MINISFORUM BD795i SE ITX Motherboard, AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, 16 C/32 T,Up to 5.4 GHz,PCIe 5.0 x16 Slot, Dual PCIe4.0 M.2 Support, DDR5,8K Triple Output with HDMI/DP/USB-C, RJ45 2.5G, USB 3.2 Gen 2

If you're a fan of SSF gaming rigs, this is a brilliant little prebuilt bundle to help build very capable gaming systems.16c/32t upto 5.4Ghz CPU that sips power compared to its desktop equivalent yet provides benchmarking that is very, very close to said desktop variant.Slap a decent power supply, your chosen NVMe/s (use a DRAM decent one for your boot drive), decent PSU, whatever RAM you like, a case, and you're done! The included iGPU isn't going to set records but it's good enough for some games, or for desktop/server use. Simply add a desktop GPU if your choice and BOOM gaming PC!Oh, and add a 120mm pwm fan to your shopping list.I've got the 8c16t version of this already, but this one I've added a 5070Ti and it appears so far to be perfectly matched, neither the CPU on this or the GPU is bottlenecking each other.For the price Vs performance, especially when compared to buying a gaming ITX motherboard and a desktop CPU, it's an excellent choice.It benchmarks slightly above the gamers favourite 7800X3D in single core and floors it in multi core while costing roughly the same as the CPU alone!It's slightly behind the 9800X3D in single core but still beats it in multi core.And it's only slightly (around 15%) behind the current strongest gaming desktop CPU 9950X3D which based on current prices I can find cost nearly DOUBLE the cost of this bundle for the CPU alone, factor in another £300+ for a gaming motherboard and you can see why these are a very good option.You can even get a X3D version of this now for another ~+5% performance uplift.You have to be aware, the CPU is soldered to the motherboard so you're not replacing it to upgrade in the future, but considering again the cost, it'll still be roughly as cheap to upgrade the whole motherboard/CPU combo Vs a new CPU later anyway, and you could quite easily sell the old one for more than you would get for a old desktop CPU alone to help towards the upgrade.I really hope Minisforum continue these ITX boards with the new gaming laptop CPUs for future upgrades. I'm a huge fan!

i rarely write reviews but i had to for this im over a month in and its holding strong best pc iv ever had i went through 2 cpus in a year both melted (terrible silicon lottery lol) so i decided to change things up and go for this, iv had the 7900x and this thing is just as good while using way less power, it also doesnt have the strange issue of only 1 ccd working at a time while gaming like the 7900x does sometimes(the one i had). igpu works a charm for monitors 2&3, iv got it in a sff case with sff rtx3060 12gb and its silent. it handles AI pretty well(not using the egpu) and rendering is a doddle. love it and may buy another one to upgrade my server 5*****

This has a CPU heat sink but you will need your own 120mm fan. The fan overhangs the heat sink so that it can also cool one of the M.2 NVMe drives.There is a socket and bracket for a WiFi / Bluetooth module. I tried a similar looking module from an older PC but this does not fit. It needs to be fitted before the fan brackets are put on the heat sink and before the motherboard is put in a case.The PDF manual is available free but they try to get you to sign up for something (so only 4 stars from me). The module is not mentioned in the manual but is shown on the diagram but not labeled.The onboard M.2 sockets are NVME not SSD. NVME should be fitted before the fan brackets are put on the heatsink. It is held in by a plastic NVMe retainer instead of the usual screw. Raise the plastic pin 2/3 to fit the drive then push it back down. I recommend using a heat sink on the drive.There is a 19 pin USB C header. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00L2N4UFU seems to be able to connect to this.I use Linux Mint and the onboard sound chip does not work with this.The screws supplied for the i/o plate and fan brackets are very small.The Amazon picture shows NVMe heat sinks which are not supplied. Buy your own.Only 4 USB sockets on board. No SATA, no help on the manufacturer web site.If you get a boot failure error you need to press <esc> or <delete> early in the boot sequence to get to the BIOS and change from supervisor to user mode.

I've been building PC's for decades at this point, and this is by far the best value board/CPU combo I have ever built! It is ridiculous value for money, the CPU is an absolute monster and cuts through anything I throw at it (figuratively, of course, heh) and it even runs quietly with my RX 6900XT Red Devil Edition just below it, which is not a card known for being the coolest of runners. It never gets above 80 Degrees Celsius and is insanely good in every game I've thrown (again, figurative) at it, along with being rock solid.If you need something simple, insanely powerful, really small and just easy to install and simple to set up, then you could do a LOT worse! As a side-note for Linux users, of which I am one, when you install your distribution of choice, then you will likely want to disable Secure Boot. This is not as intuitive as it may seem, so when booting, be sure to press the Delete keys repeatedly until the BIOS pops up. After that, Secure Boot should be available and not greyed out. I know that, even though I'm a pretty experienced builder, that caught me off guard and I could not be bother enrolling my device, so I hope this helps at least some folks out.Happy building and hope you enjoy this incredible bit of hardware! :D

Great value itx motherboard and cpu.

Updated review, Recap, this product WAS a good little unit for the first few weeks - ran uncomfortably hot - but a cool little item.Fast forward 6 months. It hard shuts down after about 20seconds of any usage - such that my data can't even be removed.From the second it is started the BIOS immediately reads over 75c.Product support is literally non existent, if you're lucky a broken English reply might come through after a month or two. Im £400 down with a faulty product that's less than half a year old...