BOSGAME E2 Mini PC Ryzen 5 3550H(Max 3.7GHz) DDR4 Mini Computers, 16GB RAM 512GB NVMe SSD, Dual HDMI, 4 USB Ports, 1 RJ45 Ethernet Ports, Wi-Fi 5, BT5.0

I bought this to replace an aging (and venerable) NUC 7 to run my observatory which requires telescope control, dome rotation, basic/initial data stacking and plate solving. IYKYK. I required this to run on 12V. At least when I bought this, this was not specified to run on 12V on Amazon, though Bosgame's website indicates it runs on 12-20V. For my fellow astronomers out there, this is true. Background: I replaced the 512GB SSD with a 2TB SSD (Silicon Power 2TB NVMe M.2), upgraded to 32GB RAM (Timetec 32GB KIT(2x16GB) DDR4 2400MHz), and replaced the WiFi card with an Intel AX210. None of this was necessary, and this unit was still cheaper than any alternative I found with a processor at this performance level. The Wifi module upgrade was $26 and installed in 4 minutes. The RAM and SSD upgrades were easy for someone who can barely use a screwdriver and knows little about computers. Note: there is only one slot for the SSD. Opening this up showed decent quality control and an easy layout to work with. Power consumption: A stress test with N.I.N.A image capture, PHD2 guiding, Cartes du Ciel, Gemini mount control, ASCOM Hub (for dome control), and, just to make it interesting, SIRIL (astronomy image processing program) stacking 450 subexposures peaked at 37 watts before settling down to 25-26 watts with BIOS settings unchanged from factory settings ("Balanced performance"). Under "normal" conditions, meaning capturing images; controling the dome and mount and cameras; and PHD2 guiding running, this hummed along between 15-21 watts, so less than 2 amps. This is slightly less than my NUC7 with an i5-7260U processor, but this AMD 3550H processor has twice as many cores and threads. The speed improvement over my old processor was significant and immediately noticeable. This will also run laps around Intel N100-N300 processors while allowing for dual-channel RAM. WiFi - Astronomers will know why I automatically upgraded the WiFi module before even turning the computer on. For most users, the standard WiFi module will be more than good enough, but I'm running this 65 feet from my house. The computer is inside a fiberglass observatory. With the upgraded module, download speeds were around 240-260 Mbps in perfect conditions in the observatory with the computer away from the metal telescope pier and without an USB Wifi antenna. With the computer attached to a steel pier, the signal dropped (very expectedly) down to a respectable 35-70 Mbps download (enough for Windows Remote Desktop). As planned, I use this with a relatively cheap TP-Link USB wifi antenna away from the telescope pier. Wifi speeds in this configuration range between 150 to 220 Mbps download. The connection is quite stable and still plenty fast over Windows Remote Desktop. For comparison, inside my house, download speeds were over 600 Mbps, so the physics of walls and distance still apply. In my use so far, I have not had any latency issues controlling this from inside my home (with the computer outside in the observatory) using Windows Remote Desktop in a suburban neighborhood with quite a number of Wifi networks visibile (houses are close together). The connection does not drop. I ran a CrystalDiskMark Read/Write Test with the somewhat generic SSD I bought to replace this was a respectable ~2800MB/s write and a RNK4K speed of ~280MB/s. It is no speed demon, but this was both better than I expected and more than good enough for astronomy. In indoor and outdoor testing, I've only ever heard the fan turn on at initial startup. Even while "stress testing," I never heard the fan turn on during normal use. This thing was cool to the touch indoors and outdoors. I did check temps via HWmonitor a couple of times and never saw temperatures approach 50C. Heavy gamers might have a different experience here. It should be noted that astronomy programs intended to run telescopes and observatories do not tax processors and memory like modern games do, so gamers' mileage may vary. However, image stacking and processing programs can tax processors and memory a little and the fan never turned on and power consumption remained below 40 watts in my limited use. Cons: 1. The plastic quality is somewhat to be desired. I'm nitpicking hard here as that same plastic allows for more effective WiFi range than my NUC had, which was a metal Faraday cage of otherwise beautiful build quality. I'd rate the build quality as good enough, particularly at this price. 2. No SATA expansion slot: Hence the reason why I got a 2TB SSD. I knew this going in, and now you do. I will not take a star off of my rating for this because they do not advertise this as having the capability to add a second SSD/SATA drive. 3. This is advertised as only being able to use 2400Mhz DDR4 memory, but the module inside the unit was 2666Mhz DDR4. I don't know whether this was faster memory operating at 2400Mhz or whether the motherboard/processor can handle faster memory, but I had bought new memory sticks for this computer before I knew I could potentially squeeze out a little more speed with 2666Mhz DDR4. It is difficult to call this a con because I don't know the actual limitations of the computer. For most users, this underpromise and overdelivery might be a good thing. If expecting to upgrade from 16GB RAM immediately, check with BOSGAME first to ensure it can only operate with 2400Mhz. Overall, in the two weeks I've had this, I've been happy with its performance for astronomy. It has significantly better performance than an ASIAir and uses marginally more power than otherwise lower-performing N97, N100-N305 Intel processors. 1-1.5A under normal loads is extremely reasonable either in the field or in an observatory. This thing is a steal thus far.

