Good buy as a Bare bones. I would always swap out the manufacturer's SSD anyway, as they are about 40% slower than a cheap x4 stick. Shame you didn't test it in a RAID setup - it was almost like Minisforum wanted you to - but great review!

Excellent Video! Informative, thorough and well produced. You look better in the Blue T-shirt.

Lol, Patrick you are awesome! I have to say it stresses me out when you hold the 10GbE dongle by the cord...even though I do the exact same thing.

Nice review, love that we have competition in this space.

@ServeTheHomeVideo

11 ай бұрын

Competition is pushing these forward rapidly.

I've had mine for about a month now. It is fantastic! It is TINY. Highly recommended. It replaces a 2 yr old MinisForum HX90 Barebones, 5900HX CPU. I got this one factory. The power draw is minimal. I gladly trade a little performance for much less heat. It is mounted on a wall with the HX90 VESA mount. Due to initial cabling as it replaced a HX90, the rear fan was pointed down. While the fan air movement was virtually silent, the actual fan bearing was whizzing at a high frequency which was mildly annoying. I would only hear it when my head was turned in a particular direction playing games in 4K. I rerouted the cable and the fan is pointed up. I never hear the fan anymore. I also don't use 4K anymore as it makes no noticeable difference. Many games act weirdly at 4K also i.e. HUD resize, too small text, etc.

@dannieduplessis2432

27 күн бұрын

Hi, good post...How about the WIFI connectivity ????? The GEEKS mini PC are rubbish with WIFI connectivity. How is this for wifi ? Do you lose much at all ? My Router is in the same room as i think the wifi booster dongles are a crock .... Thanks in advance

@calvinbrady9944

20 күн бұрын

Good luck. My motherboard fried at 4 months. Absolutely is trash.

@MysticCaravan

14 күн бұрын

@@calvinbrady9944 Were you overclocking?

I am loving all these mini pc companies and their products. I personally run 2 BeeLink SEi12 for my kubernetes server now after years of running it on my pi cluster. Way better performance and less problems with arm. If they ever make a NAS mini pc product capable of supporting up to 6x 3.5" HDD and 2x SSD, I would buy it in a heartbeat.

A+ on re-designing your intro. Thank you. You are the Steve we want, not just the Steve we deserve!

@ServeTheHomeVideo

11 ай бұрын

Always a work in progress.

@0xKruzr

11 ай бұрын

^-- came to post this, lol

I got Um790 pro 2 days ago, and I'm in awe. D4 runs buttery smooth at 1080p in medium to high settings.

@TheLazyVideo

10 ай бұрын

Is there any GaN battery brick that’s compatible with the UM790? I’d love a usb-c “ups”-like setup where windows can monitor the battery level and auto-shutdown when the battery level is low. I’m scared of consumer ssds because they lack PLP that enterprise ssds have, meaning that at-rest data can get corrupted during sudden power loss.

@BzeSinna

9 ай бұрын

Is it good for video recording using obs while gaming and video editing?

@JustADinoNuggie

8 ай бұрын

How often does it randomly reboot? 😂

@armyofninjas9055

Ай бұрын

D4 never ran smooth on anything

@dannieduplessis2432

27 күн бұрын

Hi, good post...How about the WIFI connectivity ????? The GEEKS mini PC are rubbish with WIFI connectivity. How is this for wifi ? Do you lose much at all ? My Router is in the same room as i think the wifi booster dongles are a crock .... Thanks in advance

Noticed some people have had issues with this Mini PC. I have had mine for some months now and not one problem so far it has been reliable for me.

great vid and info! so I'm trying to decide between this minisForum and the beelink gtr7 pro that you also mentioned.. when comparing each with the same options (32gb, 1tb ssd) which would you go with based on your testing? also, looks like the minisforum had 2? are they raided to equal the 512?

I put a Samsung 990 pro and 2x8gb ddr5 5600 in mine. I mainly watch videos, browse and stream music. It's connected to a 50 inch 4k TV. Love it.

