go name brand with tech support for its replacement. I accustomed to having a PC last 10 or more years
This was exactly what I was looking for. I use it connected to the living room television. I use streaming apps and download shows and movies and it's perfect. Small enough to sit beside my gaming console and out of site. Highly recommended.
This was exactly what I was looking for. I use it connected to the living room television. I use streaming apps and download shows and movies and it’s perfect. Small enough to sit beside my gaming console and out of site. Highly recommended.
Amazon says, “You could mention “thickness,” “sheerness,” and “warmth” in the review, but what does that even mean when talking about a computer? If you are looking for a coat, and Amazon pops this computer up, now you know why. They think it is something you wear.
All that aside, I bought this mini computer for use in astrophotography. I know right there that most of you are already checking out. And that is a shame. Because this little baby is great for my needs, and I will bet it would be good for any need you might have for a mini computer. It has a decent processor. It will not win any races. But it is good. It is all solid state – no hard drive platters that need to spin up and no needles to skip back and forth over the surface of the drive looking for data. She does start up quickly. Only has 128 gigs but let us all be honest and admit that most people do not really need more than that unless you are building a “video” collection. For me – after stripping out the normal bloatware that just seems to be on any PC you get these days – I installed five pieces of software – all related to controlling my telescope and my cameras. This little guy runs on 12-volt DC just like all my telescope mounts and cameras. I can haul all this stuff out under a dark sky, set it up, connect it to my Rockman 200W power station, and start imaging. Also, since it has Windows 10 Pro, this allows me to also set this up at home and use Windows Remote Desktop from my main PC to stay nice and toasty warm in my office while controlling all my stuff out in the Minnesota winter weather of zero degrees! With 2 standard USB 2.0 ports, 2 USB 3.0 and 1 USB Type C (but only 5gbps), it has a lot of you ports you will need. The two USB 2.0 probably go for your mouse and keyboard. And they are conveniently “on the back” of the device along with the HDMI, ethernet, and power ports. Why an ethernet port? Because ethernet is faster than Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi cannot touch it. And probably will not in our lifetime as both keep getting faster. But the benefit for me is that using the ethernet port lets me pull my pictures down (and there are lots of high-resolution images for every session I run) much more quickly than Wi-Fi. About 25 times faster as best I can tell. You “can” attach 3 monitors to this, but two are to the HDMI in the back and the other would be the Type C USB port in the front. I mention this because you may find this works well as an office (or Office even) computer. But if you are looking for a high-end gaming PC, then stop looking at computers in this price range. Real gaming PCs cost 8 to 20 times more than this one does. And you get what you pay for. But that aside, this little machine is performing very well for me. I have a unique application for it. It runs several programs at one that all communicate with each other to take high resolution pictures, control where a telescope is pointed by looking through a guide scope, and all the while letting me watch the whole thing from inside the house running Windows Remote Desktop. So yes, it multi-tasks well. But you will not be rendering Adobe Premier Pro projects through Media Encoder while editing audio in Audition and creating movie posters in Photoshop at the same time on this little guy. Not at any kind of reasonable speed.
But office type work? Surfing the web? Playing Minecraft? Sure. I am sure this baby can play a mean game of solitaire.
All in all, this one hit all the buttons I needed pushed right now. USB 3, 128 gigs of storage, 8 gigs of ram. For a small, specialized application like mine, this is perfect. Even using Remote Desktop, it is responsive – even over 2.4 ghz Wi-Fi. (because 2.4 reaches farther than 5.0 since you know you were wondering why). Worth the price of admission – especially when there was a $30 coupon at checkout.
I bought this to use only as a plex server. It just about handles it, but does take a bit of time to get going in the 4K films. Ideally I would oils prefer a better processor.
That said, for the money it does the job and is really quiet.
Item is exactly as described. I knew exactly what I wanted and the specification of this mini PC met my requirements. I use it as a home media centre to stream 4K video and audio over the internet. It performs these tasks flawlessly.
Brought this to link into my works servers to work from home, no issues with connection.
Its a great size, very small. 4 USB ports all of which work well (web cameras need to go into the blue USB ports to be supported)
Dual screen works great (its worth noting it does not support Display Port to HDMI connections but does support DVI-D to HDMI) and the other port is a good old fashioned VGA.
Once the updates are all done it boots up very quickly, runs silent.
Only one very little thing, it doesn’t have any form of speaker in it, but there is a head phone jack so I’ve plugged in a micro pop speaker which draws power from one of the rear basic USB so not a major problem.
