The All-New S100 4K Windows 11 Mini PC Stick Fits In The Palm Of Your Hand

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The new minisforum S100 Mini PC stick is finally here and in this video we do an unboxing, go over the specs, run some benchmarks, test some PC games like Fallout 3 and hades 2 plus we see how this micro windows pc handles emulators like PSP using PPSSPP, Dreamcast using Readream and gamecube with the dolphin emulator. The Minisforum S100 is powered by the Intel N100 and backed by 8GB of LPDDR5 ram all in a super tiny package.
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00:00 Introduction
00:11 Unboxing the S100
00:43 Overview
01:19 Ports and Specs minisforum S100
02:58 Bios settings
03:55 Overall windows performance
05:06 4k video playback minisforum S100
05:45 Minisforum S100 Bencmarks
06:33 Hades 2 minisforum S100
06:52 Left 4 dead 2 minisforum S100
07:14 Dirt 3 minisforum S100
07:36 Fallout 3 minisforum S100
07:56 Dreamcast Emulation minisforum S100
08:07 PSP Emulation minisforum S100
08:23 Gamecube Emulation minisforum S100
08:54 Power Consumption and final thoughts

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@playtech7165 Ай бұрын

I miss your intro.... the window, the rain, I love it

@UnwittingSweater Ай бұрын

I liked that they changed from time to time.

@MrRivellini Ай бұрын

@@UnwittingSweater yea but now theres no intro...

@dinozaurpickupline4221 Ай бұрын

The old one was really superb

@tonycollazorappo Ай бұрын

Look great to me, someone who doesn't game on any pc. I think this would work for me since I'm a senior who read email, uses Office 365, surfs the web, watches movies and listens to my music. 👍🏻

@Black_Cat_997 Ай бұрын

For sure. Just get a USB C dock that has enough juice to power it and it is a slick little setup.

@thedeadblitz Ай бұрын

the one cable to the monitor is CLEAN

@ThomasHolbrookII Ай бұрын

A sub $200 computer that can do so much without jacking up your electric bill? Sweet!

@jallen1227 Ай бұрын

Wish there was a 16GB option

@July9326 Ай бұрын

Loving the lil plant aesthetic eta

@HybridRobotix Ай бұрын

I would love to see what the S100 can do with Ubuntu Linux!

@harleyn3089 Ай бұрын

I'm seriously considering getting one of these for my RV, because of the price, size, and power consumption. This could run on solar basically forever.

@CultOfMU Ай бұрын

There are power banks that can be charged while using them, that could work as a cheap ups :)

@XiaOmegaX Ай бұрын

Great use case. with POE and the right POE switch you can have an entirely DC power chain. (or with the right adapter for the barrel jack)

@LazyBunnyKiera Ай бұрын

If they had one for about $200 with usb4 and 16GB of ram, it would be a done deal for me. But i definitely need that usb4. I could use a mini egpu that has PD charging.

@terryjones9987 Ай бұрын

You are one of the best reviewers sonce you talk about the power consumption. Really important with the ever rising cost of electricity

@mixedhairless Ай бұрын

Seems like the perfect solution for updating firmware for my handheld gadgets, and mini arcades.

@Crustenscharbap Ай бұрын

This is a great competitor to the Raspberry Pi 5.

@aleph_one Ай бұрын

they have very different scope of application.

@Adealleda Ай бұрын

What a time to be alive! 👍

@chrislamerican2989 Ай бұрын

ha ha ha great video, so this minis forums s100 story popped up in my news feed yesterday, and my first thought was " I wonder if ETAPrime was going to do a gaming video, on this model and here it is brilliant. I think we should take the tdp all the way up as far as it goes and if you have to point a desk fan all over it, that would make one helluva video anywho great to see

@gr-os4gd Ай бұрын

Yeah be interested in seeing Manjaro or Mint on that! 🐧

@jedvaulten02 Ай бұрын

Need Endeavour OS on that

@betag24cn Ай бұрын

because it will be different to the other hundred minipcs using n100 cpu? 😂

@Neopulse00 Ай бұрын

Mint? 🤔

@abo3abid1 Ай бұрын

@@betag24cn The usecases are very different once you look at a running of one port (without using wifi). Poe+ makes this one hell of a Linux server

@ratovsky Ай бұрын

@@betag24cn I'd say it's more about full compatibility with all the hardware. Intel and AMD have great compatibility with CPU but other component manufacturers don't.

@natusvincere966 Ай бұрын

Glad you tested Fallout 3. I personally would just like to see more people testing the limits of what the n100 can do.

