Minisforum Starts Selling MS-A2 A Small Workstation with AMD's Ryzen 9 9955HX
Minisforum has just put out its top MS-A2 Mini Workstation PC. This small box runs on AMD's strong Ryzen 9 9955HX with 16 cores, made for users who need lots of power in a tiny size. You can buy it now.
Main Power and Details
The new MS-A2 is fit with AMD's Ryzen 9 9955HX CPU, holding 16 cores and able to hit up to 5.4 GHz. It has 64MB of L3 cache and uses between 55-75W. Minisforum chose the regular version, not the 3D one, for this small workstation.
- Memory: Takes up to 96 GB of DDR5-5600 RAM in two slots.
- Storage: Lots of room with a U.2 NVMe slot for up to 15 TB, two PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 slots, and one PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 slot.
Links and Adding More
The MS-A2 stands out with great links and ways to add more, rare for its size.
- Web: Two 10GbE SFP+ and two 2.5GbE RJ45 ports, plus Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.
- GPU Support: Has one PCIe 4.0 x16 slot for a GPU or more cards.
- I/O Ports (Front): A 3.5mm audio spot and two USB 3.2 Gen1 ports.
- I/O Ports (Back): One USB 2.0, two USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C, one HDMI 2.1, one USB 3.2 Gen2, and one USB 3.2 Gen1 port.
Look and Cooling
The MS-A2's size is 196 x 189 x 48mm. It cools with a big fan that moves air over a heatsink and out the top. It uses a 19V/12.63A adapter.
Prices and When You Can Get It
The Minisforum MS-A2 with the AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX CPU comes in different setups, ready to ship from August 10th.
- Barebones Version: $871 (This version costs $232 more than the last Ryzen 9 7945HX model).
- 64 GB RAM / 1 TB SSD: $1135
- 96 GB RAM / 2 TB SSD: $1619
