Beelink ME Mini Pro, ME S, ME X and ME Max NAS Series for 2026

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1 Beelink Me Pro, S, X and MAX, 9x M.2, 10GbE, 5GbE NAS – NEW DIY NAS!
1.1 Hardware Specifications of the Beelink ME Mini Pro, ME S, ME X and ME Max
1.2 Beelink ME Mini Gen 2
1.3 Beelink ME Mini 9 Bay Upgrade
1.4 Beelink ME Pro
1.5 Beelink ME Pro S
1.6 Beelink ME Pro X
1.7 Beelink ME Max (AI-Ready NAS)
1.8 Will the New Beelink ME Mini Pro, ME S, ME X or ME Max Include Turnkey NAS Software?
1.9 Why You Should Care About the Beelink ME Mini Pro, ME S, ME X and ME Max
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Beelink Me Pro, S, X and MAX, 9x M.2, 10GbE, 5GbE NAS – NEW DIY NAS!

Note – Original Beelink ME Mini from June ’25. Written Review HERE and YouTube Video Review HERE

It has been around a year since Beelink made a major impact in the NAS sector with their $200+ 6-bay flash-based system, the Beelink ME Mini. Although the company already had a strong reputation in the Mini PC space, the ME Mini was their first dedicated NAS, and it ticked all the boxes for many users in terms of price, size, efficiency, performance, and footprint. Fast forward to Q4 2025, and I visited Beelink’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China, to learn more about their “Phase 2” NAS strategy and their expansion into a broader DIY-oriented lineup. This new wave includes several systems under the ME family, designed to remain compact and power-efficient while improving thermal management and scalability. The new range introduces the Beelink ME S, ME X, and ME Max, alongside an upgraded ME Mini Pro that refines the original platform. These systems increase NVMe capacity, introduce 3.5-inch SATA support, and feature a wider range of Intel and AMD processors.

Beelink’s roadmap spans the next 12 months, with initial launches planned for late Q4 2025 and early Q1 2026. It is clear that the company has not been idle since the success of the first ME Mini. The DIY NAS market is growing rapidly, with many users seeking OS-free prebuilt systems that balance simplicity and performance. Since Beelink Mini PCs are already popular among Proxmox and self-hosting enthusiasts, this transition into storage-focused systems could be exactly what those users have been waiting for.

Important 1: Beelink did not fund or sponsor my visit to their headquarters. They did not pay for travel or accommodation, and they have no editorial control over this article or its accompanying video.

Hardware Specifications of the Beelink ME Mini Pro, ME S, ME X and ME Max

The following information is based on a two-hour meeting with Beelink’s founder, product manager, and several engineers at the Shenzhen office, supported by translators. Notes were cross-checked against early prototype visuals and chassis designs. Some translation inaccuracies may exist, but the core technical details are accurate. It is especially notable how much performance Beelink has achieved from Intel’s N150 (Twin Lake) platform and the planned AMD FP8-series processors.

Details about the 2-bay and 4-bay systems were drawn from early 3D models and mock-up shells shared during the meeting.

Important 2: These specifications refer to devices still in development and undergoing testing, so some aspects may change before launch.

Beelink ME Mini Gen 2

  • 6x M.2 NVMe SSD slots (Gen 3×1, 2280 length)

  • Intel N150 CPU (4 cores, 4 threads, x86 architecture)

  • DDR5 SODIMM memory slots (upgrade from fixed on-board memory)

  • Enhanced heat pipe cooling system

  • USB Type-A and Type-C ports (10 Gb/s)

  • Dual 5 GbE network ports (upgrade from dual 2.5 GbE)

  • Internal PSU retained

  • TDP increased from 15 W to 25 W

  • eMMC storage removed due to minimal user adoption

Beelink ME Mini 9 Bay Upgrade

  • 9x M.2 NVMe SSD slots (speed TBC, likely Gen 3×1, though bandwidth may be tight on the N150)

  • Choice of Intel N150 or AMD FP8-series CPU

  • DDR5 SODIMM memory slots

  • New 120 W PSU, relocated horizontally (replacing the vertical design in the original ME Mini)

  • Denser central heat sink assembly (possible translation ambiguity here)

  • 10 GbE and 2.5 GbE connectivity (notable if achieved alongside nine SSDs on this platform) – TBC

Beelink ME Pro

  • Desktop form factor with 2 or 4 x 3.5-inch SATA bays

  • Intel N-series CPU

  • DDR5 SODIMM memory slots

  • 2–4 x M.2 NVMe 2280 SSD slots (likely CPU-dependent)

