Beelink ME Pro: No Business Being This Capable

I took the Beelink ME Pro and tested it the way I’d actually use a small NAS/homelab box: 2× SATA drives for bulk storage, plus 3× NVMe (boot + fast app pool). Then I built pools, set up SMB shares, tested real file transfers on 2.5G vs 5G, and finished with apps + Plex to see what the hardware can really do. Beelink ME Pro: https://amzn.to/4tJMH8O (affiliate link) Beelink ME Pro: https://www.bee-link.com/products/beelink-me-pro (non-affiliate link) ME Pro was sent to be for testing. Video Notes: https://technotim.com/posts/beelink-me-pro/ Merch Shop 🛍️: https://l.technotim.com/shop Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/technotim Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/timothystewart6 Subscribe on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/technotim Become a YouTube member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOk-gHyjcWZNj3Br4oxwh0A/join Gear Recommendations: https://l.technotim.com/gear Get Help in Our Discord Community: https://l.technotim.com/discord 2nd channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Technically-Tim (Affiliate links may be included in this description. I may receive a small commission at no cost to you.) 00:00 Intro - Why This Tiny NAS Is Interesting 01:03 Quick Tour - Ports, Networking, and Layout 02:12 Power - Brick and Draw 02:25 Inside Tour - Drive Trays and Heat Management 03:34 Installing Drives - NVMe + SATA Bays 04:20 Cooling - Blower 04:33 Modular - Swappable Boards? 04:50 First Boot - Windows + Firmware Updates + Network Setup 05:35 Installing TrueNAS - Ventoy Issue + Etcher Fix 06:00 Networking - 5GbE Link and VLAN 06:27 Storage Pools - Slow HDD Mirror + Fast NVMe Mirror + Power Draw 07:24 SMB Shares - Permissions + Datasets 07:36 Transfer Test - HDD Mirror Speed (2.5G Reality) 08:21 Transfer Test - NVMe Mirror Speed (5G Test) 09:02 Reporting - Temps, Disks, Network, ARC 09:42 Apps Pool - Putting Apps on NVMe 09:53 Plex Setup - Mounts + Permissions 10:05 Plex Test - Hardware Transcoding + intel_gpu_top 10:47 App Stress Test - Installing Popular Apps 11:05 Metrics Check - CPU/RAM Under Load 11:17 Plex Re-Test - Multi-Transcode Under Load 11:31 Conclusion - Where It Fits Under $400 Thank you for watching!