You will need a USB Keyboard and mouse as there are no PS2 sockets, I use a combined keyboard mouse so only use one USB port for both which works fine.
Overall, for the money its excellent, don’t get me wrong you wont be streaming 4k on it but for any form of office work or youtube its perfect.
I am very happy with my purchase of this computer, which worked first time and is easy to install, great price and it arrived before time, absolutely no complaints and it has been running constantly since and downloaded a few Microsoft updates, as you would expect, I really like the this BMAX mini-pc.
Bought for doing homework on family TV. It works very well on Web Apps like Google Drive etc. An amount of updates is necessary when first using – which is to be expected for Windows.
The M2 SSD instillation instructions are incomplete. The drive I bought was not recognised after install. If this happens Google should get you general instructions (not BMAX specific) about installing drives and how to activate it through Windows Device Manager where needed.
This box seems more powerful than a low end netbooksbought last year, that one was so bad I installed another operating system on it.
At 4k resolution the screen doesn’t properly align, the far left of the display is missing. But works perfectly at 3k and from 6 feet away I can’t tell the difference so I’m not going to mark down for that; it may be the way my TV is synching rather that this unit’s fault.
Very happy – great value. I’m a user of other OS in the main, but need a Windows box for some homework is items e.g. visual studio. At this it really fits the bill perfectly.
I freaking love this little guy. I was very impressed by how powerful it is! I really wasn’t expecting much from the CPU but I was dead wrong.
If you just need a basic computer for office/school work, this offers more than what you’ll ever need. On my image example, I’m running 2 Chrome browsers with 3 tabs each. I’m also running a virtual machine running a light version of Lubuntu, which is running Chromium with 3 tabs.
Then there’s the Android emulator running a game at 720p! It runs really well! Not to mention, I’m running the computer through Remote Desktop just fine~ (which is also running its own Remote Desktop for Raspberry Pi 4).
Without the emulator running, this little guy is consuming around 7.5 watts (with apps running). Maybe double of that when running the Android emulator as well.
Ah, I also use it for artwork. It runs Clip Studio Paint without a problem (even while running the other apps minus Android). I have a graphics tablet with its own display (XP Artist 12), so it’s running two monitors when I draw.
Nice for a workstatio
I bought two of the BMAX B2 PLUS to set up as at home school workstations. They have worked out great and are plenty of computer for everything my kids need to do: zoom, google docs, and many other web based curriculum and assessments for school. We added a usb camera and headset and attached the PCs to the back of a monitor making for a fairly compact and functional computer. I like that they came with Windows 10 Professional. I considered expanding the disk space with an additional drive, but with mostly everything being web based, it’s not really necessary. I would recommend the B2 Plus for an at home workstation if you are not doing anything that demands a lot of processing power.
I gave four stars because I did have to reinstall windows on one of the mini PCs because it did not seem to be properly installed at the factory. It has been working great since. I also had to manually install the wireless network adapter driver and the display adapter driver to get things running smoothly.
If you’re like me, you were probably confused trying to research all the different mini PCs out there. I can save you a lot of time by saying this product has the latest of everything.
As of Sep 2020, there are still very few mini PCs offering the latest standards. The Intel Celeron J4115 released in Q4 2019 is still the best processor in this price range. You don’t need to try figuring out all the Celeron designations. This is the latest.
What really sets BMAX apart from all their competitors is the option to upgrade to an M.2 NVMe SSD. If you’re planning to upgrade with more capacity, look no further, this is the one to buy. Note: It comes pre-installed with a 128GB M.2 SATA SSD (not NVMe).
Once again, you may be confused by all the SSD acronyms. To simplify, if you see the word NVMe, buy it. It’s the fastest amongst all SSD options. As of Sep 2020, there are very few mini PCs supporting NVMe, even amongst those costing hundreds more. And just in case, you should avoid eMMC type storage at all costs, they’re abysmally slow for 2020.
So it comes as no surprise that the motherboard also checks all other boxes, including BT 5.0, DDR4 memory. The only puzzling aspect is the 2x USB 2.0 ports, which is very weird to see in 2020. But just use it to for your keyboard & mouse or USB headset.
Overall, as of Sep 2020, this product pretty much checks all the boxes. You may find others with the Intel Celeron J4115 or J4125 processor, but when you dig further you’ll see the motherboard doesn’t support M.2 NVMe SSD or BT5.0.
