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GEEKOM A7 Mini PC: Ryzen 9 7940HS, Radeon 780M, 2TB SSD, 32GB DDR5 RAM

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GEEKOM Now has GEEKOM A7 Mini PC for $799 - $169 w/ coupon code A7SAVE169 = $630. Shipping is free.

Thanks Staff Member Izzy138 for sharing this deal

Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen R9-7940HS (4.0GHz,8 cores, 16 threads,16MB Cache)
  • AMD Radeon 780M Graphics
  • 32GB DDR5 RAM
  • Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2
  • 2TB Solid State Drive
  • Windows 11 Pro
  • Bonus KM-Combo1 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Set added to cart automatically
  • Inputs:
    • 3x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
    • 1x USB 4 Gen3 Type-C
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
    • 1x USB 2.0 Type-A
    • 1x SD card reader
    • 1x 3.5mm front stereo headset jack
    • 1x RJ45
    • 2x HDMI 2.0
    • 1x DC in
    • 1x PowerButton

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GEEKOM Now has GEEKOM A7 Mini PC for $799 - $169 w/ coupon code A7SAVE169 = $630. Shipping is free.

Thanks Staff Member Izzy138 for sharing this deal

Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen R9-7940HS (4.0GHz,8 cores, 16 threads,16MB Cache)
  • AMD Radeon 780M Graphics
  • 32GB DDR5 RAM
  • Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2
  • 2TB Solid State Drive
  • Windows 11 Pro
  • Bonus KM-Combo1 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Set added to cart automatically
  • Inputs:
    • 3x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
    • 1x USB 4 Gen3 Type-C
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
    • 1x USB 2.0 Type-A
    • 1x SD card reader
    • 1x 3.5mm front stereo headset jack
    • 1x RJ45
    • 2x HDMI 2.0
    • 1x DC in
    • 1x PowerButton

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appel
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Very powerful little feller. Here's a video on how to turn this into a Steam machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f45hDPOrzFI

Edit: krazybert raises a good point that I should have pointed out but honestly forgot about. In the video the guy mentions fairly early on he had some fairly critical issues with the RAM sticks the unit came with. After switching them out with a different brand from another computer the problem went away.
OliveLadybug9466
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Just click on link ffs, it tells you that it is 32gb ram. The r7 looks like a good deal too. Not much performance difference from what I can see outside of a larger hdd
PrometheusRising
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My hunch is that cost of engineering for water cooling or alternate forms of air cooling that do not sound like a jet engine in this form factor are the limiting problem. If you've ever rigged up small fans, it takes a lot of engineering to keep those fans from making a whine sound. Noise normalized cooling rates are more difficult and there are limited ways to dissipate heat passively.

I'm thinking about sending a note to Gamers Nexus to put this through its paces exactly around this topic.

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Aug 20, 2024 06:38 PM
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EricJ3237Aug 20, 2024 06:38 PM
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Quote from PrometheusRising :
My hunch is that cost of engineering for water cooling or alternate forms of air cooling that do not sound like a jet engine in this form factor are the limiting problem. If you've ever rigged up small fans, it takes a lot of engineering to keep those fans from making a whine sound. Noise normalized cooling rates are more difficult and there are limited ways to dissipate heat passively.

I'm thinking about sending a note to Gamers Nexus to put this through its paces exactly around this topic.
But gaming laptops achieve this just fine, and it would be easier with what I'm describing because you have more flexibility on where to add fans because you don't have keyboards and trackpads blocking one of the sides. You can have extra fans there. As well as increase the spacing between components.
Aug 20, 2024 06:48 PM
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krazybertAug 20, 2024 06:48 PM
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Quote from appel :
Very powerful little feller. Here's a video on how to turn this into a Steam machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f45hDPOrzFI
One big caveat in the video is that he has to switch out the RAM sticks to a different brand. Significant cost if people are experiencing the same issues.
Aug 20, 2024 08:06 PM
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FaithfulHamster1779Aug 20, 2024 08:06 PM
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Quote from EricJ3237 :
To this day, I still don't understand why we don't have mini gaming PCs that have same components and capabilities of a gaming laptop (e.g. mobile 4060 used in laptops) but would be cheaper given that there is no screen, keyboard, battery, or track pad. I would imagine that would make a normally $1000 device shave off $200. Or l, in the case where it's a $700 4050 device, it would be as low as $500 without laptop specific hardware. Instead, we only have these mini PCs that stick to iGPUs such as 680m, 780m, which are better than Intel hd graphics, but still far away from modern Nvidia cards used in laptops. I would definitely spend this amount on one of those instead of this even if it was twice as large to accommodate laptop gpu. You'd think there'd be at least one company that would dabble in this. If there's enough of a market to justify the existence of this, there'd be enough of a market to justify what I'm describing. I just hate large tower desktop PCs. Even mini atx or even mini itx form factors are too bulky. Something that has the size of a laptop chassis would be great. Could probably be even smaller because, again, no trackpad, keyboard, no batter, could probably be thicker and less width of some of the parts could go on top of eachother rather than side by side
I wondered the same thing with all the emulation handhelds. I had even emailed Retroid about it.

