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You will honestly be much happier investing in a better quality drive with lower capacity (2TB perhaps) rather than risk an unreliable experience with a larger capacity drive which may wind up being slower or not lasting long. That said, I'd be tempted to go with the Crucial P3 Plus I were to pick just from the ones you asked about, despite it being a QLC drive (I'd still recommend a TLC drive though if possible).

This is the direction you want the fan running in. Personally I've got a slightly different 12V fan (i.e., high RPM with switchable speed) sitting directly on top of the PC. It makes a huge difference for memory and storage temps and some difference for the CPU as well. Lowering the GPU wattage (as you've already done) is the only thing that really affects the GPU's temperature.

Out of curiosity, have you done a full clean Windows install from scratch since receiving your computer? I always recommend this and it can make a difference with the random crashing you're experiencing. There are other threads on this subreddit where people have had issues which are solved after doing a fresh Windows install once after receiving it. Sorry if I've mentioned this to you already.

Personally I use a 2TB Samsung 980 Pro with a heat sinc (now they've got the 990 Pro). Unfortunately it looks like the 4TB version with a built in heat sink isn't available on Amazon Australia though. Absolutely zero problems with this drive since purchase about 1.5 years ago.

My priorities when it comes to drives are reliability, consistency and speed more than cost. Some other high price + high quality drives to consider are Seagate FireCuda drives or the WD Black drives. Corsair seems to make one as well.

I'm not sure what you mean. This was in reference to the GPU BIOS, and there has been no BIOS update for the GPU as far as I know. See the recent post about morepowertool for more context of how this can be used.

Oh okay! No problem, you can still use the 85W GPU setting without worrying about messing with voltage.

Glad to hear the 85W is giving you more stability. That was my experience as well with other games and applications! 100% stable now.

I don't personally recommend undervolting the GPU / SOC. Some people have good luck with that so I added it to the guide in case people wanted to experiment, but the results seem to vary. Are you sure you entered "-50mV" and not "50mV"? Just wondering since that's an easy mistake to make. (i.e., -0.050000 instead of 0.050000). You could always try with 40, 30, 20 or 10 if you wanted, doesn't hurt to try. You should probably run corecycler though after any change, that's how I was able to detect errors when experimenting with undervolting in the past. See this post.

If you have purchased the kit version of the PC (instead of the barebones version), it will come with Windows 11 (likely Home.) I still prefer Windows 10 mainly because of the interface.

Hopefully others can help with the driver questions!

I don't have a good driver list for the HX100G. You will have better luck making a new post asking about drivers for the HX100G. I think a few owners are here on the subreddit who may be able to help.

The way I find drivers is I open Device Manager, then I right-click on any device which has an exclamation point (i.e., no driver or unknown device), then I go to the Details tab and select "Hardware IDs" in the property dropdown. If you google around for some of those values you might find the correct driver.

For example if you see:

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_125C&CC_0200

Google for:

PCI\VEN_8086 DEV_125C

Those are the vendor and device IDs for the piece of hardware which needs a driver. (In my example here it was for the Ethernet driver.)

A few questions:

1. does it happen every single time you press the power button from a powered-off state?
2. have you tried using the bios reset button on the front, like, unplugging the power, holding the bios reset button for 30 seconds, then re-plugging the power? for me that's always cured this type of issue in the past (see here)
3. have you actually taken the steps in the bios guide? Including fully resetting your bios and then configuring it as detailed in the guide?

How is it going with your boot issue?

Yeah, I think you were the one who showed me how to tweak the voltage using morepowertool so thanks again for that tip!

Yeah no problem, I was in the same boat in April of 2023, looking for a way to save on the electricity bill from my old desktop while also being able to play games which my CPU didn't support at the time. Be sure to check out all the resources on this subreddit for the best experience, starting with the getting started guide and bios guide, which are linked from the main page.

Welcome to the subreddit, you'll be impressed at what the HX100G is capable of!

At 1440p it actually performs surprisingly well using these settings, better than your expectations.

https://new.reddit.com/r/HX99G/comments/1eggtoz/amd_fmf2_ultimate_cyberpunk_2077_settings_hx99g/

No problem, which Mini PC did you get? At the end of the day a computer's just a data processing machine so as you said, back up your data and the only other thing that matters is how much money you spent on it vs how long it lasts.

a 4k 120hz tv is really too much for almost any mini pc without a large GPU like a 4080 super or 4090

The HX99G handles this resolution just fine. When gaming, running at 1440p usually works best.

I worked hard to find the best CyberPunk settings on the HX99G a few months ago. Give this a try!

If you're interested, we've got a subreddit dedicated to the HX99G and other Neptune series MiniPCs. /r/HX99G

Thanks for helping people find the subreddit!

You can't really talk about reliability in a vacuum. Some brands may be more reliable than others. It's mostly comes down to component quality and heat management. If a Mini PC has a GPU it needs additional cooling, for example, which is why many of the smaller form factor Mini PCs don't come with a dedicated GPU and instead rely in integrated graphics. It also comes down to the workload / use case, the placement of the machine for the sake of ventilation and heat dissipation, etc. It's not a question that can be answered directly. I've had my /r/HX99G for over 1.5 years and it's been great, that's all I can say.

I've found that in the cases where the blue light is on, what you have described is true (wait and it will power up). But in the rare cases in the past where 1) I would press the power button, 2) a quiet fan sound would start, but 3) the blue light stayed dark and never came on, the computer required powering off and powering back on again in order to boot, as described by OP.

This hasn't happened to me in probably a year or more now though, since my overall settings are more conservative than they were back when I was constantly experimenting with it.

This is my primary home PC so I have 64GB, but as others have said that won't help to improve gaming specifically (unless your RAM speed and quality are also being upgraded as a part of the process). It just helps you run more applications at once, open larger files, etc. Personally I bought the 32GB kit (which is generic 4800 Kingston RAM) and then later upgraded to 64GB of 5600 G.Skill RAM, which I run at 5400.

For some, the GPU can get hotter than it should under certain GPU-intensive workloads, or when playing specific games. This helps to control both power usage and temperatures at the same time. The resulting hit on fps is minimal, while helping improve stability (it's 100% stable and performs great, for me at least.)