frontpage Posted by Suryasis • Jan 23, 2025
Jan 23, 2025 5:14 AM
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frontpage Posted by Suryasis • Jan 23, 2025
Jan 23, 2025 5:14 AM
Minisforum NAB6 Lite Mini PC: i5-12600H, 32GB DDR4, 1TB SSD, Dual LAN, Win11
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However, that solution is not as elegant as the Plug & Play solution offered by OCulink or USB4/Thunderbolt
They utilize a pcie x16 slot that can run standard GPU at pcie 4.0x8. Quite a bit faster than occulink and TB/USB 4. Also clean with the PSU included inside the dock to provide power to GPU.
I think the bundle is only on their website but the mini PC and the dock might be available separately via different retailers.
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They utilize a pcie x16 slot that can run standard GPU at pcie 4.0x8. Quite a bit faster than occulink and TB/USB 4. Also clean with the PSU included inside the dock to provide power to GPU.
I think the bundle is only on their website but the mini PC and the dock might be available separately via different retailers.
3D print this lid and you're halfway there (there's a version with a slit that allows for easy passthrough of the extender cable).
It's happened twice where the Network cards (it has two) just stop responding. Neither will notice cables plugged in. Restarting the machine doesn't help. To fix, you have to go into device manager, disable and re-enable.
I looked into it and it was something about the Intel network cards they used, but from what I quickly read, no actual fix. Asides from just switching to a USB network card.
It doesn't handle not even everyday stuff, thanks God is a backup thing for me but very frustrated when it freezes for 20-30 seconds at the time in middle of doing something.
Below is an LTT review that compares them to a similar SFF machine like this. I would think particularly for Graphic Design, Mac OS is the most common.
https://youtu.be/71jBX5N3wcM?si=
Microcenter has a pretty good deal on it now $500:
https://slickdeals.net/f/18074911-apple-mac-mini-mu9d3ll-a-late-2024-desktop-computer-apple-m4-10-core-cpu-16gb-unified-memory-256gb-solid-state-drive-500?src=frontpa
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https://www.amazon.com/MINISFORUM...B0
They also have the nab9 (12900HK 14C/20T up to 5ghz) variant with coupons for the barebones/32GB-500GB/32GB-1TB for $320/$431/$455 respectively
https://www.amazon.com/MINISFORUM...0D
My son runs an AMD eGPU via USB4 and it works pretty well. There are some tips/tricks on reddit if you search around and some interesting performance gotcha's to be aware of. I'm trying to remember the one that surprised me, going from memory so don't quote me on this but it was something like if you use the HDMI port on the eGPU vs the HDMI port on the device you gain double digit percentage performance because the video information doesn't have to traverse back down through the USB port. Again, don't quote me on that, but make sure to look into threads on the topic. Lots of useful information out there.
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