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Minisforum EM680 Mini PC: Ryzen 7 6800U, 16GB LPDDR5 6400, 512GB PCIe SSD

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$399

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Minisforum has Minisforum EM680 Mini PC on sale from $399. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Suryasis for finding this deal.

Note: EM680 starts shipping in late June.

Alternate Configurations:
Specs:
  • Ryzen 7 6800U 8C/16T 2.7 GHz (4.7 GHz Boost, 20MB Cache), Liquid Metal Thermal Compund
  • Radeon 680M Graphics
  • 16GB LPDDR5 6400 MHz Onboard Dual Channel Ram
    • 32GB Option Available
  • 512GB M.2 2230 PCIe Gen 4.0x4 NVMe SSD with Active Cooling
    • 1TB Option Available
  • Onboard Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.3
  • Windows 11 Pro
  • Ports:
    • 3x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A 10 Gbps
    • 2x USB4 Type-C with Power Delivery & DisplayPort 1.4 (8K@60Hz)
    • 1x HDMI 2.1 (4K@144Hz)
    • 1x microSD card Slot
    • 1x Audio Combo Jack
    • 1x DMIC
    • 1x Clear CMOS
  • 65W GaN Type-C PD Charger
  • 1/4L Form facto

Editor's Notes

Written by citan359 | Staff
  • About this product:
    • The hardware brands may vary from batch to batch. Please rest assured that they all meet Minisforum's standards and are all covered by the warranty.
    • Up to three monitors can be connected at the same time with a maximum resolution of 8K@60Hz.
    • The USB4 ports on the EM680 can be used as a power supply port.
    • 2-Year warranty (details)
  • Additional Note:
    • Please refer to the Forum Thread for additional discussion regarding this deal.

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Written by Suryasis
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Minisforum has Minisforum EM680 Mini PC on sale from $399. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Suryasis for finding this deal.

Note: EM680 starts shipping in late June.

Alternate Configurations:
Specs:
  • Ryzen 7 6800U 8C/16T 2.7 GHz (4.7 GHz Boost, 20MB Cache), Liquid Metal Thermal Compund
  • Radeon 680M Graphics
  • 16GB LPDDR5 6400 MHz Onboard Dual Channel Ram
    • 32GB Option Available
  • 512GB M.2 2230 PCIe Gen 4.0x4 NVMe SSD with Active Cooling
    • 1TB Option Available
  • Onboard Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.3
  • Windows 11 Pro
  • Ports:
    • 3x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A 10 Gbps
    • 2x USB4 Type-C with Power Delivery & DisplayPort 1.4 (8K@60Hz)
    • 1x HDMI 2.1 (4K@144Hz)
    • 1x microSD card Slot
    • 1x Audio Combo Jack
    • 1x DMIC
    • 1x Clear CMOS
  • 65W GaN Type-C PD Charger
  • 1/4L Form facto

Editor's Notes

Written by citan359 | Staff
  • About this product:
    • The hardware brands may vary from batch to batch. Please rest assured that they all meet Minisforum's standards and are all covered by the warranty.
    • Up to three monitors can be connected at the same time with a maximum resolution of 8K@60Hz.
    • The USB4 ports on the EM680 can be used as a power supply port.
    • 2-Year warranty (details)
  • Additional Note:
    • Please refer to the Forum Thread for additional discussion regarding this deal.

Original Post

Written by Suryasis

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MadPup
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Minisforum has the poorest coolng designs; they are morons. They stick a heatsink on the CPU and they think they are done - to hell with the rest of the system. As for the YouTube reviewers you listed, they are all paid shills. None of these reviewers perform any type of prolonged stress test on these machines - if they did, many would fail thru overheating. ETA Prime is the prime shill. His reviews are vacuous and all he does is play games - there is almost nothing to learn from him.
technono
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Since the RAM is soldered, I'd recommend spending the extra $50 to get the 32 GB version.
mischlep
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Onboard Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.3. No ethernet.

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ftee123Jun 08, 2023 05:19 AM
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Hmm. Cheaper than an Mac mini
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gcrackJun 08, 2023 05:45 AM
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Looks much better than the $150 mini PCs. They have one coming out with a Ryzen 9 and 64 GB/1TB for $800 soon. For the price, these seem like they pack quite the punch in a small form factor.

https://store.minisforum.com/prod...-um790-pro
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Quote from gcrack :
Looks much better than the $150 mini PCs. They have one coming out with a Ryzen 9 and 64 GB/1TB for $800 soon. For the price, these seem like they pack quite the punch in a small form factor.

https://store.minisforum.com/prod...-um790-pro [minisforum.com]
Yes, I agree. And their cooling is one of the best in these form factor PCs. I have checked several reviews and literally everybody from techTablet, ETA Prime, Linus Tech praised them (Apart from the HX90 test sample disaster where faulty samples were sent to the reviewers twice). Another thing is using custom TDP control utility, you can push them a lot over the given TDP without ibcreasing fan noise and heat much.
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tiGGGJun 08, 2023 06:43 AM
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Tempted... Any discount codes that work with this?
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How does this mini connect to internet/wifi/bluetooth?
Onboard Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.3. No ethernet.
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Can I use this as main computer? I do research
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Quote from George_P_Burdell :
Can I use this as main computer? I do research
You could. What kind of research?
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You could. What kind of research?

Adult Film studies
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badfishlbcJun 08, 2023 07:46 AM
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Quote from mischlep :
Onboard Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.3. No ethernet.
Almost jumped on this one until I saw it didn't have ethernet. Looks awesome and the CPU is no slouch.

***EDIT*** Watched the Youtube review and I'm in. I'll buy USB ethernet adapter.
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Quote from badfishlbc :
Almost jumped on this one until I saw it didn't have ethernet. Looks awesome and the CPU is no slouch.

***EDIT*** Watched the Youtube review and I'm in. I'll buy USB ethernet adapter.
Exactly. Not having a Gigabit Ethernet is no big deal if you have Type-C and Type-A ports. What I would suggest is that you get a proper Type-C dock or hub with it with PD and Ethernet port and they're pretty cheap these days. Something like this below:
https://www.amazon.com/Dockteck-E...B09491F17Q

Since this uses a Type-C Charger, if you don't use HUB, it will always occupy one of the USB4 port. Instead you connect this Hub to it and the connect the PD charger to the Hub. In return, you'll get couple of USB A Ports, HDMI 2.0, SD and Micro SD card slot and Gigabit Ethernet.
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GettingnowhereJun 08, 2023 10:25 AM
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Very tempted to be honest. Recently built a PC with my kids and it was great to show them the parts. But this form factor is hard to pass up being so small and taking up little to no space.
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181dayJun 08, 2023 12:17 PM
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Wondering if j should just get something like this rather than upgrading my CPU, motherboard and ram for my 3080? Is it a lot better than my steam deck?
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tiGGGJun 08, 2023 01:12 PM
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Quote from 181day :
Wondering if j should just get something like this rather than upgrading my CPU, motherboard and ram for my 3080? Is it a lot better than my steam deck?
I've seen some videos installing HoloISO (hacked version of SteamOS) into their PCs/laptops so I assume you can probably do it on this mini PC. I tried searching to see if there was a Windows 11 dual boot option with HoloISO but I don't believe it works together at the moment. I know there are videos on people installing Win11 on their steam deck but not the other way around (a PC w/Win11, installing HoloISO as a dual boot option).

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