Nicely complete, subscribed, I'd like to see the best of these minis compared to m2 variants including ultra

Would love to have one of these some day! For now, more than content tinkering with my lowly Celeron 5105-based miniPC at $159 total!

This is a very good review. Thank you.

ill be buying one of these soon and what im going to do first thing is to remove the rubber feet,remove the adhesive, drill a hole and put a small magnet in each foot

Remember you have 2 thunderbolt ports that are supposed to be able to supply 15W each. There’s why you have the larger power supply.

Love that the cmos reset button doesn't look like a short mishap away from a bad time, would have been nice to have at least one of the usb4 ports on the back, while I can see some use cases for having it on the front just seems counterproductive for a clean look that many of these are going for as well as counterintuitive when you consider most people expect to find things relating to power and extensions on the rear of the case, either way minor gripes aside love the IO on offer and looks like it would be a great system for on the go casual gamers and homlab servers even if it has one network port itself.

@ServeTheHomeVideo

11 ай бұрын

Totally agree.

First comment and like ! Patrick and the STH team you folks rock - I always enjoy your videos ! Learnt a lot from you all. Thank you so much and best wieshes !!

@ServeTheHomeVideo

11 ай бұрын

Ha! Thank you. Congratulations on your first comment! Have an awesome day

If i had the money hanging around id absolutely LOVE one of these AMD Pheonix MiniPCs....RDNA3 has made APUs a real game changer

I received this in late July and it's wow!

Hella cool, thanks for the review

Would love to see three of these with TB to TB (USB4 to USB4) networked in a ring network

Check out their NPB7. I've been using it for about a month now and it's got the feature/performance/price point I was looking for in a very small package. Great review!

@Matt-df8kd

9 ай бұрын

About to buy that but considering the 790 for gaming

The Kamrui GK4 16/512 Alderlake I just purchased has been functionally perfectly.

This would be an awesome little unit for robotics.

Can´t wait for mine to finally arrive in roughly two weeks.

@Dryde85

Ай бұрын

HOW MUCH DO YOU LIKE IT THESE PAST NINE MONTHS I WANT ONE

Awesome video for 790 pro i've seen so far, I'm considering to get a 2nd mini pc for gaming (dota2) and watch some videos. Would you be able to advice on which setup (Ram/Ssd) should i buy? Thank you

Steve, Beelink also introduced a firmware on 6/21 for the GTR7 that lets you select 45w, 54w, 65w for cpu tdp if you want to let it run a bit cooler too!

@zyghom

11 ай бұрын

where is the firmware for Beelink mini pc to be found?

@neilquinn

11 ай бұрын

@@zyghom I work with a rep there but you could probably just email their support. Ask for the 6/21 firmware that supports TDP changes and RAID.

@zxcvb_bvcxz

11 ай бұрын

Beelink, actually providing updates? Amazing.

@benderozo

10 ай бұрын

The firmware already had an easy way to set TDP without updates...

@zhila5958

10 ай бұрын

@kogami420 for real, i just got into the mini pc market and can't tell if beelink is better or minisform when it comes to thermals and overall reputation alongside support.

Holes in the rubber feet woudl be great. But even better if they did a mechanical pop up switch or whatever you call it, like their Deskmini UM350

Thank you for this review. I think this one is perfect to replace my mother's old gigantic desktop that recently died. She mostly watches KZread videos, pays bills, & plays basic games. But if she wants to play more advanced games with fancier graphics she should be able to. This will take up much less space and be easier to deal with. The sound isn't a problem since we have fans running in the house all the time and she wears noise cancelling headphones anyway. Did you test out the Bluetooth to see if it was stable and had good distance?

For the higher power settings, are they just sound and thermals? _Because I could totally mod a dozen or so more millimeters to the case bottom for a quieter and/or more powerful fan._

That's a great review! Would you recommend it to use a home DAW? Or is it too noisy?

@docjoesweeney

Ай бұрын

I use my 64gb um790 pro unit as a DAW (bitwig). It makes no noise at all. Literally nothing. It beats the hell out of my big old tower DAW setup with no clicks and crackles even when running a lot of vst plug ins.

