DeskMini UM790 Pro

Here's my personal perspective. Seen too many UM790 Pro mPCs on the diagnostics bench in front of me to be an advocate, notably as a long-term investment. It's a much older platform, with little to no innovation or improvements. The AI-X1 on the other hand, after seeing my first one for the first ti

The UM790 Pro which is an older Meigao (OEM) platform, which hasn't aged well for some owners compared to similar Chi-NUC brands, notably once it came down to Minisforum customer service & warranty. Have an individual I recently helped with their UM790 (intermittent HDMI out) who was finally allowed

"I had the UM790 for a short period. I encountered an issue with the Wi-Fi constantly losing its connection. Apart from that, it was a great, fast, and good-looking mini PC. After that, I bought a Minisforum HX99G. My Wi-Fi was a bit better but still had issues. My NVMe SSD and RAM were overheating

In recent years Minisforum hasn't been known for build quality and customer service. When I had the newer UM870 Slim I didn't find it as impressive as more popular brands. The UM790 Pro is an older mini design missing a lot of features. I ended up with the GMKtec K8 Plus with more options and better

That is offensively overpriced. https://refurbished.minisforum.com/products/refurbished-minisforum-um790-pro?variant=48403552174369 They are fine for general purpose computing.

Minisforum UM790 Pro Its just the AMD iGPU so not really a gaming machine. It can play games but unless they are older and llke 1080p it wont be a good time.