I have a powerful desktop PC with retroarch that I use to stream more demanding emulation into the TV of my living room for some couch play sessions, but it can be a pain to get it to function correctly all of the time. I'll admit I bought this PC with very low expectations, thinking I may not be able to even properly emulate anything beyond the 4th gen (SNES, Genesis, etc); what I planned for was to leverage vulkan to see how much more I could squeeze out of this device, and I am pleasantly surprised: with the exception of N64 (a notoriously difficult, hardware heavy platform to emulate), I can pull off everything up to the 6th gen (PS2, Gamecube and, more importantly for me, Dreamcast; haven't tested OG Xbox emulation since it's not part of Lakka/Retroarch yet). And honestly, that's where my testing stopped: I am not interested on emulating 7th gen and beyond, so maybe this mini pc can handle even more than what I tried. That said, the Ryzen 5 5500H is still a mobile chip and won't perform any miracles, so for very graphically intensive gaming, pairing it up with a GPU running externally may be the best bet. My overachieving goal for this experiment was to get Saturn emulation working with Virtua Fighter Remix not running at 2 fps; not only did this mini pc managed it, but exceeded it by giving me decent Dreamcast, GameCube and PS2 emulation as well. The only point of contention is that you need to fiddle around in the BIOS to get the iGPU to use vulkan properly and you're unlikely to get as much performance as I did if you run Windows on it. In my case, I used Lakka (lightweight Linux based os for making your own retro consoles) and it was compatible with everything: Bluetooth, Wifi, etc. So keep in mind that some knowledge of Linux and system administration is required (SSH, Samba and general Linux terminal usage). Overall, I'm very satisfied with this purchase and was surprised at the capability of this device for retro emulation. UPDATE 08/04/25: I managed to get N64 emulation working by disabling threaded sync in the retroarch settings, which was messing with it and even other emulators. That said, I couldn't get Mupen64Plus-Next running, only Parallel-N64; that's good enough for me, however. As a bonus, I also tested Wii emulation with Dolphin and seems to work great too, although I did have some black screen flashes that I managed to get rid of by disabling shader compilation before games start and using Async Ubershaders. So all in all, even more impressed with this item after some time; just keep in mind you will have to fiddle around the BIOS settings to enable vulkan/have the igpu working properly and likely need to swap operating systems to squeeze more performance out.

I purchased the AMD Ryzen 5 3550HS model of this product. My wife has an astigmatism and is only able to play older 2d games. I was looking to prepare an emulation machine that allowed her to play all the games of her childhood and others that she missed. I looked at every budget model of mini pc and in the sun $200 range, this provided the best bang for your buck. I purchased at $178 and can run any emulation up to PS2/GameCube/XBox. This has allowed me to box up all of the old machines and consolidate 8+ consoles into one, tiny windows 11 box. This machine will also perform any streaming you may want to do, a Plex server, or any number of Office tasks in word, excel, etc. The Radeon integrated graphics of this computer double or triple the Intel options in this price for similar CPU performance. If you are looking for an emulation platform, a streaming box or a light office processing unit, I would absolutely purchase the Bosgame 2 as the best value sub $200 mini pc.

Using with latest version of Fedora (Linux). Installation went flawless. Performance exceeds my expectations. Has issue not waking from sleep; after some research, it appears this is a driver issue with the newer chipset. Should be fixed soon as driver matures. Same issue on Windows, I've read but cannot confirm.

I've only had this for a day but purchased it to use for my work from home job. Seems powerful enough to handle heavy browser use, some programming, and general multitasking between programs. Boots very quickly, no problems with speed or lagging have come up so far, and the few times that the fans have had to come on, they are relatively quiet. For my first day with it, this seems like a great purchase for the price, and I hope I continue to see this value going forward. I also upgraded the memory, so I'm not sure how the original 16 GB handled, but was very simple to install new memory. One thing to note is that prior to setting it up, I heard online that I should do a clean install of Windows for safety and IT reasons. I did this but unknowingly messed with the graphics drivers. After a few hours of trying to fix it, I determined it would be best to do another install of Windows, and saw that the manufacturer has these files available on their website. Was able to redownload Windows 11 from there, get it reinstalled, and now everything is working fine!

I had my doubts because it's so small, but this little computer is great! My son is a gamer and uses this for all his PC games.

This amd cpu runs excellently as does the graphics. My point of contention is the overheating. I mean over 100 degrees celcius heating. The computer naturally shuts down randomly. I have set it upon a large muffin fan and it cools down into the seventies and eighties, but the external fan has to be running a full speed to get a cooler temp reading. You spend much of your time monitoring temps instead of writing or doing bills. I don't get the attraction of this Bosgame fiasco. Too damn hot.

Pretty good system. Fast load times. Good amount of space. Works good for gamin.