Actually that's not tooooo bad because there's an SBC that I've been using which is sooooooo much faster. But, the prices are all over the place because China. But this is the one that is way faster and doesn't include additional stuff like a heat sink...

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0B17LZ4GD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Mini PC, Beelink Mini S Intel 11th Gen 4-Cores N5095, Mini Desktop Computer 8GB DDR4 RAM 128GB SSD, Mini Computer Dual HDMI 4K UHD/Gigabit Ethernet/Dual WiFi/BT/VESA

When you look at the performance comparison, the Rock Pi is near the bottom of this chart...

I've done the cost/benefit analysis in the past and found Mini-PCs with the J4125 processor are usually the best $/benchmark score. As you can see above, it's not the best in terms of the benchmark but the prices are usually reasonable and the power consumption is lower than the higher-performing processors.

Prices are all over the place these days but you can find a lot of SBCs with the J4125 including the Intel compute stick (very small form factor) for a more affordable price.

@DJ,

Have you tried Auto Power On feature in the Beelink Mini PC you are using? As in "automatically power on" when power is applied? I see in the Amazon description that you point to that this mine PC has that feature if set in the bios.

The link you posted is for the Canada Amazon and they do not ship to USA so I had to find the same one here in the USA. On the USA Amazon site people are complaining that the "Auto On" feature does not work. However that was back early last year. Someone made a remark that Beelink wants people to contact their Customer Service for steps on how to make this feature work. I was just wondering if you have had experience with this setting. If I use this PC I'd to have it power on and boot when the robot powers up. This feature would be such a plus. With the Rock Pi X I'm using now I have a relay soldered to the power button to simulate a power button push to get it to power on and boot with the robot.

I haven't used that feature and could give it a shot next week. It wouldn't hurt to reach out to them. I can only share amazon Canada links because that's where I am. You'd have to do a USA search to find the same product

Thanks DJ. Actually I did a USA search to find one that would ship to me. Thant's where I found the complaints.

No need to test yours but thanks for offering to check. I dug deeper into this issue and found that Beelink has a Bios update that fixes this problem. They don't have it posted because there are several different bios for this unit and if you try to brush it with the wrong update you will brick the unit. They want you to contact the After Sale support group with the serial number on the back of the unit to get the proper instructions.

That’s good to know. I’ll contact them and update mine as well!

@DJ, From the way I read it there are several different bios in this model. Perhaps you have one that will boot if the option is set and you simply plug it in. Perhaps?

I'm right on the edge of getting this Beelink U59 Pro Mini. It has everything I want. I'd get the model with 16GB DDR4 + 500GB SSD. It's not much more money and I like having the overhead. I really want want something that will boot into Windows and start up ARC faster then the Rock Pi X I'm currently using for my onboard CPU in my robot.

Beelink Processor N5105(up to 2.9GHz), U59 Pro Mini PC, Mini Desktop Computer with 16GB DDR4 + 500GB SSD, Supports 4K Dual HDMI/Type-C, Dual WiFi, BT4.0  The only drawback for me is that it's around 1 inch (25mm) wider and longer then the Rock Pi X. I'd have to find a different location in my robot for it to fit. That would mean dropping it lower into the robot's fiberglass torso. Hopefully that wont cause performance problems with Bluetooth for voice recognition and WIFI connection to the laptop for maintenance. I'm running headless.

Hi, I am using exactly the same ROCK PI X replacement as commented by DJ with 256K SSD  and works very well. Windows 11 startup is very fast and also ARC startup.  I have it since oct 2022 w/o any problem. Much better and stable than the Rock PI X.