MINISFORUM AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX Barebone with MS-A2 Mini PC (16C/32T, up to 5.4GHz),PCIe×16, HDMI/2x USB-C (8K@60Hz), 2X SFP+ 10G, 2X 2.5G LAN, 3X SSD M.2 (2280/22110/U.2),NO RAM/SSD/OS

Ultimate home lab starter server
The Minisforum MS-01 is hands-down the best mini PC I’ve ever used for a home lab/server setup, and I’ve gone through more than a few (N100 minis, old Intel NUCs, used ThinkCentre tinies, etc.). This thing is a beast in a ridiculously small package.What makes it the “ultimate” for homelabbers:• CPU: The i9-13900H (or 12900H version) absolutely flies. Running Proxmox with a dozen VMs and LXCs (Pi-hole, Home Assistant, Plex, Nextcloud, WireGuard, etc.) and it barely breaks a sweat. Pass-through of the iGPU to a Jellyfin/Immich VM works flawlessly for hardware transcoding.• I/O is insane: Dual 10GbE SFP+ ports AND dual 2.5GbE RJ45. Finally a mini PC that doesn’t choke my network. The PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (x4 electrically) let me drop in a real quad-port 10GbE NIC without any compromises.• Expansion: Two M.2 2280 slots + one M.2 22110 + a U.2 NVMe connector. I’m running 12 TB of fast storage inside with zero external drives. Hot-tier, warm-tier, cold-tier—all in one tiny box.• Build quality & thermals: Surprisingly quiet under normal load, and even when I push all cores it never thermal throttles. The cooling solution is clearly over-engineered in the best way.• Power draw: Idle at ~18-22 W with everything running (Proxmox + services). That’s stupidly efficient for this much performance.Minor nitpicks (because nothing is perfect):• It’s not exactly cheap, but you get what you pay for.• The internal USB header situation is a little awkward if you want to run a Coral TPU or something similar.• BIOS is still getting updates—some early quirks with sleep/resume are mostly fixed now.If you’re tired of outgrowing every “mini PC” after six months and don’t want to run a loud 1U rack server in your apartment, the MS-01 is pretty much the endgame. I wish I bought two.Highly recommended for anyone serious about self-hosting or building a compact, high-performance home lab. 11/10 would buy again.Lots of ports,games ok, fast speed and easy to setup

Amazing mini PC with maxi characteristics
I am a Mac person through and through but have a few workloads that don’t work well in Parallels, so I started looking for a minimalistic approach that didn’t require me to buy an expensive laptop or bulky desktop. I found great articles about the Minisforum MS-01 and was impressed with its upgradable design, size, and performance characteristics. I bought the largest model and got a 4Tb NMVe SSD and a Yeston RTX 3050 low-profile GPU as upgrades.The PC was super easy to set up. I first cloned the 1Tb SSD to the 4Tb SSD and installed it without any problem by removing just 3 screws. The video card was even easier to install as it required a single screw to be removed. I connected the PC to my 10Gbps network using an SFP+ fiber adapter and was off to the races. The boot time was super fast and after a few obligatory Windows installation steps, I was up and running, connected to the internet, and had a great 4K image. I was glad to see it came with a Windows 11 Pro license and absolutely zero apps; just the necessary drivers.The forums mentioned that upgrading the BIOS was important and that was easy too, although that entire process was much better explained on the forums than in the Minisforum documentation. It took just 5 minutes in the end and allowed me to see a lot of interesting features in the BIOS as well.Now that I’ve run the system for a week, I’m so impressed. It’s unbelievable how powerful this minuscule PC is and how easy it was to expand. It’s not as quiet as my Mac Studio Pro, but it’s totally fine from a noise perspective.I highly recommend the Minisforum MS-01.

Much more reliable and faster than the NUC it replaced.
Excellent product. Much more reliable and faster than the NUC it replaced. It has a solid state fan, so it never overheats.

He tenido problemas con el ventilador principal, ya que tiene 2 y el más grande que es el que disipa la mayoría del calor se desactiva de la nada, al principio crei que era mal contacto pero no, simplemente deja de funcionar, tengo que apagar la computadora y volver a encenderla, este problema hace que todo el chasis se caliente y termine afectando la temperatura del SSD y supongo que de otros componentes también, quiero esta PC para usarla desatendida y via Remota, pero este problema es de tomar en cuenta de que tengo que estar verificando qué no tenga este fallo

Just like other Minisforum products it is very well made and no issues so far. I have 4 more HX99G and UM790Pro units and all work like charm.The only problem with this MS-A1 is that the U.2 adapter was not included in the box. This was the main reason that I purchased this Mini Workstation for. That is why I have given this one 2 stars only.As the package seemed to be factory sealed, I assume that Minisforum assembly line did not put it in the box at the first place. I appreciate if Minisforum could send me the adapter.

After owning many PCs from various brands over the years, I can honestly say this has been the most unstable system I have ever purchased. For a machine clearly intended to be a productivity workstation, stability should be the absolute top priority. No matter how impressive the specs or how attractive the price-to-performance ratio, they mean little if the system can’t run reliably.After installing the JDK, Node.js, and cloning my work repository, the PC would freeze and reboot within 30 seconds of starting a project build. At first, I suspected an outdated driver, so I updated everything through the official AMD Adrenalin software—but the problem persisted. The Event Viewer showed errors pointing to RAM issues, and a memory test confirmed there was indeed faulty RAM.Extremely disappointing for a brand-new machine, especially one intended for serious work.