Minisforum UM690S First Look, New Upgrades, Faster, Cooler! Hands On Review

In this video, we take a look at the new MiniForum UM690S Mini Gaming PC, and yeah this is the FAST Ryzen Powered Mini PC! A New Cooling System and More Power!
Powered by the AMD RYZEN 9 6900HX with 8 Core Upto 4.9GHz and Backed by a Radeon 680M RDNA2 iGPU up to 2400MHz. This is a game changer when it comes to tiny gaming PCs and the UM680 also supports 40GB USB 4 so connecting a more powerful eGPU is super easy! can defiantly game! We do an unboxing, Run some benchmarks Test out some PC games like Moden Warfare 2, God of war, Spiderman miles, and more!

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00:00 Introduction
00:15 UM690S Unboxing
01:16 Overview
01:58 Teardown and Upgrades
02:34 UM690S Specs
03:48 Overll performance and TDP
06:03 Benchmarks
06:34 Gaming Test
08:48 Power Consumption

[StaceyAyodele]

If I ever need a new PC, I know where to get them. Minisforum is doing a great job creating these beasts of smol PCs.

[Zoyx]

Pulled the trigger on a MINISFORUM HX77G. Very pleased with its performance. Should be my living room PC for at least 3 years.

[kaloyanmirchev]

I've just bought one... Can't wait to start playing it with. Awesome mini machine.

[bovineox]

Bought this over the cheaper 773 lite after seeing the cooling differences between the um690 and the S version. Also saw a video saying that the 773 still suffered from heat-related throttling. A bit nervous about the liquid metal use, given Gamer Nexus's experience on an older, possibly? HX90 model but fingers crossed.... unit arrives tomorrow. Looking forward to it

[chromerims]

UM690S looks like a nice refresh above UM690 predecessor.
Impressive driver updates for the igpu.
Kindest regards, neighbours and friends.
P.s. I might guess that the newer version is less noisy than the predecessor, too.

[cooky]

I've had the drivers update online for my um730, it really helped performance, I'm really impressed of that tiny thing performance!

[MarkFletcher]

Minisforum should offer the bottom cooling plate for existing UM690 owners. I feel like us existing UM690 owners have been screwed over. The original UM690 is essentially ewaste without it.

[BlobBlobkins]

Thanks for TDP tests, important thing to mention for today bills

[icthusjr]

It would be nice to see some WiFi tests on these mini PCs, not sure this specific model would have the same problem, but the ones with metal bodies do show very drastic performance issues like in the um790 pro for example. I recently bought one and was very disappointed to see that.

[brentwells]

Just picked this up on Amazon for $400. I can’t believe something this small can play these big hitters that ps5 etc can play! Looking forward to this!

[merthyr]

Always down for a Linux video! ChimeraOS is always a good shout

[vladdraculLV]

I wish they would build a mini PC in console format, something similar to the Minisforum HX99G, but with the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT GPU and the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX CPU, it would be a dream come true.

[rafauwaxc]

I would like to see how Batocera runs on this. I'm looking to buy another mini PC for myself. Love the channel🙌🏼

[drrrw]

Nice testing, can you add CitiSkylines 2 to your testing with these APUs.

[mkunikow]

I am waiting for MINISFORUM UM790 XTX .... Suppose to be similar cooling.

[nukeum]

Perfect for build projects. Pitty i cant get one without the case.

[TheReal_FishFins]

Man, In a few years time, I'm gonna get a minisforum or Beelink. The iGPU advancements are going to be insane. Make a Chimera OS living room setup

[kajurn]

Last gen SKU, no killer features to set it apart from the competition. Difficult to justify unless it's price competitive

[DavidFeig]

I wish they would upgrade the um790 cooling. If you check the user group for minisforum, there are tons of complaints about the fan on the lower case of the um790 will literally just start and stop making a terrible noise. There is no easy way to change the settings to keep the fan active or fix the off/on issue. So far minisforum has ignored complaints. Before you buy anything from minsforum keep in mind there may be bugs and they often won't be fixed or require you to return unit to china, which is expensive and a long turn around time. I like my um790, but given the guts are similar to an ROG ally or upcoming legion go, they may offer some benefits over the um790 if you can deal with 16 gb of faster ram vs your own choice of ram size and speed.

[edgarsantos]

Hi, I got the UM690S and it's a bit noisy, a constant wishling sound, even when just watching youtube videos. Is this normal?
When I play pixel like games I can hear a sizzling like noise.
It's my first mini pc.

Power wise seems fine.