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

Oh really? I missed those announcements... Anyway yea the MS-02 Ultra has 4 total but 2 of those are on the back of the motherboard and (I assume) would have terrible cooling and wouldn't fit a heatsink. I was thinking maybe I can get a 4x4x4x4 adapter card and populate 3 of the 4 slots (due to the

Hi, oh yes a light AI workstation is possible. I'm running the Minisforum MS-02 Ultra i9 with 96 GB of ram and an Nvidia RTX 2000 ADA. OS: Linux Pop!OS, AI SW: ComfyiUI. Correctly configured (not running all componets at full speed -> heat management) this is a nice little local AI demonstration mac

It looks like the 02 Ultra is based on the MS-01 motherboard with some mods that are not yet known. IIRC it has a similar arrangement on the underside of the motherboard, like it can take a U.2 NVME drive, but still 7mm only? I have some spare 15mm drives I can't use in the MS-01. Minisforum admitte

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