Review of the strongest mini PC for 100,000 yen with Ryzen 7 7840HS and plenty of ports![Minisforum UM780 XTX]

This time, we will introduce the high-performance mini PC equipped with Ryzen 7 7840HS, which has been released from Minisforum, which has released many mini PCs.Minisforum UM780 XTX” was provided to me, so I would like to review it.

In addition to high performance, it also has a wide range of ports, including Oculink compatibility. Oculink has a maximum bandwidth of 64Gbps and also uses eGPU.

This machine is currently available on the Minisforum official store.This pageThe barebone version is on sale for 76,980 yen, the 32GB/1TB SSD version is 102,490 yen, and the 64GB/1TB SSD version is on sale for 117,980 yen.

This unit can emit light from the top panel. This is why the official store says “with tiger” and “without tiger”. (The price is the same, so if you don’t need it, choose “without tiger”)

The company’s mechanical keyboard reviewed belowMiniforum MKBi83” when connected,

A review of the aluminum wired and wireless compatible mechanical keyboard from Minisforum![Minisforum MKBi83]

Speaking of Minisforum, it is famous as a manufacturer that releases many mini PCs, but the company has released a mechanical keyboard “Minisforum” that uses a red axis…

If there is a tiger, you can make it shine as shown below. (Switches to 3 colors of RGB)

Let’s take a look!

Appearance and specs

In addition to the PC itself, the package includes an AC adapter, glasses cable, HDMI cable, VESA mount attachment, stand, screws, M.2 to Oculink adapter card, and manuals. ↓

After assembling the stand, you can use the PC standing up as shown below.

The AC adapter has a nice curved design with the MINISFORUM logo engraved on it.

The output is 120w.

Oculink cards are inserted into M.2.

The reason why the Oculink card is a separate part is so that you can choose whether to connect M.2 to Oculink or connect it to an SSD for sub storage.

The manual is also written in Japanese as shown below. There are detailed instructions on how to replace parts and how to install the Oculink card.

Regarding the specifications of this machine, the CPU Ryzen 7 7840HS is an AMD chip with Zen4 architecture, 8 cores, 16 threads, maximum 5.1GHz, TDP 54W, 16MB cache. The GPU is equipped with AMD Radeon 780M.

In addition, the DDR5 RAM in the SO-DIMM x2 slot is up to 96GB, the main storage is PCIe4.0 M.2 2280 SSD x2, and the OS is Windows 11.

For communication, M.2 2230 Wi-Fi supports Wi-Fi6E and Bluetooth 5.

As for ports, on the front as shown below there is a 3.5mm earphone jack, USB4.0 Type-C, USB3.2 Gen2 Type-A x2, power button, and CLear CMOS.

On the back are USB3.2 Gen2 Type-A x2, DisplayPort, USB4.0 Type-C, Oculink, HDMI, and 2.5G Ethernet ports.

Oculink is used by inserting the included parts into the board, so by default it is covered with a rubber gasket.

The top plate is as shown below and has RGB lighting.

There are heat radiation holes on the side as shown below. This machine has a built-in metal heat pipe, active heat sink for the SSD, liquid metal for the CPU, and an active cooling fan.

There are four rubber feet on the bottom as shown below.

The actual weight was 738g.

RGB lighting

Now, if you don’t do anything, the lighting will be square at the top as shown below.red and

green and

It switches to blue periodically.

The top cover is magnetic and can be removed without a screwdriver.

Insert the included tiger photo-etching sheet here.

Then, the tiger lights up.

It turns red as shown below,

It may turn green.

You can delete it if you don’t need it, but it might be fun to make an etching sheet of your favorite character.

Disassemble and check the contents of the case

After removing the top cover, remove the 4 screws to access the inside.

The RAM comes with two 16GB RAM made by Crucial and can be easily replaced.

The storage is a Kingston 1TB PCIe4.0 NVMe SSD. There is another M.2 next to it, where you can insert an Oculink card or another SSD.

If you insert an Oculink card, remove the rubber gasket below and you will be able to use the Oculink port.

benchmark score

Next, let’s take a look at the benchmark scores.

CINEBENCH R23 is extremely fast with a single core of 1,789pts and multi-core of 16,304pts.

Single-core/multi-core performance and other CPU comparisons are as below.

The FF14 benchmark was 8,353 for FullHD, standard quality (desktop PC), and full screen, which was “comfortable”.

The FF15 benchmark was a “normal” 3,943 in FullHD, standard quality, and full screen.

The measured values ​​of CrystalDiskMark are as below.

High performance mini PC with a wide range of uses

Above is the new mini PCMinisforum UM780 XTX” I have seen it.

Whether you lay it flat or stand it up on the included stand, make the tiger shine or not, use an external GPU with Oculink, or create a high-speed dual storage configuration, there are plenty of ports to suit your needs. The appeal of this machine is that you can customize it in various ways.

And of course, you can start using it as a high-speed mini PC just by opening the box and turning on the power.

The performance is quite high for a 100,000 yen mini PC, so if you are looking for a high-speed mini PC, please check it out!

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