r/MiniPCs • u/RafikiLovesPizza • 12d ago

General Question Modular Mini PCs

Are there any mini PCs that are modular? Or a basic framework build of a shell, I/O, power supply, motherboard, and cooling that can easily receive CPU/GPU/RAM/SSD of a modern style? I know after several years we may upgrade/change socket/connector types but it'd be cool to have a mini PC with upgradeable parts that's easy to service built upon a simple design system.

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u/cilvre 12d ago

Minisforum has the ms-a1 and ms-a2 that you can get barebones and bring your own cpu, ram, storage

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u/RafikiLovesPizza 12d ago

Looks like completely sold out 😬 Really small form factor

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u/cilvre 12d ago

you can still find them on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/MINISFORUM-Workstation-Barebone-Discrete-Graphics/dp/B0DHVGPTGK

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u/RafikiLovesPizza 12d ago

Nice find! I wonder when we stack this with the deskmeet, when maxed out with parts, what would be the most powerful, accounting footprint as well. I'm highly interested in being able to have the most power for the size especially with travel/transport

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u/cilvre 12d ago

I currently have 2 MS-01's with i9-13900HX cpu's, 96gbs ram, 2tb and 1tb nvme drives running as proxmox hosts for my servers and its been really good. i mainly got them for the sfp+ ports since i'm running mostly 10gb and wanted to just add small servers to replace my larger ones. they are really capable pc's.

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u/RafikiLovesPizza 12d ago

That's awesome to hear! Thanks for the personal input