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Pros & Cons
Pros
Gb of ram and a decent disk size. Switching out the ssd would not be easy. Gb ssd is very quick so computer boots very quickly.
Plugs-n-plays with our 32” dell monitor via the thunderbolt usb-c cord. The ports all seem to work well. Update 06/08/22 the following connector works to connect the display port to an hdmi monitor.
The fan is as quiet as advertised and there are plenty of ports available. Quite noisy at start up, but settles down to running quietly almost immediately. Small form factor is easy to tuck away if that bothers you.
The amd ryzen is fine for my office work and light photo editing. It runs productivity apps like 365 and video exceptionally well. It's perfect for browsing, streaming, and general productivity.
Cons
Tried uninstalling, reinstalling radeon. Windows still has zero audio, i use blue tooth headphones, but the bluetooth constantly loses it's hardware connection.
Only one of the usb-c ports in the front is usb4/tb. Crashes so often it is unusable as the computer is completely unstable. Going back to standard hd (not ssd), and better support. You have to rely on the main pcie ssd only. The tech support is not h... Read More
I am about ready to pull all of the hardware apart and get the soldering iron out. Never seen this prob, in over 25 yrs building pcs. Prob start looking for another co. Ssd to the bay.
Highlights
Quality
It was super easy to setup, runs almost silent, lots of memory, cpu, and for an integrated graphics card, can do some decent gaming.
Easy to set up, transfer my documents and apps, and runs perfectly!
Can max out a lot of old title’s, like skyrim with texture mods etc, the forest on ultra high settings (i got the ryzen 9 32 gi... Read More
Swapped out the nvme ssd for a larger one, which takes two minutes and is only a matter of removing the 4 screws on the bottom.
Price
You probably should not have to buy an adapter to use the wi-fi on a new computer, but for $20 additional cost it makes this a ... Read More
Overall i am pleased with the value and performance of the device.
I did not purchase this (um690) from amazon as i got mine direct from the minisforum website as they were (maybe are still) at ... Read More
However, this only added $20 to the very reasonable cost of an otherwise good mini computer.
Shipping
Came promptly, and was easy to set up and get going.
Came wit windows 10 and upgraded easily & free to windows 11.
I didn't want windows 11, but that's show it came shipped.
I originally purchased this via their web store but their wait time was about a month.
Packaging/appearance
The b550 was packaged well and came with a case for storage of when traveling.
Competitiveness
Which brings me to amd and their drivers being an issue.
I would strongly suggest to anyone purchasing this unit to immediately replace the ssd with a more reliable brand.
For users who are rely on better online and human customer service from dell and hp, this is not the computer to get.
Compared to the hx90(5900hx) with a similar spec, i don't notice any performance difference.
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- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 61.5% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 449 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 28 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
We are using this as a family desktop to do small family planning and business tasks taxes calendar syncs prek applications 365 document manager internet shopping
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I had saw a video of it online and thought that i just had to try it out as starter pc
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It have four ubs in the front and four in the back
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This thing essentially runs a dead heat with my full fat ryzen 3700x with 32 gigs of ram while transcoding video on the cpu
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Adjusting fan curves in the bios can help tame the noise created by the fan but the fan noise can be impossible to defeat completely
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