MinisForum NAD9 Mini PC with Intel Core i9-12900H with 20 threads

The MinisForum NAD9 has an impressive Intel Core i9 processor with 20 threads! We will take a close look at this Mini PC and I found a cool BIOS setting that I wish other Mini PCs also had!

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[MBDB]

Phil, Thank You for the change in format the last couple of months. I have been watching the channel for years and it's great to see your face instead of just a pair of hands LOL. Also thank you for the drivers, instructions, tip & tricks you put on your website. I have been able to sort out many issues on my Retro Builds because of you. I am looking forward to more great videos! 😃👍

[MarcoGPUtuber]

Windows 98 must run like a BEAST on that thing

[fmikowski]

As MB said here in the comments, thanks for everything, I just put together a P 200 MMX with a SB Pro 2 and a 1.3 Athlon with a Voodoo 5 and a Live SB 0100, most of the hardware decisions and drivers came from your videos or website. Oh and the new format refreshed your channel for sure! THANKS A LOT!

[shadesofbeige]

I have the 12900H in my Precision workstation. It's an absolute beast... though I will admit, it does get very hot.

[phlosopher]

Great video, as always, Phil. I wish this box had a Thunderbolt or PCIe port. This CPU and form factor would make an excellent portable VR rig with a more powerful GPU.

[BananaR]

Just got mine today, works fine and runs average games pretty well. The thing was heating up but not to bad.

[jwoody]

It nice to see your work again, been a while since ive seen your videos, I miss your retro builds and parts reviews.

[TurboMMaster]

1:32 - That's one Retro-looking BIOS - but I think that I prefer it that way.

[남기헌-ly]

Mxm slot issue is bummer. I guess that's why they aren't releasing NAG9, 129H+6600M Machine, and released this instead

[terrydaktyllus]

I must admit that I have enjoyed your channel over the years and, of course, you should run it how you want to run it - and I wish you every success in the future.

But, the content has changed recently and not in a good way, in my opinion. Your channel used to be about getting older hardware to work, how to set up configuration options in MS-DOS and Windows 9X (something I used to do a lot myself many years ago until I moved entirely to Linux when Windows 7 support ended) and, as someone who collects and repairs old IBM / Lenovo Thinkpads, I've even found your MS-DOS tutorials extremely useful for some of those also. There was more of a "uniqueness" to your content back then - and it's a credit to you when other retro channels mention that they used "one of Phil's MS-DOS boot disks".

But here are many channels reviewing new hardware now - I get why you do it, it's nice getting free hardware to play around with from sponsors - but I am very much an old hardware enthusiast that absolutely loves the idea of buying some "broken piece of cr*p" on eBay and just getting it to do something useful instead of sending it to landfill, something that you used to do a lot more of.

I also have zero interest in any Windows after Windows 7 (I even don't like WIndows 7 much, Windows XP was "peak Windows") and your focus on those later Windows versions now really doesn't "scratch my retro itch" any more.

Just my 2 cents worth but "you gotta do what you gotta do" and I genuinely wish you success in whatever direction you take the channel.

[erikmerchant]

I am hoping to see you test the upcoming AMD apu chips and compare the graphics and gaming performance. Nice to see Intel step up their IGP game.

[aublak]

When it comes to mini PCs, I prefer to just stick a mini ITX mobo into a nice Chopin case.
I have a tiny PC with a Ryzen 5 5600G. It runs great.

[MusicHavenSG]

Would be awesome if a more expensive version with an RTX 4050 / 4060 or RX 7600S are available in the future. To me the NAD9 isn't exactly tiny so i hope they can stuff that in the motherboard.

[briangarvin]

Nice breakdown assessment. Highly useful presentation thx!

[cesaru]

Hey Phil, you should make a video about PC emulators, for ex. PCem, they are good for Windows 3.11 and Windows 98, and maybe compare them to real hardware.

[SuperKuba]

iGPU's lack of compatibility with older games is painful. I kinda cannot live without some of my classic Games on my PC.

[NEONDaydreamer]

Have you looked at AsRock deskmini x300?
It's an amazing little beast for it's size

I built a home pc for my parents with earlier A300 one, i put Ryzen 3200G, 16gb ram and it works like a charm

The newer x300 supports R7 5700G and it has bunch of upgrade options, IO is a bit limited but for the size, it's understandable
Not to mention you can put 2 2280 m.2 AND 2 2, 5' SATA ssds into it
Would make an amazing home server

[johnnywinter]

thy made a Amd vertion whit a 680M gfx on try that 1

[JohnSk]

Really tempted to buy 2 of those to run them as servers for music production. How did you find the RAM / USB C speeds ?Also did they say what's the size limit of the NVME drive ? (2tb ?).
Great video mate, thanks :)

[Teksers]

MXM, well that's a name I haven't heard in a while. I hope they make a comeback but this time around I hope it will be compatible with more devices not just specific ones and also I hope they do not need any bios hackery to make it work on other devices like the old ones.