Note: A mistake in the video. The NAB9 comes with Windows 11 Home, not Pro.

@idk-yl1fb

2 ай бұрын

Do all minisforum pcs come with windows?

YOU are a GEM! I am currently having a Ryzen 5 2400G, 8GB DDR4 2400MHZ, Sata SSD + HDD and RX 560 PC and I plan to keep it until I can find a fanless PC that can have an APU that has about +30-40% performance of my current CPU and GPU! Thanks for doing so many tests at such a professional level and for including Linux in your tests. If you could add FreeBSD, that would be awesome! But as it's very close to Linux in hardware support, it isn't so necessary and things are still great!

Thanks for your thorough reviews. It's refreshing to see someone doing comparative benchmark charts and relevant data like SSD temps and power draw 👍

Great job. Good editing, I liked the little sound affects slipped in there.

Nice one! Love the chart comparisons!

It does look good. Good review as always.

Love the I/O options on this. Why Beelink cannot get this right is beyond me. Hope MinisForum releases a Ryzen variant, since I know the graphics performance in emulation better on AMD.

@godnyx117

2 ай бұрын

Agree on that one! Hope Ryzen 9000 is a massive jump and they start to care about AMD!

I just picked one up, it comes with Windows Home, says it on their site too (I checked). So far so good, this little thing is power house. I loaded XCP-NG on there and running a couple VMs no problem at all. Good review sold me on it, Thanks!

@Robtech

2 ай бұрын

Ah, you're right. I said Pro instead of Home dammit. I'll add a pinned comment. Thanks

@TDHobbies

2 ай бұрын

@@Robtech LOL I didn't think you would even see this. The little computer is chugging right along, in case you are interested, I tried and experiment and did a Macrium backup of a VM from ESXi, then created a windows based VM never booted in XCP-NG. Botted the new never fired up VM into the Macrium reflect recovery and restored the VM backup and it's all working! LOL this little think is great to mess with. Thanks for the review of it and helping me find this little guy.

Good, fair review, though I find this to be one of those units that I can't decide about: The fan on the SSD controller is great to see, and the easy-access lid is nice. I notice that, unusually, AMZN US is selling a barebones of this for a net $371 using the coupon. I like that but assume that the cooling fan might not be included if you brought your own nvme drive. I was prepared to like this unit, but I'd have rather paid a little more and gotten things like DDR5 and a full USB4 port, and that kind of thing. Glad it got reviewed though, and it's nice that the magnetic lid makes most of the things you might need to chanage easy to get to.

@empedance1933

Ай бұрын

It can actually still technically connect to an external PCIE device like a GPU if you use an NVME to PCIE 4x adapter, and boot off of a either a SATA SSD or a 2230 M.2 NVME in the wifi card slot (with an a/e key adapter)

i got the nab 7 barbone. it wasworth the money. actually typing on it now. i dont care about games any only game i play i evony. I do alot of virtualization type stuff and having 14 cores is amazing for that! i dont hear the fan at all since its tucked away it dont bother me. the connectivity is what drew me in and the look. i love the usb c ports and A ports. I just wish the audio jack was in the back but not the end of the world....... lolz

Great review. Is there any kind of IPMI such as Intel AMT for remote management? I'm looking to make a headless mini ESXi server.

@Robtech

2 ай бұрын

No, doesn't look to support it.

I'm still glad I bought a Minisforum Mini PC

The fact that SFF pcs still have not implemented an external power adapter is puzzling to me. That would save a lot of space and provide much room for upgradeability. MiniPCs relly have the advantage in this

Egpu can be plunged using m.2 gen 4 nvme slot

Are you the guy from the Knowledge North Channel? You sound the same

Very cool! What's the idle power draw for comparison?

@geraldh.8047

2 ай бұрын

Why don’t you watch the video? It’s mentioned and shown at 09:42

@Z-add

2 ай бұрын

This isn't a laptop. Why do you need to know the idle power draw

@geraldh.8047

2 ай бұрын

@@Z-add there are countries where you actually have to pay for electricity.

