MINISFORUM UM890 Pro Mini PC AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS(8C/16T, up to 5.2GHz) 64GB DDR5 1TB PCIe4.0 SSD, 2xUSB4(PD 8K)|1xHDMI|1xDP Four Outputs, 2x RJ45, BT5.2 4xUSB3.2 AMD Radeon 780M Graphics Micro Computer

I Just Works and does not overheat.Fits in a small space.

I don't generally write reviews (even though I often rely on them) - however, I picked this up on a lightning deal after briefly skimming the product page and looking at some high level specs as a replacement computer for my father. In the process of getting it set up for him, I realized what an absolute pile of very specific features come with the UM760 that (while mostly listed on the product page) were a very pleasant surprise at every turn to me (the ignorant buyer).- The Ryzen 5 7640HS comes with an NPU for AI related tasks - not important to me, but who knows if that could be useful in the future.- The 760M graphics chipset is no slouch, nice to have the AMD APU to lean on here at this price.- There are 2 SODIMM slots, and only one is taken up by a 16GB DDR5-5600 SODIMM - expandable with decent RAM without scrapping what comes with it.- There are 2 NVME drive slots, and only one is taken up by a 1TB SSD. This and the RAM slot make it VERY easy to double your capacities (or more) without being wasteful.- A 2.5GBe Ethernet Port! Nice!- HDMI 2.1 port - and it SHOULD be, but it's harder to come by than it should be.- An overly magical USB 4 port. Current and backwards thunderbolt compatible, with a special trick of accepting PD IN. This is in the picture on the product page (a giant frosted PD IN on the desk), I did not see it. I did not realize it until i unplugged the power cord and realized my TB3 dock was powering the machine.- Comes with Windows 11 Pro. It could have been Home, but they did it right and shipped it with Pro. Absolutely appreciated.I honestly couldn't come up with any cons for this machine, but that may change in time. It was honestly a refreshing experience to be pleasantly surprised by more and more thoughtful features and functionality all packed into this relatively inexpensive device, and knowing there's EASY expandability down the road. My father won't be taking advantage of all that this machine has to offer, but I find this machine as it is a steal at the $327 I snagged it for, and would likely purchase another at the regular $429 price, given the outstanding feature set available at this price point.Disclaimer: I'm absolutely in the honeymoon phase right now, and very much doe eyed over tech specs. Don't use this review as a long-term reliability decision. But if thoughtful features in a thoughtfully priced package matter to you, give this a go.

The occulink port allowing me to plug in my massive GPU is a huge plus. An extreme amount of storage allows me to process my photos easily. It's a very fast unit that also works well for programming. The fan is near silent. Way better than a laptop for heat management too.

The PC itself has been great and performing well.My only complaint ( and why I'm docking a star ) is with the included PSU. It was injecting noise into the power circuit which was being picked up by the DAC in my TV causing audible noise from the speakers. I bought a replacement HKY 19v 120W PSU from Amazon which resolved the issue.

UPDATE 1/4/25 - The UM980 has an issue with Windows 24H2, I confirmed this with Minisforum. Their recommendation was to go back to 23H2, but though to do when MS doesn't offer it anymore. Minisforum knowing about the issue, removed the page for support of the UM980, including the links to drivers. I did get them to send me links to 3rd party pages that they claim have the drivers for this model. I assume once MS fixes the issues, Minisforum will again post their support page, but in the mean time I had to perform a clean install from Windows USB bootable device, and now this machine doesn't have updated drivers and seems to workHad this running for about a week now, it runs very cool compared with Ryzen 9 6900HX, and performs even better, and better frame rates! I would recommend this computer. I do wish MinisForum had better documentation and support, but I can figure things out when needed.

I bought this as an upgrade to my gaming laptop, intending to use it for FFXIV. Even after installing a RAM upgrade to 96GB, this thing is an absolute useless potato for gaming. It runs everything else just fine, but I didn't want it for a high-powered word processor. The graphics card benchmarks at 80% higher than the one in my laptop, it has more than twice as much RAM, a better CPU...and yet I can't get above 18fps on the lowest graphics settings. There's also something wrong with the network card. We just got upgraded to fiber internet; sitting side by side, same distance from the router, my laptop gets 159mbps down on wifi while this little potato cube gets...2mbps.You're reading that correctly.Two. Tee-dubya-oh two.I plugged in a USB network card and managed to get it up to 40mbps, but it still drops connectivity constantly using either the internal or external network card.Don't believe all the glowing reviews saying it's a dream for gaming. It's fine for regular work use if you're doing documents or whatever, but if that's all you want save yourself some money and get a cheap $200 laptop.

Bought this as a new PC for the new year. Works great. Nice and fast. Love my mini PC.

I highly recommend this. If you are looking for a decent PC that can play some games, well priced, and in a small form factor, then this is for you.