MS-02 Ultra

Some other cool options at 3-4L are: •Lenovo Thinkstation P360 Ultra or P3 ultra •HP Z2 Mini G9 worktation But again, the same rule applies here: only if you can find them second hand or refurbished (for a reasonable price). Because new ones are always ridiculously expensive. If you don't need a nam

Minisforum MS-A2 has 2xSFP+ & the MS-02 Ultra has 2xSFP28 SFP+! They also have a single slot half height PCI slot. The MS-02 Ultra definitely fits your bill as it has 4 or 5 nvme slots? 2 are built into the SFP28 adapter.

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

If the Arc B50 Pro has to live inside the box, the MINISFORUM MS 02 Ultra Workstation Mini PC makes sense. It has the PCIe and 350W PSU shape, but I would still verify SR IOV before buying.

I think it's the only model on market in M.2 format. Price is normal for any 10Gb card right now. As a note MINISFORUM MS-S1 Max and MS-02 ULTRA have build in 2x ports using this chipset, but it's not an M.2 module. Works fine in Windows and Linux kernel 6.17 and higher.

MiniPC may only have 1 oculink port so you may be able to use this port for an external GPU enclosure. There are also MiniPC with thunderbolt port so you can use an external GPU enclosure that support thunderbolt as well. I am not sure but there may be some supporting both oculink and thunderbolt -

The MS-02 plus a SFF RTX 5070 will give you more bang for buck whilst saving about £700. https://www.minisforum.uk/products/minisforum-ms-02-ultra?_pos=1&_psq=ultra&_ss=e&_v=1.0&variant=50710606512406 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-5070-windforce-oc-sff-12gb-gddr7-pci-express-graphi

Hi, where have you ordered your machine? My order of a MS-02 Ultra in the EU was delivered really fast (within 5 days) from the Minisforum warehouse in Germany and I live in Austria. But maybe in the US it takes a bit longer (if you have ordered it there).

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 depends what size and cost you are happy with. I have a Minisforum MS-02 Ultra which is sold as barebone and is quite expandable. But some would say that this is no MiniPC anymore. With less than 5 l ivolume only it is quite small.