ORIGIMAGIC C5

The ORIGIMAGIC C5 is a 4.5-inch mini PC for a home office desk or an emulation and media box, built around the same AMD Ryzen 5 3500U as the ORIGIMAGIC C4 SE. The C4 SE has a second Ethernet jack; the C5 has extra display outputs instead, with two HDMI 2.0 ports and a USB-C port that each drive a 4K screen at 60Hz. The chip is a 2019 design whose Geekbench 6 CPU scores land a little below current Intel N150 boxes, so the reasons to pick the C5 are the triple 4K output and the Vega 8 graphics.

Pros and Cons

ORIGIMAGIC C5 Comparison Chart

	ORIGIMAGIC C5
Price	List Price: $289.99 Amazon Prices: Loading prices...
Version	8GB/256GB NVMe
Performance Rating	2.9
Operating System	Windows 11 Pro
Processor	Quad-core 2.10 Ghz (max 3.70 Ghz) AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
GPU	Integrated Radeon RX Vega8 Graphics
RAM	8 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM, 2-channel (2x SO-DIMM, up to 32GB)
Internal Storage	256 GB NVMe SSD
Dimensions width x length x thickness	4.53 x 4.33 x 1.42 inches (115.06 x 109.98 x 36.07 mm)
Weight	0.88 lbs (0.4 kg)
WiFi	Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet	1 Ethernet port at 1 Gbps
HDMI	2 Full-Size HDMI Ports
DisplayPort	DP Alt Mode on the 10Gbps USB-C (4K 60Hz)
VGA	No VGA Ports
USB Ports	2 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3, 2 USB-C 2x USB-A 10Gbps, 2x USB 2.0, USB-C 10Gbps + USB-C 480Mbps
Thunderbolt Ports	No
OCuLink	No
Internal SATA Ports	No SATA ports
Card Reader	No Card Reader
Headphone Jack	combo
Fanless	No
VESA Mount	Yes
In the Box	Mini PC, power adapter, HDMI cable, VESA mount, manual
Expandability	Up to 32GB DDR4 (2x SO-DIMM). Free M.2 2242 NVMe slot, PCIe 3.0.

Performance: Ryzen 5 3500U and Radeon Vega 8

The Ryzen 5 3500U is a quad-core, eight-thread Zen+ chip from early 2019 with a 2.1 GHz base clock, a 3.7 GHz boost, and Radeon Vega 8 graphics. Its PassMark CPU Mark sits near 6,800 (cpubenchmark.net), ahead of the Intel N150’s score of about 5,300 on that multi-thread test, although in Geekbench 6 the C5 scored a little below an N150 box. The chip’s memory controller tops out at DDR4-2400, so faster-rated memory runs at 2400 MT/s in this machine.

Retro Handhelds measured the C5 in Geekbench 6 at 1,034 single-core and 2,696 multi-core, a little below the 1,084 and 2,870 its Intel N150 test box scored, and far below the 1,888 and 6,902 of a Ryzen 5 7430U box (Retro Handhelds). The Vega 8 graphics scored 6,332 in Geekbench’s Vulkan test against 4,458 for the N150 box’s Intel graphics. Office work, browsing, video calls, and 4K playback run fine. CPU-heavy jobs such as video encoding run no faster than on a budget N-series box, and the graphics leave room for emulation and older games but not current titles.

Ports, memory, and storage

The front face carries two 10Gbps USB-A ports, a 3.5mm combo audio jack, and the power button. The rear panel holds both HDMI 2.0 ports, a full-function USB-C port, a second USB-C port limited to 480Mbps data, two USB 2.0 ports, the Gigabit Ethernet jack on a Realtek RTL8111H controller, the 19V barrel jack, and a lock slot. ORIGIMAGIC rates the full-function USB-C port for 10Gbps data, 4K 60Hz DisplayPort output, and USB Power Delivery 3.0, and it is the port that makes the third 4K screen possible.

The C5 ships with 8GB of DDR4 and has two SO-DIMM slots that take up to 32GB in total. Storage is a 256GB M.2 2280 NVMe drive on a PCIe 3.0 x4 link. A second M.2 slot sits empty, but it is sized for 2242 drives, which are shorter and sold in fewer models and capacities than the common 2280 size. There is no 2.5-inch bay and no card reader.

Reviewer Insights

Retro Handhelds

Nick at Retro Handhelds received a review sample from ORIGIMAGIC and installed the C5 in an X-Arcade cabinet in place of an old tower PC, running the Batocera emulation system from a USB stick while keeping the factory Windows install on the internal drive (Retro Handhelds, August 2026). He found it handled arcade games up to about 2005, including CPU-heavy titles such as Gauntlet Legends and NFL Blitz that had stuttered on his older hardware. “This machine is powering an everything arcade experience, and does so nobly.” He also pointed to the low power draw as a reason to run media server and network services on it while the cabinet sits idle.

He called the hardware dated and ruled out Switch and PS3 emulation as a goal for it. He judged it a fair value for the jobs he gave it, and advised shopping the deals because mini PC prices change often. He closed with: “This PC knows what it is, and if you know what you want to use it for, it very well might fit your needs.”

Where it fits

The C5 suits a buyer who wants three screens on a small desk PC, or a small box under a TV or inside an arcade cabinet for emulation and media. With one Ethernet port it is the wrong pick for a router or firewall; the C4 SE carries two Gigabit ports on the same chip, and the ORIGIMAGIC C4 Plus covers the dual-NIC role as well. The ORIGIMAGIC COMET C4 moves up to the 35W Ryzen 5 3550H with 16GB of memory for desktop work. All of these run WiFi 5. Starry Hope’s Mini PC Comparison Chart lines these specs up against other mini PCs.

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