Minisforum Announces EliteMini X500 Ryzen 7 5700G Mini PC

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Minisforum today announced their EliteMini X500, which is the upgraded version of their X400 mini PC, to provide ultimate performance and work flexibility with AMD Ryzen 7 5700G processor and Radeon Graphics. X500 is a multi-purpose mini computer designed for use in a variety of solutions, such as a home office, media center/HTPC, printer management PC, digital signage, or mass-deployment enterprise IT solution.

The 65 W eight-core 16-thread Ryzen 7 5700G comes with a 3.8 GHz base and a 4.6 GHz boost clock, 16 MB of L3 cache, and eight Radeon RX Vega CUs that operate at 2.0 GHz. As with all Zen 3 processors, the Ryzen 5000G chips step up from DDR4-2933 to DDR4-3200 interface, which will help boost gaming performance with the integrated GPU.





With an Intel AX200 Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1 adapter preinstalled, this tiny PC also provides various interfaces including 1 HDMI, 1 display ports, 1 LINE IN, 2 RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet port, 4 USB 3.1 Gen2 ports, 1 Clear CMOS and 1 Mic IN. As Windows 11 is not released yet, this PC will comes with Windows 10 pro pre-installed. But it is also compatible to upgrade to Windows 11.

Weights only 980 g, It is 62 mm tall, 154 mm long and 153 mm wide. The X500 mini computer supports twin 4K displays, one via HDMI, the other via DisplayPort, enabling increased productivity. For storage, the X500 provides 2 options. Initially fitted with a lightning fast M.2 2280 PCI-e NVMe SSD, but you can further expand your storage with an 2.5-inch HDD/SSD, and even a microSD card.

Pricing & Availability

The EliteMini X500 mini PC is now available for pre-sale direct from Minisforum with a limited time discount on all models.

• 16 GB RAM + 512 GB Storage - 959 USD (859 USD during promotion)
• 32 GB RAM + 512 GB Storage - 1059 USD (959 USD during promotion)
• 64 GB RAM + 512 GB Storage - 1199 USD (1069 USD during promotion)

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[watzupken]

In my opinion, a chassis this small should only be able to accommodate something like a 5700U (15W TDP), or at most a 5700GE (35W TDP). Using a CPU with a higher TDP is going to be very challenging to cool with the very small cooler. I've used a Ryzen 5 3400G in an InWin Chopin, and cooled by a Cooler Master G200P before, and it ran very toasty. In a gaming load running a not so demanding Diablo 3, I can see the temps s maintaining around mid 70s degree Celcius, and with something like a 3D Mark running, it can high 90s.

 

[excessiveobserver]

No front USB-C and USB-A ports? What?

Also, why are they copying the TPU logo.

 

[eidairaman1]

No front USB-C and USB-A ports? What?

Also, why are they copying the TPU logo.

Erm the 1/0, I/O has been around way longer than tpu has, plus it makes it easier to see...

 

[thesmokingman]

Also, why are they copying the TPU logo.

You mean TPU uses the IEC 60417-5009, standby symbol.

 

[Tardian]

I have an Asus PN50 with a 4700U. It is a small powerhouse. The new versions should only be better. Mine can game LoL @720p low settings.

 

[pantherx12]

In my opinion, a chassis this small should only be able to accommodate something like a 5700U (15W TDP), or at most a 5700GE (35W TDP). Using a CPU with a higher TDP is going to be very challenging to cool with the very small cooler. I've used a Ryzen 5 3400G in an InWin Chopin, and cooled by a Cooler Master G200P before, and it ran very toasty. In a gaming load running a not so demanding Diablo 3, I can see the temps s maintaining around mid 70s degree Celcius, and with something like a 3D Mark running, it can high 90s.

65w should be easily manageable. Considering they used to have heatsinks this size on 150w graphics card no problem

 

[bonehead123]

No front USB-C.....

NO C-no buy-No excuses

I would have thought that in a box this small, USB C would have been a great way to save some space on the front panel, while also enhancing it's future longevity connection-wise...

But I suppose since alot of "new/2021" ATX boxes still don't offer them, they probably said it wasn't worth it....

 

[systemBuilder]

In my opinion this is not the computer to buy, since you are so terribly limited by

(a) DDR4 Sodimm at 3200 Mhz. Most YouTubers overclock their RAM to 3600 or 4000 at least.
(b) Cannot overclock the GPU, and yet, most can go TWENTY percent faster (2400 or 2450), so this is a FAIL.
(c) Power Supply. The power suppy is only 120w and you need 200w+ for good overclocking.

The good news is, you can get a 25% speed boost by overclocking the GPU to 2450 Mhz and DDR4-4000, but not with this device. You would buy this computer because you want to transfer the parts to a full-sized case when a graphics card becomes available. Unfortunately, you would not be be able to transfer the RAM (who makes a SoDimm mini-ITX motherboard?) And you cannot reuse the motherboard because it doesn't have the right type of PCI slot to use for the graphics card! So this box is dead-end-ware!