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Feb 13, 2025 4:29 AM

Refurb Minisforum UM773 Lite Mini PC: AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, 32GB RAM, 512TB SSD

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Minisforum has Certified Refurbished Minisforum UM773 Lite Mini PC Desktop on sale at prices listed below when you apply discount code DEAL18OFF at checkout. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Suryasis for finding this deal.

Available (prices below w/ code DEAL18OFF applied)
Specs:
  • Ryzen 7 7735HS Zen 3+ 8C/16T 3.2 GHz (4.75GHz Boost, 20MB Cache)
  • AMD Radeon 680M Graphics @ 2200 MHz
  • 2x DDR5 (64GB max)
  • 1x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4x4 NVMe SSD Slot
  • 1x 2.5" SATA III Slot
  • 1x M.2 2230 Slot for Wi-Fi/BT (Occupied with Wi-Fi 6E Card)
  • Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.2
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
    • 2x USB 2.0 Type-A
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (Data Transfer)
    • 1x USB 4 Type-C 40 Gbps /w DisplayPort 1.4a, 5V3A Power Output
    • 2x HDMI 2.0
    • 1x 2.5G Gigabit Ethernet
    • 1x 3.5mm Combo Jack
    • 1x Power Port
    • 1x DMIC
    • 1x Clear CMOS

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake
  • All products purchased on Minisforum's refurbished.minisforum.com are covered by a 1-year warranty.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Minisforum has Certified Refurbished Minisforum UM773 Lite Mini PC Desktop on sale at prices listed below when you apply discount code DEAL18OFF at checkout. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Suryasis for finding this deal.

Available (prices below w/ code DEAL18OFF applied)
Specs:
  • Ryzen 7 7735HS Zen 3+ 8C/16T 3.2 GHz (4.75GHz Boost, 20MB Cache)
  • AMD Radeon 680M Graphics @ 2200 MHz
  • 2x DDR5 (64GB max)
  • 1x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4x4 NVMe SSD Slot
  • 1x 2.5" SATA III Slot
  • 1x M.2 2230 Slot for Wi-Fi/BT (Occupied with Wi-Fi 6E Card)
  • Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.2
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
    • 2x USB 2.0 Type-A
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (Data Transfer)
    • 1x USB 4 Type-C 40 Gbps /w DisplayPort 1.4a, 5V3A Power Output
    • 2x HDMI 2.0
    • 1x 2.5G Gigabit Ethernet
    • 1x 3.5mm Combo Jack
    • 1x Power Port
    • 1x DMIC
    • 1x Clear CMOS

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake
  • All products purchased on Minisforum's refurbished.minisforum.com are covered by a 1-year warranty.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Written by Suryasis

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MuddyBottoms
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Remove wifi/Bluetooth card, drill hole in case, install 2.5gbe ethernet in the WiFi/Bluetooth slot. If it's going to be a proxmox server it likely won't be sitting on your desk as a show piece. It's not a perfect solution, but it's a solution.

Alternatively you could buy an external usb4 enclosure and move your nvme drive to that. My understanding is the OS sees them as an internal drive, at least mine does with Linux. Then buy a 2280 Ethernet card.
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This system is absolutely worth $200 if you have the basics to chuck inside of it, the 680m is basically an Xbox One/PS4 in terms of its graphical gaming performance, better the older the game is, lock your framerate to 30fps and all games are at medium or high settings. Sure, keyboard and mouse at 30fps is no bueno but that's what joypads are for.
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It's more infuriating that it's legal for them to say the 'regular' price is $709
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Quote from lattiboy View quoted comment :
Great price, but infuriating they didn't stick a 2nd 2.5 eth port on this thing. Would be an incredible Proxmox OPNSense setup.
Quote from lattiboy View quoted comment :
Great price, but infuriating they didn't stick a 2nd 2.5 eth port on this thing. Would be an incredible Proxmox OPNSense setup.
These are relatively older models and hence 1x RJ-45 instead of 2 and 1x M.2 + 1x 2.5", instead of 2x M.2 2280.
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Quote from lattiboy View quoted comment :
Great price, but infuriating they didn't stick a 2nd 2.5 eth port on this thing. Would be an incredible Proxmox OPNSense setup.
Remove wifi/Bluetooth card, drill hole in case, install 2.5gbe ethernet in the WiFi/Bluetooth slot. If it's going to be a proxmox server it likely won't be sitting on your desk as a show piece. It's not a perfect solution, but it's a solution.

