Minisforum N5 Pro released with AMD Ryzen AI HX 370, OCuLink and PCIe 4.0 expansion
The N5 Pro has finally been released after months of official teasers. Joined by the cheaper N5 in a simultaneous release, the N5 Pro leverages AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU like the AI X1 Pro before it (curr. $1,009.99 on Amazon). As such, the N5 Pro has 12 Zen 5 CPU cores, a Radeon 890M iGPU and a 50 TOPS NPU at its disposal.
Additionally, Minisforum has included a pair of SO-DIMM slots that officially support up to 96 GB of DDR5-5600 ECC, as well as three M.2 SSDs and five 2.5/3.5-inch storage slots. On top of that, the N5 Pro will arrive with 5 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections, plus the following other ports:
- 1x DC 19 V
- 1x HDMI 2.0
- 1x Kensington lock slot
- 1x OCuLink
- 1x PCIe x16 (PCIe 4.0 x4)
- 1x USB 2.0 Type-A
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (1x internal port)
- 2x USB4
For reference, Minisforum has packed all these components inside a housing that weighs 5 kg and measures 199 x 202 x 252 mm. As it stands, the company hopes to begin shipping N5 Pro pre-orders by the end of this month. Currently, the N5 Pro can be picked up in one of five memory configurations, details of which can be found below. Please note that the coupon code NAS30 can be applied at checkout to receive a $30 discount across all SKUs.
- Barebone/64 GB SSD - $1,039
- 16 GB ECC RAM/64 GB SSD - $1,079
- 48 GB ECC RAM/64 GB SSD - $1,311
- 96 GB ECC RAM/64 GB SSD - $1,583
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