MINISFORUM
MS-S1 MAX
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Mini PC for a Local LLM on a budget?
Repair shop owner here. I do custom builds as well as sell a lot of mini pcs. if you are looking for a budget AI system. Look at a used workstation with something like an Intel ark pro b550 (16GB). It will run you around $600 depending on the model. Because for a mini pc you are looking around $1000
...cyborg762 in r/MiniPCs
June 10, 2026 4:35 PM
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Are you self-hosting LLMs in your 10-inch racks? Looking for hardware & model advice!
Running a 8u 10 inch mini rack. Minisforum Ms-S1 Max runs my self hosted LLMs like GPT OSS 120b. It’s a bit overkill but I use it for paperless, my n8n workflows, karakeep, openwebui/anythingLLM and also ollama.
wzyho in r/minilab
March 25, 2026 11:56 AM
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I have a budget of $4000. Should I get a mac studio m3 ultra or should i build my own server/desktop for LLM inference?
This is what I did and it's awesome. Minisforum MS-S1 Max.
JustSentYourMomHome in r/LocalLLM
May 26, 2026 3:21 AM
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What happened to the Beelink 128GB vram models??
Thank me later.😎 Strix Halo 128gb Laptop on sale, killer deal. https://www.microcenter.com/product/702348/hp-zbook-ultra-g1a-oled-14-mobile-workstation-pc-meteor-silver Minisforum Strix Halo 128gb mini PC https://www.microcenter.com/product/702314/minisforum-ms-s1-max-next-gen-ai-workstation Better
...Spirited_Line_1702 in r/MiniPCs
May 4, 2026 4:33 PM
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Intel Panther Lake Gaming Performance Explored With Tom TAP Petersen
you are on crack bro 47 fps native ... which isn't bad but they are conveniently benchmarking vs a 2 year old AMD iGPU The Fastest Integrated Graphics Yet - The Radeon 8060S (ft. Minisforum MS-S1 MAX) BF6 in 1080p native High - 86 fps ... almost twice as fast as the B390
Neckbeard_Sama in r/TechHardware
January 7, 2026 6:10 PM
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Best MiniPC for Local LLM
Any model with Strix Halo 395+ like Minisforum MS-S1-MAX if you have the budget for and can find one. Due to RAM and Storage price increases all models prices jumped through the roof comparing with last year, so you are a little bit late. Remember you need VRAM ( or unified RAM like Strix Halo which
...Adit9989 in r/MiniPCs
May 7, 2026 2:14 PM
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To DEG? or Make a Really Dumb Decision..
Hi all, about 2 months ago I picked up the MS-S1 MAX and have been having an amazing time adapting my skillset from a web developer to tinkering AI lunatic. I've been custom building an inference platform with Proxmox running an LXC w/ a custom setup that manages "slots" each running a type of strix
...horratiocornbl0wer in r/StrixHalo
April 29, 2026 11:46 PM
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How does the new nvidia dgx spark compare to Minisforum MS-S1 MAX ?
DGX is not for anything other than AI, and big models at that. It's a 5070ti speed wise. The 5070ti has 896GB/s memory bandwidth while the DGX Spark and the Minisforum S1 Max have 256GB/s memory bandwidth so it's literally 3.5x slower. You don't buy it for that. You buy it to run 200b parameter mode
...Karyo_Ten in r/LocalLLM
October 21, 2025 5:14 AM
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Best hardware for a headless home LLM server (private-doc RAG + summarization)? Strix Halo 128GB or something better? (~$3–$4k budget)
The “Strix Halo is slow” argument is only really true for dense models, not for your setup. Since your workload is RAG plus summarization, MoE models are the better fit, and 128GB of unified memory is a very strong combination for that. GPT-OSS 120B can run at around 30 tokens per second, Qwen3-30B-
...Poizone360 in r/LocalLLM
July 1, 2026 12:42 PM
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Has anyone tried cranking big LLMs on those mini Ryzen AI setups? and real talk on speeds and memory
My minisforum ms-s1 max 128GB can run 120B models no problem. Generates it faster than you can read it. Using LM Studio. Set it to 96GB VRAM and you still have 32GB system RAM left over. Just did a couple tests. About 45 tokens/sec
No_Clock2390 in r/MiniPCs
January 6, 2026 11:08 AM
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