  • 10 GbE and 2.5 GbE network ports

  • Removable base tray for simplified drive access and maintenance

  • Compact metal external chassis

Beelink ME Pro S

  • Desktop form factor with 2 or 4 x 3.5-inch SATA bays

  • Intel 12th/13th/14th/15th Gen CPU

  • DDR5 SODIMM memory slots

  • 2–4 x M.2 NVMe 2280 SSD slots (likely CPU-dependent)

  • 10 GbE and 2.5 GbE network ports

  • Removable base tray for simplified drive access and maintenance

  • Compact metal external chassis

Beelink ME Pro X

  • Desktop form factor with 2 or 4 x 3.5-inch SATA bays

  • Intel N150 or AMD FP8-series CPU

  • DDR5 SODIMM memory slots

  • 2–4 x M.2 NVMe 2280 SSD slots (likely CPU-dependent)

  • 10 GbE and 2.5 GbE network ports

  • Removable base tray for simplified drive access and maintenance

  • Compact metal external chassis

Beelink ME Max (AI-Ready NAS)

  • AMD Ryzen  AI Max 395 CPU

  • Storage configuration, network layout, and full specifications still TBC

Will the New Beelink ME Mini Pro, ME S, ME X or ME Max Include Turnkey NAS Software?

This remains unconfirmed. The current ME Mini includes Ubuntu installed on a small eMMC partition, but this will be removed in the new systems. Beelink is evaluating integration of Feiniu/fnOS, a semi-open-source NAS operating system from China, though this would likely only be pre-installed on configurations that ship with drives. Users would still have the freedom to install TrueNAS, Unraid, ZimaOS, or OpenMediaVault. The software decision is not finalized yet.

Why You Should Care About the Beelink ME Mini Pro, ME S, ME X and ME Max

Beelink surprised the NAS industry in early 2025 with the ME Mini, which outperformed other compact NVMe NAS units despite being their first attempt at this market. It was roughly 60 percent cheaper than the Asustor Flashstor 6, offered more storage bays and lower temperatures than the GMKtec G9 NucBox, and provided stronger base specifications than the Terramaster D8, all while undercutting UGREEN’s offerings. While Beelink is not yet in the same league as Synology or QNAP, their rapid iteration and innovative hardware design suggest they could become a key player in compact flash-based storage solutions through 2026.

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      239 thoughts on “Beelink ME Mini Pro, ME S, ME X and ME Max NAS Series for 2026”

      4. Very cool video I was waiting for. I really hope to see the Beelink ME Mini 9 Bay with something beefier than the Intel N150 and PCIe Gen 3×1.
        Let’s hope they go with a modern 2025 AMD FP8-series CPU (like the recent Ryzen Z2 Go). Must be completly quiet of course 😀
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      5. Ok, I’m sold. I was just about to hit the buy on the ME Mini, but I might wait a little. My 2 x Synology NAS boxes are chugging away nicely, as is my TrueNAS PC built from cannibalised parts.

        Technically, I don’t neeeed another NAS… ????
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      6. Given the issues I had with my beelink me mini randomly dropping access to nvme drives across multiple os installs and configurations, I would be very unlikely to purchase another beelink product.
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      9. Are we not a bit worried that Chinese NAS manufactures are going absolutely ham on the DIY market in effort to capture market share? And by extension flood the market with cheap options? I’m not saying it is a bad thing but it could be an issue on a macro level. I guess in the meantime we benefit, but the sugar rush will finally come and there will be a proverbial crash. (Cue chicken little the sky is falling retorts)
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      16. Great to see a new innovation in NAS.. I’ve got an ME Mini but I’m concerned by info regarding the PSU struggling to support 6 drive configurations… clever doesn’t beat stable though… ????
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      18. As someone who’s been waiting a few weeks for my 16Gb Me model to arrive, my first thought was, do I cancel and wait the next one?

