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What is it?TheBeelink GT-Ris a powerful Ryzen mini workstationPCwith one unique feature, an embedded fingerprint reader.
What makes it special and why should I buy it?There’s more to the eye than just that biometric feature; for a very reasonable outlay you get a compelling, fully loaded powerful workstation PC that can drive four4Kmonitors. (If you’ve found something similar and cheaper, let us knowvia Twitter!)
How much does it cost?TheBeelink GT-R is available from Banggood for $599.99(about £455/AU$790) until January 15 2021 using the code BGdec17 at checkout for the CN and HK warehouses. That’s an extra $20 off the current sale price of $619.99. Overall, you get more than 36% off its suggested retail price.
Beelink GT-R mini workstation PC:$949.99$599.99 at BanggoodSave $350using the code BGdec17 at checkout for the CN and HK warehouses. The Beelink GT-R is a capable AMD Ryzen workhorse that delivers oodles of value for not a lot of dosh. Hurry up! This offer ends onJanuary 15.
What else should we know?At its heart is a Ryzen 5 3550H, a quad-core CPU with eight threads and a Radeon Vega 8 graphics. There’s also 16GB of RAM (in dual channel configuration), a 512GB SSD, a 1TB hard drive, Wi-Fi 5 and a plethora of ports. We counted 14 ports, half of them USB ones. The fingerprint reader is located on the top of the device and there’s even a pair of microphones and a clear CMOS button in case of emergency.
Any cons?Why the hard drive? We have no clue. We’d prefer to have a 1TB SSD. Also the specs lists Bluetooth 4.2, surely a mistake.
Have you reviewed it?Not yet…
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