Beelink SER5 5800H: An Affordable Emulation Powerhouse?

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So I just picked up a brand new mini PC. Lets see if this really can emulate everything...
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@jayman2631 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant review, good coverage on each emulators. Just got another subscriber 😊

@thegamelounge659 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video!

@jaycee6438 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. I have been looking to buy this particular mini pc, and this video gave me all footage and input to help me make a decision.

@thegamelounge659 7 ай бұрын

Great, glad you enjoyed the video! That’s the whole reason I make them.

@Xanthro2 7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. I was thinking about something like this to replace my failing desktop and wanted to know as much about it as I could. The performance aspects you displayed helped me alot :D

@thegamelounge659 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment, glad the video could help.

@Castallan 9 ай бұрын

I’ve been looking for something like this, thanks for the recommendation

@thegamelounge659 9 ай бұрын

No problem 👍

@tonyrosario1940 5 ай бұрын

Great video! Love the emulation setup reviews! 🍻🤘🏼🔥

@thegamelounge659 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Tony, yes I got this device last year and wasn’t sure if people would be interested in opinions on it but people seem to like it 😀

@TheFrenchy82 7 ай бұрын

wow wow ... What an interesting video ! Thanks for your hard work ! I never knew that those "mini PC" can emulate so well, "old" video games!! Impressive !!

@thegamelounge659 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for your comment. Yea I just wanted to share my experience. I know there are plenty of £700/£800 mini PC’s that do the job but some of these smaller cheaper APU’s are really great now.

@TheFrenchy82 7 ай бұрын

@@thegamelounge659 I have Zero experience with mini PC. One of my friend (who is the owner of mini PC ) told that , regarding the drivers, you are linked to your mini PC ' builder and If this company doesn't do any updates , you are screwed.... is it true ? Do you need, for example with Beelink , to wait a long time in order to get "fresh" drivers or can you install drivers from AMD directly ? I'm a little bit afraid to buy any mini PC for this point ....

@thegamelounge659 7 ай бұрын

Zero problems with that here, I have updated the AMD drivers a lot and the updates are direct from AMD for the graphics. I think that would apply with Bios/firmware updates though. So worth doing a bit of research if you are thinking of buying one. (Watch a few YT videos for example) 😃

@mileslambeau 4 ай бұрын

Decision made. Thanks for putting the effort into making this.

@thegamelounge659 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Great to hear

@mikeclark4480 9 ай бұрын

Really impressive switch emulation

@thegamelounge659 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, I was shocked to be honest!

@michaeldonaghy4703 4 ай бұрын

Bought the ser5 because of this review, awesome bit of kit

@thegamelounge659 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you like it.

@peach4hubby69 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review and mentioning the fps drop on PS2. I want to run everything with no problem PS2/GameCube/Wii U and under at 1080p 60fps.

@thegamelounge659 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, you are 95% there with this, but there are going to be certain PS2 games that will give you issues

@HeavyInstinct 4 ай бұрын

This is definitely the sweet spot when it comes to price to performance for emulation. Easy to recommend to anyone on a budget. I ended up going with the SER6 Max which I was able to get for just over $400 with 16 GB of RAM. If you look at the reviews from people like retro gaming guy you can see it does offer significantly better performance for PS3 emulation. However it does come at a price and I definitely wouldn't recommend paying much more than what I did. Either way these mini PCs and emulation are a match made in heaven IMO. Thanks for the great review. I always appreciate reviews that spotlight emulation performance. I used to love ETA Prime's videos in part for this reason. But sadly he doesn't seem to care much about emulation anymore.

@thegamelounge659 4 ай бұрын

Now that you say that I used to watch ETA Prime videos all the time but watch them less and less nowadays. I hadn’t really thought about it. But his videos have always been great and if he has moved on then I hope he is making videos he enjoys. Thanks for the comment. Yes PS3 is a little hit and Miss. I was expecting nothing though so for the performance I got I was pleased. I agree with you that spending insane money on an emulation machine is not the best idea.

@feahnorl 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video, it made me choose this mini pc for general use and emulation. I have only a couple of questions before buying it if you don’t mind. - Have you tested lowering max tdp on the bios and tinkering with the fan option to reduce noise? - Is it worth it to get the computer with 32 GB of ram so the gpu can use more VRam when gaming? Thanks again for this video, it’s extremely informative.

@thegamelounge659 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment, great that people are finding the video useful. Not tried the Max TDP. The fan doesn’t really bother me and only really kicks in when playing 360 and PS3, and maybe some Switch, but certainly not all. 32GB personally I think is a no brainer, gives a little more headroom if you are gaming and the price difference when you are spending this money is minimal.

