Beelink EQR5 AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500U

The Beelink EQR5 is a budget mini PC built on the AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500U. It handles everyday computing such as browsing, office documents, video calls, streaming, light study and home admin, in a case that takes almost no desk space. It suits families, students and small offices that want a low-cost second workstation.

Who it's for

• A family PC or a study and homework machine
• A lightweight home theatre PC for streaming and media
• A low-cost second workstation for a small office where not every seat needs top-tier power
• A compact machine that doubles as a basic network appliance or a Pi-hole/DNS box alongside normal desktop use

Key features

• AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500U processor: 6 cores / 12 threads on TSMC's efficient 7nm process, boosting up to 4.0GHz with 8MB of L3 cache. It is well-proven silicon for day-to-day multitasking.
• AMD Radeon™ Graphics (7 CUs @ 1800MHz): Integrated graphics that handle 4K @ 60Hz video playback across dual displays, casual gaming and general desktop use.
• Expandable DDR4 memory: Dual SO-DIMM slots take up to 64GB of DDR4 in total, well beyond what ships as standard, so the machine can grow with you.
• Dual M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 storage: Two NVMe slots support up to 8TB combined, leaving room for a second drive for backups, media libraries or a secondary OS without an external enclosure.
• Dual Gigabit LAN: Two 1000Mbps Ethernet ports give physical network separation, useful for a simple home network split, a guest network or basic router/firewall duties. Wi-Fi 6 (Intel AX200) and Bluetooth 5.2 cover wireless.
• Near-silent MSC 2.0 cooling: Heat pipes, dissipation fins, a silent fan and an SSD heatsink keep operating noise down to around 32dB, so it sits quietly in a home office or living room.
• Integrated 85W power supply: No external power brick, just one cable in.

Specifications

Good to know

• The pitch here is value: no discrete graphics card, no oversized case and no separate power brick.
• RAM and storage can be upgraded later, so you are not locked into the configuration you buy on day one.

Choose the EQR5 when the job is spreadsheets, browser tabs, video calls and streaming, and you would rather keep the money than pay for power you will not use. If you need more cores or faster graphics, look at a Ryzen H-series model instead.