MS-02 Ultra

I just got the MINISFORUM MS-02 Ultra Workstation Mini PC w Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX barebones. It's a 1 Liter form factor and you can add the MSI Gaming RTX 3050 LP 6G to it or Intel ARC Low Profile GPU. I like this larger than usual MiniPC for its cooling, relative silence, connectivity, and expan

sure, given the extension opportunities via pcie as well as the 4x sodimm DDR5 slots, this is very cool, i.e. you could load it with 128GB++ ram and an sff/low-profile gpu (some RTX Ada and Blackwell gpus have a 4w idle). So you can have there a very powerful (though almost) desktop equivalent for <

You’re absolutely right about the RAM situation. I’ve been following the prices closely because I’m also considering the MS-02, and the spike this month has been brutal. I’m using the same Crucial 96GB kit in my MS-01, and seeing it literally double in price just as Minisforum announced their own pr

The config I am eyeing has 192GB, thus > 128GB. Now I saw some comments that say that you cannot run it at max speed if you fill the RAM slots, to 256GB. But what's the threshold? Edit: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/10/minisforum-ms-02-ultra-has-insane-home-lab-potential-with-256gb-ram-tr

For a small desk sized Hypervisor, I've been looking at the likes of the Minisforum MS-A1, though it seems they're going for a refresh at the moment and the MS-02 Ultra (or MS-S1 MAX) seems like a really strong proposition considering you can throw a GPU in it (looking directly at the Intel B60 beca