MINISFORUMMotherboard BD795i SE Mini ITX NAS Motherboard, AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, 16 C/32 T,PCIe 5.0 x16 Slot, Dual PCIe4.0 M.2 Support, DDR5,8K Triple Output(HDMI/DP/USB-C), RJ45 2.5G, USB 3.2

Perfect dual boot windows/linux gaming and dev board.Yep, you need to install an AX210 wifi/bt m2 E key if you want wireless stuffs. Yep, no ability to add sata hard drives for deep storage. Yep, only 2 M2 slots for nvme's. Yep, no ability to change the cooler. Yep, not a good amount of USB ports.For $380 its still 100% worth it. I have had 0 problems with this board, I currently boot windows 11 primary and dual boot into linux daily. This is super simple to setup and all works as needed. I paired this board with 96GB crucial sodimm kit for $180, set the speed to 5200mt/s in the bios, set a CO of -15. The fans are a bit goofy to control but you just need to set your min 'c' spin up values and your max pwm 'c' value, below that you will see a PWM number represented by 16bits, this will be your 'normal' fan speed. Its a 2 speed setup, one temp for how much you want to fan to run and one temp that runs at max. I set the 'normal' temp to 127 pwm and 25c so it always runs my silent wings 4 high speed at 1800rpm. The max fan speed temp is set to 68 and almost never hits that temp.I have paired this board with an asrock creator rx 7900 xtx and its just perfect. Gaming and machine-learning work perfectly.Gaming performance is great, you really wont miss anything here. This is essentially a 7950X light when running at 100w.

Pros:* Cheap* Powerful hardware (16c/32t)* Great sound quality on it's amp/dac (if anyone cares about that anymore)* Built-in intel wifi 6 card* Great support for linux out of the box.* Decent BIOS options* Incredible power efficiency compared to a full desktop chip (60w on desktop/330w while gaming)Cons:* No SATA ports* Only 1 usb header* No usb-c headers* Non-standard fan mount for board fan (uses m2.5 threads when most fans are mounted with m3)* Wireless antenna included is bulky and the pins are non-standard (they protrude from the antenna side going into the case, whereas other antennas expect the pin to protrude from the case) so you can't simply replace it with a small form factor antennaExtremely happy with this board! Very innovative and cost competitive. Literally wouldn't be able to build a mini itx in this price range.For context: I'm upgrading from an i7-5930k 6c 12t processor. This was a huge step up in performance and although there are some caveats (only 1 USB header, 2 m.2, no sata) these can all strategically be worked around in your build (use one m.2 slot for sata or buy 2 large m.2 drives, get a USB header splitter)I'm running on Linux exclusively and everything just works, and works well (USB c for display/USB is working with graphics offloading to a dedicated GPU). There are ways you can control the fans by installing custom firmware on Linux, I haven't done it yet. The fan curves are rough out of the box but they get the job done and I'm hoping to smooth them out.I have this paired with an hdplex 500w DC power supply and a 330w 20v dell power adapter. At the wall it measures 40-60w on the desktop and with my GPU (AMD 5700XT) set to a maximum of 180w, I am measuring 330w max while gaming with nothing getting too hot. This things a monster.

Value? Insane.Multicore performance is similar to a 7900x and with core parking can approach the single core performance of a stock ryzen 7 7700.It’s relatively efficient, especially for its specific niche, but does run into the 100W limit pretty easily if you’re gaming or something on it.It’s not particularly easy to install; my board in particular has the standoff holes very slightly misaligned (enough to put unnecessary tension on the board but still mountable and reliable).The cooler is just good enough but that’s it (with a noctua redux nf-p12 1700rpm or something like that) and people have noted temp reductions doing a repaste over the chinesium Liquid Metal.Port selection is mid but passable.The bad:The BIOS sucks. It’s clunky and often resets itself, especially after losing wall power for any significant amount of time. It’s gotten better but it’s still a bit of a pain to use.Memory latency is very high under specific circumstances. Due to sodimm ram and some jank involved with the design of their product, some tasks that involve memory access take abnormally long to complete. This had me see less gaming performance than I would have liked, but it appeared to handle an RX 6800XT just fine.No reinforced x16 slot????? Come on guys. It’s 2025, and these things are just too big to be doing that.The CPU is (inherently, and obviously to some) not upgradable.Overall worth it if you’re looking for a great value option and don’t mind extra jank / tinkering. Amazing for homelabbing, game servers, and running a VM server. Decent for gaming, but a little inefficient and inconsistent imo.