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MINISFORUM MS-A2 Mini Workstation: Ryzen 9 9955HX, 64GB DDR5, 1TB SSD $1135.9

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  • AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX,16C/32T
  • Dual DDR5-5600 Mhz, up to 96GB
  • M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD slot*3 | Support U.2 NVMe/M.2 22110
  • Dual 10Gbps SFP+ Lan & 2.5G RJ45 Lan Ports | WIFI 6E & BT 5.3
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  • AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX,16C/32T
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  • Dual 10Gbps SFP+ Lan & 2.5G RJ45 Lan Ports | WIFI 6E & BT 5.3
  • Built-in PCle x16 Slot (support split)

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Jul 13, 2025 11:31 AM
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Jul 13, 2025 11:31 AM
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All that power in such a small form factor. By the way my computer case is bigger than yours
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Jul 13, 2025 12:48 PM
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OzzforesterJul 13, 2025 12:48 PM
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I can hear the fan noise just by thinking about buying it.
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Jul 13, 2025 6:09 PM
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SplendidMeerkat920Jul 13, 2025 6:09 PM
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I bought one of these to use as a Proxmox server and ended up returning it. It is pretty powerful CPU-wise as you can imagine with the 9955HX, but the power usage was more than I was expecting. When I first set it up, it was idling at like mid 30W. One of the reviews mentioned that a dummy HDMI plug helped and yeah that took it down to around 24W for me. This is completely idling at the command line. As soon as I fire up a few idle VMs the power settled at around 75W doing nothing, and with a full load it was slightly over 200W.
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Jul 13, 2025 6:35 PM
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CreakingSpigotJul 13, 2025 6:35 PM
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Quote from SplendidMeerkat920 View quoted comment :
I bought one of these to use as a Proxmox server and ended up returning it. It is pretty powerful CPU-wise as you can imagine with the 9955HX, but the power usage was more than I was expecting. When I first set it up, it was idling at like mid 30W. One of the reviews mentioned that a dummy HDMI plug helped and yeah that took it down to around 24W for me. This is completely idling at the command line. As soon as I fire up a few idle VMs the power settled at around 75W doing nothing, and with a full load it was slightly over 200W.
I was sad to hear this and it makes it an instant no-go for me as a 24/7 proxmox server that would be idle most of the time. From reading seems to be a limitation of any AMD desktop chiplet design, and so you need to go with an APU to get low idle power. But APUs don't get the full AVX-512 like chiplets do. Hopefully Zen 6 will make improvements on both fronts here.
Jul 13, 2025 7:35 PM
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MadPupJul 13, 2025 7:35 PM
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Quote from Ozzforester View quoted comment :
I can hear the fan noise just by thinking about buying it.
There is no way that MF have adequately cooled this beast of a processor. They have a poor history of cooling in their minis. My friend was going to buy one and I advised him against it. He ended up building a mini ITX machine with a 9950X3D and water cooling. It was more expensive but he gets a better machine all round.
Last edited by MadPup July 14, 2025 at 07:33 AM.
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Jul 13, 2025 8:05 PM
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AscenderJul 13, 2025 8:05 PM
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Quote from MadPup View quoted comment :
There is no way that MF have adequately cooled this beast of a processor. They have a poor history of cooling in their minis. My friend was going to buy one and I advised him against it. He ended up building a mini itx machine with water cooling. It was more expensive but at least he gets a better machine all round.
I'm pretty sure the system doesn't provide enough power for that CPU to run at its full capacity. That's probably how they keep it from overheating too, but seems to me like a waste of CPU performance.
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Jul 13, 2025 10:46 PM
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MadPupJul 13, 2025 10:46 PM
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Quote from Ascender View quoted comment :
I'm pretty sure the system doesn't provide enough power for that CPU to run at its full capacity. That's probably how they keep it from overheating too, but seems to me like a waste of CPU performance.
They cripple the CPU in BIOS to get it stable.Even then, the system is prone to overheating and crapping out. This is the Minisforum way.

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Jul 14, 2025 1:20 AM
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AscenderJul 14, 2025 1:20 AM
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Quote from MadPup View quoted comment :
They cripple the CPU in BIOS to get it stable.Even then, the system is prone to overheating and crapping out. This is the Minisforum way.
If they made a standard desktop with the same specs, more available watts, and naturally better cooling I'd be all over it.
Jul 14, 2025 5:12 PM
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techtoys617Jul 14, 2025 5:12 PM
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I'd rather have the MS-01 given the price difference.
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Jul 17, 2025 7:56 AM
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jemhunterJul 17, 2025 7:56 AM
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good spec but why would anyone spend $1000 on a low quality brand?
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Jul 17, 2025 11:13 PM
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TerranceT8751Jul 17, 2025 11:13 PM
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Quote from SplendidMeerkat920 View quoted comment :
I bought one of these to use as a Proxmox server and ended up returning it. It is pretty powerful CPU-wise as you can imagine with the 9955HX, but the power usage was more than I was expecting. When I first set it up, it was idling at like mid 30W. One of the reviews mentioned that a dummy HDMI plug helped and yeah that took it down to around 24W for me. This is completely idling at the command line. As soon as I fire up a few idle VMs the power settled at around 75W doing nothing, and with a full load it was slightly over 200W.
I have a older model that used to run hot as well. it's common for user to repaste the cpu and get lower temps.
Jul 19, 2025 3:41 PM
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zertmasterJul 19, 2025 3:41 PM
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Makes a good nvme nas. Can fit 6 m.2 for raid 6 plus a u.2/3 for optane cache.

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