Lastly, I went ahead and upgraded to a budget friendly WD Blue 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD (it’s the same price as a 1TB SATA SSD so why not go for the extra speed)….and the fact that you can insert it into a separate slot makes cloning much easier (no need to spend money buying a USB adapter just for cloning). It took all of….2 mins to clone the drive or less than 5 mins from start to finish (to go through the menu options).
In summary the overall value of this setup is just incredible. And it’s just too funny that with the NVMe upgrade, this budget mini PC has a drive that’s faster than most laptop and desktop offerings today (since most come with SATA SSD).
It’s a really slow system, but at this price, that’s what I expect. I’ve been comparing these things to my 9-year-old i7-2600, and this thing is about half the speed, but takes about the electricity. In addition, this is the (as of mid-2020) latest generation Gemini Lake Refresh quad-core Atom with 9.5 Gen graphics, so it includes 4K and QuickSync, realtime H.265 playback and encoding, things the ancient Sandy Bridge can’t do. However, it doesn’t support 12-bit HDR content.
I struggled a bit about whether to get this model compared to a couple others. Some things that tipped my hand to try this one:
1) Active cooling to keep the CPU from throttling.
2) Gigabit Ethernet (Realtek) and 802.11ac WiFi (Intel)
3) Triple displays
4) Comes with Windows 10 Pro, so has useful features missing from Windows 10 Home.
Some things that were not the best:
1) Only 4 USB ports, 2 USB 2 and 2 USB 3.
2) Only 1 gigabit network adapter, and it’s Realtek.
3) 2.5 SATA drive connector costs extra, and you have to remove the adhesive feet to open the case to install it.
But this one is a reasonable balance of (low) power and (low) price.
I bought 2 of these little boxes and they are awesome for what I needed them for. They are fast and can max my internet speed over a cable. We remote into these boxes if we need to use them but for the most part both of them act as servers for what we need them for around the house and we dont need to get on them often.
They have 1 major issue. Whatever Windows configuration they are installing is broken. Multiple apps I use regularly crashed without opening or experienced some odd glitchy behavior. Their windows key is installed to the motherboard. Wipe and install your OS of choice, even if its windows, it will work 1000 times better than their installation.
If you are planning to use this as a Linux box, Ubuntu’s install has a bad nic driver for this device. You will get your max upload speed, and about 30 down, no matter what your speed is. I recommend fedora as it did not experience this issue. I only needed the upload speed for my ubuntu box that currently hosts one of my servers that only requires read for the most part.
Basically no matter what advice I can give, wipe and reinstall whatever OS you want. The built in slimmed down windows they have on here broke some things you’ll want at some point. Its not a big issue due to it being quickly fixable so I only took off a star. The boxes are awesome in every other way.
If you reinstall windows home you will notice RDP no longer works (home does not have RDP you need to install the correct version of windows, modify windows to allow for RDP, or just install a vnc client as I did)
I got the product to run my grandmas Kodi player, I wanted an all on one source, that has a small foot print.
This is the perfect little device.
The only part I would like to see changed is the lack of all the USB ports being 3.0
I did get the SATA cable that they make, but I am having a tough time getting a hard drive in the 2.5 size that is larger then 1TB.
I thought I found one that would work 5TB but it has a USB header.
She loves old westerns and has grand kids that make sure they are rendered unplayable in a few short visits. And not having internet in her location, it’s mainly DVD and OTA TV.
I was able to watch a movie 1080P with no buffer and no noise.
So if you are looking to do the same thing, I recommend this.
If it’s for yourself, definitely get a SSD that is large enough to store what you need it to.
Update 10/5/2020
I was able to get the 15mm HDD to fit in the case.
I looked at how long the screws were and then bought about adding a spacer to them much like a monitor female to male spacer. But I was unable to find the correct dice for the screw and case mounting.
However I was able to fit the 15mm drive by placing a rubber spacer I found at my local Ace, $.27 for each one.
After installing the rubber gaskets, it gave it enough space to hold the drive stay sami closed.
I did run into the PC doesn’t have enough power to format a 4TB drive, so I had to install it in my full desktop to format it.
So if your looking to install a larger drive such as this, format the drive and then install it.
Have fun and happy gunting.
