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[Cypher^64]

Well I'm a Windows sysadmin so it's mostly a lab, though my machines are all AD-joined, SCCM, Azure/Entra hybrid, etc...

I have 2x ASRock Rack mATX Ryzen systems (X470/3600/64GB and X570/3900X/128GB), as a Hyper-V replica (not clustered though). All NVMe storage in them. 10G network. I do run a tiny bit of Linux too for some containers. Largely overkill/unnecessary, but then we wouldn't be here right?

But when that MS-01 came out I was like "wow, it fits my usage exactly", so their product development team nailed it IMO.

Im really thinking of the MS-01 again, this is almost the same price as the nab6 and npb6 I just bought and I'm still in the return window. I could virtualize everything.

 

[FreeKnight]

When I hit the 'what's new' button and I see this thread pop up I keep misreading the title as 'misinformation' and catch myself starting a 'oh boy here we go' thought momentarily before I realize I misread minisforum due to not paying attention

 

[Marzipan]

Im really thinking of the MS-01 again, this is almost the same price as the nab6 and npb6 I just bought and I'm still in the return window. I could virtualize everything.

they're a bit bigger than these mini PC's...but now that Lenovo has announced they Tiny's with the Ryzen 8000G CPU in them, I'mma gonna wait for one of them.

that said, I totally love the look of that new Gigabyte Metal Gear Plus ITX mini PC! it has a higher 3L volume so I hope that means it has a much better cooling system then usual. my biggest complaint with my M900x Tiny is the noise the blower makes when it spins up to cool my i7-6700. granted, that's the full power 65w desktop model, not the 35w low power T series desktop variant.

Gigabyte Metal Gear Plus ITX packs more power than traditional mini PCs

Gigabyte Metal Gear Plus ITX isn’t like the regular mini PCs. While most of them come with mobile processors, Gigabyte’s new mini PC can be configured with the latest AMD Ryzen 8000G desktop APUs. It even brings the DIY aspects that you would find in a traditional desktop computer.

www.notebookcheck.net

 

[JD]

Im really thinking of the MS-01 again, this is almost the same price as the nab6 and npb6 I just bought and I'm still in the return window. I could virtualize everything.

Probably would make sense, I'd say the MS-01 is designed more for 24/7 usage too compared to the ones you bought that are more like consumer desktops. The i5 version is a lot cheaper too if you don't need a ton of CPU power.