Minisforum MS-A2 Mini PC - The MS-01 KILLER?

In this video, I evaluate the Minisforum MS-01 as a NAS drive, highlighting its impressive hardware including 10G ports, a 13th gen Intel CPU, and multiple M.2 NVMe slots. I critique the limited NVMe slots for full 10G utilization but praise the new prototype upgrade card from Minisforum, which expands the slots from three to six. I detail the installation, the prototype nature of the upgrade card, cooling challenges, and performance tests. Although the internal performance is promising, external performance faced issues, particularly with a 40GbE card. The video ends with plans for further testing and a follow-up review.

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[PantheraTK]

This is a successor to the MS-A1. It sounds like we will see also an MS-02 at some point

[nadtz]

Still don't understand why they didn't do this for the A1. This is exactly what I wanted, might grab a couple of these to add to the homelab.

[tttomtxhc]

Unfortunate there is no USB4 but I would still take this over the MS01

[mistakek]

This is what I've been waiting for. This is going to be a killer homelab machine.

[tiwopli]

I would like to have an MS-A2 now, I already have an MS-01, but for some projects, such as LLMs, the MS-01 is just too slow xD

[solarhomelab]

So this is what we all thought the MS-A1 was going to be almost identical to the MS-01, now we can discuss. No USB 4 but instead you get USB-C gen 2 10gps and ECC memory and more cores (12 more cores). Proxmox server anyone? As a NAS I don't think this is great and while you could add the upgrade card to the system to make more drives I think its not ideal and would waste this system. If this is cheaper than the MS-01 then we might have a winner. Lets see how long it takes until it comes out?

[seethruhead]

for me the ms-01 cheaper model still reigns supreme
i use these for proxmox cluster

if i wanted a workstation i would use something like a Formd T1 with non mobile hardware

[lzep]

What's the gpu inside? It's a low profile ?

[peteradshead]

I just couldn't workout what Minisform was doing with the MS-A1, they had a popular product which on the way to be converted to a Ryzen CPU cut out all the parts which made the MS-01 popular . They cut out the full size PCI-e slot and the SFP+ ports and just replaced them with a hodge·podge of NVME slots .
where does it say no USB4s ?, I can see the 2 USB C port like on the MS-01 .. OK ... looked again at the video which says USB 3C - gen 2x2

[ewenchan]

This is the successor to the MS-A1, not the MS-01.

It might not have the 40 Gbps USB4 that the MS-01 has, but it's still going to be a killer system. CAN'T WAIT!

[Tobascus]

At 0:53 you said, that it supports ECC Memory. But the MS-A1 didn't support it. And LTT also said for the MS-A2 that it does not support it...are you sure that it supports it? Because then it would be perfect for me :)

[JoshuaStrobl]

Typo in title ( missing r in Minisforum).

[zzaretube]

Does the PCIe slot on MS-A2 support bifurcation?

[JasonsLabVideos]

I want a pair of these for a HA server setup !

[FouDeFafa]

Someone's been sleeping at the Minisforum booth 😂

[markhamlee]

I like this, but one of the things I really wanted was an MS-01 with a replaceable CPU like the MS-A1, it can be AMD or Intel, the device just feels more dependable if I can replace the CPU OR use the CPU to build another machine if the motherboard goes for some reason.

[cjermo]

Any idea if the 6x M.2 upgrade card for the MS-01 will fit this?

[tmerickson]

I've seen two different videos on this, one said it doesnt have ECC support, yours says it does. Which is correct?

[javimxr]

finally can use all the cores for esxi

[LiLBitsDK]

finally the AMD one has 10G SFP+... the other one was stupid...