PELADN HA-4 Mini PC AMD Ryzen 7840Hs

Quality built mini pc, with decent specifications, i'am using it as a front room media/light gaming pc.

I never thought that gaming on an iGPU would be realistic beyond casual 2D games, but the Radeon 680M is up to the task. As a quick test, I booted up Gears of War 4 as it was the easiest AAA title I could access without a bunch of client installs. I know it isn't a recent title, but I was anxious to try this mini PC out. With the HA-4 having its stock out of the box settings (i.e. 3GB dedicated to graphics memory) and using the Gears' automatic recommended settings (which was a mix of mostly High with some Ultra and Medium settings scattered about at 1920x1080) I booted up a save in the first half of the game and was running in the 45-50FPS range while in combat. I find that simply amazing from a technical standpoint.

Physically, the HA-4 is quite hefty for being so diminutive, but being all metal will have that effect. The RGB lighting is quite nice for what it is as it is well diffused and tastefully implemented. The inclusion of a VESA hangar is a nice touch. WiFi and Bluetooth connected seamlessly and had no issues.

I did have an issue with a Windows Update selection being greyed out within the installed Windows 11 Pro that required me to reset the group policy to allow me to receive updates for other Microsoft products (it's under Advanced Options within the Windows Update settings). It was a simple task, but one that I've never had to do before and found that odd.

The only negative I could possibly say is that the installed cooling fan is quite loud when it gets wound up. Under idle, it is fine, but this is a reasonably powerful CPU and iGPU inside a small, small case. Something has to give and if you can't fit a large heatsink, the only thing left to do is increase the airflow. Under gaming loads it is very noticeable, but I don't really think that is unexpected.

The 680M is the star of the show here and there's really only one iGPU (its successor) that is comparatively better for integrated gaming. If you can deal with or otherwise manage (by relocating the mini PC perhaps) the fan noise, this is a compact and inexpensive means into PC gaming.

We have been replacing our 12 year old desktops (about 40 of them) with these little machines (Peladn WI-6) which is very fast and now these Peladn HO Series machines. The SEI Series comes with an NVME drive which is about 5 times faster read speed than the Beelink U57 which has a regular SSD. The regular SSD is quite fast, but the NVME drives are like lightning! They come with Windows 10 Pro which is a nice bonus for our business needs. We have only had these machines for a month or so, but I'm hoping they will last. We will probably recoup the cost of them in a few months on electricity alone! The seller shipped out right away and I received them in very good condition.

I’m a big Minecraft person who has been living off 8 GB laptops for years now. I turn this thing on, pull my 300+ mod server from my old laptop over, start it up, and it’s running with ease at only 1-2% CPU and 5% RAM usage. I then hop on the server on the same machine, just to see that it can handle the server and client, and even when loading new chunks at massive rates, this thing keeps up without hardly exceeding 5-10% CPU and 10-20% RAM usage. I’ve also tested with other software development tools like Unity and Rider as well as running Ark and I’ve had no lag, no issues, and very low stats the entire time. Bought about a week ago and every test I’ve thrown at it (within reason for a Mini PC) has passed with flying colors. I can’t say anything bad about it except having low storage, which is pretty simple to solve with an additional SSD. Definitely highly recommend giving this thing a try if you’re looking for your first Mini PC.

This mini PC is well made. It can easily be opened to add upgrades. The build construction is excellent and it has a better heatsink than expected. It weights more than my other mini PC, but that's because of the heatsink used etc. Running this under full load is not an issue, and during CPU/GPU benchmarks and stress test I ran, I did not have any overheating problems or excessive thermal throttling. As with all stress test, some thermal throttling will occur due to the design of mini PCs, but this PC is far better than other mini PCs I own.

The iGPU is amazing compared top others I have used. This is more than capable at 1080p for every game I threw at it. I loaded my Steam account and tried Stray, Elden Ring, and Baldurs Gate 3. All ran great with no issues. No this is not going to allow you to play high resolutions at 4k, but for a 1080p game PC this works great.

Overall, this is by far the best mini PC I have tested. If you are looking for a small factor PC that is versatile for everyday usage, casual gaming, and some workstation tasks then this is an excellent choice for the price.