@zettgecko3887 8 ай бұрын

Nice vid! Good work 👍How is the expirience with emulating xbox and xbox360 with batocera? Not sure if you test and tell it in the video😶 Keep going. Would be nice to get more videos like this. Don´t feels like a commercial 😂

@thegamelounge659 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, appreciate the comment. I have tested Batocera but not the 360. The OG Xbox works really well though as it’s Linux. The biggest limitation of 360 emulation is the emulator itself. I am sure this hardware will be enough as the emu improves. Would love to make a lot more hardware videos going forward.

@zettgecko3887 8 ай бұрын

@@thegamelounge659 thanks for answer. This was the point of my question. When it's strong enough for 360 emulation, there'll be a comfortable way for play the games. Maybe in a few month, this machine will take place in my gamingroom.

@flamersss 6 ай бұрын

did you do any additional upgrading to the beelink or are these game plays all out the box with the igpu ?

@thegamelounge659 6 ай бұрын

So I got the 32gb of ram rather than the 16gb option. I don’t think it will impact the performance a lot I just wanted to be sure there wasn’t a bottleneck. Was about £20 more overall. Aside from that it’s all stock and isn’t overclocked etc. So this performance should be inline with the stock APU.

@nerdloftgaming 3 ай бұрын

I’m shopping around for a new emulation box and this looks to mark of the checkboxes for me. What ram did you opt for for this setup - 16 or 32gbs? Thanks!

@thegamelounge659 3 ай бұрын

I went for the 32GB. I don’t think it makes a huge difference to be honest but wasn’t a huge amount more cost wise.

@bradyf8351 3 ай бұрын

Also I want to run Linux not windows but I want to keep that licensed copy. Can I do that some how. If so what would I have to google to look it up. I’m bad with tec still new

@j.alvinbanias4049 6 ай бұрын

Is it advisable to use thermal pads or paste on the CPU of this Beelink SER5 5800H for improved performance, or is that considered unwise?

@thegamelounge659 6 ай бұрын

For me the whole thing turned up pre-built and I haven’t made any changes outside of adding the additional hard drive but if you are experienced with applying thermal paste I would guess it’s always going to be better than how it is done by the manufacturers. Does anyone else have experience with this?

@Coffeishellagudfam 3 ай бұрын

Could I emulate breath of the wild on cemu with 60 fps on this ? I have one but I can’t get it to work

@Rosshobson 4 ай бұрын

I’m looking getting a batocera hard drive to connect to this to play Sega model 2/3 games like the lost world arcade, Star Wars arcade or other arcade games of this time frame. Time Crisis 2 etc. I’ve been told this is a good option.

@thegamelounge659 4 ай бұрын

Yes this easily has enough power. I have it running through Windows but Batocera a great option. Which if you install using a HDD let’s you keep windows

@Rosshobson 4 ай бұрын

@@thegamelounge659 it should run things like Naomi 1/2 ok? obv Dreamcast etc fine then - as you said.

@thegamelounge659 4 ай бұрын

Comfortably, this will run many PS3 and 360 games with zero issues

@theJACKALstudios 5 ай бұрын

How does it run games such as Pokemon Violet/Scarlett, Sword/Shield, Arceus, or even Breath of the Wild?

@thegamelounge659 5 ай бұрын

So BOTW and Pokemon Arceus both ran really well. A little bit of stutter initially due to shader compilation but then super smooth.

@faithfe1290 2 ай бұрын

I played in retrobat , emulations switch, ps3, wii, wiiu …but recently the emulators stopped, open and close , I don’t know why… the same ssd in my notebook works , but in this minipc stoped working … Can you help me ?

@user-qw6ix1db9d 3 ай бұрын

So is everything already installed for you like you can play any game are younhave to do it your self

@thegamelounge659 3 ай бұрын

Nothing is installed, it is essentially a mini PC with windows. So the setup is totally up to ypu

@magnacarta9364 7 ай бұрын

Did you have to pay any tax?

@thegamelounge659 7 ай бұрын

Depends on the country you are in. I did, though many people tell me they didn’t. I’m not an expert by any means on taxation.

@betobecerra 2 ай бұрын

What about ps3? Does it run smootly on that pc?

@thegamelounge659 2 ай бұрын

Some games will work. You can see in the video Ratchet & Clank is very playable. However don’t expect to play Uncharted 2 or MGS4 on this

@chankenneth866 3 ай бұрын

How is xenia performance??

@thegamelounge659 3 ай бұрын

Pretty good, if Xenia supports it then it will run on here. There is Sonic Unleashed footage in this video

@bradyf8351 3 ай бұрын

What’s the red tab for

@thegamelounge659 3 ай бұрын

When you open it up it’s just a grip to lift everything up.

@bradyf8351 3 ай бұрын

@@thegamelounge659 thanks for replying to my question :)

@maddie690ify 2 ай бұрын

Yuzu is dead

@thegamelounge659 2 ай бұрын

RIP

@akiyz_xd1751 9 ай бұрын

Meow

@thegamelounge659 9 ай бұрын

I can never work out if this is a good thing or a bad thing? 👍🏻