ACEMAGIC S3A Mini PC (AMR5 Mini PC New Upgrade)

I BOUGHT IT BARE BONES DROPPED IN A KING SPEC 1TB SSD AND 32GB DDR5 RIP SAW RAM..

WHAT A BARN BURNER 17SEC BOOTS.

I SPRUNG FOR AN OEM WINDOW 11 PRO TOO WELL WORTH IT.
SIMPLE BIOS TO BOOT FOR WIN 11 USB TILL LOADED

FLAWLESS PARTITION AND INSTALL FASTEST EVER
EVEN THE DOWNLOADS GO IN LIKE LIGHTNING

STILL GIVING IT THE ONCE OVER SO FAR I AM IMPRESSED AND EXCITED

BUT I WANT MORE BAREBONES MACHINES JUST WAITING FOR SOME FRESH INVENTORY...

Wow, this is really a nice and powerful little computer.

The S3A with Ryzen 7 6800H is more than adequate for all of my needs (I'm not a gamer). That said, I do have a few issues. First, the performance knob is not well documented. For example, can I turn the knob while the computer is running? If I do, does anything happen? And I am finding that the three modes do not follow any strict operating functionality. For example, sometimes the "Performance" mode runs at a lower power than the "Auto" mode. And it's not at all clear how the three modes interact with the Windows power mode settings.. This is all very confusing, and the Acemagic documentation provides no help here at all. My second issue is with the internal cooling. The CPU and the NVME SSD tend to run quite hot (depending on the performance mode). A stronger fan or an additional fan might be in order. The last thing... I found the RGB lighting on the unit to be extremely distracting. And it took an enormous effort to find, download and install the software to alter the lighting. And even with this, the lighting settings do not survive a power cycle. Quite annoying.

Easy set up took a little bit to download updates, but not too bad works fantastic

I just replaced an older I7 intel all in one with this mini PC. It was a huge upgrade for me. I drive 2 2k monitors with the USB c port. The performance is awesome. It saves. Lot of space as well.