Wo-We is back again with another mini-PC in their ever-expanding line of affordable consumer machines. This time around they sent over their mid-range model that steps things up and makes for a fantastic work PC and a pretty decent gaming PC with only a few caveats and a little tweaking. And for only $240 you are going to be hard-pressed to find another machine that can do all that the Wo-We AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Mini-PC can do.
To start, we should note that while the Wo-We AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Mini-PC is a home PC beast, it’s not a gaming PC in the traditional sense or being marketed as one. I think most of you reading this out there understand that a PC slightly larger than two hockey pucks stacked on top of each other isn’t going to be playing Starfield, as it’s physically impossible to cram a 4080 into that space. Heck, I don’t think there is a video card on earth that can fit inside this thing, but maybe that would make for a nice challenge for Wo-We to work on next. That said, you might be surprised at how well this little machine can handle most modern eSports titles. In my case I have been spending a great deal of time using it as an emulation station.
I know there are a lot of options out there for emulation that won’t cost you $240, but you won’t find many that allow you to have a fully functioning PC that can let you do your school/work and video editing to boot. I am someone who is short on space and the idea of having a dedicated emulation machine that I can’t really tweak feels wrong when I can use the Wo-We AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Mini-PC for my Gamecube and Dreamcast gaming needs and instantly switch over to working on a review (like this one) and then hop onto a work Zoom call, all without leaving my chair. In that sort of situation, you have a lot of value for cost.
The Wo-We AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Mini-PC is also perfect as a great second PC or something for your child to use for school. And because it can handle games, it’s a great choice for a kid looking to do some stealth gaming because parents will see this as mostly a solid and affordable work/school computer. It’s a sort of a sleeper PC in that regard as I’d be much more receptive to buying this machine for my child if they asked for it then spending at minimum $1,000 on a gaming PC that they say they want/need for school. It’s a sort of win/win for both situations and one that won’t break the bank, especially in this economy.
Under the hood the Wo-We AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Mini-PC features a Ryzen 7 running at 2.3GHz but can hit 4.0GHz when pushed, making a decent CPU, although it can bottleneck when gaming, something I’ll touch on later. This allows plenty of power for any business and editing application. In fact, all the videos on our YouTube channel over the last month have been edited on this Mini-PC through both Vegas Pro and Movavi, so both entry level and high-level editing is pretty breezy thanks to the include Ryzen CPU. It also makes watching content only a joy as the extra power offered will help Chrome run multiple high-resource tabs without much issue; and we all know how much Chrome loves to take up resources, even on the best of machines.
Also included is 8GB of dual channel DDR 4 RAM running at 2400MHz giving you enough juice for most any application and most eSports titles. Wo-We say that you can max out the RAM at 64GB (more than most will ever need) but we’ve seen reports of people running more RAM in this machine without any issues. On the storage front you have a 256GB M.2 hard drive that’s more than enough to handle what you are going to load on it. For our editing work and emulation tests we had all our files on an external SSD so it was never an issue but upgrading the M.2 is a simple process. In fact, the Wo-We AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Mini-PC has left room for you to be able to add a SATA HDD inside the unit to keep all your storage in one place. That’s pretty impressive for what is already a very small machine.
Unlike most NUCs or small form factor PCs, the Wo-We AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Mini-PC uses fans to help all those components inside stay nice a cool, especially when it ramps up under heavy gaming or rendering loads. It’s also loaded with Windows 11 which works great, although I downgraded to Windows 10 because a couple of classic PC games through GoG don’t work perfectly under Windows 11 just yet. That said, Windows 11 is a solid OS that this little machine has no issues running and wasn’t loaded with any sort of bloatware from the manufacturer that I could find. In that regard Wo-We should be commended as most every major manufacturer will load a new PC with all sorts of garbage programs and features.
Wo-We have always been a company that loves multi-monitor support on their Mini-PCs, something of a rarity in their market. The Wo-We AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Mini-PC takes thing a step above that and allows for triple monitor support through HDMI and a Type C port that most portable and new monitors support. Never did I expect to be running some Matrix-like three screen setup on a mini little machine like this. Those two HDMI ports can also handle 4K video at 60Hz which is more than enough for those on a budget as I wouldn’t expect anyone to buy a $1,000 monitor and pair it with a $200 machine. The chances are that you are using this machine for work on an affordable widescreen monitor from Walmart. I have this machine hooked up to a Walmart onn. gaming display and it looks great.
