My brother grabbed these thinking they'd work well for his kids but they ended up on gaming laptops. He asked me to sell them for him but not sure what the market looks like for these things... Both are basically like new in box.
Mini PCs
- Thread starter DarkMasterMX
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Bosgame M2 is $760 USD before it ran out of stock so take 20% is about $608 USD which is $832 CAD.
Minisforum is $490 USD, 20% off is $392 USD which is $536 CAD.
So some random search on FBM Vancouver and found a Bosgame P5 which 1 gen older for $500. It only have 512GB SSD but similar 32GB of RAM. So $800 isn't too far fetch? For LLM use, you are still cap at 16GB of memory dedicated to the GPU so even upgrading the memory won't give you a bigger model or more context.
Another guy selling the same Minisforum but with 32GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD (may be +1TB as well) for $850.
Minisforum is $490 USD, 20% off is $392 USD which is $536 CAD.
So some random search on FBM Vancouver and found a Bosgame P5 which 1 gen older for $500. It only have 512GB SSD but similar 32GB of RAM. So $800 isn't too far fetch? For LLM use, you are still cap at 16GB of memory dedicated to the GPU so even upgrading the memory won't give you a bigger model or more context.
Another guy selling the same Minisforum but with 32GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD (may be +1TB as well) for $850.
BOSGAME is a budget brand of the parent company that also owns Minisforum. all of these brands are a hit n miss when it comes to QC and support, with one of the bigger complaints being a lack of driver and BIOS updates when issues / bugs are revealed.
Bosgame is pretty well known, and as mentioned is a budget device that comes from the same manufacturers of Minisforum and Beelink.
The Bosgame sells for $1000 currently with the Ryzen 9. Although it'll be tough to get near that since the same system in a Ryzen 7 sells for $750. Also, I'm now seeing the Ryzen 9 has a coupon offering for $799 on Amazon. So I'd say, if it's new or near-new, then you could try for $700 and see if you get a buyer that wants the Ryzen 9? Typically that's a tough sell in a mini PC due to heat/noise, not to mention throttling making them typically perform about the same?
The Minisforum is barebones, which makes it a lot less appealing unless there's RAM and an SSD in it? Currently it's selling for $480CAD, So likely if it's new or near-new you'd be down to $400 for it? Maybe less? Tough sell without RAM/SSD right now.
The Bosgame sells for $1000 currently with the Ryzen 9. Although it'll be tough to get near that since the same system in a Ryzen 7 sells for $750. Also, I'm now seeing the Ryzen 9 has a coupon offering for $799 on Amazon. So I'd say, if it's new or near-new, then you could try for $700 and see if you get a buyer that wants the Ryzen 9? Typically that's a tough sell in a mini PC due to heat/noise, not to mention throttling making them typically perform about the same?
The Minisforum is barebones, which makes it a lot less appealing unless there's RAM and an SSD in it? Currently it's selling for $480CAD, So likely if it's new or near-new you'd be down to $400 for it? Maybe less? Tough sell without RAM/SSD right now.
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