popularHelplessBoat posted Oct 30, 2025 04:03 AM
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popularHelplessBoat posted Oct 30, 2025 04:03 AM
Minisforum BD790i X3D Motherboard with Ryzen 9 7945HX3D $376.98
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If you are building a system that will sit idle most of the time, and will be powered on a lot, then using less power is helpful. This is common when people build home servers. It's also helpful if you put your computer on a battery backup. Using less power means you need a less expensive UPS. Using less power also means less heat being generated.
If your system runs a heavy workload a lot, then being power efficient is important. Making up numbers, if you can cut your power by 30% and only lose 10% of the performance, then this can save you money in the long run. You'd have to look up testing results and benchmarks to see how much more or less efficient different options actually are.
You typically get less overall performance and fewer expansion options with laptops CPUs. So there isn't a straightforward answer as to which one is better.
It also includes a large and decently performant heatsink that can be paired with a 120mm fan (consider that for most ITX motherboards, you would use a 92mm heatsink). Even at regular price, if you aren't planning to upgrade every like 2 generations this is a pretty decent pick since it includes motherboard, cooler, and CPU. The I/O is a little lackluster in my opinion compared to a typical ITX motherboard, but overall pretty decent all things considered. This also has 2 x M.2 for storage so in that department it definitely rivals higher end motherboards.
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