PELADN WO4 Mini PC Ryzen 7 5700U

This mini PC is great. Now, I'm not a gamer so I can not speak of it on how it handles gaming, but it's great so far as a desktop computer. The boot time is basically instant, no lag. Processing standard apps, web browsing, etc. is great. I like that they integrated a 2.5" drive holder into the cover to be able to add a secondary HDD. Yes, you could add a second m.2 drive if you use a 2.5" m.2 drive carriage to SATA. The other great little feature I've found is that the cover of the PC is held on magnetically. No need to find a screw drive to open it up. The CPU fan is quiet but like any CPU fan, it will speed up when the CPU calls for it but even then, it basically sounds no different than a laptop CPU fan speeding up.

I had a 6-7 year old laptop I was ready to replace. I had a spec list I didn’t want to compromise on and most of the laptops I was finding that met my specs were in the $600 range at best. A friend threw out the idea of a mini pc and I initially ignored it because I didn’t think there were any out there that I’d like.

Little did I know how much the mini pc ecosystem had grown in recent years. I did a lot of research on which one fit my needs and had a good price tag and I landed on this model.

Several things I love about it. 1. This maker does not fill up the pc with bloatware bs and trial software. 2. It is very fast and reliable. 3. It has the ability to expand its storage. I got a board that holds 2 m2 sata drives and mounts in the slot for a 2.5” sata drives and set up a 1 tb raid drive for it (2 1 tb drives).

To have that much functionality in this footprint is pretty awesome. I would absolutely buy this product again and have recommended to several people. This is not a fake/paid review. I bought this product and see it as a tremendous value for the price.

I bought this PC because my work supplied computer is completely inadequate for my job. I needed something inexpensive that could handle multiple 400-600 page pdfs with a ton of mark-ups. My old PC had trouble with 1 pdf. Today I had this PC running 6 of these documents, 4 viewable at the same time. Best day I have had at work in years! My work PC is a Lenovo Tiny, this one feels like half the weight, so very portable.

Gotta give props to the customer service as well. The operating system was home version instead of pro, had the needed file and instructions less then 12 hours later to fix the issue.

Overall I am very happy with my purchase, out of the box!

I bought this because of the dual Ethernet ports, and it seems to always be on sale. After a few weeks of searching, I wasn't able to find another product that offered the same performance for the price point ($269). I have Google Fiber 1 gigabit internet, and my old router wasn't cutting it. I bought this mini-PC for the sole purpose of using it as a home lab and to try my hand at setting up Opnsense. You can boot into BIOS by spamming the DEL key at startup and completely bypassing the Windows setup. I reformatted the NVME immediately for openBSD (Linux) and installed OPNSense in about 15 minutes. Opnsense identified the Ethernet interfaces immediately, and I did not need to install any drivers. After switching my RAX10 Netgear router into AP mode (not bridge mode; I made that mistake and had to reset it), I plugged it into the LAN port, and it worked immediately. I installed Adguard Home for DoH DNS and adblocking. The hardware is probably overkill, but there is a night-and-day difference. Before using this as my router, I got maybe 200 Mbps of download and around 9–30 Mbps of upload over wireless, 500–600 Mbps of download, and 20–30 Mbps of upload over Ethernet. (I have about 10 devices connected to the old router at any given time.) After using this mini PC as my router, I get a consistent 500–900 Mbps over wireless and a 300–900 Mbps upload. Over Ethernet, I've seen a consistent 990 mbps download and 990 mbps upload. My old router was clearly the weak link here. I wouldn't recommend using this mini-PC for a hardware router if your speeds are greater than 1 gig. The 1 gigabit Ethernet port will clearly be a bottleneck. For the price, it beats any netgear wifi router by a mile. Pair it with a TP-LINK Switch, and you have a makeshift home lab that'll run anything you need.

I have been using this machine since October of 2023 for gaming and general Internet access. Performance has been excellent overall, with reliable starts, fast HD access and snappy responses.

There are a couple minor points I had to get used to, such as the location of the power button. Living in an RV, I have to economize space and the computer is mounted near my seat...right where I can tap that button with a clumsy elbow! I have been working on adjusting this and have had good success with both training myself and moving the machine an inch further away.

I also had an issue with the computer end of the power cord bending, but the customer support linked me to a new one and handled the replacement within a day.

My HDMI cord is heavy duty, too, and the weight can pull it from the connection with movement. I am solving this one with a little adhesive-backed Velcro tape! It will have a support on the wall near the computer.

On the plus side, the machine has handled all the games I have tried with good performance results. (I am a casual gamer.) It connects to the Starlink service (or other wifi) quickly and smoothly downloads or streams everything from movies to updates. I just tried Pax Dei's alpha and that was a little choppy, but I have not optimized and I hear they as still tuning their performance. That was the first rough spot I have hit.

Video is flawless for me from Google and streaming services.

I often have Chrome open with many tabs. Like 45-50 of them. Processing shows no slowdown despite that Google memory-hog! Switching tabs is fast and I can simultaneously run other apps, including games.

Overall, this is a great choice for those desiring a compact physical profile while keeping the responsive performance needed for a variety of daily uses. It is not as portable as a laptop, but can be mounted out of the way more easily and is a far more economical option. Eight or so months in, I am very happy with the choice and with the service.