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MINISFORUM
MS-S1 MAX
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Has anyone tried setting up eGPU with halo strix through OCuLink?
It may be ignorance on my part, but with my Minisforum MS-S1 max 128GB, which I believe i the same thing as Strixhalo, I found that I cannot really use CUDA productively with my RTX5070ti 16GB on eGPU and USB4. On windows11, i found if I have a model that is larger than 16GB, it spillover to ram, at
...tdwbiz in r/StrixHalo
June 25, 2026 12:18 PM
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S1 Max – Rear USB4 v2 / Thunderbolt 5 ports not working
Take note that I ask an LLM to compose this, but all is on point. 💥 MS-S1 Max/Strix Halo eGPU Users: I Found the Fix! 💥 For everyone struggling with getting an eGPU to reliably connect (especially via hotplug) to the Minisforum MS-S1 Max' rear ports on Linux, I've confirmed the absolute core workaro
...Fit-Engineering4830 in r/MINISFORUM
December 4, 2025 5:03 AM
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So does the MS-S1 MAX work with OCuLink eGPU?
MS-S1 MAX with Oculink 4x pci card + DEG1 Oculink + RTX5080 tested.I managed to get it working (Linux and Windows see both the integrated gpu AND the RTX5080). Really hard to make it work. It requires plugging the Oculink cable at some brief moment after the S1 MAX has booted, but not too long. It i
...Far-Lavishness-1411 in r/MiniPCs
December 8, 2025 11:04 AM
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Thunderbolt5 minipc
Minisforum MS-S1 MAX But why TB5? A MiniPC could use a permanent Oculink connection. This is much faster.
egnegn1 in r/MiniPCs
February 9, 2026 10:01 AM
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Pictures of the FNPBA 25G + NVMe adapter
Oh! I've been looking for this configuration (NVME + SFP+) for ages for my MS-S1 MAX, I should have looked at Minisforum's own cards first! I really hope it doesn't require bifurcation as it's not supported on the MS-S1. edit aww crap - Note1When the card is inserted into an AMD-based computer, the
...ramakitty in r/MINISFORUM
January 19, 2026 9:19 PM
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Should I stop looking for a 14" laptop with dGPU and switch to a traditional 14" laptop + eGPU combo instead?
There's pros and cons to all these setups but if you're looking for a powerhouse combo I would try to find a strix halo with 64-128gb ram and usb 4v2 or thunderbolt 5 connectivity. I'm not sure there are many options like this available yet and the ones that are available aren't perfect like the min
...Herbalacious in r/eGPU
March 17, 2026 9:40 PM
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Save me from myself and talk me out of it... I have a new GPU on hold to pick up tomorrow
I did consider a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 platform like the Minisforum MS-S1 MAX, but it's not available in Canada yet. Using standard system RAM to pull in experts as needed will be very slow, wouldn't it? I think I would really be affected by PCIe bottlenecks. I think I will probably have some issues the
...linuxtek_canada in r/LocalLLM
May 2, 2026 4:15 PM
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So does the MS-S1 MAX work with OCuLink eGPU?
This is remarkably worse than OCuLink in bandwidth and most importantly, latency. Regardless, Minisforum support said that the computer doesn't work with USB4 eGPU either, which is even more surprising. 64Gbps, bandwith is the same but yeah latency should be higher. Interesting about what Minisforum
...hebeguess in r/MiniPCs
November 6, 2025 3:44 PM
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