        Don’t think it would be worth cancelling for the updated version of the current model in reality, but that 9-bay version might prove interesting, though pretty expensive in terms of the NVMe drives themselves, in addition to the undoubted price rise for the hardware itself.
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      19. when you talk to Beelink, Minisforum, and any other mini pc builder. Plz make them add external antenna connector for whole house bluetooth coverage through walls. I bought a Minisforum um890 pro. Where I had to 3d print a new lid with housing for external antenna connector. For me quite useless without. no one can be unhappy with the fact that there are antennas sticking out, and the extra price is insignificant
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      24. Да, классные мини пк. Сам такие покупаю и использую для разных задач. Автор, спасибо за видео, вас приятно смотреть.
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      25. I’ll wait for M2 NAS with PCIe 5.0, ECC RAM, 25 Gbe SFP28 GBIC NIC, and 12 M.2 slots for RAIDZ3 9.3 efficiency. Even one 5.0 lane per M.2 slot should saturate 25 Gbe NIC.
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      27. Not that other’s negative experiences with Beelink are invalid, but my experience with them, ordering directly from them for both a ME Mini and an EQR6 has been positive. That said, with any luck, Beelink will abandon the OS on EMMC route as well as make a DC power supply that can be retrofitted at least. This would enable mobile and/or off grid operation without an inverter and associated losses.
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      28. I was expecting the ME Mini Gen2 to also upgrade the 5 NVMe Genx1 slots to Genx2. You haven’t reported it, does it mean they’re going to still be Genx1? If so, I don’t think the upgrade to 5Gbps Lan sockets is worth upgrading from the current ME Mini… hell, I don’t even think it will make any difference when the current bottleneck is the NVMe slots throughput. If confirmed, I’m happy I bought the current ME Mini, wouldn’t have been nice to have an upgraded version just after a few months. ????
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      31. My goodness they just dont get it! We need a STRONG INTEL CPU. Intel is the only option for decent transcoding at the moment. N150 just DOESNT CUT IT for the PCIE lanes! Why are they insisting on it? And when they say they are considering an alternative they are looking at AMD!

        A strong Intel CPU is something necessary!!

        Imagine a Beelink Mini with 13-1220p or i5 and 32GB AM? It would be a monster NAS!
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      32. This is a game changer! I was contemplating picking up the current gen Me Mini, but knowing what is in the pipeline I think I’ll hold out until the 5GB networking model arrives. Kudos on the great information.
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      35. it’s nice to see a company treating nvme as a compact and quiet option, rather than racing to see who can use the most electricity in an always-on device. That 9-bay version might be my next NAS. I’m less enthusiastic about the AI PRO MAX +++ version, almost certainly better to have one of their GTR machines sleeping next to a more efficient NAS
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      38. I’m very interested in that little 2-bay. I hope, they integrate 2x 2.5G NICs as well as replaceable RAM. I didn’t buy the UGreen 2-bay, because it only has 1 NIC. I don’t exactly “need” 2, but i want 2, so i can bond them together (RR mode).
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      41. I won’t be buying anymore Beelink products, my ME Mini has been a disaster, and their returns policy is pretty naff [they require you have a paypal account].
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      42. I think the GL iNet is missing the boat for some of us by not putting an NVME slot in their travel routers. They have DLNA capabilities so an internal drive slot would seem to be a natural. As for the new batch of NAS’s, I just bought the Terramaster 425+ because I got tired waiting for Synology ( ok, actually I was bored and wanted something new to tinker with). I really liked the 3 NVME slots and 4 HDD bays; it’s the perfect mix for some of us. And, the ability to run Unraid on it if we choose. TOS 6 looked pretty although I haven’t explored it much yet. But TOS 7 previews make me think that Synology needs to be looking over their shoulders.
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      44. No mention of full ECC compliance?

