MS-A2

Using a Minisforum UM790 Pro with 64GB RAM and 5TB of SSD storage, alongside an MS-A2 powered by a Ryzen 9 9955HX with 96GB RAM and 6TB of SSDs. I’m considering adding an OCuLink eGPU setup with a 32GB Radeon R9700 AI GPU connected to the MS-A2. The Minisforum systems are geared more toward homelab

Yes, you’re right there. My plan was to start with two MS-A2 nodes and use the R730 I already have as an additional node for heavier workloads. I wasn’t planning to use vSAN in the first round and would start with NFS 3 instead, mainly because SSD/NVMe prices have gone up quite a bit as well. The id

You are missing the point too. OP bought the hardware last summer. He had the PC for nearly a year before noticing that one of his SFP+ ports were defective. Nearly one year. Within that year the global prices for DDR5 RAM skyrocketed, making his PC much more valuable. This was caused by the market,

Lenovo thinkcentre tiny’s (eg M920Q, my favorite).Metal rack; I despise plastic 3D print for anything load-bearing. Wasteful and cheap looking. That’s just my opinion, I know 3D printing is popular here. Mellanox dual 10Gb SFP+ NICs. I like minisforum somewhat, and almost got a MS-A2, but if I want

Just FYI: 1. Regarding buying from official Minisforum site vs Amazon: I ordered from the official site first on April 28. but canceled in early June because they did not even start to ship the Item. (They promised on the release livestream that the orders would ship before anything was going to be

I have a minisforum ms a2 8945hx with one 16gb ram stick and it is well worth the money.I’m just mining with the Mac mini because all it was doing was running a homebridge server and a network ssd.

Just keep in mind that 75W is all you get. Most 50-75W cards will be fine. Any higher powered one will work but will be power limited. In the end it all depends on your use case and plan for the mini workstation. If you want more you could use an eGPU dock like MinisForum DEG via Oculink but at that