In this video I put the Beelink SER9 Max through real home lab testing to see if it deserves a spot in your 2025 setup. This mini PC brings something that is still rare even today, a native 10 gigabit Ethernet port, along with DDR5 memory support, PCIe 4.0 NVMe storage, dual M.2 slots, and AMD’s newer Ryzen 7 H255 FP8 platform. I walk through performance, thermals, noise, power consumption, and how it behaves as a Proxmox VE node. AND I am giving it away!!!
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:56 Sponsor
1:50 What’s New in the SER9 Max
2:40 10GbE Networking Upgrade
5:25 Cooling and Vapor Chamber Design
6:38 Storage and Memory Overview
7:35 Triple Display and GPU Notes
8:48 Unboxing and Internal Layout
10:31 Power Consumption Testing
11:24 Hypervisor Compatibility (Proxmox and ESXi Notes)
13:14 SER9 Max vs SER8 Comparison
14:06 Home Lab Use Cases
14:45 Should You Buy It
15:39 Pricing and Giveaway Details
16:17 Final Thoughts
