Beelink “ME Pro 2-Bay AI NAS Mini PC Intel Wildcat Lake 304” offers two SATA bays and one M.2 PCIe Gen4 socket, and is equipped with 16GB DDR5-5600 SO-DIMM memory and 512GB UFS 3.1 storage.
It’s an upgrade to the Beelink ME Pro Intel N95/N150 NAS and mini PC introduced last February. Besides the faster processor, the NAS trades its 5GbE port for a faster 10GbE port, and gains two Thunderbolt 4 ports. One downside, due to the lower number of PCIe lanes in Wildcat Lake processors, is that it now features one M.2 PCIe Gen4 socket, instead of three M.2 PCIe Gen3 sockets, which is somewhat mitigated by the built-in UFS storage.
Beelink ME Pro specifications:
- SoC – Intel Core 3 304 “Wildcat Lake”
- 5-core CPU – 1x P-cores @ 1.5/4.3 GHz (Turbo) + 4x LPE-cores @ 1.4/3.3 GHz (Turbo)
- Cache – 6MB L3 cache
- GPU – 1-core Intel Xe3 Graphics @ 2.3 GHz (9 TOPS)
- NPU – 15 TOPS
- Manufacturing processor – Intel 18A
- Memory – 16GB DDR5 5600MHz SO-DIMM memory; upgradeable up to 64GB
- Storage
- 512GB UFS 3.1 flash for OS
- 2× SATA bays for 2.5-inch / 3.5-inch HDDs (up to 30 TB per drive, 60 TB total)
- M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x1 NVMe slot (up to 4 TB)
- Up to 64 TB total storage
- Video Output
- HDMI 2.1 up to 4K @ 60Hz
- DisplayPort Alt Mode via USB4 ports
- Up to 3x independent displays
- Audio – 3.5mm headphone/mic jack
- Networking
- 10GbE RJ45 jack
- 2.5GbE RJ45 jack
- Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4 via MediaTek MT7922 chipset
- USB
- 2x Thunderbolt 4/USB4 (40 Gbps) Type-C ports with DisplayPort Alt mode.
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) Type-A port
- 2x USB 2.0 Type-A ports
- Misc
- Power button
- Reset and CLR CMOS pinhole buttons
- Internal blower fan with high static pressure
- Dual-sided silicone anti-vibration dampeners for HDDs
- Tool-less slide-out motherboard for dust cleaning and maintenance
- Power Supply – 19V / 6.32A (120W) DC jack
- Dimensions – 166 × 121 × 112 mm
- Weight – ~2.1 kg
- Temperature – Operating: −10 °C to 45 °C; Storage: −20 °C to 60 °C
- Humidity – Operating: 30% to 90%; Storage: 10% to 90%
- Enclosure – Aluminum unibody chassis with thermal pads and conduction brackets
Besides the SATA bays, the hardware configuration is quite similar to the Beelink EQi Wildcat Lake mini PC we’ve just reviewed. The computer ships with Windows 11 Pro pre-installed, but it should also work with NAS operating systems and virtualization solutions such as TrueNAS, Unraid, Proxmox, and Ubuntu Server. The dual-port configuration may also be useful for software routing or link aggregation.
An additional benefit of getting an Intel Core 3 304 processor in a NAS is the 15 TOPS Intel AI Boost NPU (24 TOPS combined for the SoC), which can be used to accelerate AI-powered media search and other AI workloads. Beelink shared some LLM performance results using Gemma4 and Qwen3.5 models with 2B or 4B parameters.
Beelink has started taking pre-orders for the “ME Pro 2-Bay AI NAS Mini PC Intel Wildcat Lake 304” for $619, and shipping should start sometime in August. The “ME Pro Wildcat Lake” ships with a 120W power adapter, a 1-meter HDMI cable, a 1-meter Ethernet cable, a user manual, and two mounting screw packs. I wish Beelink would just come up with shorter names for their mini PCs…
Via AndroidPC.es
Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.
Support CNX Software! Donate via cryptocurrencies, become a Patron on Patreon, or purchase goods on Amazon or Aliexpress. We also use affiliate links in articles to earn commissions if you make a purchase after clicking on those links.
