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ACEMAGIC S3A Mini PC Barebone: Ryzen 9 8945HS, 2xDDR5, 2x M.2 2280 SSD, 2.5G Lan, USB4 @ $399 & More

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Ryzen 9 8845HS Barebone [acemagic.com] (No Ram, SSD and OS) @ $399

32GB Ram + 1TB SSD + Windows 11 Pro [acemagic.com] @ $549 NLA

64GB Ram + 1TB SSD + Windows 11 Pro [acemagic.com] @ $649 NLA

COUPON: $40 OFF via ACEUS040

Spec (Barebone)
  • Ryzen 9 8945HS 8C/16T 4 GHz (5.2 GHz Turbo, 24MB Cache)
  • 2x SODIMM DDR5 5600 Memory Slot (64GB Max)
  • 2x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4x4 NVMe SSD
  • 1x M.2 2230 Slot for NIC
  • Wi-Fi 6 2x2 + BT 5.2
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 10 Gbps (Front)
    • 4x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 5 Gbps (Rear)
    • 1x USB-C 4.0 40 Gbps (DisplayPort 1.4, 8K@60Hz, 4K@120Hz)
    • 1x DisplayPort 2.0 (8K@60Hz, 4K@120Hz)
    • 1x HDMI 2.0 (4K@60Hz)
    • 1x RJ-45 2.5 Ethernet
    • 1x 3.5mm Audio Combo Jack
    • 1x Power Button
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Ryzen 9 8845HS Barebone [acemagic.com] (No Ram, SSD and OS) @ $399

32GB Ram + 1TB SSD + Windows 11 Pro [acemagic.com] @ $549 NLA

64GB Ram + 1TB SSD + Windows 11 Pro [acemagic.com] @ $649 NLA

COUPON: $40 OFF via ACEUS040

Spec (Barebone)
  • Ryzen 9 8945HS 8C/16T 4 GHz (5.2 GHz Turbo, 24MB Cache)
  • 2x SODIMM DDR5 5600 Memory Slot (64GB Max)
  • 2x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4x4 NVMe SSD
  • 1x M.2 2230 Slot for NIC
  • Wi-Fi 6 2x2 + BT 5.2
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 10 Gbps (Front)
    • 4x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 5 Gbps (Rear)
    • 1x USB-C 4.0 40 Gbps (DisplayPort 1.4, 8K@60Hz, 4K@120Hz)
    • 1x DisplayPort 2.0 (8K@60Hz, 4K@120Hz)
    • 1x HDMI 2.0 (4K@60Hz)
    • 1x RJ-45 2.5 Ethernet
    • 1x 3.5mm Audio Combo Jack
    • 1x Power Button

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Sep 20, 2025 4:20 PM
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doctorevil30564Sep 20, 2025 4:20 PM
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seems like a pretty solid deal. I snagged one of the barebones Ryzen 7 6800H S3A when it was on sale. my only complaint was that it should have had a cooling fan installed in the removable side panel to blow air across the NVMe drive(s) but I was able to use a low profile heatsink on my NVMe drive to help with that. if anyone can link a compatible fan that will work in that spot on the S3A series that would be great. there appears to be an open port for it on the bottom board for the ARGB lights.
Sep 21, 2025 1:23 AM
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Joined Dec 2012
ExidousSep 21, 2025 1:23 AM
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As for the deal, I'm fairly happy with my slightly less impressive Ryzen 7 8745 equivalent from Minisforum, which I paid also $399 for.

As for the accused spam:

Quote :
Kamrui/AceMagic PE Disk Infected with Trojan:Win32/Tiggre!rfn
This looks really familiar. Here's my funny story.

My elderly father has a Windows 10 laptop that I prepared for him. I generally don't trust him not to download stupid things, so when Windows lost its shit over this exact listing, I read him the riot act. But I had to apologize, because it wasn't his fault. Do you want to know what the offending item was, which Windows wouldn't tell me about until I clicked through?

