Bit cheaper than before, bit of an odd product but could be useful for some, 16 core mobile (non upgradeable) CPU, cooler and ITX motherboard for less than price of the 7950x.
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Looks like CPU heatsink is already included.
Would need a PSU and storage as well. RAM slots are for SODIMM (laptop) modules
a gpu if you want to proper game otherwise theres a 610m integrated
Requires RAM, NVMe drive, PSU, case, 120mm fan (to mount to heat sink, mounts included)
RAM - https://amzn.asia/d/3TiKgUR 24GB of this is likely the sweet spot currently, but check my past deals on 96 and 128GB
Case - Many options available, anything fits ITX. I went with a Jonsbo TK-0 but it’s no longer on sale. Issue with it is it required an SFX PSU (more costly), not a full ATX PSU.
PSU - Depends on what GPU you want to use (if you choose to use one), 300w will do without a GPU, otherwise whatever GPU specs recommend.
GPU - optional, has onboard graphics. Workstation mode it’s not required. For gaming, it depends how high you want the settings - research benchmarks etc. This cpu is quite fast and won’t bottleneck even a 5070ti, if not even a 5080.
Get a good high static pressure 12cm fan for the cpu cooler.
One of:
* Arctic P12 max
* CORSAIR RS120
Link is going to the inferior BD795i. Guessing the BD790i is out of stock.
Cool. In stock, but too expensive unfortunately.
How you getting $870?
$1,169.99 - $230 coupon = $939.99
sorry, i had some balance in my account.
BTW, the link is for the BD795i SE which is identical bun without the wireless card. It does include KeyE slot for the wireless card and antena cables/backplane though.
It also doesn’t have the NVMe heat sink / fan or NVMe PCI 5.0
I paid $40 extra for the 790i, that’s worth it. Hundreds extra, probably not.
Honestly isn’t needed, but even the fan I found decent for $40 extra
I believe they are the same NVMe PCI 5.0.they just labeled it lower as the 790i was getting compatibility problems so reduced spec compatibility.
And yes I would have purchased the 790i but it wasn’t available so I just purchased the extra wireless card
Other way around I believe, 790i is rated 5.0 afaik - 795i 4.0
Other than that it’s just a heat sink difference (and the wifi card)
Their bios is trash so wouldn’t be surprised if you’re right and it’s just a bios issue not hardware
Oops, copied title from other deal which also must've been incorrect. BD790i has X3D cpu as well, but is $300 more.
Doesn't always, it comes with HX or X3D
I have done a recent build with this one. Great performance. My first itx build. I went for jonsbo T6 case and 32gb ram. Building itx is a great pain with many restrictions on components. Can confirm it can run ram at 5600 meg transfers through small bios change.
My build as follows if someone is interested.
CPU+ mobo $620 after gift card discount Amazon
32gb Ram Amazon $126
Jonsbo T6 ple $89
Silverstone SFX gold 650w modular psu $90 Facebook new
HP 2tb ssd centrecom $153
Kingston SSD 2tb centrecom $180
RGB controller Amazon $14
USB 3 and type C controller AliExpress $15
2x fans Amazon $16 thermalright
Rtx 3060 8gb Facebook $260 used
Total $1563.something
Same here. Recently built one of these into a Proxmox home server. Went with a Fractal Designs 304 case, 96G RAM, and moved storage over from previous "server" based in an Intel Gen 12 NUC. This has CPU for days!
can you share what bios changes you needed?,
Updated mine and still can't find anything definitive RE making it go to 5600 or higher
Sure i think it's under the overclocking section and then simply choosing 5600 instead of 5200 after accepting the terms and conditions for overclocking.
Had ideas on using this as a small nas build…. Warning this board does not come with any Sata ports on board. You’ll either need a m.2 hba card to achieve that.
This would make a powerful proxmox home server. Add a ASM1166 and you'd also have a NAS.
Not wrong, but then you take away 1 nvme slot which I hoped to do a raid 1 on 2 drives for my vms etc
There's a 16 lane PCIE5 slot that could take an adapter card with 4 m.2 slots with 4 lanes each. Else just do a daily backup of the Nvme drive to the NAS drives.
If only it had some SATA ports.. :(
Cheap desktop upgrade otherwise..
No sata, no argb header and no front type C header. The latter two are fixed by cheap solution from Ali or Amazon. SATA requires comprising on M.2 slot.
MINISFORUM BD795M has 4 x sata
Different form factor and higher price
Something to note this is always 639.99. Even when it seems to be at 939 it has a 160 dollar coupon to drop it down.
Minisforum products are amazing, but they customer service is really bad… get ready if you need to claim warranty
thats why you buy minisforum from amazon. :D
I used this recently in a build. see my other posts for benchmarks, etc
But, put succinctly, you'd need to spend at least a third more on the system to get an equivalent performing standard DESKTOP CPU system…
the 16 physical cores really makes renders fly!
I've paired it with a second hand $200 RTX2060S for some decent QHD gaming….heck, even does fortnite in 4k if you turn bits down!
What is needed to get this built up? RAM, case, ssd and fan and anything else? Does this need a heatsink?