        With the amount of storage devices pluggable into these proposed machines and the PCIE/NVME throughput I would expect them to come out of the box with full ECC, but I heard no mention of that which seems to be a trend with these mini-pc-come-NAS boxes – they cram in as much storage devices as possible but neglect any data integrity checks by skipping ECC entirely – I do not count DDR5 on-die ECC as ECC as it is only internal to the memory sticks themselves and not the full data chain you get with full ECC.
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      45. Ordered the 425 plus over 7 days ago and am being told they got too many orders. If it was back ordered they should have listed this on the website. I paid and now have to wait? They have my money and are not shipping. This is bad business.
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      47. What I not understand is, why this little box is called a NAS solution ? For me it is a pretty good mini pc, because what is missing is a preinstalled NAS software or is Window 11 pro now a NAS software ?
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      49. I can thoroughly recommend Proxmox on this too for those embarking on their homelabbing journey whilst also needing a NAS. I’ve a bunch of LXC’s running and it is absolutely amazing for what it is.
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      52. So can it support Raid? Which levels? Can you bond the 2 2.5 GB Ethernet ports to get a 5Gbps trunk? Can you saturate the 2.5 Gbps connection? Could I use it as a time Machine backup solution for a handful of Apple devices for the family?
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      55. Dropped in 4x WD Blue NVME drives along with the bundled 2GB WD. When I started to copy data from my old school HDD NAS, the ME was CONSTANTLY throwing drives offline. The power supply is simply not sufficient for the purpose. The heat when copying data is also off the charts. Sure, if you have all your data on board and don’t do massive transfers, it’s likely fine, but onboarding data was a disaster. I would have greatly preferred an external brick. I ended up returning, and used a Minisforum MS-A2 I had bought previously with a cheap PCIe NVME card and it is far more stable. Running TrueNAS Scale.
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      56. It would be interesting for you to have two of these units. One of them being populated with files and the other being new. Test out what the process is to switch over the drives to make sure they still work on the new machine. I know there should not be any issue but the questions are still in the back of my mind. Thanks………
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      57. Finally got my hands on this. Crazy discount on top of base price (10%), ordered directly from their website. Got delivered within 2 weeks. Installed TrueNas on this, and now retiring my expensive QNAP NAS as daily server (DNS, Homeassistant, Vaultwarden etc) loving this little guy.
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      58. I don’t get why an internal PSU is supposed to be a good thing? :S If I had the choice between a generic power brick or a proprietary PSU for a brand X device I would take the generic power brick every time because in 5-10 years time when the PSU dies I will be able to source a replacement brick with ease whereas the random company probably won’t even exist anymore and on the off chance they do they probably won’t be making replacement proprietary PSUs for 5-10 year old devices.
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      59. I ordered one of these but haven’t received it yet. I’m going with 4x 4TB NVMEs in a Raid 5 (RAIDZ1?) configuration. I’m a low-demand user. I want this unit to store all of my photos, PLEX streaming and something like Photo Prism or Immich. At the moment I’m looking at installing TrueNAS. I’m less concerned about the limited speeds from GEN3x1 as my home network will probably be a limiting factor anyway. I’ll be curious to see if the 3D printing crowd comes up with a new case that can maybe put an intake fan at the bottom of the case. Thanks for the vid.
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      61. Looks interesting. I’m still using a Synology DS212j that I bought in 2012 and looking at some of these more up-to–date systems, even the cheaper ones beat my old Synology hands down. I think the one I have has 512MB of onboard memory! I have avoided SSD solutions because I didn’t think they were suitable for NAS storage, but this one looks like something that would suit my modest needs, and would definitely be an upgrade to my Synology.
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      62. Gonna be honest, the whole “THIS is for multimedia, THIS is for low level backups” completely lost me. NVME drives are far too overkill for both of those applications, and far too pricey for that matter. On the other side, when you said this isn’t for content creation I was puzzled. This seems great for say a content creator that wants fast storage, potentially on the same desk as their PC without relying on a main HDD array. They can defer to this NAS and use those NVME drives for faster editing and then say upload the final result to the main array.
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      66. Got mine running the full 24TB. It’s an absolute gem.
        What I really want now is to grab a couple more (preferably in the other colours) to use as backups that can be located at family homes and double up as Tailscale exit nodes, so I don’t have to pay for VPN
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      70. I’ve got mine two days ago.
        Looks great, but cooling sucks: without the top cover, it’s 40C on the chip and disks. With the case in place it gets over 50C in an hour. I bet the hot air just can’t escape and moves back to the fan to be recycled forever… Instead of cooling the drives it toasts them 🙁
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      72. This thing would be a perfect TrueNAS storage device for my Blue Iris long-term storage, as an offload for my DVR server. I can start with 3 SSD/drive RAID5 and expand it when needed and as SSD prices fall. Low power is key and it has plenty of thru-put for my needs (knowing the 2.5G ethernet ports are the real limiters).
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      73. Beelink are appalling. Zero customer service, 1 year warranty, then when it breaks, nobody will help, or you have to pay for them to repair it. Can’t see their NAS units being any better.
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      77. Looking at the or an R1 with same cpu. Mainly for Plex, data back up, maybe something like Immic and maybe throw a pihole on it, what you recommend?
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      81. I ordered mine a couple of days ago; the only price-competive one was the GMK, but the cuteness factor did it for me. No, of course I don’t need it, but all my Barbies are in storage, and as an elderly spinster lady, I need something tiny and cute to play with. I thought I might set up a minuscule network, maybe host my own website, give the cousins a place to store family pictures, stuff like that, just to see how networks work. Considering that my other accession obsession is Le Creuset, this is way more economical.
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      82. I recently purchase this as a home media server and the temps at first were a little concerning but after a week of use it runs exceptionaly cool not only is the bottom only slightly warmer then room temp “i’d guess like 25-29 c and cpu temps at 42 and peaks at 60 c.
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      85. I’ve been waiting forever for the white version to be restocked, but sadly, it hasn’t happened yet. I don’t see the beef with the cooling. You’ve got to remember the operating temperatures for these SSDs are as high as 70 °C. In the worst-case scenario, it didn’t come close. They’ve figured out the cooling for this device, quietly at that. Masterful job by Beelink this time around.
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      88. They hit a homerun with this thing. Watch 30 manufacturers copy this and try to make it better. This is my 3rd review I’ve watched and I’m really impressed. It is basically what I was designing in my head the last couple months.
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      89. About the cooling, ive got these copper pads from the A-store. Right now ive just taped then on testing if they will fitt under the lid. Beelink has probably thought of because there are like grooves in the lid.
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      91. Hi!
        I’m planning to use six Gen4 NVMe 4TB SSDs with this product.(SN850X)
        Do you think there could be any thermal issues in such a setup?
        (Gen3 was excluded due to the lack of affordable 4TB TLC options.)
        Thanks!
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      92. Not having 10GBE is the only reason I haven’t already purchased. If someone would throw this in a 1u case and include and SFP+ port or two, I’d buy it yesterday.
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      94. If there’s anywhere to siphon a bit of power, 3D-print a new shell for it, stick a 120mm fan on top, and in the bottom, and don’t fight thermal lift, by pushing against it. Suck air in in the bottom, and push it out of the top. With the 120mm fans, you can get flow across the outside of double-layered SSD’s. You may have to limit flow around the sides a bit, to ensure enough flow though the middle.
        Regarding the 10Gb/s network: The additional space, could also allow for using one of the M.2 slots to add a 10Gb/s port. I don’t know if there’s any M.2 conversion-boards that does that directly, so it may take up a fair bit of space.
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      99. One purist concern I have about the top cooling intake isn’t a great idea – it goes against physics. You could flip the fan, but then you’ll get negative pressure inside the case, which isn’t great, or you could put tall robber feet on the top and flip the whole thing upside down but it will look a bit stupid…
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      100. Since few days i name 2 device my own too, and i can only understroke, what´s said here, or Michael K. said.
        Final Specs./Datas are not all, maybe some ppl. would say… naa…
        But dont forget, 209 nickers for a device, which is at all “round” (Ausgeglichen)… perfect.
        I love this device too
        And, for me the biggest point is: You can install truenas on the emmc, without any problems; same with Win 10 , and in case u need the drivers…
        I searched on the website, dind´t foud them, so i wrote to the support, and got during 24 H a link (at “Mega”), wher i could download a 1 GB file, with all needed drivers -perfect