A Microsoft Office 2003 cracked iso. An over twenty year old installer. Could it possibly contain any reasonably modern virus, like the one listed by Windows? Of course not.

Microsoft is, at best, negligently configuring Windows in a way that creates false positives. Much more likely they're fraudulently trying to terrorize users into paying for licenses.

I'm not saying all these Chinese mini PC companies are trustworthy. But Microsoft's crooked false positives are not a possible reason why they would not be.

I'm genuinely sorry for the copy and paster's concerns here. It's scary when it looks like you have a virus, and one that you paid for.
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Sep 21, 2025 3:39 AM
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Ruslan09Sep 21, 2025 3:39 AM
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Quote from Exidous View quoted comment :
As for the deal, I'm fairly happy with my slightly less impressive Ryzen 7 8745 equivalent from Minisforum, which I paid also $399 for.

As for the accused spam:


This looks really familiar. Here's my funny story.

My elderly father has a Windows 10 laptop that I prepared for him. I generally don't trust him not to download stupid things, so when Windows lost its shit over this exact listing, I read him the riot act. But I had to apologize, because it wasn't his fault. Do you want to know what the offending item was, which Windows wouldn't tell me about until I clicked through?

A Microsoft Office 2003 cracked iso. An over twenty year old installer. Could it possibly contain any reasonably modern virus, like the one listed by Windows? Of course not.

Microsoft is, at best, negligently configuring Windows in a way that creates false positives. Much more likely they're fraudulently trying to terrorize users into paying for licenses.

I'm not saying all these Chinese mini PC companies are trustworthy. But Microsoft's crooked false positives are not a possible reason why they would not be.

I'm genuinely sorry for the copy and paster's concerns here. It's scary when it looks like you have a virus, and one that you paid for.
Personally I am not willing to roll the dice with my data security. And his evidence is compelling enough to listen to. You do you, but personally I have too much to lose to take such gambles.
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Quote from Ruslan09 View quoted comment :
Quote from Exidous :
As for the deal, I'm fairly happy with my slightly less impressive Ryzen 7 8745 equivalent from Minisforum, which I paid also $399 for.

As for the accused spam:


This looks really familiar. Here's my funny story.

My elderly father has a Windows 10 laptop that I prepared for him. I generally don't trust him not to download stupid things, so when Windows lost its shit over this exact listing, I read him the riot act. But I had to apologize, because it wasn't his fault. Do you want to know what the offending item was, which Windows wouldn't tell me about until I clicked through?

A Microsoft Office 2003 cracked iso. An over twenty year old installer. Could it possibly contain any reasonably modern virus, like the one listed by Windows? Of course not.

Microsoft is, at best, negligently configuring Windows in a way that creates false positives. Much more likely they're fraudulently trying to terrorize users into paying for licenses.

I'm not saying all these Chinese mini PC companies are trustworthy. But Microsoft's crooked false positives are not a possible reason why they would not be.