Does anyone know if this motherboard supports ECC memory? I know that unofficially this processor supports the operation of ECC memory, but I don't know about the motherboard. This is a key aspect of buying this device for me

I have been planning to buy this unit.

The one thing i'd change about this design, is move 2 of the type A ports to the front, and the type C ports to the back. Type A on the front is great for wireless accessories like mice and headsets and type C on the back allows for a cleaner look. Addtionally, if this saves enough space, it might allow for a second network port, though unless this came with a Ryzen 3, it would be overkill to use this as a router, unless youre doing some serious caching with a 10G network port and 2x NVMe.

@erroneouscode

11 ай бұрын

Saved me from writing same.

@neilquinn

11 ай бұрын

I think it should be a blend of both A and C on both front and back. Why? Could get any type of thumbdrive and want easy front access. USB-C on the rear is critical if you want to semi-permanently attach an external HDD or other peripheral and want it tucked away on the back of your desk not the front.

@Chris.Brisson

11 ай бұрын

But, but, these are USB4, and USB4 enjoys short cable length.

@denvera1g1

11 ай бұрын

@@neilquinn Agreed, i have a 1TB USB-C flash drive that is rather conveneint, but it also has USB-A on the other side Personally for thumb drives, unless they're absolutely tiny, i prefer A over C because it is a more robust mount.

@tappy8741

11 ай бұрын

I mount these things to a monitor. Having ample usbc and usba on front and back is good because that's left and right side of the monitor.

That 4x10Gb USB + 2xUSB4 really makes this system shine.

@btudrus

11 ай бұрын

No 10gbe, so it sucks...

It's almost perfect for me. The only thing that really irks me is not having 10GbE integrated. It's got blazing fast internal storage, but would then be limited for network transfers by that 2.5GbE port, unless I buy another dongle. Seriously...come on! Marvell has great AQC113 chips and I'd pay extra for this capability. Yes, they usually use more power than 2.5GbE chips (more heat), but not everybody is stuck on Cat5e networks. I'd also prefer the USB4 ports to be on the back with the HDMI ports, having all the display outputs on one side and then 2 USB-A on the front instead, but that's a minor thing.

@AB-yt4hd

9 ай бұрын

They should put a sfp+ cage with the AQC113. You can then choose between 2.5G, 10G, fiber or copper.

How is it working with both USB-C power and 19V power connected from the back? Which power supply will be used? Also, how is graphics performance and suspend on recent Linux?

Thank you very much for this video presentation. It could not have been more timely as my unit just arrived yesterday. I ordered mine with 64GB RAM , 1TB SSD and Windows 11 Pro. My immediate first impression, I love it!! This will become my main production machine. Currently I am using an ASUS ROG F15 Dash TUF, closed lid and connected to my external LG 40" Ultrawide 4K monitor as my main system. That also works just super. A couple caveats I have noticed up front. When I connect my LG monitor to the UM790, I noticed I only get 30Hz refresh. That is UNacceptable. I presume I would / could get better over the USB4 ports, but hey, are these not HDMI v2.1 ports? Are they not supposed to support up to 60Hz even at 8K? Now, I don't know if the cable makes the difference as I am using one of my own HDMI cables I have laying around rather than the cable that came shipped with the kit. Do HDMI cables have rated variations (i.e., v2.1 compatible) similar in the way there are differences between Thunderbolt 4 active, Passive, and plain vanilla USB-C cables? The other caveat I noticed is that when I attempted to upgrade my Windows 11 Pro to the latest Windows Insider Preview Build (#23493) on two attempts now it hangs at 64% and I had to resort back to the previous installation as they shipped it. I wonder if that has something to do with this being an AMD vs Intel processor. Cheers, Jerry / Tokyo.

