What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
Quick boot andamp; very fast & quiet. Fast cpu but a bit slow gpu for gaming. Tdp is set at 45w.
These mini pcs are addictive. Setting it up was a breeze. Works extremely well.
Cons
Seems like received a faulty mini pc. Works ok just dont go trying to upgrade ram in this unit to 64gb. Even using the exact ram specified by the manufacturer leads to unable to boot.
Highlights
Quality
Good memory, fast cpu, sufficient connectivity, etc.
Running several external drives, gaming, cd, bluetooth devices and running quickly and smoothly.
Cheapest pc i ever bought and the fastest too.
If you are worry about quality of parts or hidden backdoors then minisforum does offer barebones unit.
Price
It is an excellent value for money.
Price dropped and it has become a more cost-effective pc.
Edit: bought a $45 wifi usb and now can actually the box.
At aud$900 (on special) it was a bargain.
Packaging/appearance
The unit came with a legit windows 11 key (you wont find the card or sticker in the box but the key is attached to the motherboard).
Competitiveness
At this price, it's better than any of those big brands pc or laptops i have used and doubled the prices.
The pricing is very competitive, you wont find any level of tech from other oems at the same price point.
Intel nuc (discontinued - given to asus), asus expertcentre, msi cubi, msi pro, beelink are all much more expensive with lower ... Read More
The ssd and ram are not the same parts as the engineering samples sent out to reviewers.
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- This product had a total of 44 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 24 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My trusty ol surface studio finally died so i was considering a new custombuild pc to handle my music creation bitwig daw and to act as a daytoday office computer
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The speced out custom rig came to 5500 which is not a terrible price given its performance
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However i have been messing with mini pcs as linux and chrome os boxes so i wondered if a moderately speced unit could act as higherend pc replacement too
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The um790 met a lot of the specs on paper
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
And the amazon guarantee at least meant if the unit did not meet my needs i could return
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My only problem is that i am struggling to get it to boot to linux via usb
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I prefer linux over windows for development and daytoday computing
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However as a windows machine its a little dynamo
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