@Robtech

2 ай бұрын

Thanks @geraldh.8047 🥰

@74357175

2 ай бұрын

​​​@@geraldh.8047 Thanks! I did watch the video, but somehow missed that. 👍 But your snide comment is not appreciated. And @Robtech you should not endorse this sort of comment.

Im looking to buy the minisforum HX99G but i want to know if it has windows 11 pre-installed, please let me know

@Robtech

2 ай бұрын

Windows 11 is pre-installed if you buy the memory and storage bundle.

Nice but the lack of quality graphics lap top chip like 4050 to 4070 really hamsters the i9 performance games and other editing apps. So close but no cigar even though it solves heating issues intel Xe graphics doesn't cut with i9

How does this compare to the MINISFORUM Neptune Series HX99G? Reason I ask is because they both have different video cards and one runs on ddr4 and the other runs on ddr5.

@Robtech

2 ай бұрын

HX99G has far better graphics performance.

@TomGeek1980

2 ай бұрын

@@Robtech thanks

This or the UM790 Pro for productivity (no gaming)? The price here is the same.

@Robtech

2 ай бұрын

Haven't reviewed the UM790 Pro, so I can't comment on its cooling, noise levels etc.

@mattsmith1440

2 ай бұрын

@@Robtech That's fair enough, I just thought I'd put this out there to see if anyone has an opinion. Maybe I've got my wires crossed, but on paper at least the CPU on this one is the winner by a decent margin.

Hey guys. I need to retire my old Betsy laptop. Can you give me an advise about what mini pc to purchase? I do photography editing, light video 2k will. Thanks.

@Robtech

2 ай бұрын

This

@cautiioN86

2 ай бұрын

@@Robtech is not too much machine for just medium level edits?

9:15 Restory on Power Loss, hahaha

Test Gmktec nucbox k9

Does anyone know it any of these mini PC can handle VR games I don't want to do anything crazy but just to be able to go to to PC worlds on VR chat if anyone could help me id appreciate it

@Robtech

2 ай бұрын

Looks like the requirements are around a GTX 1060 as the minimum. That's ~4100 points in 3DMark Time Spy. The fastest AMD chip hits ~3000 in a mini this size. Still a ways off.

@aieshichan

2 ай бұрын

@@Robtech Thank you so much

No USB 4.0 PORT

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I Need thunderbolt , so this is not the "Best" for me 😂

Nahh If I’m willing to choose i will choose R9 6900hx is better performance and price

Um780xtx is better than this at same or lower price better io and better GPU

Bros so long as it's Intel, I will never buy it. Git gud with ur graphics, dinosauuuurrrrssss! Har har har har

NAB9? give me a break, can't compare to Minisforum UM790 Pro. AMD rulez. I bought Intel Nuc in Nov 23, and it was disaster. Todays Intels Minipc are really poor, comparing to AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS. Built in iGPU is 2-3x better than intel's. +fan noise in Intel's 10nm and variable rates hurts ears. AMD's Minisforum is just much more powerful and comfortable

@Robtech

2 ай бұрын

Nowhere in the video was it claimed the mini was better than a 7940HS. And that mini you're talking about isn't in the same price range. Fan noise has nothing to do with the transistor density or brand, and neither is AMD graphics 3x ahead. Stop spreading misinformation. Fanboyism is not welcome on my channel.

@bnolsen

2 ай бұрын

The video seems to have been carefully crafted to not do a comparison, probably for reasons. Still I tend to agree with this poster, the n100 is good for the price if you know what you are getting into. But once you leave that extreme low price it's very difficult to consider intel over AMD's offerings. Even with AMD almost IMHO keeping the prices higher than they should be on these excellent 7840hs and equivalent processors.

@andyw0340

2 ай бұрын

You are right , no compassion because they aren't in the same price bracket. It's like saying it's not as good as my £1000 gaming pc , course it's not as it's half the price ! Stupid comparison to make . Grow up .

@mattsmith1440

2 ай бұрын

Isn't the Ryzen chip a fair bit slower than this overall? The price in my country for the two models is the same, and I'm not concerned about games.

@poabeaving

Ай бұрын

AMD‘s quick sync equivalent is just not broadly supported in the community + the quality is bad. Nothing replaces Intel‘ quick sync here yet. In 5 years maybe.