@DeltaSierra426

10 ай бұрын

I know that DisplayPort cables can have official ratings from VESA. I'm not sure about HDMI. I've seen mixed thoughts on this that cables don't truly have a rating and rather it depends on their quality, but that's can't of the say same in that the rating is supposed to assert a minimum quality level. I'd just say just stick to reputable names and avoid the random Amazon ones that claim HDMI 2.1 for next to nothing as there are plenty of fakes on the market. Yes, though, I'd 100% try another HDMI cable. There's also a place in Windows to change the refresh rate and a place in AMD Adrenaline graphics software, so you might verify if 30 Hz is actual max or just defaulted to and can be set higher. As for Windows 11, I'd say not necessarily that it has an AMD processor but that the Phoenix APU is so new, yes, it could be a driver issue or something of the like. If only MS made it more straightforward to review an error log when something like that happens to know for sure.

@dannieduplessis2432

27 күн бұрын

Hi, good post...How about the WIFI connectivity ????? The GEEKS mini PC are rubbish with WIFI connectivity. How is this for wifi ? Do you lose much at all ? My Router is in the same room as i think the wifi booster dongles are a crock .... Thanks in advance

@dannieduplessis2432

27 күн бұрын

@@DeltaSierra426 Hi, good post...How about the WIFI connectivity ????? The GEEKS mini PC are rubbish with WIFI connectivity. How is this for wifi ? Do you lose much at all ? My Router is in the same room as i think the wifi booster dongles are a crock .... Thanks in advance

@tokyojerry

25 күн бұрын

@@dannieduplessis2432 WiFi works fine for me. no weak signals, drop issues. I have the router (ASUS RT-AX86U) in the same room with the UM790Pro and no problems.

I am very curious about the other system sitting on the table at 1:20. You mentioned that it will be covered in a future video. I have looked and do not see anything about it.

Planning on potentially changing my home-assistant setup from a RPI4 2gb Looking for a High-performance mini-pc with at most 5-10W power consumption. Any suggestions?

Does MinisForum fixed the permanent sporadic green or black screen of death? Like it is still not fixed on the Elite HM50 / HM80 series and other U series. MF is not responding to support requests and is not able or willing to fix it.... I would give them this kind of stage here with this bad support... 😕

Seriously considering buying one of these PC, spec it out to the max and make a home lab for virtualization with Proxmox

@ServeTheHome I have 3 of the previous Gen UM690s and noticed a peculiarity with the rear USB ports, although all spec'd as USB3.2, the bottom 2x USB ports between the HDMI and the case edge were running at slower speeds than the 2 usb ports between the HDMI and Eth port. The difference was huge, using an astrophotography camera, the fast ports were getting 130fps capture rates and the slower ports were only getting 10FPS. Hopefully this is just a firmware or driver issue, and hopefully doesn't impact the new models.

@LtdJorge

11 ай бұрын

Are you clustering?

Can these also be set to run on lower power if we wanted to sacrifice some performance for power and heat savings?

Is it a good idea to change the VRAM from 2GB to 6GB in the BIOs for AAA games and emulation?

@ServeTheHomVideo Silly question, any support onboard for ECC memory?

@ServeTheHomeVideo

11 ай бұрын

We did not confirm ECC working beyond the on-chip ECC for DDR5 that is handled by the modules (this is not the same as ECC SODIMMs to be clear.)

@kwinzman

10 ай бұрын

@@ServeTheHomeVideo You should get a pair of real DDR5 ECC SO-DIMMs and include testing with those in any future SFF review that you do! Does it accept it, is it recognized as error detecting and error correcting according to the OS. Thanks in advance!

I ordered one. Not 100% what I wanted, but certeinly convincing enough and hopefully available, too.

Can I use this for video editing and converting?what is the link to their site and the price for this unit?

AMD has here a really great APU. Wonder when the AM5 version of it will come? Or we will need to wait for that Halo Strix apu?

I happened to order a unit a couple of days ago and I happened to have an EGPU chassis too😂

In 2 years when these hit $300, I’d definitely give this a try.

@ServeTheHomeVideo

11 ай бұрын

Great point.

@kennethfeagins1414

11 ай бұрын

These will make ideal compute clusters at that price point. Drop one of the m.2 in favor of a 10g/25g sfp+..

