We take a look at the ASRock 4x4 BOX8840U and the Beelink SER8. Both Mini PCs feature AMD Ryzen 7 processors with Radeon 780M graphics and Ryzen AI XDNA NPUs. They are at a similar price point but optimize for different markets, making this a neat comparison.
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Beelink SER8 (Amazon): https://amzn.to/3zLvp3X
ASRock Industrial 4x4 BOX8840U (Newegg): https://fave.co/465COak
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Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:51 ASRock Industrial 4x4 BOX8840U
06:09 Beelink SER8
10:41 Performance
11:45 Power Consumption and Noise
14:33 Key Lessons Learned