So, we’ve talked a great deal about the main features of the Wo-We AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Mini-PC and how it might just be the best choice to a home or office while letting you game. It’s running neck and neck with the Wo-We Mini PC with AMD Ryzen 5 5600U that the company offers. But if you are looking for paper performance you might want to check out that machine instead. Thankfully we have a review of that machine so you can compare, but realistically at only a $20 retail difference when on sale you can’t go wrong with either unless your only goal is to game, then swing that route. And since I mentioned gaming performance, I think now is the perfect time to see just what the Wo-We AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Mini-PC can do when we throw some new and old titles its way.
As I mentioned before, the Wo-We AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Mini-PC has become my emulation station of choice. It can easily handle Gamecube and Wii games through Dolphin at 1080p settings without issues on most games, but this will vary from title to tile. Mario Kart Double Dash is incredibly smooth and holds a consistent 60FPS when in-game. The Legend of Zelda Windwaker holds a 30FPS most of the time with only occasional drops to 25FPS in a lot is happening on screen. But if you turn things down to 720p then that fixes the issue and holds at a stable 30FPS, something that still looks pretty fantastic considering the Gamecube came with those old composite cables back in the day. Dreamcast emulation is also not a problem at high settings through Flycast, a lesser known but still great Dreamcast emulator. Redream worked but I couldn’t get some artifacting issues to be resolved, although someone more experienced could probably mange it in the settings.
PS2 emulation was also zippy when running stock PS2 settings through PCSX2 without issue. But if you want to boot performance into 1080p you are going to have issues as the emulator doesn’t seem to play very nice with higher settings. Some games will handle 1080p pretty well but it’s going to be hit or miss. Tweaking the settings and running at 720p stock settings will give you much better overall experience without much issue on most games. Again, this will be on a game-by-game sort of thing, and you can check out our video to see some PS2 results. Booting up Batocera and loading up any arcade emulator also works great and comes with almost no issues. Heck, you could even dual-boot and switch between something like Batocera and Windows 11 with ease.
In terms of PC gaming, you are going to get pretty decent speeds with just about any Moba that you throw at it at a stable 30FPS. The Wo-We AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Mini-PC handles titles like League of Legends without so much as a hiccup at low settings at 1080p, especially if you tweak the settings for performance. Battle Royale games also work well with the new Farlight 84 faring surprisingly well in terms of quality/performance in 1080p. It’s quite playable, but if you want that competitive edge, turning it down to 720p makes for a very fun time with friends. The same can be said for Fortnite as I managed some respectable games and low-end 1080p settings. The trick is really in the tweaking, and if you keep things at 720p then you can still be competitive on a machine like this.
In terms of the higher-end games you are going to be pushing your luck outside of low settings at 720p, and then you’ll be lucky to hit a stable 30fps. The Vega 10 chip that is being used is a mobile chip and isn’t going to be able to handle new games, even on those lower 720p settings without some major issues and stuttering. The Vega 10 chip is about half the speed of the GTX 1050 TI, a graphics card that is considered the around the minimum to play most modern games. This isn’t knocking the Vega 10 as in the current market a new GTX 1050 TI will cost you as much, if not more, as this Wo-We AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Mini-PC on its own, but it serves to give you an idea what you are working with. And the CPU can only do so much to help and will run into some bottlenecking issues when pushed.
There isn’t a lot you can do in something so small as the smaller parts get the more expensive your device costs. And there comes a point when you price yourself out of the market, something I don’t think Wo-We wants to do. In my perfect world they would keep this same setup and release their own eGPU setup to allow their mini-PC line to be gaming powerhouses. I have no idea if something like the Razer Core X Chroma works through the Type-C on this machine (I have a feeling it might but I’m not sure on the specs of their included Type-C connector and if it’s Thunderbolt 3 compatible), but I think it might, although I don’t have an extra $500 laying around to test. Maybe in the future I’ll track down a used Blackmagic eGPU and do some research as am eGPU could be a real gamechanger here.
In the end it’s really hard to find something not to like about this like mini-PC from Wo-We. If you are looking for something to run your home business from, something for your child to explore, or even a second PC for the home, the Wo-We AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Mini-PC is going to be hard to beat. And with the options available to you for upgrading, this little guy should have you back for the next couple of years. The older I get the more and more I am falling for these little mini-PCs in terms of specs and their space-saving form factor. Add in the fact that you can go from work to fully loaded emulation machine in and instant and the Wo-We AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Mini-PC gets a solid recommendation from me. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to get streaming some classic PC games on this little guy over on our Facebook page.
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