MS-A1

Not the OP, but I run a similar (ish) setup myself; Minisforum MS-A1, Ryzen 8700g, 64GB DDR5, 2x2TB + 2x1TB NVMe drives. Deg1 dock with a 3080Ti + Corsair SF750W platinum PSU. I went this route as I had multiple PC's in my household and I just wanted a single jack of all trades machine. I travel fai

There's only a handful of AM5 minis out there: Lenovo's M75q Gen 5, Minisforum's MS-A1 and Asrock's Deskmeet X600, Deskmini X600 and Deskmini X600/USB4. The Deskmeet has a x16 PCIe slot and is really more of an SFF unit at 8L. The Deskmini X600/USB4 has USB4 replacing the VGA of the X600 at the back

I have a Minisforum MS-A1 with a Ryzen 7 8700G with an AOOSTAR AG01 dock, and I rotate between various GPUs, including an RX9070XT, and it works wonders. There's a small bandwidth penalty when using OCuLink, but most games are not bandwidth limited. At worst, loading times can be slightly longer, bu

Just ordered used MS-A1 and planning to print this all out to fit NH-L9i, this sounds and looks great! Thanks a lot! I think it also worth to combine this solution with the custom NVMe fan on the back - this another soluion, for those who would use this machine as NAS, that way the NVMe drives also

I like multi purpose because I have a nice space to place a server but it’s essentially a closet. I also don’t tinker a ton. once I have things set up I leave it alone and use it basically. I tossed around the idea of the minisforum n5 ( standard) + an ms-a1 or a2 w/ oculink for an egpu. That would

Dell R340, gives full system redundancy, or ms-a1 for smaller peeps

Just get minipc man. Minisforum ms-a1 for example. Get a am5 cpu with igpu. So that way you can use it for school work with portable monitor and attach a eGPU when u r in ur dorm

I decided to return, and re-ordered the MS-A1. I really like the form factor. It occupies little space and it has what I need for my use case. The replacement has the same 1.06 BIOS. The x3d is awesome, and the 96gb is plenty enough for whatever I might need in the near future. I allocated 16gb vram

Minisfourm ms-01 (Intel)/ ms-a1 (amd) are both similar and likely more expensive. while still being a small device I believe they would offer significantly better cooling and longevity. I acquired mine used/refurbished off eBay for significantly less than a new machine as well.

The GPUs I want to use don't fit in the provided slot, and the PSU doesn't have enough power, let alone power cables to drive the GPUs I'm planning to use. I'm not thinking of putting a super low end, bus powered low profile GPU. That makes zero sense with the iGPU. I want to put high end triple slo