        I order at beelink directly, causa amazon was out of stock, same with the stock in Germany (Europa), which would save “Tax”; cause orders from China to Europa (Austria) is only Tax free till 150€. So i was a bit worried about this
        My recommandations: Write to the support; find a solution – there is a way;
        Cause Tax raise the price enormly (In Austria).

        One device is allready used (sleeping room) as “Homeserver”/MediaServer, means friends could upload their fotos and all this stuff, without getting on my real (Synology/UGreen-Devices) Nas, and i could watch my films over Jellyfin
        Btw., U can use CasaOS, ZimaOS, the one OS, which is not made for this device, but all love… , Same with OpenMediaVault, or TrueNas – no problem at all
        The 2nd device i run as “Desktop” for daily use
        In my experince, under Win 10 i get 55 degease, and under Win 11 i get 65 degrease (HWInfo), under Linux Mint round about 50-55

        Copy Files inside the device is really fast, but copy files to a USB-HD (small files/big files) isn´t that funny cause mostly i get a speed between 14 and 28… something like this
        But i had this on other devices too (2,5 External Western HD)

        For 209 nickers, and later on the “NVMEs” u will buy… u can´t made anything wrong.
        In case u don´t have this Tax-issu, i would recomand the 2TB Version, cause it´s a good price too

        Disclaimer: I am not related to beelink; i am just a customer, which buy devices for him own; Sometimes with good experinces, like this device, sometimes with non good ones… we all know the baking break from few months before.

