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

I had the Minisforum UM790 Pro and it was a very quick little device. I ran Linux on mine and it was great. I eventually sold it and got a Mac Mini, which has also been great. It's amazing how much computer they can pack into a little box these days. I don't have any personal experience with GMTek b

I think it is a good idea to buy any Chinese Mini PC from somewhere with an easy return option, like Amazon (shipped by). There is a reason they are so cheap and that is skipping a lot of the QC that named brands have. I’ve been pretty happy with my Minisforum UM790 Pro. I’ve had issues with it, but

OP isn't interested in gaming, so I'd say grab an Onn Google TV 4K Plus from Walmart for $30. You can easily sideload your Kodi and IPTV APKs and go. Me, on the other hand, I went overboard. I have the Minisforum UM790 Pro. At first, I was using MSI Player, the best Android emulator on Windows, in m

"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

Go to AMD and install their drivers and management software for CPU/APU: https://www.amd.com/en/support/downloads/previous-drivers.html/processors/ryzen/ryzen-7000-series/amd-ryzen-9-7940hs.html Whenever you have the option, always grab OEM drivers instead of Minisforum. You can grab the Mediatek Wi

Damn that mini PC with 128GB RAM sounds nuts! I had a Minisforum UM790 Pro with 64GB of memory. I ran Kubuntu on it and it was rock solid. Great little device. I eventually sold it and got an M4 Mac Mini, which has also been great, but I do miss my little Linux box sometimes.

I have a Minisforum UM790 Pro and it works great with Debian 13 (Trixie) including three monitors and ZFS on root with mirrored M.2 drives. Kernel version 6.12.32. Bought it bare bones and then added: Crucial RAM 64GB Kit (2x32GB) DDR5 5200MHz CL42 Memory CT2K32G52C42S5 Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB PCIe4 NV

I have the UM790 Pro, have had no issues with it at all so far thankfully. My only gripe is lack of bios updates. The newest BIOS is 1.09 from 11/20/23. Come on Minisforum, the damn AGESA has been upgraded a few times over since then. They put out a lot of products, but then they just leave you hang

One can find downloads & tutorials for the UM790 Pro by scrolling down on the "Elite Mini PCs product help page". Considering the number of issues I found with Minisforum mPCs, I would highly suggest verifying hardware stability OOTB before drivers, and especially, BIOS updates.