So to explain this mini pc as anything other than a fully functional pc is just untrue. This small pc has 3 open storage slots a micro sd, nvme, and 2.5in ssd sata 3 with a total of 4 storage options. Comes with a 128GB nvme installed. If you add a 2.5in ssd you will need your own cable nvme although slightly more expensive per size you won’t need anything else. This month I have purchased 2 computers this being the slower cheaper second purchase. The integrated graphics is enough to run OSRS runelite at about 50fps with the gpu option enabled this is the same as my ryzen 3 computer. As expected simple things like osrs run as well as civilizations 6 on medium. I have not yet tested high because it failed to load first time I tried a new game in high settings for memory and gpu. Not necessarily meaning it will not run I had other tabs open and was downloading. Pretty snappy for a basic computer if you are not using this for anything past home office and running emulators or xbox 360 era games you will be fine. I don’t believe this computer was meant in any way to be a game station but im sure many readers are more interested in the limitations rather than the praise. I would not buy this unit if you wish to upgrade the memory or add anything other than storage. The unit has 8GB Ram at a speed of 2133MHz not the fastest for DDR4 but it is acceptable for basic to light tasks. The unit has 4 usb ports two of them 2.0 and two of them 3.0. This unit is not a big multi tasker but you can use your internet browser as well as other programs at the same time within reason. I had to restart one time with installing 12 games and a few programs with initial setup. The unit only had 3 programs enabled to run at startup which is bloatware free as it gets with computers now a days. Unit is fairly snappy getting things done loading this or that. Much better than my hp pavilion all in one that was new in 2014 but not as snappy as my ryzen 3 3200u laptop. The graphics in my pictures are running the unit off a tv and not a monitor so the display is not going to be the same on a real monitor it would be much better. This unit would make an excellent work from home device for a home office or a business to swap out older pcs that run cash register programs or basic business programs. Takes up much less space and more realistic in a setting where the computer will always be used for the same basic purposes. I would definitely recommend purchasing these mini pcs for a fleet purchase for business offices or similar need. Bluetooth and wifi built in USB C also on front of device. This is not a gaming rig or 4k video editing system. I would not buy this unit if I was planning on upgrading the CPU or Memory (possible to soldier new memory but vast waste of time and effort). Upon testing the multi tasking I was able to run the binding of isaac game slightly laggy while having open google chrome running a YouTube video, xbox console app open and running, discord open and running as well as the steam app. I hope this is enough information for someone deciding what to do. Xbox one controller pairs with unit instantly with usb cable like all windows 10 systems.
So after 2 days of setting up and installing all of my old programs I noticed 1 major problem that had me very concerned. I still love the unit.
Now my unit came with Windows 10 Pro (I do not know why) and I really do not use bitlocker.
I have 1 user account (me) as administrator. I wanted to change the Windows lockscreen configuration and I could not with Windows stating “Some of these settings are hidden or managed by your organization). This nettop was setup by me as a home computer (no business). I was very concerned that either this computer was received used or there is a hidden account SECURITY COMPROMISED).
So instead of using a flash drive with a very old Windows 10 version to do a fresh install, Windows let me reset the device with a fresh install from the cloud) No I no longer have that warning that there is a hidden or organization account. Yes i am going to have to go through 2 days worth of installing and setting my programs but it is worth it to maintain security.
If you buy it, I suggest you do a minimal setup, get internet connection, download a few W10 updates so your computer is registered with Windows and last do a full reset with Windows cloud download recovery.
Desktop PC stopped working and did not want to spend a lot on a new system right now so decided to try a Mini PC. Tried to avoid Intel for several reasons, but AMD options were rather limited so after researching came across the BMAX line. Settled on the B2 Plus as the processor utilized is an Intel Celeron J4115 that does not have hyper-threading which means far less security flaws. Anyway, for the price the B2 Plus offers a superior CPU and more Memory/Storage then other Mini PCs offered for sale on Amazon and also comes with Windows 10 Pro (most come with Home). Lots of options for expandable storage by adding a M.2 NVMe or replacing the 128GB SSD M.2 for a larger one, you can purchase the $10 SATA cable (sold in their store) to add a 2.5″ HDD. The built in MicroSD card reader is really convenient as are the built in speakers. Boots quickly and applications load up fast, web surfing is great and I am able to watch 4K videos on YouTube without issue. Don’t expect to play the latest AAA games with maxed out settings though. Games like Supreme Commander run well enough when you lower the settings and older games like Total Annihilation, Diablo and Diablo II run great. Only complaint is would have been nice to feature a dedicated headphone and microphone jack rather then 2-in-1 because most the adapters seem to not work that well. Overall I am very happy with the purchase and think you will be surprised by the price/performance as well.