@aleph_one Ай бұрын

intel for a long time ia not good for games on such mini-pc or small portable consoles. n100 is very poor cpu. mini-pc for similar price easly may be on much powerful ryzen.

@JeremyPeeples Ай бұрын

Dang - I love that BIOS UI

@WildCAtFromLT Ай бұрын

Maybe it has some potential as tv box replacement? Some linux distro with Kodi on top and some remote.

@roberts.3712 Ай бұрын

S100 not $100....😀

@curtisoncuffy8114 Ай бұрын

This is what I was looking for

@aleph_one Ай бұрын

its very poor as mini-pc. for similar price you can buy much more better mini pc. this panda is just som (system on module) for embended purposes (mainly as dev board with start extender board). there are a lot of anothers som (with or without extender board). for embended purposes if you need a lot of gpio/interfaces sometime better get single board (something like raspberry, lattepanda,...) with cpu that yoy need (on arm, x86,... with or without fpga,...).

@curtisoncuffy8114 Ай бұрын

@@aleph_one thanks , I was still looking to, i find these mini pcs so interesting an i need one for mum, i have an rx 6700 xt build for myself so ye but need a mini pc for livingroom, something $100 or lower cost, i'll check what you suggested :)

@curtisoncuffy8114 Ай бұрын

@@aleph_one planning on using ubuntu which is more efficient than windows

@NeptuneSega Ай бұрын

This would make a killer retro gaming box or homelab option and even HTPC box

@redeclipseprojects9746 Ай бұрын

Dude these mini PC's are fwcki g amazing. We came along way since the rassbery pay. That is very cool. Personaly i am using my samsung with dex from time to time.

@aleph_one Ай бұрын

som (system on module) appeared much earlier than raspberry. yes, and with x86 cpu too.

@SubstituteRealitiesChannel Ай бұрын

Interesting choice of font for the specs hehe, anyway I would like to see installing blustacks playing some android games on these N series intel chips. Some slot games and such.

@napalm275 Ай бұрын

Hi ETA! Great video! Every time I see your videos I get jealous of your wallpapers, could you share them please? Thanks!!

@diarmuiddallat1222 14 күн бұрын

Dude that is crazy for the $$$. Brilliant review btw.

@greendro6410 Ай бұрын

This is awesome 🔥

@ExpressITTechTips Ай бұрын

Deffo a Homelab style potential with this device

@Neopulse00 Ай бұрын

Damn.... I know the Morefine M6 with the N200 you reviewed the other day didn't feel worth it to get rid of my Intel N5105 off brand mini PC for. But that PoE is REALLY comfortable since I leave it plugged in all day as a linux server and removing a power cable + extension cord would be worth getting this.

@pedroramirez2215 Ай бұрын

Love them sbsc and mini pcs every day they keep getting better even consider getting rid of my main machine and going itx micro atx at least cause been seeing some prices and its is expensive for the pretty stuff

@edwardgreenjr167 Ай бұрын

I would love to see this in a setup replacing a smart TV/streaming device and how it would compare to say a Fire TV Stick MAX or Apple TV. This is getting really close to the prices of the beefiest set top boxes. If this can be done with some remote accessory, it could be a great alternative to those devices finding new fun ways to flood my TV with ads.

@scifitherapy Ай бұрын

That's exactly what I did with a similar N100 powered stick. Works great on Windows 11 with the Jellyfin Media Player. I bought a $15 remote from Newegg which works well.

@RubenRyb66 Ай бұрын

for that your really better off with one of those old micro office pcs with a 7700t or 8500t. Costs less and you can upgrade the ram and storage.

@richardowens9061 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! Does this unit have Bluetooth and WiFi built in?

@johndelabretonne2373 Ай бұрын

I wish this had 16GB of RAM, but PoE and USB-C powered is really nice for powering through a DC load.

@flaviosobral1177 Ай бұрын

Hey ETA PRIME. Love your videos! Can you tell me, how is the noise? The fan is noisy or you can't hear it?

@calmdownsleepytime Ай бұрын

Nice little machine!

@vartannazarian3451 Ай бұрын

It's great to be able to put this in the car

@Aplysia Ай бұрын

Those disk speeds are faster than the msata ssd on my n100 mini!

@vincei4252 Ай бұрын

One cable to rule them all !

