MINISFORUM UM870 Slim Mini PC AMD Ryzen 7 8745H 8C/16T Desktop Computer 32GB RAM 1TB SSD, HDMI/DP/USB4 8K@60Hz Output, 1X 2.5G RJ45 Port, 4X USB Port, Dual Band WiFi, AMD Radeon 780M Graphics

I have an older laptop that is still fast, but old enough that I had to hack it to install windows 11 and I've been replacing dying components so I decided it was time for a new PC. I'm now retired so I don't need a laptop (I use my tablet when couch surfing), but I have two homes so I want portability. I was reading articles on mini PCs and I came across the UM870. The price was right for a pc with 32GB and a reasonably fast processor so I bought it. Basically this PC fits all my needs. Is plenty fast for my needs, which is office and occasional sound/video editing (I'm not a gamer) and it's very quiet. My laptop (Dell XPS) was loud when the fans kicked in. Lastly, the 870 runs my 34" ultra wide without issue.

Replaced 5 year old hp desktop...speed is amazing, quiet and huge capacity. I love the 32 gb of ram, the rizen fast chip. It is so small but with an added buss I have plenty of ports to use. I run two external hard drives as well, a 32" curved monitor and am just stunned how good this is. The third photo shows the old hp desktop on the floor. I am actually not using the speaker connection but the speakers in the curved dell uhd monitor. I still have a wired usb keyboard and a wireless usb mouse which I use the buss for. I also use a buss with an sd card port to process images with as I am a pro level photographer. This thing is just amazinly fast and good. A great value and it cleaned up my desk area a lot.

I just now made a review on this product but I bought this about a year ago and I'm going to tell you this thing is a beast it does almost any game you wanted to do if you want to do 45 frames per second and if it drops it goes down to like 30 frames per second but that's just enough to play any game yeah 60 frames per second will be great but if you're just trying to have a good time and play some games this is a perfect system to do all the games you want

Update 7/4/2021 TPM 2.0 - is a new requirement for Win11 when it's released this fall. Minisforums engineering released a new BIOS/EUFI update that enables TPM. I am running the developers Win11 release and no compatibility problems have surfaced at all. So this HM50 is Win11 ready... ........................original post............................ Plenty of reviews out there on bloggers sites and on YouTube that provide technical details and stress testing the AMD Ryzen 5 4500U CPU and the AMD GPU. It scores very well in all the tests and is certainly no laggard by any means. It is still used in new name-brand laptops today so it's not outdated at all and runs like a scared cat. I've done my own non-scientific torture tests that go well beyond what I expected from this mini. I have three 24" 1080P monitors connected and brought up 3 different 1080P streaming videos - one on each monitor - all running at the same time. I had Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube video's all running and then looked at the Task Manger Performance tab and this mini was not even breaking a sweat. CPU at 17%, Memory at 4.8GB/15.4 (31%), GPU at only 7%. While all those were running, I brought up Lightroom 6 and started editing a photo as well Photoshop and the GPU usage went to 10%, CPU to 20% and Memory 5.5/15.4GB (36%). I then opened a word document in Libre Office, started a couple of app's (email and newsgroups ) and could not see any difference in the numbers. Still way below what one would consider high usage for any resource. I also tested both Ethernet ports (1GB and 2.5GB) as well as the wireless systems and they all work. I have 300MB/300MB service and the WiFi worked at spec. Not a single glitch... Certainly way more stuff going on than I would ever have normally running but... I'm also evaluating it as a replacement media / signage controller for a clients business with multiple monitors. This mini is now my daily driver and It has replaced a workstation I have that has dual graphics cards, 32GB of memory and 9 hard drives - all which made it an excellent room heater. With all the fans and hard drives spinning - it made some noise as you can imagine. I seriously doubt I will never need more power or capabilities than what this HM50 provides. I have 3 USB (4TB, 8TB and 10TB) drives connected to it and they remain fast even when copying files to all 3 at the same time. I installed two 500GB internal SATA SSD's (Samsung 860 EVO and a Corsair) for dual booting between versions of Win10 & Win11 and for running a Linux VM - just for playing around with. Not a single problem with any of the applications or any hardware compatibility issues - none. I have been in the computer / communications fields my entire career having used, programmed, built and maintained many different type systems from world-class size to now - Mini PC's. In my opinion, the most important part of any system is not the just the hardware or the software, it is the Customer Service and Technical Support that the company provides and how they stand behind their products. Yep, I tested both of those before purchasing the HM50 and I can say they are some of the best I have ever dealt with in all my years in this industry. I can't speak to reliability but they provide a 1 year warranty with a 6 month extension when you register. So 18 months warranty in total - I don't know of another manufacturer that provides that length of warranty unless you purchase it via a separate contract. Unlike some other mini manufactures I recently had to deal with for 5 months, I received prompt, courteous and accurate responses to my questions from Minisforum Customer Support (Nora) and Joey in Technical Support. Response time was a matter of a couple of hours and not days or a week or two later as with the other manufacturer. When I was looking for a replacement pc, a mini made a lot of sense for me. Big savings in power consumption. I cannot hear the fan even when the system is under a stress load and it does not take up a lot of space on my desk. It far exceeds my expectations. I have a home lab with about 10 other systems (full size PC's, laptop's and tablets) that I still use as test beds and just messing around with as part of my computer hobby. Now I do all my photo editing, writing and media watching on this HM50 and not lacking for anything. Remember that there are chip shortages now - and will be for a year or more which has driven costs up and that support is also part of the cost of any product. In time, Windows or some other applications or piece of equipment attached to it is going to create a problem and you may need some tech support in the future. I know that both the before and after -sale support was a positive 5 star experience for me and I expect it to be the same down the road. Lot's of choices out there to look at and I did a lot of research to make sure this would fit my needs now and still have plenty of power and resources for the future. It came with 16GB of Kingston memory and Kinston 512GB NVMe SSD for storage and can be upgraded if needed. It's plenty powerful and it just works....

Easy start up amd exactly what we needed.

This is an awesome little computer. I was shocked at its performance. I added a 2TB SSD card and I couldn't be happier. There's absolutely no lag when switching or scrolling videos. I built it for working spread sheets and doing estimating while I stream on a second monitor and it doesn't have any trouble with it. I wouldn't hesitate to buy it again and I'm actually thinking of buying a second one to run my home media on. It didn't necessarily need the 2TB SSD but I store a lot of stuff and I'm tired of buying cloud memberships so this was my solution but it made a nice difference in buffering after I installed it.

I drove across the country and didn't want to lug my full tax tower, or build another PC. I wanted something small with an APU that can handle ps3/Xbox 360 games. I'm quite impressed. I went with 1tb ssd ryzen 7 780m with 32gb ddr5. It plays all my PS3 and Xbox 360 games at 1080p 60fps I even installed steam and most of my older library plays just fine at 1080p 60fps. It's really sweet having this tiny box that can do so much. Hell it even runs red dead 2 at a steady 45 at 1080p. Comes with Windows 11, which isn't my jam but it is what it is. Great little PC. But the bare bones kit if you've got some spare parts lying around, save some cash.

Small and mighty! It's impressively fast and will crush any workflow unless you need high-end graphics for AAA games, video editing and such. I mounted mine below my desk for a super-clean setup, replacing a laptop. It's great not having to wire up the laptop every time I get home, and with a tiny thing like this, I'm not cluttering my space with a traditional desktop tower.

Small form factor, super fast, and runs cool. The Ryzen 7 8745H is an incredible CPU. Good for light gaming.