In this video, I dive into the Minisforum BD790i SE, a powerhouse packed into a compact Mini-ITX form factor! This little beast is more than just a pretty face—it delivers impressive performance for both everyday tasks and gaming.
I put the BD790i SE to the test with both Windows and Ubuntu operating systems, pushing its limits with extensive CPU and GPU benchmarks to see how it stacks up. From multitasking to rendering, I break down the real-world performance you can expect.
But that’s not all—I also look at the power consumption of this mini machine to see if it can keep things efficient while staying powerful. Plus, I test out its gaming performance to show you how it handles your favorite titles! 🎮
Is this the best mini-ITX form factor PC for your setup? Let’s find out!
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Just got 2 of the units. So far i am satisfied with its snappyness considering i got it for 329 usd all in
I've been using this board for about 6 months (NON SE). It is beast for what you pay for. I originally bought the 770i for my sons build because of the SSF. I just added the GPU, Ram and SSD in a K49 itx case and it's been reliable, fast and pretty much maintenance free. I liked it so much that I got the 790i for myself for video editing and it is great for the price point. My only issue thus far is that a fan header died. Not sure how or when, but that's the only issue I've had with both boards since getting them. Highest temp I've seen during a full load on the 790i board is 91 (my gpu was blowing hot air directly into the heatsink and fan due to me being bad and not having the proper fan placement), but generally it sits around 85 at the most under full load.
Dang, I was hoping you would dive into the new menu options for OC'ing etc but you skipped it after simply showing it. Oh well!
That idle power draw is high … I got the 790i, and drawing 35W idle (with a dGPU in my second slot, that easily eats 10W+ by itself)… PCIe 5 lanes eating a ton of power?
I turned 4 770is into testing HPC nodes/Proxmox nodes with the PCIe slots taken up by 10G NICs. they've been absolute beasts. strong endorse.
Great review. This SE version M.2's are PCIe 4.0 rather than 5.0 non SE but fast enough for 990 pro, no wifi card on SE (interested to know if the small pcie slot works with SATA Adapter?) the x 16 slot is still Gen 5 so the same, small processor downgrade as mentioned below but still very capable. A deeper dig into the bios options would be good post update to latest ( BIOS_1.09 I think)
I've bought Chinese laptop cpu itx motherboards before and have had a 50% success rate. If you want to return you need to send a video explaining what's wrong. If you're not a YouTuber it's not worth the hassle
These were sold out over 2 weeks ago 🙂
i really like this setup. but minisforum as a brand is a bit scary for me. in case of issues or anything it's like 99% that you won't get any moneyback or warranty service or whatever.
can you disable igpu in linux?
ie the pcie slot support bifurcation?
You know whats also a beast? Assembling a beast mini itx combo with separate replaceable/serviceable components from a big name mature reliable brand.
I like this motherboard combo, I have the other parts. So I can build a mini pc for the living room.🎉
anybody can recommend minimalistic but nice case for it?
ECC?
What about pcie bifurcation?
I knew BD790i supported it does the SE version too?
I ordered it as well, so I looked into it the specs a few weeks ago (Minisforums website can be confusing and plain wrong tbh.).
So, I'd like to put some emphasis & the processor isn't a 7945HX, it's a 7940HX (as seen when you neofetched it, as opposed to your initial statement when unboxing it in the beginning of the video). The 7945 is the processor that the 790i non SE version comes with. It clocks a tad higher (200Mhz if I'm not mistaken). The 7940 that the SE version comes with is a budget version of the 7945, but still a great APU.
Also, as you noticed the "missing" heatsing over the M.2 with then SE (compared to the 790i non SE), I think this cost saving measure could be implmented by Minisforum as the M.2 are only PCIE 4.0 (4 lanes), not PCIE 5 as you stated during unboxing (that's what the 790i non SE comes with).
Please don't take this as a criticism of your video, it was actually great to see someone benchmarking & power cchecking it (so thanks a bunch for the review, quite insightful), I just want to make sure that people checking the review will not be as confused as I was when researching the board.