@shuginubi Ай бұрын

1:48 THIS! I needed this so much oh God! Curious if it will work with USB hub on monitor, so you would trully plug single cable. And I wish it had 12Gb of RAM

@rickybobbyracing9106 Ай бұрын

You dirty dog!! I mean not really - but I read that as $100, and was like, ohhhh what's this. My stupid eyes took a min to realize it's S100 lol So maybe Minisforum is the dirty dog

@CodeXCDM Ай бұрын

Apparently it's just under 200$ per the site visit during the review... So that's honestly not bad.

@patrizzull Ай бұрын

Same. Had to hit the minisforum website as the video was playing and saw real price 😂

@Musculoso_z Ай бұрын

pensé que eran $100 😂

@matts1978 Ай бұрын

Same

@Tuckdragon Ай бұрын

same, the sbc's around that price range is what interest me the most

@MylesC1234 Ай бұрын

Its wild how small it is

@MB-yw7up Ай бұрын

This is great, Could you make a video about running one of these off of a powerbank maybe like a 20,000 - 27,000 mAh something like that?

@getolvid5468 Ай бұрын

yeahh, lets test it with Mint installed ! :)

@rancid_ Ай бұрын

This might make an awesome arcade pc to run lightguns and MAME.

@AlexDawson2020AD Ай бұрын

Great video ! I would love to see it running Ubuntu !!

@rickybobbyracing9106 Ай бұрын

Know what video I would watch - over and over again - if you'd do something like a top 10 or best 3 in each price category for retro. Like under $100 top 3 devices, under ~$200, etc... It's hard to go through all your videos when i'm making recommendations to friends to find what the best device is today launchbox and retro.

@joesworld396 Ай бұрын

Linux makes everything better. Bring on the Linux video for this little guy!

@ericg7490 Ай бұрын

Second this

@johhnysans2092 29 күн бұрын

yeah linux onboard sounds interesting

@totemadept 13 күн бұрын

looks cool, it would work great in my cyberdeck

@saltedmaple Ай бұрын

Hello Mate, do you think this can handle adobe premiere for editing? shorts and long form videos.

@Mamidoofficiel Ай бұрын

Is it safe for the mini pc to push the tdp from 6w to 9w ? Great review as usual 🙏🏼

@drackar Ай бұрын

I have a hub with similar ports that, at best 1/4 that size. That is insane.

@MegaSunspark 6 күн бұрын

Yesssss. Various Linux distros please, especially Mint, Ubuntu, Zorin (Core).

@khyron6 Ай бұрын

Looks good thanks.

@WariWahab Ай бұрын

Would definitely love to see how this performs on Linux

@rickgrimes931 24 күн бұрын

Yes, please on the LINUX!

@odirex Ай бұрын

you can make it portable with a POE UPS and use the C port for xreal or portable monitor.

@SinisterSpatula Ай бұрын

Imagine running this little beast off a battery bank with some XR glasses or visor 4k

@slavkorulit Ай бұрын

Nice pc. 2:30 something went wrong with that font :)

@MichaelSpeyer Ай бұрын

Would be interested to see this as a mini proxmox box. Would be great to also include uk / european / other pricing info in your vids - in the uk, this device costs the equivalent of $250USD!

@zandatsu07 Ай бұрын

Do you think you i can use this in OpenWrt or NAS?

@Housestationlive 2 күн бұрын

exactly the upgrade i neeed for my intel stick, not even capable to playback videos!

@ryanworkman3032 29 күн бұрын

It’s sold out at the link you provided but it’s still available on Amazon… at twice the price!

@ramjeesaradi Ай бұрын

Wondering if it does well with moonlight streaming for 4k 120hz stream

@Brisou394 Ай бұрын

Did NVIDIA updraded there Shield cylinder ? Was it better, any good ?

@Polesca Ай бұрын

Bet you love it

@mikenn Ай бұрын

Could you use something like this with the iPad? I have seen someone power a Pi from the iPad, and control it over VNC. Is that possible with a mini pc like this?

@shinobusensui9395 Ай бұрын

would be nice if you could test this with AR glasses then play emulated games. I'm curious on ps2 games like socom.

@MB-yw7up Ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing maybe with the XReal Air 2 Pros. I also wonder how long it would last with a 65w powerbank for on the go

@baths4carsraspberrypicomputer Ай бұрын

nice stuff

@glenndoiron9317 Ай бұрын

UFS storage... yeah, I'll stick with one of the N100 builds that has an actual NVME drive. This would only be an option if the size is a primary concern.

@viyusavery248 15 күн бұрын

What is the difference between the two advantages etc

@PsiQ Ай бұрын

Did i miss the spec called "enduserprice at time of making"? Or does that come at the end.. Edit: and was this a free sample provided or bought ??

