AOOSTAR GEM12 Mini PC, Oculink, AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS $474, 7840HS $409, barebones, best continuous performance

GEM12 stands up among the dozens of mini PC’s because it has a cooling system able to sustain 75W operation cool and quiet.
Thorough benchmarks review with English subtitles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96NZQ-NsmwA
Product page for 8845HS:
(code ‘GEM12 8845HS’ for $25 off)
https://aoostar.com/products/aoos…ed-version
Product page for 7840HS:
(code ‘GEM12 7840HS’ for $20 off)
https://aoostar.com/products/aoos…ed-version
8845HS is 1% faster in Geekbench 6 Single-Core and 9% in Multi-Core:
https://nanoreview.net/en/cpu-com…n-7-7840hs
Otherwise the 8845HS has better NPU (Neural Processing Unit) of 16 TOPS vs 10 TOPS for 7840HS.
Add your own RAM and SSD
SO-DIMM DDR5-5600 up to 2*64GB
M.2 2280-NVME PCle 4.0( x 4? 2*slots
3 Adjustable BIOS settings:
Silent Mode 45w-54W
Balance Mode 54W-65W
Performance Mode 65W-75W needs to be set manually in BIOS
AX200 WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2
Input: 19v/6.32A, 120W, Type-C |
Output: HDMI2.1/DP1.4/USB4/Full-featured Type-C
USB4 x 1
Oculink x 1(Does not support hot-swap)
USB3.2 Gen 2 x 2
USB2.0 x 2
LAN (2.5G) x 2
3.5mm Audio Jack x 1
DP1.4 x 1
Full-featured Type-C x 1
HDMI 2.1 x 1
Packages includes?
1 x AOOSTAR GEM12 8845HS Mini PC, 1 x VESA mount? 1 x mounting screw?1 x power supply, 1 x HDMI cable?1 x SSD Cooling Pad