@damiendye6623

11 ай бұрын

They don't make big batches and become abandoned ware quickly

@akin242002

11 ай бұрын

It's good for gamers, software programers, video editors, and Office 365 productivity. Very individual focused. However, it is horrible to roll out to multiple employees in a short time due to difficulty getting to the SSD. Not something an Information Technology team should use at a company.

@user-lq6vm5rj6s

11 ай бұрын

the same idea

is that tape covering one of the USB-C ports from the inside at ~ 1:37? 🤔

Hi Steve, Can you set the RAM timing in the BIOS? It would be interesting because the RAM is also used as graphics memory, and if you buy the barebones version and use faster RAM, for example DDR5-5600, CL40-40-40, the graphics performance could be a lot better. The important question would be whether the UM790 pro with DDR5-5600, CL40-40-40 runs stably or not?

@zoltanmaszlag2982

10 ай бұрын

Hi Steve, what did I win???

I have the UM690 since most big cases were because we didn't have a couple of sticks of gum that hold 4TB apiece or IGPs with RSR to do 60fps... I'm hoping we'll se a new model with 7940HS and a 7600M XT\7700S to upgrade the current model with a 6900HX and 6600M...

Did you see a Realtek audio chip on the motherboard when you had it open? I am really interested in what the controller is for the audio.

@ScratchingTheGreen

9 ай бұрын

There is a Realtek Audio Driver (Azalea)

After 1 month using this Minisforum UM790 lost all Audio out. Took screen video recording which played back audio on my Cellphone. Tested my external Logitech speakers on another Labtop and speaker audio was good. Ran Windows Audio Driver Troubleshooting. Says sorry we can't find issue. - Tried to Update Audio Driver. Says Could not solve the problem. Any suggestions?

Would love a 6800U version. I am still loving my Asus PN50 with 4800U, 64GB RAM and 2TB SSD, all in an Akasa Turing case for complete silence.

@ad_fletch

11 ай бұрын

There are fanless 6800Us tempting me on Aliexpress now, not from Minisforum though.

I have a question. Does the barebone model come with the wifi/bluetooth card, or does it not include that? :o

I'm looking for a Mini PC that I can use to work on my comic(digital art), produce music, and maybe some very light casual gaming(i.e. minecraft, planet base, remote play, etc.) Going to be using a 22in drawing tablet and a regular monitor for displays. Is this a system that would work for that? Any other suggestions?

Just bought the barebones version. Still waiting for delivery. I had to communicate on Skype because my email didn't attach itself to the orignal order, although I did enter my mobile number which should allow me to get shipping and delivery updates. I have no idea when it is due to arrive. Will have to chase on Skype as I've had no communication via email, although they have added my email to the order.

This or the GTR7 pro? I've an order placed for the miniforum model because of retrocorps review but he made an error and this actually has hdmi 2.1 as it turns out so considering cancelling my order now....since the gtr7 seems to have stronger performance although I preferred the ability to get standalone and order my own ram etc but then I gather we can sell the ram/drive out of the GTR7 anyway perhaps although overall maybe a more expensive purchase at that point hmmmm

Barebones is key. I would never buy something like this without choosing my own SSD and RAM, especially since in a device with only 2 NVME slots I would go 4TB in both.

I'm either going to buy UM790 pro or Beelink GTR7 pro to pair with RX6750xt via a ADT m.2 gpu dock. Which would you personally recommend? Cheers👍

@ericliume

10 ай бұрын

Minisforum's form factor, quietness, fast memory are a plus.

I didn't hear it mentioned, but does the UM790 Pro have an internal SATA connection?

@iamrocketray

Ай бұрын

NO, only 2X N.2 nvme SSD slots

Can't wait for the Ryzen 8000 series. With the extra 4 cores (12C) and 4 extra Compute Units (16 CUs) of RDNA 3.5.

I'm trying to find a guide for passing through the gpu when running proxmox. Can somebody point me to some resources?

Which is the material of the black cooling plate, if you know?