Alternatively you could buy an external usb4 enclosure and move your nvme drive to that. My understanding is the OS sees them as an internal drive, at least mine does with Linux. Then buy a 2280 Ethernet card.
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Quote from lattiboy View quoted comment :
Great price, but infuriating they didn't stick a 2nd 2.5 eth port on this thing. Would be an incredible Proxmox OPNSense setup.
It's more infuriating that it's legal for them to say the 'regular' price is $709
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NeatMorning7086Feb 13, 2025 2:55 PM
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I'm new to this, does the "barebones" model not come with any RAM or SSD? Are you supposed to connect the memory externally somehow?
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This system is absolutely worth $200 if you have the basics to chuck inside of it, the 680m is basically an Xbox One/PS4 in terms of its graphical gaming performance, better the older the game is, lock your framerate to 30fps and all games are at medium or high settings. Sure, keyboard and mouse at 30fps is no bueno but that's what joypads are for.
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Quote from NeatMorning7086 View quoted comment :
I'm new to this, does the "barebones" model not come with any RAM or SSD? Are you supposed to connect the memory externally somehow?
no memory and no storage. You have to open it up to add the ram and ssd
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charlesf718Feb 13, 2025 3:10 PM
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Can the graphics card play games in 4K?
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Quote from lattiboy View quoted comment :
Great price, but infuriating they didn't stick a 2nd 2.5 eth port on this thing. Would be an incredible Proxmox OPNSense setup.
They have another model with 2 ethernet ports, albeit not 2.5. I think you kind of need to choose between price and future proofing. I mean, its only gigabit and low ram that isn't upgradeable, but its also only $90.

https://refurbished.minisforum.co...eq=uniform
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I owned this model when it was new. Very good performance, but the graphics will throttle back significantly during any demanding gaming use. Memory will also overheat and throttle. I never had any blue screens but some days it would not post, just fan noise and that's it. I had to unplug the power for 60 seconds and then plugged back in and it would finally post. I sold it a year ago and as far as I know, it's still working.
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hinchyFeb 13, 2025 3:33 PM
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This was the quality of the Minisforum refurb I bought in December. https://imgur.com/a/SuhpBGz. It looked like someone used it as a football. I returned it, never buying a refurb from them again
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GanglorFeb 13, 2025 4:02 PM
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Quote from hinchy View quoted comment :
This was the quality of the Minisforum refurb I bought in December. https://imgur.com/a/SuhpBGz. It looked like someone used it as a football. I returned it, never buying a refurb from them again
lol, I was just about to mention someone posting pics of an absolute hack job of a refurb from Minisforum on the minipc subreddit and here you are 👍🏻

Yeah, I wouldn't roll the dice on this.
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Quote from PowerPC View quoted comment :
I owned this model when it was new. Very good performance, but the graphics will throttle back significantly during any demanding gaming use. Memory will also overheat and throttle. I never had any blue screens but some days it would not post, just fan noise and that's it. I had to unplug the power for 60 seconds and then plugged back in and it would finally post. I sold it a year ago and as far as I know, it's still working.
Memory would overheat?! dang
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so this is not a good deal at all ?
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I wanted to get this model when it first came out but it was to expensive at the time. This is much better pricing.

The 680m has double the performance of the previous 5000 series graphics. The 780 is a 10-15% improvement.

This setup would be ideal for a Batocera install. It would play everything better than the Steamdeck. But don't expect PC gaming to be amazing, mainly 1080p low settings, 30fps. It's more so for emulation.
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