        And for me, for this moment, it´s one of this devices which is really close to a “perfect”
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      103. I’ve ordered one of these, but I’m now seeing reports of the CPU being throttled by as much as 30%! I’m considering cancelling, as it’s not the most powerful CPU to start with (and I want to use it for multiple Plex streams)
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      104. Hello, what benefits could I get by installing truenas on ssd? in addition to the longevity of the system disk used…greater stability? (since the os does not like the emmc), more speed in running docker?
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      105. This has a design flaw – when you tighten the screws which hold the ssd (moderate tightness), the ssd bends outward and you get an air gap between the chips and the heatsink, Needs a mod, a retaining bar mid length of the 2280 to keep them chips against the pads
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      109. I wonder if someone already tried to replace the WiFi module with an M.2 to SATA converter? Maybe it could easily handle another 1x NVME or 2x 6Gbps SATA drives in that slot, so I can recycle my old SATA SSDs and print a new case.
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      110. This is exactly what I want as a small home based backup and perrsonal cloud running nextcloud, some imich, maybe a couple of other DNS and VPN tools, as an extra node on my proxmox DC, this is perfect for me, I dont need massive amounts of storage or power, but I want to be able to deploy proxmox and then some tools, and the facyt that It runs quite and cool I can have it in the living room, it wont offend the wife, but it looks important enough for no one to randomly unplug it. Love it and at £160 its pretty good value
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      112. The only downside to this device is the internal power supply. I would have preferred it to support external power via USB-C. If the internal PSU fails, the entire device becomes unusable, whereas an external power supply can be easily replaced if it stops working.
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      114. But. Are there non prosumers that can handle TrueNAS? I doubt it. I agree is lovely, yet the bandwidth limitations is a no-go for editing either, so who and what’s this for?
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      115. This seems the natural evolution of the cwwk P5/P6 with 4xNVME and the Aoostar R1 2xHDD. Thats a great target to hit. The N100 (lack of) pcie lanes will always limit a device’s raw through-put but this seems excellent. Populating the drive bays will feel expensive though especially as you only get 1 lane of speed but have to pay for 4.
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      116. Over $1K for this system? NO WAY! These n100 systems could be bought for $115 a couple years ago (sometimes even as low as $83). The N150 is literally 3% jump in performance. This system should be under $200 at least. It’s all about perspective.
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      118. Problem with sad is long term storage without power for too long. Now, if this is frequently used, that’s perfect because of speed and connect it to another HDD NAS then you have a wonderful backup system
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      122. 3 cons would be the price, the fact that you can’t use a DC UPS because it has the PSU built in, and the fact that it doesn’t support raid. It might be possible to support raid with modifications, but raid isn’t mentioned in the specifications.
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      125. 12:05 That doesn’t sound like fan noise, it sounds like just wind. Q. Is it safe to assume that the fan is variable speed? I have an older Synology NAS that I use for storage and backups, transferring projects to as they are finished. I love it, but it’s old, 4x 16TB drives (old 3.5” spinning media), I’ve lost a drive, and lost nothing, everything still worked while the new drive was in shipping, and the rebuild was very easy. This would be perfect!
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      128. This begs for a 3d printed case upgrade that would solve the thermal issues. Even A1 Mini would be able to print the case considering the size.
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      131. With the price of 4tb NVMEs dropping (remember when the 2tb Samsung PRO was 1200 US?), things like this are becoming viable. Maybe I missed it, but is that fan on top in push or pull? Guessing pull, venting out the top. I would have liked a good pix of the bottom. With the motherboard down there I am wondering if there is any intake down there or if it is just those slots near the bottom of the sides.
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      132. Well, mine’s on its way. Only got blue ones left with no SSD as of 8th June, but that’s fine as I have my own SSDs. Looking forward to it arriving.
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      147. Can you do the review if it does work well for you too. Even if just a short update. Seems really intetesting, i dont consider myself a hardcore prosumer .
        Will look up the written review
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      148. While this is cool I wanna see a bad that uses a high pcie lane count cpu with a pcie switch to optimize things so all bays a have full lane connection abilities even if through a switch. If it is going to be recycled hardware from places like Ali express which I full support harvesting industrial mobile CPUs to make something like the one in this video but with 40 plus native pcie lanes with a pcie switch and bifurcation to achieve 4 lanes per slot. At least on a nano nas if bigger add a 2.5.
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      156. I ordered one about week ago and can’t wait to get my hands on it.. I’ll proxmox and trunenas scale as main container and try to play around building a proxmox cluster.
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      159. All mini PCs or NAS builds are crippled in a way. Want we need would be small form factor 64gb RAM 8 core, 6 * m2, 1 1* usb-c, 1*10gbit with the system be POE. around 7W on idle. That would be the dream NAS
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      166. Very reminiscent of Apple’s later Time Capsule Extreme (yes those also work as a NAS), where the disk sits inside a massive cooling block
        Or the 2013 MacBin Pro, with it’s giant triangular heat sink
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      167. Aweome, mine i arriving Wednesday! I was searching for some mini pc to play around with atleast 2 nvme slots and there was not much of the choice, especially in the 200$ price point, and then baaam, 6 nvme in mini pc for that price. Even without treating it as a NAS but as small media server/stream box/proxmox … damn, it’s well more worth than those raspberry boxes o.O
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      169. Great video, was waiting for your insightful thoughts on this new product. As mentioned in the comments Raid Owl also did a review of this and then proceeded to turn it into some kind of experimental mutant NAS! https://youtu.be/B0kuoaHUNpU?si=o-jPoWB1TSJJs-xF
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      170. YES! Been excited to see your video for this Beelink NAS since i saw it released – needed your confirmation before looking at investing in this as like you said, a local media server and lightweight data backup with a few docker containers for Recipe Management and other lightweight self-hosted services. Thank you!
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      172. Sadly, you can’t even pre-order one with a US power adapter. I love my Beelink mini-PC, guess I’ll have to wait and pay full price when they come out.
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      175. This is an interesting device, but the market seems really small for it. It’s a NVME NAS with poor performance, so the worst of all worlds – low storage capacity and high price. The only upsides seem to be its form factor and sleek looks.
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      179. Changes I would make : 1) add a fan at the bottom to improve cooling; 2) drop one of the the gen3x1 NVMe drives and use the extra PCIe lane to provide 10GbE + 2.5GbE (probably ACQ113 + Intel I226-V) network ports ; 3) replace the soldered LPDDR5 by a SODIMM stick (more RAM, more flexibility); 4) either drop the eMMC or offer it as a replaceable module. In general, soldering RAM and (especially) eMMC may save some cost and power, but then this device might end up as e-waste prematurely if they fail.
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      182. Very interesting.

