Minisforum releases M1-1295 mini-PC with Intel Core i9-12950HX and up to 64 GB RAM
Minisforum has just released the MS-S1 Max with AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU. Silently, it has also introduced the M1-1295, an Intel Alder Lake-based system with relatively stripped-back styling. A simple silver box, the M1-1295 lacks any ports on its front side that usually adorn modern mini-PCs.
Instead, Minisforum has included a small power button with all ports pushed to the rear of the device. As the image below shows, Minisforum has packed in four USB ports, 2.5 Gigabit LAN, three display outputs and even dedicated microphone and line-in and line-out inputs within a housing that measures 195 x 193 x 52 mm and weighs 1.12 kg.
Meanwhile, Minisforum has perforated the mini-PC's left and right-hand sides to maximise airflow for its single turbofan and copper heat pipe cooling solution. As its name suggests, the M1-1295 only comes with the Core i9-12950HX, a 16-core and 24-thread CPU that comes up just short of the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 in our benchmarks and is a way behind the Ryzen AI Max+ 395.
For the time being, Minisforum is only offering the M1-1295 as a preconfigured mini-PC with 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB SSD for $469 when purchased directly or $579 on Amazon. With that being said, the M1-1295 supports up to 64 GB of DDR4-3200 RAM. Eventually, the company should offer a barebones unit for around $329, though.
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