Okay, so, here’s what happened. I was casually scrolling through some new tech stuff because why not? — and stumbled upon some news from Minisforum. They’re pushing out these fresh AMD Ryzen bits and bobs, like a new MoTD (Mobile on Desktop, fancy name right?) and a Mini PC that packs the Ryzen 9 9955HX “Fire Range” processor. Sounds cool, doesn’t it?
Let’s dive into it—or at least try to. You know, at Japan IT Spring Week, Minisforum was showing off like it was their birthday or something. They have these gadgets with AMD Ryzen chips, all shiny and new, ready to jump into your techy lives. There are desktops, mini PCs, even NAS systems. I mean, the works!
Starting off with this one thing called the “F1FGM” MoTD motherboard. It’s like a sequel in their series of boards but with, dare I say, hotter bits and pieces. Picture a motherboard packed with heatsinks everywhere, like a mini metal forest across the VRMs, M.2 Slots, and PCH. They even have a cover for the IO. The wait—the Dragon what? Oh, Dragon Range CPUs, right, from Ryzen’s 7000HX line. But this one’s from the ‘Fire Range,’ like it jumped up a notch in a kung fu movie.
And get this—this chip, Ryzen 9 9955HX—has 16 cores and 32 threads. That’s like having an army in your PC at your beck and call. Or, you know, a tiny orchestrated chaos. It screams up to 5.4 GHz with 64 MB of L3 cache, and you can practically give it a workout by cranking it to 160W on this thing. Feels like putting a V8 engine in a go-kart. Still no clue why I’m comparing chips to cars.
Oh, there’s an “X3D” flavor of this too. Options are nice, unless you’re shopping for jeans. Cooling? They plopped a cooler on top of a vapor chamber—it’s like techie ice cream for your techie ice cream cone.
What else is intriguing? Ah, right, the board with DDR5 slots, like a hungry beast that swallows up to 256 GB of memory. Fast, up to 8000 speeds or some such thing. The board’s like “Yeah, I take PCIe slots, M.2 slots, SATA III, USB4. You name it.” Two BIOS DEBUG LEDs are onboard too, probably to blink at you condescendingly when stuff goes sideways.
Then there’s the Minisforum MS-A2 Mini PC—because who doesn’t want a powerhouse the size of a breadbox? This little guy extends from the MS-A1 series and slobbers out with three M.2 spots, a 10 GbE LAN through SFP+ port, plus a PCIe 4.0 x8 slot for low-profile cards. Sounds a bit like assembling Ikea furniture. You know, bits here and there and voila!
Different Mini PC motherboard, only two SO-DIMM slots (fancy term for memory slots—32GB sticks max), fast like 5200 MT/s. The gadget loves its ports: USB 3.2 Gen Type-C, Gen 2, and even logs back to USB 2.0 for nostalgia. Two 10 GbE LAN ports, Wi-Fi 6E, even Bluetooth 5.0. Choice is key, I guess, right?
Finally—who am I kidding, my brain is scrambled by now but—there’s this N5 PRO NAS thingy with Strix vibes. Promises beefy brains with Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU (12 cores, 24 threads) and some Radeon mojo. It’s like a NAS with some real backbone.
The NAS has five 3.5-inch bays, going to town with toolless design. Drives in, drives out, peace of cake. Up to 48 GB DDR5 memory too, PCIe 4.0 action for video interfaces. Each bay with 22 TB max, plus three M.2 slots. Yeah, it’s loaded—10 GbE and 5 GbE Ethernet included.
All this jazz is supposedly launching soon, so don’t hold your breath unless you tend to pass out when the tech gets announced. Stay tuned, like your life depends on it. Or don’t. Whatever rocks your boat, buddy.