I'm genuinely sorry for the copy and paster's concerns here. It's scary when it looks like you have a virus, and one that you paid for.
Personally I am not willing to roll the dice with my data security. And his evidence is compelling enough to listen to. You do you, but personally I have too much to lose to take such gambles.
There is a person in SD, who for months posts in every Acemagic thread, claiming for the existence of a "Mythical BIOS Virus" without any proof. Finally most of the people started seeing the trolling nature and his posts get downvoted by everybody. Their Computer once has a Malware detection issue in the version of Windows as they were using a Windows Security Bypass tool for bypassing MS Account requirement and left that in the computer before shipping. A simple Format can fix that and the barebones will never have issue.
I am pretty sure that the poster who posted that huge post, is a probably a duplicate account of the same person. Just do a View Profile and you'll see that he just copy paste that whole thing in every thread.
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Sep 21, 2025 12:48 PM
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ScarletFuel4913Sep 21, 2025 12:48 PM
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Genuinely asking - what is the use case for something like this besides like plex or something? The small form factor makes me think it wouldn't be great for gaming... and I dunno what kind of card would fit in this. Seems like it'd be overkill for a basic home computer used for word processing
Sep 21, 2025 2:14 PM
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TinyRKSep 21, 2025 2:14 PM
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Quote from ScarletFuel4913 View quoted comment :
Genuinely asking - what is the use case for something like this besides like plex or something? The small form factor makes me think it wouldn't be great for gaming... and I dunno what kind of card would fit in this. Seems like it'd be overkill for a basic home computer used for word processing
These CPUs have a gpu integrated powerful enough to play AAA games at higher fps and resolution. Obviously these are not as performant as a 5090 but it'll do in some instances:https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD...539.0.html
Sep 21, 2025 4:48 PM
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BrettVSep 21, 2025 4:48 PM
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Quote from ScarletFuel4913 View quoted comment :
Genuinely asking - what is the use case for something like this besides like plex or something? The small form factor makes me think it wouldn't be great for gaming... and I dunno what kind of card would fit in this. Seems like it'd be overkill for a basic home computer used for word processing
it's a way to save space, save power, and still be able to do a little something more when you want. These will have the gaming capabilities of about a 1060/rx580.The nice thing about this form factor as you could easily move it from room to room so you could have a computer hooked up to your TV in living room and monitor in office without having 2 computers

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Sep 22, 2025 12:06 AM
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AwhellnahSep 22, 2025 12:06 AM
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Bought one on the 6800H deal. Arrived with the second RAM slot not working...

It's a cool machine though, and has way better performance than I expected when buying it. Just the QC leaves something to be desired apparently.
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Sep 23, 2025 7:47 PM
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RelaxedMaid7770Sep 23, 2025 7:47 PM
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not bad....but no Oculink port too
Sep 24, 2025 12:34 AM
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TheDarkKnightSep 24, 2025 12:34 AM
470 Comments
Of all the things acemagic could've made this look like, they choose the mattel hyperscan
Sep 25, 2025 3:52 PM
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Lazarus2345Sep 25, 2025 3:52 PM
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Quote from Suryasis View quoted comment :
Quote from Ruslan09 :
Quote from Exidous :
As for the deal, I'm fairly happy with my slightly less impressive Ryzen 7 8745 equivalent from Minisforum, which I paid also $399 for.

As for the accused spam:


This looks really familiar. Here's my funny story.

My elderly father has a Windows 10 laptop that I prepared for him. I generally don't trust him not to download stupid things, so when Windows lost its shit over this exact listing, I read him the riot act. But I had to apologize, because it wasn't his fault. Do you want to know what the offending item was, which Windows wouldn't tell me about until I clicked through?

A Microsoft Office 2003 cracked iso. An over twenty year old installer. Could it possibly contain any reasonably modern virus, like the one listed by Windows? Of course not.

Microsoft is, at best, negligently configuring Windows in a way that creates false positives. Much more likely they're fraudulently trying to terrorize users into paying for licenses.

I'm not saying all these Chinese mini PC companies are trustworthy. But Microsoft's crooked false positives are not a possible reason why they would not be.

I'm genuinely sorry for the copy and paster's concerns here. It's scary when it looks like you have a virus, and one that you paid for.
Personally I am not willing to roll the dice with my data security. And his evidence is compelling enough to listen to. You do you, but personally I have too much to lose to take such gambles.
There is a person in SD, who for months posts in every Acemagic thread, claiming for the existence of a "Mythical BIOS Virus" without any proof. Finally most of the people started seeing the trolling nature and his posts get downvoted by everybody. Their Computer once has a Malware detection issue in the version of Windows as they were using a Windows Security Bypass tool for bypassing MS Account requirement and left that in the computer before shipping. A simple Format can fix that and the barebones will never have issue.
I am pretty sure that the poster who posted that huge post, is a probably a duplicate account of the same person. Just do a View Profile and you'll see that he just copy paste that whole thing in every thread.
Yeah there was never any evidence of Firmware/BIOS rootkits, and it was only a few models that were infected. ACEMAGIC owned up to it, and offered compensation to those affected. Just do your own OS install and don't worry about it.

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