frontpageSuryasis posted Jun 08, 2026 07:05 PM
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frontpageSuryasis posted Jun 08, 2026 07:05 PM
ACEMAGIC F5A Mini PC Barebone: Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, 2x DDR5 Slots
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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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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.
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
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.
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
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.
Sounds a lot like buying an empty carton of eggs.
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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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