Minisforum Unveils Mini-ITX Motherboard with MXM Slot for… SSDs

Minisforum continues to diversify its enterprise earlier compact PCs and this week it launched a reasonably uncommon Mini-ITX motherboard with an MXM slot. Usually used for graphics having fun with enjoying playing cards, Minisforum’s Eyertec AD650i motherboard as a replacement comes with an MXM adapter to accommodate as loads as three M.2 SSDs. All collectively, the Mini-ITX board is ready to drive 4 M.2 SSDs, together with a few SATA SSDs for good measure.

The Minisforum AD650i Mini-ITX motherboard itself relies on Intel’s laptop-grade Core i7-12650H processor (6P + 4E CPU cores, as loads as 4.70 GHz, 24 MB cache, UHD Graphics with 64 EUs, 45W PBP) which can be paired with as loads as 64 GB of DDR4 reminiscence utilizing two SO-DIMMs, an M.2 NVMe/PCIe SSD, and two SATA 3.0 drives. Inside the meantime, the MXM provider board can add three additional M.2 SSDs (albeit with a PCIe interface) which can be set to work in RAID0, RAID1 and RAID5 modes.

Since Minisforum provides the MXM adapter for 3 M.2 drives with the Eyertec AD650i motherboard, it clearly positions the unit for NAS and comparable gadgets that must function an excessive amount of storage gadgets. Although as there usually is not going to be an excessive amount of high-capacity M.2-2280 SSDs spherical that can rival onerous drives by means of per-TB worth, the platform will seemingly land in a single issue of a particular part portion of the NAS part.

Individuals who want to make use of the Eyertec AD650i for a PC, the MXM slot merely will not be restricted to SSDs and might technically be used to position in a graphics card. However as MXM graphics having fun with enjoying playing cards have fallen out of favor (comparatively than soldered-down selections), discovering one worth inserting in is a complete utterly completely different matter.

Rounding out the remainder of the I/O choices for the AD650i, the board comes with a USB4-capable USB-C port, 4 USB 3.0 Kind-A ports, a Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth adapter, a 2.5 GbE port, and two HDMI current outputs.

Minisforum’s Eyertec AD650i is now obtainable from the corporate for ¥2,599 ($313 with out VAT), which isn’t a very low price. Although, given the fact that we’re coping with a singular product, this isn’t one issue beautiful, nonetheless a price that prime underscores the fact that that is additional extra more likely to be a particular part product.