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expiredSuryasis posted Jun 8, 2026 7:05 PM

ACEMAGIC F5A Mini PC Barebone: Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, 2x DDR5 Slots

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$729

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Ace Magic has ACEMAGIC F5A Mini PC Barebone for $729 - $230 when you apply discount code ACE370F5A at checkout = $499. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Suryasis for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • Metal Case
  • Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 12C/24T Processor
  • AMD Radeon 890M Integrated Graphics
  • 2x 5600MHz DDR5 SODIMM Slots
  • 2x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4x4 NVMe Slots
  • Wi-Fi 7 + Bluetooth 5.4
  • Windows 11 Pro
  • Ports:
    • OCuLink
    • 2x Full-featured USB 4 Type-C
    • 2x 2.5G Gbps LAN
    • 3x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A
    • USB 2.0 Type-A
    • HDMI 2.1 (8K@60Hz)
    • DP 2.1 (8K@60Hz)
    • 3.5 mm audio jack

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  • Rated 4.86 out of 5 stars based on 50 customer reviews.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Ace Magic has ACEMAGIC F5A Mini PC Barebone for $729 - $230 when you apply discount code ACE370F5A at checkout = $499. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Suryasis for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • Metal Case
  • Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 12C/24T Processor
  • AMD Radeon 890M Integrated Graphics
  • 2x 5600MHz DDR5 SODIMM Slots
  • 2x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4x4 NVMe Slots
  • Wi-Fi 7 + Bluetooth 5.4
  • Windows 11 Pro
  • Ports:
    • OCuLink
    • 2x Full-featured USB 4 Type-C
    • 2x 2.5G Gbps LAN
    • 3x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A
    • USB 2.0 Type-A
    • HDMI 2.1 (8K@60Hz)
    • DP 2.1 (8K@60Hz)
    • 3.5 mm audio jack

Editor's Notes

Written by johnny_miller | Staff
  • Rated 4.86 out of 5 stars based on 50 customer reviews.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Jun 8, 2026 8:24 PM
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kyolee2006Jun 8, 2026 8:24 PM
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Is this a good deal? I have spare of DDR5 4800 (32*2) and WD SN770 2T that can be put into this mini pc.
Jun 8, 2026 9:21 PM
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SnuupyJun 8, 2026 9:21 PM
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I was just about to say - who's going to buy barebones when ram and ssd prices are sky fkin high? lol
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ARJO007Jun 8, 2026 9:30 PM
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Quote from kyolee2006 :
Is this a good deal? I have spare of DDR5 4800 (32*2) and WD SN770 2T that can be put into this mini pc.
spare 64 gb DDR5 in this economy? sitting on a pile of gold 🤣
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HusbeardJun 8, 2026 9:38 PM
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Unless you really want that micro form factor, this isn't that great a deal. You could build a micro-atx build for the same or less that's more powerful.
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Not sure if I would buy another AceMagic PC after the AMR5 (and another model I cant remember offhand) motherboards shorting out from poor manufacturing. I wish BeeLink would have more sales.
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kingbob2Jun 8, 2026 10:58 PM
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specific size, specific use.

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For context, let's compare to before the RAMpocalypse (a year ago). Then you could get one of these systems with 32GB + 1TB + 780M for under $500 pretty easily. I don't think I ever saw one below $400 but maybe it happened. The 890M is better but generally considered not worth the premium. It's generally considered 10-15% faster and I think the cheapest I saw was $700. More usually it was $900.

So advance a year and you sometimes get a 780M deal (with RAM and SSD) for under $600. The normal price is in the $600s. And that's still not that bad because 32GB of DDR5 and a 1TB SSD is about $500 retail (vs ~$200 a year ago). I don't think I've seen an 890M NUC deal in this era so it's hard to compare this to anything.

So you really have to go and buy $500 of storage too turn this into a PC. Is this a $1000 PC? Debatable. The cheapest such system I found on Amazon just now was a Minisforum PC for over $1100. I still think one of the 780M+32GB+1TB deals for <$600 is a better deal.
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humblepieJun 9, 2026 12:50 AM
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Quote from sippingbird :
For context, let's compare to before the RAMpocalypse (a year ago). Then you could get one of these systems with 32GB + 1TB + 780M for under $500 pretty easily. I don't think I ever saw one below $400 but maybe it happened. The 890M is better but generally considered not worth the premium. It's generally considered 10-15% faster and I think the cheapest I saw was $700. More usually it was $900.

So advance a year and you sometimes get a 780M deal (with RAM and SSD) for under $600. The normal price is in the $600s. And that's still not that bad because 32GB of DDR5 and a 1TB SSD is about $500 retail (vs ~$200 a year ago). I don't think I've seen an 890M NUC deal in this era so it's hard to compare this to anything.

