wo-we H8

Published on September 27, 2026

The wo-we H8 is a low-cost way into Intel’s Core 3 304 “Wildcat Lake” chip for someone replacing an Intel N100 or N150 desktop. It runs office work, video encoding, and light games much faster than those boxes, and it drives three 4K monitors. The tradeoffs are a creaky plastic case, loud fan noise under load, thermal throttling on long jobs, and 8GB of memory that can never be upgraded. Buy it if the price gap to other Core 3 304 machines matters more to you than noise and build quality.

Pros and Cons

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	wo-we H8
Price	List Price: $399.99 Amazon Prices: Loading prices...
Version	8GB/256GB/Intel Core 3 304
Performance Rating	3.2
Operating System	Windows 11 Pro
Processor	5-core 1.50 Ghz (max 4.30 Ghz) Intel Core 3 304
GPU	Integrated Intel Graphics
RAM	8 GB LPDDR5, single-channel (Soldered LPDDR5-6400, not upgradeable)
Internal Storage	256 GB NVMe SSD
Dimensions width x length x thickness	5.04 x 5.04 x 1.69 inches (128.02 x 128.02 x 42.93 mm)
Weight	unknown
WiFi	Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.2
Ethernet	2 Ethernet ports at 1 Gbps
HDMI	1 Full-Size HDMI Port
DisplayPort	1 DisplayPort (DP 1.4, plus DP Alt Mode on front USB-C)
VGA	No VGA Ports
USB Ports	2 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3, 1 USB-C Front: 2x USB-A 5Gbps, 1x USB-C 10Gbps (PD in). Rear: 2x USB 2.0
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, 19V 65W power adapter, VESA bracket, HDMI cable, manual
Expandability	RAM soldered. Second M.2 2280 slot (PCIe 4.0 x2) free, up to 4TB.

Ports, memory, and the two M.2 slots

The H8 measures about 5 inches square and 1.7 inches tall. The front panel holds two USB-A ports at 5Gbps, a USB-C port, a 3.5mm headset jack, the power button, and a CMOS reset pinhole. The USB-C port carries 10Gbps data and DisplayPort Alt Mode video, and wo-we rates it for 100W USB PD 3.0. It is not a USB4 port, even though the Core 3 304 supports USB4. The rear carries the 19V barrel jack for the 65W adapter, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.4, and two USB 2.0 ports. HDMI, DisplayPort, and USB-C together drive three 4K displays at 60Hz. A VESA bracket comes in the box.

The Core 3 304 has one performance core and four efficiency cores, five threads in all, with a boost clock of 4.3GHz, a single Xe3 graphics core, and a 15 TOPS NPU. Its PassMark CPU Mark is around 11,645, well above the N150. The 8GB of LPDDR5 runs at 6400 MT/s and is soldered to the board, so it cannot be upgraded. Wireless is Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 on a MediaTek card. Some units shipped with labels that list an older Wi-Fi standard; wo-we states that the hardware is Wi-Fi 6E.

Storage is a 256GB NVMe SSD, a PCIe 3.0 drive installed in the slot wired for PCIe 4.0 x1. The board has a second M.2 2280 slot, wired for PCIe 4.0 x2, that ships empty and takes a drive of up to 4TB. Moving the included SSD to the empty slot, or adding a faster drive there, gives the boot drive twice as many PCIe lanes. There is no heatsink on the SSD.

Reviewer Insights

Robtech

Robtech tested the H8 against budget Intel N-series boxes rather than higher-end mini PCs. “In single core Cinebench, the 304 steamrolls the N150. Against the best result, it is around 80% ahead,” he says, and “Multicore sees another massive leap. This time 112%.” In Geekbench 6 the gap was 88 percent single-core and about 90 percent multi-core, and the H8 finished his H.264 encode in less than half the N150’s time. On graphics, “it is 29% faster in Fire Strike, 77% in Time Spy, and 84% in Steel Nomad Light. This is what we would consider a multi-generational improvement.” He calls light esports gaming playable on it, while saying this is not a machine to buy for gaming.

The H8 holds its clocks for a while, but Robtech says that “under a sustained load” it “will eventually hit 98C and thermal throttle like it did during the long Adobe Photoshop benchmark. This is the worst result for a mini PC out of the box with active cooling on this chart.” That throttling explains his Photoshop result: “Adobe Photoshop performance with the H8 is poor compared to the other minis with the same CPU.” Premiere results matched the other Core 3 304 machines. He says “Fan noise under load is the highest of all the minis on this list,” and “But make no mistake, this is not a quiet mini PC.” He adds that the noise is not high-pitched. Power draw is low at rest: “An idle power draw from the wall of 6 watts is excellent and 37 watts maximum puts it on the high end of Intel N series”, which he says still works out to better performance per watt.

The factory storage layout leaves the faster slot empty. “There is a Gen 3 SSD in the H8 mini PC, and since it is in the Gen 4 X1 slot, it only runs at Gen 3 X1 speed. And this in turn makes the drive not much faster than SATA.” Of the empty slot beside it, he says “The slot next to it is Gen 4x2, which is where the drive should be”. He calls the build weak: “The plastic is cheap, the chassis flexes, and hello, squeak city.” One rubber foot came off when he opened the case. He does like the power adapter: “I really like the compact power supply, and it is great to see USB-C PD supported.”

“Testing Ubuntu and unfortunately the MediaTek Wi-Fi chip is not supported,” he says. The BIOS offers Wake on LAN, HDMI CEC, and power-loss recovery, and he describes it as “Not much else really, just the very basics.” Firmware support is also limited: “BIOS updates are non-existent on the wo-we website, so you can expect exactly none for this one,” though a driver pack is posted. He also found that “Bluetooth range is pretty mediocre,” while Wi-Fi on the 5GHz band worked without problems at 39 feet from the router. The warranty is 12 months.

An N150 upgrade with a loud fan

The H8 fits a buyer whose current desktop is an Intel N150 box such as the Beelink EQ14 and who wants a large jump in CPU and graphics speed for office work, browsing, 1080p editing in Premiere, and light games. Dual Gigabit LAN connects it to two networks at once, and the three 4K outputs run a three-monitor desk. Plan on moving the SSD to the x2 slot, or adding a second drive there, to get full speed from storage.

Skip it if you want a quiet machine or run long CPU-heavy jobs: it throttles and has the loudest fan in its test group. Skip it for Linux too, unless you are ready to swap the MediaTek Wi-Fi card or run on Ethernet. The Beelink EQi 304 adds 10GbE, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, and an internal power supply, and its DDR5 models take an SO-DIMM upgrade. The ACEMAGIC Kron K5, also sold with the Core 3 304, swaps the second Ethernet port for a single 2.5GbE port and has a 20Gbps USB-C port.

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