        Two issues I have with it are the 12GB RAM that is not upgradable, and how it will perform with operations such as resilvering a RAID (that may require continuous read and writes for a couple of days).

        Also, external temperatures of around 50C may be uncomfortable to be holding in your hand for prolonged periods of time.

        Aside from those caveats, it does sound like a good price-performance ration for what it does.
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      183. I would replace the wifi card in this mini-NAS by an M,2 A+E-key to M-key adapter board, then add a 2230 NVMe boot drive for the NAS OS. Looks like there’s room for the adapter,r and 1 TB 2230 stick are plentiful now. I did this with an AOOSTAR R7 5825U dual-bay PC – it now has 3 NVMe drives and 2 spinning rust hard drives. Runs great.
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      184. It seems to me cooling could be so much better. It would be so simple to just have feet that are half an inch or so tall and then slap a 120mm fan on bottom and another on top. This is such an easy solution.
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      185. Well, we now know where the designers of the Mac Pro “Trashcan” went to work … LOL … but seriously, a brilliant piece of tech with such a minimalist aesthetic.
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      191. Looks very interesting. The fan “grill” on top looks very restrictive, a more open proper grill would help air flow and more open lower outlets would also help, I originally thought it extracted from the top which feels more normal, it explains the hot spots at the bottom though.
        The Mk2 with 10Gb and better air flow will be brilliant, would have been happy to have dropped the Wireless for a USB 4 port for external drive expansion (8 bay Sata drive expansion pack in same format?)
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      192. The only issue I see with this is it isn’t a Prosumer device …but has no OS ….what might be a great idea is if they did a deal with say Ugreen or TerraMaster and shipped it with a simple OS to suit consumer use …then it would be BeeLink killing the BeeStation ……..its so cheap it makes no sense not to get one to fiddle with.
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      197. Built the first one; your video is like the reminder to buy the second one. As far as performance as tested so far; haven’t bonded the two 2.5g ports as it won’t make a difference in MY NETWORK; but seeing 240 to 260 MB /sec depending upon the size of the files transferred. Your mileage may vary, a lot, depending upon the size of files being transferred; and this is on a 2.5 Gbe network. Not everyone has 10Gbe in their home network; many are using just wifi, Gbe, or 2.5 Gbe, so this is the sort of speeds to expect over 2.5 Gbe..
        Considering the price of 4 TB NVME drives, new owners should consider whether they want to either populate the NAS with 2 TB sticks, or pony up for 4 TB sticks, or go with a second unit using 2 TB NVME drives.
        The cheapest NVME drives I probably would not go with; so a pair of decent quality NVME drives will set one back about $450 today; so 6 would be pushing nearly $1400 to fully populate 6 slots. In truth, it’s far cheaper to buy spinning hard disks and get a ton of storage; but in the end, you do end up with spinning disks, which add their own noise to the environment, heat, and well, power draw.

        My second unit will be populated with, initially at least, 2TB sticks; so still a sizable storage device in a very compact, quiet package..
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      200. Now this makes my GMKTec G9 look bad… They should sell the non populated version in Europe (Amazon etc.) though. Otherwise the 200$ price point is unattainable.
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      201. 2:53 I don’t normally want to be that guy, but your preemptive correction makes me feel like I’m missing out on an opportunity here… lol thanks for the review!
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      203. Check out RaidOwl’s review. Apparently TWO of the nvme slots are x2. So he fitted both a 10GbE nic and a nvme to six sata adapter and put it all in a 3d-printed chassis… N150 with 4 nvme ssds, 6 sata ssds, 2x 2.5GbE and 10GbE… I SO need a couple of those????????
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      204. I’m looking for a portable/travel NAS. Seems a good fit, but still have nostalgia for the 2.5″ hard drive format over the too plasticky SATA SSD’s.

        Seagate 2Tb drives can be had for about £62 each, with NVMe drives at about £90-£100 on Amazon currently. Maybe could partially populate with NVMe drives and add a couple of the 2.5″ in an external case to satisfy my nostalgia ????

