This tiny PC surprised me!

MINISFORUM sent me their UM690 to review. Since my channel focuses on gaming hardware, we are of course going to test the gaming performance of the R9 6900HX and Radeon 680m packed inside this tiny chassis.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:04 Specs
3:44 Unboxing
7:38 I can get 4K 120Hz output!
9:24 Let's start with an easy to run game- Hearthstone!
11:15 Overwatch 2 Testing (and discussing fan noise)
16:28 Call of Duty Modern Warfare II Multiplayer
20:17 Warzone 2
22:58 Spider-Man Miles Morales
26:45 Cyberpunk 2077
30:35 Some final thoughts while testing Cyberpunk
31:10 Anyway, let's commit some crimes

[AvyProtogen]

that is actually mighty impressive for a device that small that can play new titles with a playable perfomance and really minimal power usage

[yeagmatic]

20:43 it looks like muting the voice chat wasnt enough lmao

[MrKahikolu]

Great review! I love these mini PCs. The APU's in them scale very well with memory speeds. ETAPrime showed about a 10% uplift using 6000mhz ram, plus you can also bump the wattage in the bios to get even more out of them.

[rhekman]

Note the included RAM is "only" DDR5-4800. Faster SODIMMs are coming on the market, and I believe the BIOS on the UM690 allows selecting faster DDR as well as upping the TDP.

[Nobe_Oddy]

WOW!!! I've seen this exact APU in other systems and I've seen other Minis Forum PC's before but I've never seen anyone try to run AA games and adjust them to get them running well... So let me tell you that I AM SUPER IMPRESSED!!!
It's not for me personally, but if say I wanted to get my daughter a small machine for her to use for web surfing AND a but of gaming... well THIS would be IT!!! :D
THANKS DAN!

[ristopoho]

This thing is why i'm exited for the next generation of CPU and specially APU from AMD. If it has similar uplift in performance as the iGPU in 799X it may break a barrier for me. For being enough, for all purposes. IT will be a long time until Minisforum gets a product out with it, but i'm definitely anxious for it.

[shadow]

I saw this one on ETA Prine with his running it with the ram clocked at 6000mhz and it was pretty damn impressive.

[Mark-krgo]

I'm very excited to see how powerful apus get in the coming years. It's good to see that the temps are perfectly reasonable.

[FangOG]

Man i just love the way you do things, much love & support from India.

[lazeddonut]

I recommend looking into using manual focusing for your camera during unboxing segments of videos!

[nithwk]

For that price point though the Neptune HX90G might be a better option while it only has a 5900HX it also has a 6600M dedicated gpu.

[blackcaesar]

Glad to see you moving up in the youtube world. Often regret why I didn't take the plunge 7 - 8 years ago when I had a genuine interest.

[georgeaapmusic]

Nice to see businesses targeting lower budget gamers, and making it small and efficient.

[audnu]

Thank you SO SO much for showing the power brick connector at 6:27 and 6:35. I want to import this mini PC from China but they only provide the Chinese standard power plug there, your video showed that I can use an ATX PSU cable with this power brick!!!

[TheMugur]

Adjusting TDP and overclocking a bit the RAM from BIOS will bring even more impressive results.

[RanjakarPatel]

i proud four you this days. u become real tuber. xcelent my dear. xcelent! u look my father buut no mustash. u my son my dear.

[TheWancer]

you are my favorite tech youtuber at the moment, and your channel is growing so fast

[markus.schiefer]

Have a look at the EliteMini HX90G from Minisforum. Especially with the current discount that is a pretty impressive little PC. The upcoming EliteMini HX99G has a 6900hx, which is even better because it has USB4.
The only thing preventing me from buying one, is the GPU. While the RX6600m is a decent option, I don't get why Minisforum does not have a 6800 option. If it can be cooled in a thin Notebook, they should be able to do it in that case of theirs. That would be an instant xmas present for my girlfriend.

[mncn]

I am an IT Pro for over 23 years, and I buy Lenovo minis for my company. I must say this seems to be a very nice mini's for the price. I will be looking into these once they are available.

[jumpman]

This tiny mini PC has got better IO than my mid tower PC LMAO