@theseekersofgames7867 Ай бұрын

Minisforum is doing a really good job with the mini pc:s

@aleph_one Ай бұрын

in low-cost nothing good i did`t see from them. few models on ryzen 7 and 9, yes, was good but they cost....

@blackchristiangeek Ай бұрын

Yes, I'm a daily Linux user and would love to see Linux featured more. I am looking for a small form factor PC to make home Linux server (i.e., file server, NextCloud, etc.) And, yes, I have subscribed. Thanks, and, God bless, 🐧

@0x0404 Ай бұрын

Very nice for how small it is but I’m not sure what you would want to realistically use it for.

@PeterBreitfuss 13 күн бұрын

Hi, what a awesome mini pc stick! It's remarkable how small this is! I will definitely buy one for daily works. Btw...can you send me the buy link for the keyboard you use in the video? Thnx for your interesting videos

@EximiusNovo Ай бұрын

Maybe it's just me but I miss when you opened stuff to see what's inside!

@piotrmarchewka910 Ай бұрын

Just wonder how this will perform on GFN ultimate with some good monitor...

@CartoonMonkeyStudio Ай бұрын

I would like to see you do a video running this completely via battery of some kind... And tethered to an Android tablet using the app super display, which allows you to use an Android tablet as a pen and touch screen for a Windows machine. Do it!!

@frenky-tan Ай бұрын

I wonder this work with portable monitor, so means similar like mobile laptop.

@paultech9385 Ай бұрын

Could you expand the minipc offerings on the channel. US designed computers, Taiwan computers and similar. Thanks.

@alancruzr 24 күн бұрын

I am really wondering if it would be possible to connect this to a dongle and use Orion on an iPad turning it into a PC

@PR0XIDIAN Ай бұрын

I wanna know if this would run LibreELEC well (a linux distro)

@dekerus3 Ай бұрын

How well/bad would something like this run Ultra Street Fighter 4? Any ideas? ..... lol.

@yougoonie3338 Ай бұрын

Ty again. Just imagine if a single electron had the power of the sun inside it. Humans, they're in for a ride, that's if we survive our own bs.

@stanthompson1010 Ай бұрын

What is the Tekken game in the PSP Emulation segment?

@simonwatson5299 Ай бұрын

Hey, have you done a vid on the silver keyboard you have there? It looks the business!!

@hulkimo Ай бұрын

It looks like it's an Asus ROG Azoth

@simonwatson5299 Ай бұрын

@@hulkimo I think you're spot on. Although they don't seem to make it in Silver anymore, and at £209.99 on Amazon UK, it's very expensive, but really pretty though.

@Funkteon Ай бұрын

Can it run dual screen - And how would you set that up with this thing?

@JohnLamontanaro Ай бұрын

throw some arch on there ETA LOL

@mirage548 Ай бұрын

the memorys are in DUAL CHANNEL MODE? cuz i remenber the lenovo d330 tablet/laptop, say that comes in row on chips , but the 4gb was in single and the 8gb comes in dual, and my doub is that maybe newer gen of mini-hardware are putting 8gb as the minimun (no dual like the 4gb) and when the 16gb version comes out, that one have dual channel. pd: this doubt born from a observaion that u do to some hardware long time ago pd2: sorry bad english, i speak spanish.

@rafi6618 Ай бұрын

no, the alder lake n series cpus dont support dual channel memory

@scoty_does 25 күн бұрын

Perfect little Pi-hole linux machine!

@buildmaker Ай бұрын

GMKtek G5 comparison?

@maciejmizgalski6112 Ай бұрын

Will it work smooth with 4k 100hz HRD 10bit .mkv video file with size about 20GB - or it will be to weak to work (as a PLEX player of course)?

@singagency1481 Ай бұрын

It clearly stated as signage solution. I understood the 8GB limit.

@antjones2281 Ай бұрын

Can you use the xreal air with this? Just wondering how you would power the glasses or device with only one port.

@odirex Ай бұрын

you can maybe power it with a POE UPS battery on the network port and use the usb-c for the glasses.

@antjones2281 Ай бұрын

@@odirex sounds like the opposite of portable. Haha

@jabbajawz Ай бұрын

Does it support NDI HX... Would love to set it up as a NDI HX Receiver.

@andygaither7026 Ай бұрын

What monitor is that in the video? Not the Pixio from the links in comment

@RichFromQueensNY 14 күн бұрын

Looks like a great deal for $100! Wi-Fi 6 Bluetooth 5.2, I mean someone really want to budget just can plug it in to a cheap monitor and be able to have a PC not a top of the line but a hundred bucks a steal!