        Had an N150 based ZimaBlade 2 come out already, might have been another consideration.
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      207. It’s a shame that Truenas removed all the Wifi drivers from the kernel. In the 3-2-1 backup scheme it’s perfect for the third backup somewhere in the house.
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      208. Based on this review, which is super enthusiastic, I have placed an order for one of these. Up until now, I have been using a Synology two bay NAS, but wanted to expand a little, so now I need some advice as to which operating system I should use when it arrives. Ideas please?
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      209. Hey NASCompares, excellent video! Definitely an awesome little device that would make a great silent home NAS!

        I saw their product page listed support for up to 4TB drives, but I’m wondering if 8TB drives might work? I tried emailing Bee-Link support, but they aren’t of any help. I’m thinking of chucking in a couple 8TB drives in there for more capacity. Do you think you could possibly test that out if you have some drives available?

        Was also wondering if you think it might be possible to install a small 2230 nvme SSD in the WiFI card’s location using an adapter? Could use this drive as the OS drive since most of us probably wont be using WiFi on this device.

        Thanks!
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      210. It is a gorgeous design, but why would you put six expensive SSDs in such a bottlenecked box? If you need this kind of capacity, but are satisfied with such pedestrian performance, spinney disks will be much more cost effective. If they made something just like this, but with 10GB ethernet, Gen4 or Gen5 NVME, maybe a Thunderbolt 5 for the Mac mini crowd, a higher end (preferably AMD) processor, even if the price had to be a lot higher and the size a little bigger, they’d have a real winner!
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      213. I wish the RAM wasn’t soldered… 12GB is just too little for ZFS. The Intel spec sheet for N150 lists maximum RAM at 16 GB, but many people have confirmed it working at 64 GB.
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      215. Interesting nice little device! ????
        For the cooling it seems pretty simple to upgrade with (maybe a larger fan) a modified 3D printed case (PETG or ASA). In general I would assume instead if pushing the air from the top to the botton just flipping the fan might already work so the air is sucked in at the bottom.
        So a fan mod by someone who is able to sketch a model together and drop the files on the well known platforms is quite realistic.

        As example: I”ve just upgraded my AceMagic F3A with an alternative mounting at the top to be able to use a 80x80x11.8 mm low profile fan (the 12V fan runs with 5V which is provided by fan connector) instead of the default 40x40x10mm (5V) fan. There are a few minor optimisations I’m going to add in the next couple of weeks (I’m really busy with other stuff so it takes me a while). I’m also planning to include an 80x80x15mm fan mod version. The current design already works great but there are a few minor corrections I have to apply (I’m a little “Monk” …).
        The 3d model will be available for free later on …after the fine tuning (most likely Makerworld / Printables).
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      217. If only BeeLink would do a ME Mini Plus: 16GB RAM, one 10 GbE onboard, six x1’s, and 64GB or 128GB eMMC. They could still use the N150 or could upgrade it to an N3xx or something.
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      219. A bought a Beelink mini PC once and it quickly overheated. Now I wouldn’t touch Beelink with a bargepole. The mini NAS you are reviewing looks like it may also overheat. Time will tell. I will be looking out for overheating reviews. I hope I am wrong.
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      220. Odd – I’m finding it online with the N200, not the N150.
        And cheaper (but that’s because I’m in Hong Kong so have no VAT and can use taobao).
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      221. Am I the only one who sees the internal power supply as a bad thing? I wish it was PD powered so that almost any powerbank could be use with it for backup power.
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      222. Translated with Google Translate, due to my poor English…: I have a question: what type of SSD would you put in here? PCIE 3.0 or 4.0? Any specific recommendations, please? Thanks for sharing! Greetings from BCN, Spain! And I recently subscribed to this channel, which has been so interesting to me!
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      223. Forget 2 2.5GBE. 10G wired. I don’t buy any of these kinds of devices anymore that don’t have 10GBE. The rest of the specs look nice. 64 is a bit skimpy. Would have preferred 128. Nice there is no brick. Nice power consumption. Nice size.
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      225. What about swapping those SSDs for a single ASM1166 and modifying the case so you can attach 6x 3.5″ HDD with a separate external PSU? Then, instead 0f 6x 8 TB @ RAID 5 to give 40TB you get 6x 20TB giving a 100TB RAID 5 array for the same price.
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      233. so much better than that (was it) GMKTEK one that was a furnace… this one looks good, sounds “good” (noise wise) and performs good (even though people whine about pci-e names to the nvme’s while their network is limited to 250MB/s anyways)
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      238. as soon as i could get some i did, most excellent box for remote backup options. use proxmox, plex lxc and rsysnc, with 4tb nvmes with vpn to have remote off site backups at others homes. and they don’t even know they are there. almost no power and no fan noise!! I did change the fan config, to go wide open sooner (during backups) then fall back to silent!
        great REVIEW!!!
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