The MINISFORUM Neptune HN2673 is a new mini PC in a familiar-looking body. On the outside the compact computer looks nearly identical to the NAD9 mini PC that the company launched late last year. But under the hood the new model features an Intel Core i7-12650H processor and Intel Arc A730M discrete graphics instead of a […]
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MINISFORUM Mercury EM680 is a 3.15 inch mini PC with Ryzen 7 6800U and up to 32GB RAM
MINISFORUM has been selling small form-factor desktop computers for a few years, but the new MINISFORUM Mercury EM680 is the company’s tiniest system to date. It measures 80 x 80 x 43mm (3.15″ x 3.15″ x 1.69″), making it almost small enough to slide into a pocket. But it has the guts of a reasonably good […]
MINISFORUM shows off a palm-sized PC with Ryzen 7040U and mini-ITX boards with AMD Dragon Range and Intel Raptor Lake-HX
Mini PC maker MINISFORUM is showing off some upcoming systems at the Computex show in Taiwan this week. They include the company’s smallest mini PC to date: a palm-sized MINISFORUM Mercury EM780 mini PC with a Ryzen 7040U processor and a USB-C power supply, and a pair of mini ITX motherboards with support for Intel […]
MINISFORUM expands its Raptor Lake mini PC options with cheaper models
The MINISFORUM Venus NPB5 is a compact desktop computer with an Intel Core i5-13500H processor, support for DDR5-5200 memory, and up to two storage devices thanks to an M.2 2280 slot for PCIe 4.0 storage and a 2.5 inch drive or a hard drive or SSD. And if it looks familiar, that’s because the little […]
MINISFORUM UM790 Pro mini PC with Ryzen 9 7940HS is coming in July (pre-orders now open)
The MINISFORUM UM790 Pro is a compact desktop computer powered by an AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS “Phoenix” processor featuring 8 Zen 4 CPU cores and Radeon 780M integrated graphics based on RDNA 3 architecture. First announced last week, it’s now up for pre-order for $519 and up, and MINISFORUM says the mini PC should begin […]
MINISFORUM’s first mini PCs with Ryzen 7040HS are coming soon
MINISFORUM has unveiled two new mini PCs powered by AMD Ryzen 7040HS chips. The MINISFORUM UM780Pro and UM790Pro are both compact computers with Zen 4 CPUs, Radeon 780M integrated graphics, support for up to 64GB of memory, and up to two SSDs for storage. They’re not available for purchase yet, but after teasing the little computers earlier […]
Lilbits: Ubuntu on the VisionFive 2 RISC-V single-board PC, mini PCs with Ryzen 7040HS, and Google’s new Find My Network
Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web. Canonical enables Ubuntu on StarFive’s VisionFive 2 RISC-V single board computer [Canonical] Canonical brings support for Ubuntu 23.04 to the StarFive VisionFive 2, a single-board PC with a 1.5 GHz quad-core JH7110 RISC-V processor with SiFive U74 CPU cores and Imagination BXE-4-32 MC1 graphics. […]
MINISFORUM launches mini PCs with Intel N100 and Core i3-N305 Alder Lake-N processors
MINISFORUM is the latest mini PC maker to jump on the Alder Lake-N bandwagon with two new systems powered by Intel’s new chips for low-cost, low-power computers. The MINISFORUM UN100 is a compact desktop computer with an Intel Processor N100, while the MINISFORUM UN305 packs an Intel Core i3-N305 processor. They’re available for purchase from […]
Mini PCs with Ryzen 9 7940H chips are on the way
AMD’s Ryzen 9 7940H processor is an 8-core, 16-thread chip with Zen 4 CPU cores, support for speeds up to 5.2 GHz and AMD Radeon 780M integrated graphics with 12 RDNA 3 compute units. It’s basically Chinese version of the Ryzen 9 7940HS that was introduced for global markets earlier this year. And it looks […]
MINISFORUM B550 Pro modular mini PC supports up to Ryzen 7 5800X and discrete graphics
The MINISFORUM B550 Pro is a compact desktop computer that measures 169 x 160 x 67mm (6.7″ x 6.3″ x 2.6″). But it packs a lot of power into that little chassis, with an AMD A4 socket and support for up to a 105 watt AMD Ryzen 7 5800X processor. But the computer also has […]