So you really have to go and buy $500 of storage too turn this into a PC. Is this a $1000 PC? Debatable. The cheapest such system I found on Amazon just now was a Minisforum PC for over $1100. I still think one of the 780M+32GB+1TB deals for
If you look at the price history for these barebone ryzen max 370 systems, this price is actually lower than before the start of the RAMpocalypse that started back roughly in November 2025. Still, it was not exactly a great deal then, but when you could get 32gb mem and a 1tb drive for $150 on top of the 500 for a unit like this then it wasn't horrible. Still, as you pointed out, the performance difference between a max 370 and a 7940hs is minimal in cpu, ai, or igpu tasks. Basically a 50 percent price increase back then for a 20% at max performance increase.
Anyone wanting to use a computer like the max 370 for AI stuff had better choices for the money as well. The 370 just is at a strange position price to performance wise. Now that we have the RAMpocalypse going... it make no sense IMHO to buy this. It will take 300-500 on top of 500 to get a usable pc from the deal which makes it not such a deal. Not worth waiting on for prices to come down on ram, because by then this will be much cheaper as well or replaced by something better for the price. So unless you have mem and ssds sitting around doing nothing I don't see any justification currently to buy this even if the price historically for this system is good.
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Quote from kyolee2006 :
Is this a good deal? I have spare of DDR5 4800 (32*2) and WD SN770 2T that can be put into this mini pc.
Then it is gonna be the best deal. The RYZEN AI 9 based mini PCs are normally pretty costly and this is by far the cheapest price for a AI 9 hx 370 barebone. It is also having solid selection of ports and reviews are positive.
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[QUOTE=humblepie;184728519]
Quote from sippingbird :
For context, let's compare to before the RAMpocalypse (a year ago). Then you could get one of these systems with 32GB + 1TB + 780M for under $500 pretty easily. I don't think I ever saw one below $400 but maybe it happened. The 890M is better but generally considered not worth the premium. It's generally considered 10-15% faster and I think the cheapest I saw was $700. More usually it was $900.

So advance a year and you sometimes get a 780M deal (with RAM and SSD) for under $600. The normal price is in the $600s. And that's still not that bad because 32GB of DDR5 and a 1TB SSD is about $500 retail (vs ~$200 a year ago). I don't think I've seen an 890M NUC deal in this era so it's hard to compare this to anything.

So you really have to go and buy $500 of storage too turn this into a PC. Is this a $1000 PC? Debatable. The cheapest such system I found on Amazon just now was a Minisforum PC for over $1100. I still think one of the 780M+32GB+1TB deals for
You forgot the Cores inside the CPU. You know, CPU is not just made of integrated graphics. Man, what a useless rant about price....in a single line, no mention of a processor name but just integration graphics.
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starcaptorJun 9, 2026 2:27 AM
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I dont think the value proposition exists for this system currently with the RAM prices as they are. Unless you REALLY want the 890m graphics (which is sort of of like an rtx 3050), the AOOSTAR with the 24gb and a 6850h is vastly superior (its 1/3 the cost after accounting for RAM in this one) in total bang for buck.

Once you add the 32gb to this, it becomes almost $900, and then I Think you might as well go for a mac mini, which has storage to boot, faster graphics, more potential for AI usage due to vastly faster RAM, and lower power consumption.
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I was just about to say - who's going to buy barebones when ram and ssd prices are sky fkin high? lol
People having stocks.
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CTRL-ALT-DEALSJun 9, 2026 6:06 AM
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LMAO @ "2x 5600MHz DDR5 SODIMM Slots"

Sounds a lot like buying an empty carton of eggs.
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[QUOTE=sippingbird;184728213]For context, let's compare to before the RAMpocalypse (a year ago). Then you could get one of these systems with 32GB + 1TB + 780M for under $500 pretty easily. I don't think I ever saw one below $400 but maybe it happened. The 890M is better but generally considered not worth the premium. It's generally considered 10-15% faster and I think the cheapest I saw was $700. More usually it was $900.

So advance a year and you sometimes get a 780M deal (with RAM and SSD) for under $600. The normal price is in the $600s. And that's still not that bad because 32GB of DDR5 and a 1TB SSD is about $500 retail (vs ~$200 a year ago). I don't think I've seen an 890M NUC deal in this era so it's hard to compare this to anything.

So you really have to go and buy $500 of storage too turn this into a PC. Is this a $1000 PC? Debatable. The cheapest such system I found on Amazon just now was a Minisforum PC for over $1100. I still think one of the 780M+32GB+1TB deals for

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