Questions about Minisforum MS-01-S1390

The thing is excellent. I now have 2 of them, one acts as a router between my provider (Init7) and my LAN. I use the second one as a workstation. Now it depends on what kind of Internet connection you have and how you want to distribute it at home. If you have a router from your supplier that offers a 10gbps port, you need to check whether it is sfp+ or 10gbaseT (copper, Ca6 or something like that). If it is sfp+ and you want to connect your computer directly to the router, it is best to use a DAC cable. But if you want to have a switch between your router from the supplier and your home devices, you have to look for a suitable switch. I bought one myself, but unfortunately it's not available at Galaxus. Google for "NICGIGA 8 Port 2.5G Ethernet Switch + 10G SFP". Very cheap and has 2x sfp+ and 8* 2.5gbps. My setup: - MS-01-1 with Connectx LX4 SFP28 PCI card, with an SFP28 module on the glass box on the wall. An additional fan should be installed on the MS-01, as the card still needs some air. - MS-01-1 -> NCGIGA switch with SFP+ DAC cable (SFP+ to SFP+). - NCGIGA Switch 1 Port 2 SFP+ to NCGIGA Switch 2Port 1 SFP+ with 2 SFP+ transceivers, because I want to use the copper house cabling. So transceiver, Cat 6 cable to wall socket... in the other room wall socket, Cat 6 cable - transceiver - NC Giga Switch 2. - NCGIGA Switch 2 Port 2 SFP+ with DAC cable to NCGIGA Switch 3 Port 1 SFP+ - NCGIGA Switch 3 Port 2 SFP+ with DAC cable to MS-01-2 SFP+ Port 1. I am therefore connected from my workstation computer to the MS-01-1 via 3 switches (router). And I get the following throughputs with Oakla without any problems: Server: joelmueller.ch ISP: Init7 Idle latency: 1.57 ms (jitter: 0.20ms, low: 1.48ms, high: 1.83ms) Download: 9194.96 Mbps (data used: 9.9 GB) 2.03 ms (jitter: 3.33ms, low: 1.31ms, high: 214.06ms) Upload: 9290.17 Mbps (data used: 16.8 GB) 4.64 ms (jitter: 1.19ms, low: 1.02ms, high: 22.86ms) Quite acceptable. On the MS-01-01, which also acts as my router, I can get a connection via the Connect-X card with SFP28: Server: senseLAN GmbH - Duedingen (id: 68232) ISP: Init7 Idle Latency: 1.52 ms (jitter: 0.11ms, low: 1.24ms, high: 1.59ms) Download: 23516.07 Mbps (data used: 21.1 GB) 1.64 ms (jitter: 0.48ms, low: 1.19ms, high: 4.23ms) Upload: 22292.00 Mbps (data used: 24.3 GB) 1.89 ms (jitter: 0.59ms, low: 1.12ms, high: 5.12ms) Both the MS-01 and the supplier Init7 are spectacularly good. You have to familiarise yourself with them, but it's fun. As for the SFP+ transceivers, I have tried a few. The best was actually one of the cheaper ones, the TP-Link TL-SM5310-T (here from Galaxus). I also bought both MS-01s here, with a 13900h processor and in the 64GB version. Probably overkill for the router, but I have Proxmox on it and have virtualised a few things on it. Super device, really. I hope this helps and motivates ;-)

Sali iDustBin Craft Computing has published a YouTube video in which he installs an RTX 4000 with custom cooler in an MS01 case. The installation works, but the card gets too hot and clocks down due to the high waste heat.

To connect your two monitors with DisplayPort to the device, you will need adapters as the device only has one HDMI port. You can use USB-C to DisplayPort adapters as the device has USB-C 4 ports that are also suitable for DisplayPort signals. Make sure that the adapters are compatible and support the correct signal transmission.

The basic amount of video RAM for integrated Intel Iris Graphics is not a fixed dedicated amount like 8GB or 16GB. Instead, Intel Iris Graphics uses shared system RAM, which can be up to half of the system's total RAM. This shared memory is dynamically allocated as needed by the system and managed by Windows. In your case, with 64GB of RAM, the Intel Iris Graphics could potentially use up to 32GB of shared RAM, but the actual usage depends on system requirements and settings.

A 1TB SSD (nvme) is already installed. But you still have room for more SSDs

Hi psytekk, nvme: Model Number: KINGSTON OM8PGP41024Q-A0 ram: Type: DDR5 Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: 5600 MT/s Manufacturer: Crucial Technology If you order from vendor itself, you can have the bare hardware without ram and ssd. I have ordered my first device from minisforumpc.eu. After ordering came the info: not available, pls wait for the next delivery from China, took ~2 month + delivery by DHL, customs, ... I am glad to order now from digitec. The price is correct, you have direct contact and information, no issues with delivery, invoicing/customs and most probably fair guarantee support.

It appears that it is technically the same product. The more expensive one is an offer from a third party retailer who has recorded the product in a strange way. Thank you for pointing this out.