Note that Beelink are in the process of releasing a new BIOS which alters the fan curve such that the fan is inactive under low to medium loads resulting in this being a very quiet mini PC however the review testing was performed using BIOS version 1. In an earlier version of the Cinebench R20 test, the Beelink SER4's CPU multi-core score was also higher than the NUC. After baking the FPU for 10 minutes, the temperature of the CPU was stable at 76°C, which is 6°C lower than when it left the factory. This computer is sufficient for professional use in many applications and allows you to run several demanding games, without breaking the bank.

No, I couldn't use the Media Creation tool as I didn't have a spare working PC (and that utility doesn't work with Mac).

In terms of power utilization, 4K/30/HDR playback uses <25W and 4K/60/HDR boosts this up to around 35W. So by using ‘ RyzenAdj’ from Jiaxun Yang (FlyGoat) I experimented with adjusting the power management settings. Accessing the inside of the Beelink SER4 is not difficult, just unscrew the four screws at the bottom and remove the bottom plate. Having said this, if we look at the scores, it's obvious that the slowest component is the integrated AMD RX Vega 8 graphics achieving "14%" on the benchmark overall.

As a hobbyist, I appreciate the flexibility of an open BIOS that allows me to customize settings as I see fit.The Ryzen 9 3900X, being my fastest machine, is what I'm using to edit images, and creating some of the content on this blog among other computing tasks. If the ISO boots from USB, normally it should be fine as it does it only in RAM, but checking it might help too. Inside we have a user manual which is in multiple languages including English, German, Spanish and Italian.