I think it ultimately is a decision on cannibalizing sales. I also think the bigger companies can pressure the factories charged with final assembly to block a smaller company from coming in right after and making a cheaper clone product that uses virtually the same quality parts.
Aug 20, 2024 09:53 PM
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GoGo98102Aug 20, 2024 09:53 PM
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Quote from EricJ3237 :
To this day, I still don't understand why we don't have mini gaming PCs that have same components and capabilities of a gaming laptop (e.g. mobile 4060 used in laptops) but would be cheaper given that there is no screen, keyboard, battery, or track pad. I would imagine that would make a normally $1000 device shave off $200. Or l, in the case where it's a $700 4050 device, it would be as low as $500 without laptop specific hardware. Instead, we only have these mini PCs that stick to iGPUs such as 680m, 780m, which are better than Intel hd graphics, but still far away from modern Nvidia cards used in laptops. I would definitely spend this amount on one of those instead of this even if it was twice as large to accommodate laptop gpu. You'd think there'd be at least one company that would dabble in this. If there's enough of a market to justify the existence of this, there'd be enough of a market to justify what I'm describing. I just hate large tower desktop PCs. Even mini atx or even mini itx form factors are too bulky. Something that has the size of a laptop chassis would be great. Could probably be even smaller because, again, no trackpad, keyboard, no batter, could probably be thicker and less width of some of the parts could go on top of eachother rather than side by side

They make them. It's just that mini pc's are already a niche, a gaming one is even more of a niche. That's why there are so few and far between, and they are not the newest and latest hardware.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTP4T9WY
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Aug 21, 2024 12:38 AM
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DaMexicaAug 21, 2024 12:38 AM
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780m is comparable to what desktop gpu a 7600xt?
Aug 21, 2024 04:00 AM
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SDSummerDayAug 21, 2024 04:00 AM
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i carry such min PC (not this brand, but they are about the same) as dev VM server, so that i don't have to carry a workstation laptop and have the fan spinning at 100% that sound like jet engine all the time.
i cannot speak for this particular PC, but my other mini PC running 65W profile at 100% CPU(20 VMs) 24/7, is whisper quite thanks for the much better and lager fan.

at this moment, if you doing ESXI mini PC, AMD is your best bet as you have to disable the intel E core for ESXI to work.

i cannot wait for the next gen AMD laptop processor make its way to mini pc to bring 10C/20T to the field
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ChrisC7705Aug 21, 2024 01:29 PM
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Quote from seanleeforever :
i carry such min PC (not this brand, but they are about the same) as dev VM server, so that i don't have to carry a workstation laptop and have the fan spinning at 100% that sound like jet engine all the time.
i cannot speak for this particular PC, but my other mini PC running 65W profile at 100% CPU(20 VMs) 24/7, is whisper quite thanks for the much better and lager fan.

at this moment, if you doing ESXI mini PC, AMD is your best bet as you have to disable the intel E core for ESXI to work.

i cannot wait for the next gen AMD laptop processor make its way to mini pc to bring 10C/20T to the field
I am not sure if this is right, but this seems like its about equivalent to between the very old GTX 1050 and GTX1060? Hopefully someone can correct me here. However the CPU on this newer SOC will be much better than those computers back then.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Com...vsm2088874

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Aug 21, 2024 09:26 PM
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SDSummerDayAug 21, 2024 09:26 PM
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Quote from ChrisC7705 :
I am not sure if this is right, but this seems like its about equivalent to between the very old GTX 1050 and GTX1060? Hopefully someone can correct me here. However the CPU on this newer SOC will be much better than those computers back then.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Com...vsm2088874
hmm, i think you are quoting the wrong person? i use this a VM box so i don't use the GPU part of it.

But i did run some windows application on this box just to check the graphic performance. i don't have the 1050 or 1060, but i don't actually think it can beat 1050?
i'd admit the 780M performance is beyond what i think the igpu could provide (certainly a GIANT upgrade from R7 or R8 found in the 4000/5000 AMD series). but in term of touch a modern standalone GPU? you may have to wait until next gen.
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appelAug 21, 2024 10:31 PM
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Quote from krazybert :
One big caveat in the video is that he has to switch out the RAM sticks to a different brand. Significant cost if people are experiencing the same issues.
That's a good point, krazybert, honestly forgot he mentioned that. I edited my comment to include this.
Aug 21, 2024 10:38 PM
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Meowmixes98Aug 21, 2024 10:38 PM
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This is a great deal.
Aug 22, 2024 03:37 PM
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kujaAug 22, 2024 03:37 PM
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Quote from AGA7d :
I always have reservation on these mini pcs with high-powered CPUs - can it run full without being throttled?
I agree - airflow seems like a HUGE problem ... not to mention its 1k by the time you add on all the sides and desert to this thing.
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VioletIdea9666Aug 24, 2024 09:59 PM
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Can this unit run game "black myth - wukong"?
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harryrasulAug 31, 2024 11:25 PM
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is this deal still working or dead?
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