Beelink SER5 - Ryzen 7 Mini PC Home Server

I try out the Beelink SER5 with the Ryzen 7 5700U processor. This is an 8 core, 16 thread, low-power processor that is a great value. Check out my thoughts on making this little mini PC a home server in the home server lab. ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com ★ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster ★ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht/ ★ Github: https://github.com/brandonleegit ★ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/VirtualizationHowto/100092747277326/ ★ Discord: https://discord.gg/Zb46NV6mB3 Introduction to a Ryzen 7 mini PC to run a home lab - 0:00 Overview of trying out different mini PCs 0:29 Introducing the Beelink SER5 with 5700U processor - 0:42 Max memory is 64GB of DDR4 memory - 1:08 2280 NVMe slot and a 2.5 inch SSD - 1:29 The problem with many mini PCs and network adapters - 2:05 VMware will not detect the Realtek network adapter - 2:30 Less than desirable to have a LAN port you can't use - 2:42 I wanted to run all hypervisors, the Beelink falls short in this area - 3:00 Beginning the physical overview of the Beelink SER5 5700U - 3:27 Front of the unit - 4:00 Back of the unit - 4:10 Beelink makes their mini PCs to take apart and upgrade - 4:55 Looking at Proxmox 8 console - 5:33 Proxmox overview of CPU details and memory - 5:40 Looking at workloads - 6:12 Talking about cloning Ubuntu Server template - 6:49 Even with a number of VMs, just a bit of CPU usage - 7:00 Talking about the hardware configuration of the virtual machines - 7:28 Opening the console to a virtual machine - 7:47 Thinking about real world home lab workloads - 8:15 No issues interacting with VMs - 9:00 Concluding thoughts on the Beeink SER5 with the Ryzen 7 5700U, is it worth it? 9:37 The written write up of the Beelink SER5 5700U mini pc: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2023/09/beelink-ser5-mini-pc-amd-ryzen-7-home-server/ XCP-ng home server build with the Citrix Hypervisor: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2023/09/xcp-ng-home-server-build-with-citrix-hypervisor/ Mini PC - things to know before you buy one for a home server: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2023/09/mini-pc-server-things-to-know-before-you-buy/