Many people may not know the category of mini computers, in fact, to be honest, mini computers are particularly popular this year, although there are many questions about mini computers on the Internet, for example, the fuselage is so small, whether the performance is very weak, the heat dissipation is very poor. However, in fact, these concerns are not much necessary, in fact, the mini computer is a notebook without a screen, the CPU, memory is notebook, so the power consumption is much smaller than the desktop, everyone thinks, the notebook is so thin, the heat dissipation is so strong, the mini computer is much thicker than the notebook, the air duct design is more reasonable, so the heat dissipation is theoretically stronger than the notebook, therefore, we found that many people have begun to replace the desktop with the mini computer.
However, then again, mini computers are still a relatively new category, and many people have not seen such products. In fact, the earliest Intel has begun to do mini computers, that is, Intel NUC, in foreign markets to do very well, in the domestic side, there are also many excellent mini computer brands, such as Zero, Maxtang and other mini computer brands. However, Intel's mini computer only has its own CPU, if you want to buy an AMD core mini computer, you have to look at other brands. My budget is about 2K, daily can be competent for commonly used office software, it is best to occasionally play large games, mini computers are currently limited by size, most of them are still core graphics, no discrete graphics card, and AMD's core graphics performance is stronger than Intel, so I bought a Datang mini host equipped with AMD Ryzen R7 4800U processor.
Datang this brand, may be the first time to contact mini computer users, relatively unfamiliar to him, in fact, although the reputation of NUC abroad, in China, Datang mini host has also been silently updating its mini computer series, compared to NUC cost performance is also higher, I this AMD Ryzen 7 4800U version, 16GB memory, 512 M.2 SSD, to the price of more than 2000, although AMD has been updated to 6800 series, But after all, the Ryzen R7 is also an old flagship, and the performance is still very capable of fighting. It is also enough to meet my daily office and entertainment game needs.
Speaking of appearance, the overall body adopts a bright black color matching, the top is a mirror design, very good-looking, Datang mini computer overall body design is very small, the fuselage is 130mm long, 128mm wide, only 52mm thick, one hand can be placed in the palm of the hand, very small. Put it on the table, almost do not take up any space, and can even decorate the desktop very good-looking, full of technology. If you still want to pursue the feeling of using an all-in-one machine, then you can also hang it behind the monitor to free up more space.
There are two USB3.0 ports and a USB-C port on the front of the console, and there is also a 3.5mm audio interface and microphone interface, and the boot button uses light gray buttons, and there are no other extra buttons.
The back is the power interface, next to the power interface are 2 USB 2.0 ports, which can be used to connect external keyboards and mice, and there is also a network cable interface, 2 HDMI ports. The two HDMI interfaces allow Datang mini computers to realize external dual-screen to meet the needs of users for dual-screen office.
On both sides of the fuselage is the air inlet of the computer, plus the heat dissipation hole on the back, reasonable air duct design, so that its heat dissipation is more reasonable, compared to the notebook, I personally think that the heat dissipation of the mini computer will be better.
In terms of heat dissipation, in addition to passive heat dissipation, this powerful CPU must also have active heat dissipation. So, next, let's disassemble the machine to see its internal structure. There is also a fan inside the machine to help cool down the CPU, memory, and hard disk of the fuselage. Open the bottom cover of the machine, you can see that it has two memory slot slots, and two 8G memory combinations composed of 16G dual-channel memory, the brand is Inruida, the hard disk is an M.2 NVME protocol 500GB foreground SSD.
We found that Datang Mini Host also reserved the interface to expand the 2.5-inch hard disk, but I didn't see the card slot of the hard disk, so if you want to connect an external hard disk, you need to fix the hard disk yourself, it is recommended to connect an external 2.5-inch solid-state drive, of course, it also supports mechanical hard disk.
In terms of CPU, Datang mini host is equipped with AMD Ryzen 7 4800U processor, AMD R7 4800U adopts Zen 2 architecture, using 8 cores and 16 thread design, 7nm process process, basic frequency 1.8GHz, the highest turbo frequency can reach 4.2GHz, TDP power consumption is only 15W. The single-core performance has already surpassed the friendly i7-1065G7.
In the CPU-Z test, the single-core running score is 523.9, and the multi-core running score is 4959.8 points, and the core performance of this running score card has exceeded the i7-1065G7 of the friend, AMD is really fragrant.
Equipped with two 8G memory dual-channel DDR4-2666MHz memory modules, the memory bit width and data throughput speed performance are excellent.
In terms of hard disk, 512GB M.2 SSD, hard disk bit PCIe 3.0x4 specification, this hard disk through CrystalDiskMark running score speed test, you can see that the hard disk read 3418.97MB/s, write 2482MB/s, performance is good.
For daily use, because the performance of this Radeon Vega7 core graphics card of Datang Mini Host is actually very strong, it can almost catch up with the level of discrete graphics card MX250. Therefore, for daily use, you can play most mainstream large-scale games under the right picture quality. We actually tested that when playing the very popular game Genshin, the average frame rate can reach 120 frames at 1080P resolution with medium effects turned on.
I deliberately ran several mainstream 3A masterpieces, the actual measurement effect, as long as the picture quality is turned to the minimum, it can also be played, the frame rate is mostly around 30 frames, which can meet the needs of occasionally wanting to play masterpieces. However, a mini computer at this price can have such performance, I personally think it is already very good.
Finally, let's use the entertainment master to run a score, close to the score of 745142 10,000 points, CPU running score of 419,000, graphics card running score will be more than 64,000, memory nearly 100,000, hard disk 160,000, this running score has reached the level of the flagship machine at present. However, the running score is only a reference data, and the actual experience will be more important.
From the overall performance point of view, Datang's mini host, as a computer nearly ten times smaller than the desktop, its advantages are also obvious, the body is small, can be easily placed in any position in the home, placed on the desktop does not occupy a place at all, even, occasionally want to move it to the living room for the TV, no problem. This is much more convenient than the desktop, and in terms of performance, the comprehensive performance of the Ryzen 7 4800U processor equipped by Datang can also fully meet the daily office and entertainment needs, and the performance is very strong, which can be met by most ordinary home users. Speaking of disadvantages, I think if you plan to use a mini host to replace the notebook and go out to use, then I advise you to buy a notebook directly, because the mini computer, like the desktop, needs an additional monitor keyboard and mouse to use, so its portability is also limited to moving around the house at will, and the external large-screen monitor, which is stronger than the notebook. Therefore, depending on personal needs, if you often work from home and do not have the need to go out, then surely the mini computer is more suitable for you than the notebook. Okay, what do you think of such a mini computer?