Whoa! This CPU generations seems to become the broadwell of this decade. Great news c:

@ServeTheHomeVideo

11 ай бұрын

AMD Phoenix is VERY good.

@informatikabos5481

11 ай бұрын

@@ServeTheHomeVideo Raptor Lake is not bad either - currently a lot of competition in the market, in the best possible way.

Would love to see a decked out kit running ESXi/Proxmox to see how these function as lower power virtualization hosts.

@ServeTheHomeVideo

11 ай бұрын

Like this? kzread.info/dash/bejne/eq2grdJ9ndrHdqQ.html

Would I make a leap in quality and performance from the Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R54J Laptop PC, Notebook, AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Processor that I currently own?

Can you change the COMS battery or is it Soldered in?

Thank you so much for the video. So will this pc take max a second 4TB SSD besides the original 1 TB sold on Amazon.?

@iamrocketray

Ай бұрын

YES!

@danle2884

Ай бұрын

@@iamrocketray Thank you.

I received mine a couple days ago and attempted to install Manjaro Linux to an external SSD using a USB4 enclosure. Unfortunately, the bios does not detect the external drive at boot and always wants to boot the Windows install on the internal SSD. Hopefully this gets sorted out with a bios update soon.

@dmitrysharshakov6416

7 ай бұрын

You can probably install the kernel and initrd on the internal SSD and have it mount rootfs from the Thunderbolt one. Probably needs some initrd setup as Thunderbolt security settings need extra config

@docjoesweeney

Ай бұрын

​@@dmitrysharshakov6416alas, the bios will not allow dual boot or usb boot. So you need to install a second ssd and the blitz the windows environment. The bios is just terrible.

Great review! Very thorough. I'm going to mention this to my boss, who is looking for a new computer.

Does it support 96 GB RAM or even more in the future? The minisforum website says max. 64 GB, but the CPU does support 256.

Did you try sticking the Mushkin 48GB SODIMMs from the HP TMM box onto the Ryzen boxes just to see what would happen? The memory controller on the Rembrandt/Phoenixes are said to be limited to 32GB SODIMMs, but AMD are usually pretty good when it comes to being a bit over-spec.

@abaymajr1976

11 ай бұрын

I was able to run the NPB7 with 2 x 48 GB Mushkins. Also, I read two guys made the same successfully experimentation with both UM690 and UM773 Lite. So, I think the UM790 Pro should be also compatible.

@olliefu

11 ай бұрын

I would be interested in a definite answer to this too before I order some 😅

Thank you!

ServeTheHome team: is possible to know witch kit and specs are for the retail version [32GB Kingston DDR5-5600 SODIMMs for 64GB] if it was running at 5600 and the cl. I,m running out of my 32gb of ram just browsing and gaming. This video help me to make the decision to buy the um790pro but i never think that i will rimming out of ram.

sir u have e gpu sir what is price of e gpu dock and which gpu supported by this dock. also band width.. can get less fps than desktop /laptop gpu... ? or any lag if any video is uploaded give link...

This ryzen chip has 2x the passmark of the M@, yet you can spec the ram and ssd size, nice. Wonder what it would be like as a hackintosh using the VM approach.

Looks genuinely fantastic. Especially with option for barebones. This is something I see very rarely and honestly it makes buying it much easier.

@mavfan1

11 ай бұрын

So dishonestly it makes buying it more difficult?

Excellent emulation machine.

May I know if the WiFi performance is acceptable? I only have wireless connection at home and would like to know if the WiFi is tolerable considering quite some remarks on the antenna being subpar

@iamrocketray

Ай бұрын

I disconnected the Aerial's and poked them through the grills, I have also replaced the bottom grill with the tiny fan on, and fitted a 120 mm usb fan. Far better and I can't hear it at all now. I didn't need to do those mods as it worked perfectly before, but I can't stop myself from improving(modding) things 🤣!

Your review states that you have to remove the screws, where as Level1Techs review stated that the bottom just snaps on. Can anyone confirm whether this is a toolless case or not?

