MinisForum BD770i: It's a Motherboard??

Like how MinisForum does small form factors, but you want something a little more customizable? Look no further!! The BD770i with a built-in Ryzen 7745HX might be just want you're wanting

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Edited by Autumn

[btraker]

RF nutcase here (ham radio and WiFi wardriver). As long as they're 1/4 wavelength or further, you're fine. 2.4ghz is ~13cm. 1/4 of 13cm is 3.5cm, so by bananascale, your most excellent WiFi antennas are A-OK 👌 as they are. Loved the review and now considering the board for low power homelab!

[akrsa]

I do want to throw my hat in the ring for this one, I bought a bd770i, it was DOA, the fans would spin up as soon as 24 pin power was inserted, the return process was a bit long but eventually I got there and got my refund from minisforum (and didn't need to ship it back to HK, they had a local warehouse.) 10/10 support

[taylorsharp]

Having a natively "de-lidded" and soldered CPU is a nice benefit for a SFF build. You get better cooling with a small cooler, and better efficiency.

[GCTWorks]

This looks like it would make a really good 1U homelab server. The no bifurcation is not ideal if you want to add M.2 expansion card, but would be just great for 10G+ NICs. Seems like it would be a GREAT virtualization platform. I am super interested.

[wrobelda]

FYI bifurcation was added in BIOS 1.05

[VV-omvv]

That looks great for using in a rack mount enclosure as well.

[marcogenovesi]

It's great to see we finally get laptop SoCs on itx boards

[greensleeves]

I so want this with the 780m APU and am4 cooler mounting. That would make a great passive cooled PC.

[dupajasio]

Excellent review as usual. And great product chosen. Would like to see very low end, lower power, low cost solutions like this for home server or enterprise type of displays and production systems. We don't game on production floors as you know perhaps.

[Cynyr]

I'd be very interested in the $200 or $250 version of this with a bit more down market CPU. maybe more like the 7545U. It looks like a great way to build a decent starter gaming machine. for pairing with a GPU like a 7600.

[martijnholthaus]

Just bought this board, cant wait till it arrives. Updating my topton intel N5105 itx board with this one for my Unraid server. To bad minisforum didn't slap on some sata ports, 4 at least or better 6 sata ports would be perfect. I'll use my nvme to 5x sata adapter since I only use one native nvme for cache, 4x 18tb sata hdd and a 4tb sata ssd for semi cache so this board should suit these needs.

[tj_]

Informative, and it looks like a decent product. If they add more functionality to their bios I wouldn't mind seeing them do something simular with Strix Halo.
👍👍👍👍

[PsychoStreak]

Two things that made me chuckle - First, I picked up a WiFi antenna like that earlier this year when taking my MiniITX PC on a trip to a convention. worked great, way better than the ones that came with the motherboard.

Second thing was Wendell's use of a drill to work on the PC. I did that once in the late 80s and had to take it into a computer store because of a virus (1st and last time I ever needed to do that) as I didn't have access to another machine to create a clean disk to remove the virus. Store techs did a check on the machine and immediately noticed that I'd gone full power on one screw and had to replace it with a larger machine screw. That drill did not have a clutch setting or keyless chuck. I picked up a power screwdriver shortly thereafter. 😅

[mrgee]

Need more innovation like this! Thank you for finding gems like this!

[crunchyeater]

I just built a ITX 7800X3D build, this would have been perfect for it. Bravo, Minisforum!

[Fallen_Gardens]

been wondering where the boiler snake has been

[johnnychang]

@Level1Techs 12:26 That annoying boiler snake could be avoided if you tilt the radiator block a little more toward the radiator shutoff valve side for the condensate water to return more easily to the pipe and prevent those thermal shock which makes the pipes crunching sound.

[dsyncd]

I'd like something like this but with dual 2.5gbe ports and 2-4 sata connectors for a nas. I've been looking around and the stuff I seen that kind of meet those specs are by companies I've never heard of.

[Thorsummoner]

for future nerding out, I would also love to hear your thoughts on the best JBOD configuration in addition to a best video accelerated configuration. JBOD+low power is a sweet spot I'm still searching for

[oscarcharliezulu]

Better idea for a homelab to replace an old and power hungry processor