AMD Ryzen 4000-U series 15W processors were announced in January 2020, and by the end of the year, we covered some mini PCs with Ryzen 3/5/7 processors from the new family with products such as ASRock Mars 4000U and ASROCK 4X4 BOX-4800U.
MINISFORUM has now announced its own Ryzen 4000-U series mini PC with MINIXFORUM HM50 mini PC powered by an AMD Ryzen 5 4500U hexa-core processor that offers three 4K display output ports (HDMI, DP, and USB-C), as well a 2.5GbE and Gigabit Ethernet ports, six USB 3.0/3.1 ports and more.
MINISFORUM DeskMini HM50 mini PC specifications:
- SoC – AMD Ryzen 5 4500U hexa-core/hexa-thread processor @ 2.3 GHz / 4.0 GHz (Turbo), with 6-core Radeon graphics @ 1.5 Hz, 11MB cache, 15W TDP (cTDP: 10-25W)
- System Memory – 2x DDR4 SODIMM sockets (fitted with 2x 8GB RAM modules, but upgradable up to 2x 32GB)
- Storage – 256GB or 512GB M.2 2280 PCle SSD, 2x 2.5-inch SATA 3.0 HDD slots
- Video Output
- HDMI 2.0 up to 4Kp60
- DisplayPort up to 4Kp60
- USB-C Alt-mode up to 4Kp60
- Audio – 3.5mm speaker jack, 3.5mm microphone jack, digital audio output via HDMI or DisplayPort
- Networking
- 1x 2.5GbE RJ45 port
- 1x Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 port
- M.2 2230 WIFI Support (Intel® WIFI6 AX200 , BT5.1 pre-install)
- USB – 4x USB 3.0 ports, 2x USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports
- Misc – Power button, Clear CMOS, 1x internal COM/serial header
- Power Supply – DC 19V/3.42A
- Dimensions – 149.6 x 149.6 x 55.5mm
Despite being a fairly little-known company, MINISFORUM decided to host a crowdfunding campaign on its own website, where you can pre-order HM50 mini PC for $699 with a 256GB SSD, or $739 with a 512GB SSD. Using A-9XGB0DP6XZEG discount code will bring that down by $100. Shipping was free when I tried, but it’s “calculated at check out” so YMMW. Deliveries are scheduled to start at the end of April.
Thanks to Linuxium for the tip.
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How much faster is a Gogabit compared to a Gigabit?
There are already other options like the Gigabyte BRIX, Asus PN50, Asrock 4X4 box which cost much less (you can find the BRIX and PN50 for around 400€ barebones in the EU) and are already available.
With this, you are highly overpaying for someone else to install RAM+SSD, plus there will be VAT on top of the price. Even after the discount, $599 is quite a premium for a 4500U + 16GB/256GB.
It is nice to have more choice for Zen2 mini PCs, but this is quite late to market and not at a competitive price.
Well a much lower powered t-bao tbook mn22 minipc now with amd athlon gold 3150u, 8GB. Is selling at $400 online.
I don’t understand what point you are trying to make by comparing this over priced product to another over priced product.
My readings about “miniforum”‘s boxes are damn expensive! I known they are using the pricier Ryzen APU line, but still the prices are way high.
I’ve many AMD APUs from 2010 (gx-420c rx-427bb) until now with Ryzen V1756 and R1505g. Even the more recent APUs cost less than 300$ in HP thin clients. Even with PCIe slots making them more flexible for I/O (e.g 10/25/40GbE)
There are also 4600H and 4800H nettops on aliexpress 😉
Yes, Topton Ryzen Mini PC. 4600H and 4800H are cheaper and have much more power. There is also a recent review on youtube and the mini pc performes very well
Rough price, although I am a cheapazz. You could get a 4700G tower for $450 recently. The SFF premium is not attractive when it uses less materials and is cheaper to ship.
No RAM would be better too. 16 GB is just fine, but I could not justify an upgrade to 32/64 unless it was packing 0/4/8.
Dual ethernet, triple display outputs, separate mic/headphones, and 6 USB-A ports are all good. Maybe it could use an antenna.
Should be an option to buy without Windows, and also without SSD and RAM.
$700 and a big fan? Not for a average user like me.
AMD, mini size plus max 25 W? Good!