MINISFORUM DeskMini UM690L Slim Mini PC AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Small PC, 16GB LPDDR5 RAM+512GB PCIe4.0 SSD, HDMI/DP/USB4 Outputs, 2.5G LAN, WiFi 6E, 4xUSB Port AMD Radeon 680M Graphics Small Form Factor

It's an excellent mini PC, but customer service locked in a 5 star rating. The first unit developed a hardware problem (most likely the PCIe controller). After back-and-forth troubleshooting via email (responses were quick), the problem was not fixed, so customer service replaced the unit. I shipped the unit back on a Sunday. The new system was up and running on Monday, 8 days later. The configuration is well thought out and met my needs very well. I'm not a gamer, so I can't speak to gaming, but the graphics were fine for software development and some basic Photoshop. The system is fast and comes with 32 Gb memory and 1 Tb NVME disk. It has a second NVME slot, the ability to upgrade memory to 64 Gb, and supports two monitors.

This is a seriously handy gadget and for an absolute killer of a deal. It's not a gaming rig but it copes with some AAA games from 2017 and thereabouts. As far as a work PC goes this thing is way more for the money than some potential alternatives, especially some which are named after fruit. It performs very well for the things I do on a regular basis, like running VM's which I use for database work. I don't have many users (Three, sometimes four) using the DB at the same time, but with a few uysers running queries on the DB I can happily keep doing whatever work I was doing without really even noticing the other users tasks. When I have the machine all to myself it's really fast. It'll run 4k video without dropping many frames (Maybe a few when the video starts, none after that). I've installed quite a lot of software and installing and removing things is lightning fast. I also do some sound work and some video work very occasionaly, and it handles that kind of stuff just fine.. There might be faster PC's, but I doubt very much there are many which are faster at the same price. It's quiet, sometimes I forget that it's even running, it occasionally makes a little fan sound to remind me that it's alive, but usually the sound isn't loud enough to call noise. It really is a worthwhile thing to have.

Update: a few months in and still going strong. I've noticed some games work better when launched normally and some games work better with AMD adrenaline. Nier automata did not do well launching from the AMD Adrenaline. I had to launch it normally. I had to turn off AA putting global to low but used the FidelityFX CAS and turned it up all the way but was on 1080. I got a steady 50-60 FPS. It dropped to 50 from time to time but mainly stayed at 59 FPS. I always turn on windows game optimization and add each game as high performance. I have also tried master chief collection the first game no slowdowns but I haven't played all the way through yet. I've removed the HDD and made it an external HDD and play games through the USB C data port on the front with DQ11 and it still loads too fast for me to read the words on the loading page. I made my HDD an external because I needed to pull data off of another pc. Hope this helps anyone else on the fence. Well I bought this after a lot of research. I know that people had issues with thermal throttling. So I bought fans for either side of the case. Now since they are external fans it won't keep it super cool but does help drop 5° on the APU. I haven't experienced thermal throttling on the nvme or ram. Now that being said I did add a HDD. So far everything I have thrown at it works. I'm a casual gamer and I don't own a 4k monitor so my gaming is limited to 1080p. This suits me fine and I have been able to run Strangers of Paradise, Horizon zero dawn, FF7 remake, roblox nier replicant, FF15 and below including the PR versions and a few AAA titles. Now the wifi part is fast which is nice since I am too far away for an ethernet cord and I'm not dropping a line to my gaming setup plus I have such a steady reliable signal I'm not worried. The Bluetooth is good but the distance is left to be desired. I have connected upto 3 things at once, two controllers and a Bluetooth headset. I did have any connectivity issues unless I drop back about 15 feet then it gets spotty for me it is not an issue because I'm not that far away. Noise is ok before I put the fans on. When you first boot it the fan goes high then drops to normal. It can power an external monitor by itself through the USB4 and I haven't had any issues. HDMI works like it should. Now when I hook up a usb 3 hdd I get good speeds well decent speeds upto 110 mb/s. I used to get 20 mb/s with my old computer so that's a plus. The SSD NVME is super fast. I do love the 32gb ram and in the bios I changed the VRAM to 8gb. So far it has been really good and I'm happy with it. I just wish the bottom had a fan which has the NVME, Ram and wifi card in it. The NVME does have a heat sink but that is only so good if you have a way to move the heat out because otherwise it will only do so good. I have only had it about a month so I am not sure of longevity but I'm hoping keeping everything cool will help.

After almost 2 months of using Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver, there have been no issues at all. It's worth the money.

small bit powerful, not as noisy as i expected, it would be great if more upgrades are available. Stop working after 7 month, can not turn on normally, can hear the fan is working but it does not boot, not even able to get in BIOS. Update: after 2 weeks of communication, finally got the replacement from the manufacturer.

It works does exactly what I planned it to. Very very quiet. No complaints

I’ve had this for a few months and it is fast and quiet. So much faster than the 10 YO tower it replaced. No complaints. I recommend this vendor.