Mini PC with Ryzen 9 extremely cheap: Acemagician AM08 Pro for 360 euros in test

The price of Acemagician AM08 Pro takes you by surprise. Because it’s a little lower than the current price here 360 euros ,90 euro coupon select and code TECHSTAGE10 Use the Ryzen 9 6900HX with the more powerful Radeon 680M graphics. This mini-PC is basically perfect for gaming, just like Union’s famous vertical housing. It also has 16 GB working memory (RAM) and 512 GB SSD. We tested whether the hardware in the colorful illuminated gaming case is reliable and actually properly suited for gaming.

The AceMagician AM08 is aimed at anyone looking for a mini PC with a lot of performance for relatively little money. Compared to similarly equipped competing models, it costs just a fraction. Thanks to its power adjustment dial, you can operate it quietly in the office as well as with more power for more demanding tasks, including Full HD gaming at lower graphics options.

Priced at just 360 euros, the AceMagician AM08 Pro relies on remarkably powerful hardware. An AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, which relies on eight cores and 16 threads, can do its job here. The maximum clock speed is 4.9 GHz. Since this is the sixth generation Ryzen, the Radeon 680M is used as the integrated graphics, which performs significantly better than the Vega 8 of the previous Ryzen 5000 series.

The 680M can count on 16 GB of RAM, which comes in the form of a single DDR5-4800 module (SODIMM) from Kingston. A second RAM slot is available and free, with a maximum of 64 GB possible. The integrated PCIe 3.0 SSD in M.2-2280 format has 512 GB, which can be replaced with an SSD up to 4 TB. There’s also a SATA port for a 2.5-inch hard drive.

On the connection side, the Magician AM08 Pro has, in addition to the usual USB ports, a USB-C port and two HDMIs with image output (4K at 60 Hz), which means you can connect up to three screens. There’s also a single LAN port, meaning the system is factory-ready for use cases such as firewall equipment. Unfortunately, USB-C is not used for the power supply, but a classic DC round plug with 19 volts is used. The included power supply is the Kuanten model common to the PCs of the Mini-PC union.

The system is set up wirelessly with a relatively up-to-date interface, with Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2, even though Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 are already present. However, these standards are not yet very widespread, even for models over 700 euros. Manual power adjustment using the adjustment wheel in the housing, which we already know from the Acemagic AD08 (test report) and the Ouvis AMR5 (test report), is practical. Here you can choose between modes silent, car And DisplayThis affects the TDP limit of the system and limits not only volume but also performance.

The price range of AceMagician AM08 Pro is highly competitive; Spending a few euros more results in a significant boost in system performance. Compared to the fifth generation Ryzen 7 CPUs, which usually cost 300 euros, the mini PC scores an average of 6100 points in PCmark 10 (mode: car) to be explicitly discontinued; The Ouvis AMR5 (test report) achieves significantly less with around 5300 points. In DisplayThe mode also has 6446 points – with a corresponding increase in quantity.

However, it only gets really exciting with the gaming benchmark 3Dmark Time Spy, which also allows a separate comparison of GPU performance. The Radeon 680M scores 1499 points here (mode: Display) compared to 1274 points for Vega 8. The total rating of AM08 Pro is 1706 points, CPU is 7850 points. Both PCMark and Time Spy confirm fairly high performance, which means gaming is possible even with low graphics options.

construction classic anno 1800 It still runs fairly smoothly at about 25 to 35 fps with high options, but we set the shadows to “Medium.” still poorly adapted city ​​skylines 2 Usable, but hardly enjoyable at a maximum of 17 fps and lower settings. counter attack 2 At least it runs at up to 40 fps in low graphics options, but that’s not good enough for a shooter.

Finally, we tested the AM08 Pro with Geekbench, where it scored 2042 points in single core and 7631 points in multi core. This is an extremely good result, but still a far cry from the current Ryzen generation.

Unlike the Acemagic AD08 (test report), which uses an Intel CPU in the same housing, the AM08 Pro has no pre-installed viruses – or the manufacturer’s app for lighting control, which is where Windows Defender comes in: fortunately, Our virus test did not find any trojans.

What was surprising was that Windows 11 Home can be setup even without a Microsoft account when the internet connection is down. Bloatware didn’t come pre-installed, AMD driver software didn’t work out of the box and there were issues with reinstallation. Restarting the computer helped.

The Acemagician AM08 Pro doesn’t have a particularly low volume feature, at least in performance mode. In our measurements we achieved about 50 dB at full load on the case, which is plenty for a small PC. in mode silent The volume on the housing is significantly reduced to 34 dB.

Depending on the performance mode, the system consumes between 22 watts under full load with Prime95 (silent) and 81 watts (Displaymode car Around 45 watts. However, after half an hour of Prime95 the system cannot fully maintain the base clock of 3.3 GHz, dropping to only 3.15 GHz.

As mentioned, we already know about the gray plastic housing with gaming lettering and RGB lighting from the Acemagic AD08 (test report). Apart from the different brand name – AceMagician instead of AceMagic (both from the same parent company “Mini-PC-Union”) – the case could hardly be different. So we get the same advantages and disadvantages here: practical magnetic retainer covers for easy replacement of RAM and SSD, as well as somewhat cheap-looking materials.

The light at the top can be controlled or turned off completely using the pre-installed application with several predefined profiles. Free adjustment of colors or lighting patterns is not provided. The metal control knob looks valuable and can not only adjust the power, but also acts as an on/off button. The case dimensions are 149.6 x 77.8 x 188.5 mm.

As standard, the AceMagician AM08 Pro with 16/512 GB costs less than 500 euros. But you can currently get it thanks to 90 euro coupon To select in combination with our code TECHSTAGE10 for impressive 360 euros,

The Acemagician AM08 Pro is already quite strong with its sixth generation Ryzen 9 – and at an absolutely amazing price of 360 euros. At this price you can only get the fifth generation with a fairly weak iGPU. When it comes to RAM and SSD, it’s firmly positioned with 16/512GB, and the magnetic retention flap makes it easy to upgrade in the future.

To implement the calculations, such magicians also had to economize in terms of equipment and hence the optimization of volume became a victim of low cost. about 50dB im DisplayThe modes are extremely fast for the Mini PC. The plastic casing is solid and substantial, but not that high quality. It’s also a shame that a DC round plug is used for the power supply, and not USB-C, which would have allowed flexible use of USB power supplies (list of the best). But for a price this good, this is a minor criticism and is rare even in the higher price range. Overall, good performance at a great price, we gave it four stars in testing.

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