@ScratchingTheGreen

7 ай бұрын

First, you have to remove the taped feet, undo the 4 screws (under the taped feet), then use a strong fingernail/soft prytool to unsnap the bottom cover.

Would like to see a head-to-head between: Minisforum UM790 Pro GMKTech NucBox K4 Beelink GTR7 All with the R9 7940HS (8C/16T, Radeon 780M), 32GB 1TB. Would like to see head-to-head performance, power draw, heat, noise, gaming performance, integrated ports, do they come with Windows pre-installed, etc. And general bang for the buck? They all seem pretty comparable on basic specs: proc/mem/NVMe, etc. Just wondering on the differences, and haven't seen any of them in a head-to-head, tear-down, etc. I'm debating buying one or more of this style of mini-PC to just do stuff like crunching PrimeGrid tasks, and maybe some light gaming. Debating if these will be sufficient for the purpose, or if the integrated graphics, "mobile"-esque chips will be a bottleneck vs. a full PC with dedicated graphics? Or if the bang-for-the-buck is sufficient for the trade-offs.

@ServeTheHomeVideo

9 ай бұрын

We talked about the UM790 Pro and the GTR7 non-pro in the GTR7 Pro video that came out after this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fpedrNN9Z5ezk5c.html

Minisforum UM790 Pro or BeeLink Ser 7. Which one generates less noise ???

I kinda wish those usb4 ports were on the back, and 4 usba on the front

Hiya. I am obviously late to the party, but is there any difference between this UM790 model as compared to the less expensive UM780, aside from the very slight clock bump? If note, since I will be Occulinking this to a 7900XTX, that clock bump is essentially irrelevant to me, I think. Arguments against this thought process?

Can you run some Linux tests on these little things and see if they can handle Linux well?

So I decided to install Pop Os Linux on this box. Do I need to install any specific AMD drivers for the GPU to work?

@Puretea4711

10 ай бұрын

yes

This is perfect! Let's see if they introduce a cheaper version with maybe the lower powered U chips, or just Ryzen 7 instead of Ryzen 9. I don't need a mini PC right now but I definitely want this!

@FelixRisingOriginal

7 ай бұрын

They sell this with the Ryzen 9 and Ryzen 7, the choice is yours.

This PC is s-tier.

Is the UM790 pro better than the UM690 regarding the stability? I have an UM690 and it is crashing all the time. It is basically useless. I suggested to the Minisforum support to replace my UM690 with a UM790 pro.

@ServeTheHomeVideo

10 ай бұрын

Yes. It has a cooling fan on the bottom.

It's so nice that minisforum keeps sending units to people to review, yet we're still waiting for out two ms-01 after two months since order :/

Could you guys check out the Geekom AS 6? It's got a AMD Ryzen 6000H series chip in it I believe

@AUSE

2 ай бұрын

Geekom uses bot comments on peoples reviews of it also leave negative reviews on competitors reviews big yikes avoid them

Is the build quality as good as the Beelink GTR7?

@akin242002

11 ай бұрын

Beelink GTR7 is easier to configure the RAM and SSD. If you know you will be switching parts out every 3 years, then the Beelink GTR7 is better. Less steps to get it done. If you only make one RAM/SSD swap for 5 years, then it is nearly the same.

graduate student working in machine learning who does a little gaming on the side. Options have been, 1. buy a better laptop ( currently use a surface pro 7, i7 16GB RAM 256SSD) 2. build a desktop PC ( which is eventually what I want to do) 3. buy this UM790. I feel like this device for around $700 is a steal in terms of performance. Anyone in the comments think of a better option for someone like me who wants to do some gaming and data science tasks? Was looking at the Beelink GTR7 as well. What do you all think?

does anyone know if the 790 pro could run diablo 4? I'm not worried about max settings by any means, just looking for something budget friendly than can run diablo 4 and less demanding games

Unfortunately, after a month, the fan was too noisy and annoying. I just left the PC on while travelling, amd accessed it remotely. I returned it, and now looking for a replacement with intel processor.