News Minsiforum enters the mini server market - laptop processor packing box bristles with network connectivity starting at $549

[Admin]

Minisforum released a mini workstation system with three mobile CPU choices and plenty of I/O for network, data, video, and devices. It looks like a versatile workhorse with plenty of M.2 and one U.2 support for storage and a PCIe x16 slot with x8 bandwidth and clearance for half-slot cards.

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[bit_user]

Minsiforum enters the mini server market​

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ECC Memory Supported

No

Fail.

 

[rluker5]

With the network /storage expansion option with the pcie4x8 slot this seems like a pretty OP mini home server.

I like it when some company like Minisforum just opens up all of the capabilities a CPU has since it makes everybody else look like they were milking us for things like all that little box has.

Shame I don't have a use for it.

 

[ingtar33]

With the network /storage expansion option with the pcie4x8 slot this seems like a pretty OP mini home server.

I like it when some company like Minisforum just opens up all of the capabilities a CPU has since it makes everybody else look like they were milking us for things like all that little box has.

Shame I don't have a use for it.

no, it's not an op home server
-windows home (doesn't even have the right OS)
-no ECC memory
-no RAID card
-tiny box, granted you could set up a SCSI drive in a networked solution for it's storage, but that again, highlights what a failbox this is.

 

[thestryker]

Fail.

Yeah, thanks Intel! The only laptop CPUs that support ECC are ones with R in the suffix.

With the network /storage expansion option with the pcie4x8 slot this seems like a pretty OP mini home server.

I like it when some company like Minisforum just opens up all of the capabilities a CPU has since it makes everybody else look like they were milking us for things like all that little box has.

Shame I don't have a use for it.

It's not bad, but the lack of ECC kneecaps its potential. It'd be decent for router and local service hosting, but I wouldn't want to use it for storage or anything critical.

 

[HideOut]

Fail.

The system simply cannot. Its not a fail. Its not possible with the CPU class. You can use more of a server class system, but then lose lots of other features to only get ECC.

 

[HideOut]

I wish they 7mm hight limit for the U2 slot was a normal 15mm. There are almost no 7mm drives around at all. In 15mm you can even get optane based drives.

 

[bit_user]

The system simply cannot. Its not a fail. Its not possible with the CPU class.

Not true. AMD's Z1 Extreme supports ECC.

https://www.techpowerup.com/cpu-specs/ryzen-z1-extreme.c3276
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I wish they 7mm hight limit for the U2 slot was a normal 15mm. There are almost no 7mm drives around at all. In 15mm you can even get optane based drives.

Yeah, but is it going to have adequate cooling for those? P5800X can burn up to 20 W and need to be kept below 70 C. NAND-based U.2 drives aren't much better.

IMO, for the type of people who want U.2 drives, this thing is too much of a toy.

 

[thestryker]

STH put up their review for it and it sounds like a fantastic device for what it is, but I feel like you'd need the use case before pulling the trigger and again I wouldn't trust it with my storage without ECC.

Minisforum MS-01 Review The 10GbE with PCIe Slot Mini PC

We review the most anticipated Core i9 mini PC of the year the Minisforum MS-01 with SFP+ 10GbE networking, a PCIe slot, and 3x M.2 slots

www.servethehome.com

edit: to add Intel sells mobile CPUs that support ECC they're just rare and probably cost more real world https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...00hre-processor-24m-cache-up-to-5-00-ghz.html