MINISFORUM Motherboard BD795i SE, AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, 16 C/32 T,PCIe 5.0 x16 Slot, Dual PCIe4.0 M.2 Mini ITX NAS Motherboard, Support DDR5,8K Triple Output(HDMI/DP/USB-C), RJ45 2.5G,USB 3.2

Works great!Packed it into a fractal ridge:Noctua PPC 3000rpm fan (cpu cooler)1000w lian li sff psu4070ti Super4tb nvme m.264gb ddr5 SODIMM RAMSilverstone 140mm x 15mm fans (on the back)Thermalright 72x10mm fans on the bottomFirst, you should know that this is a 16 core laptop cpu. It gets hot, it is designed to work while hot. So applying desktop logic to that is not quite correct. Adding the high speed noctua fan makes it loud, but it idles at 40C, which is pretty wild.It is used for graphic design, and rips image rasters with ease.Everything fit in the Fractal Ridge case just fine. No real modding was necessary.Will likely need to visit their forums to get wifi working correctly. Took a few minutes, but not super hard. Mine came with Chinese as the default language in BIOS, so I had to translate it with the AR camera on my phone - but it only took a moment to get it switched to english. Apparently this is not a common issue.

Loving this and will likely go with the new BD790 AI version or one of their mini computers like the MS-A2 for next build. I was warned about using one of the NVME slots for a SATA expansion card but did it anyway to turn this mobo into a NAS with 4 hard drives in a 2x2 full mirror in Truenas scale eletriceel (and now the next version.. forget its name).

Do not buy this, having mouse and keyboard issues after using it for 2 months, this problem is because of integrated graphics and cannot be resolved unless you buy external graphics for output

Great motherboard and CPU combo, also comes with wi-fi on this one. Thankfully I got a working unit, and it works great so far and performs like a champ on efficiency front. It must be noted that this uses mobile chip, so you can't upgrade the CPU and you also need laptop SODIMM RAM. Fit and finish is not perfect but acceptable on mine, there's only one finstack on the heatsink that doesn't align well. This was quite the problem on earlier batch but it seems they've improved on that front. They've also finally added BIOS v1.09 that enables overclocking option which could be helpful for those who want to undervolt and using a faster RAM speed.Tbf on the listing I had no idea what even is upgraded on this unit, it looks and perform like a standard 7945HX on this unit. There might be multiple BD790i listings, so just pick whichever listing gives you the best price. Also be informed that there will be another "BD790i SE" version which has lower price but uses a 7940HX instead (alongside the downgrade from m.2 gen 5 for storage to gen 4 on that unit). That one is different from this one, but if the price difference is big, picking that instead could be a better option if you wish to save some bucks.That said I'd only recommend building around this unit only if you're fine going with a growing brand like minisforum (which may lack localized support on your place, you can still email them though and they will answer in the next business day) and knows a bit about how to tinker with PC.

I bought this to replace my older Ryzen 5 2600X. The speed of the 7945HX is a leap ahead in comparison and sips back less power while doing so.Pros:Great bargain, compared to the cost to get a decent Ryzen 5 or 7 processor, decent Mini-ITX motherboard, and a low profile heatsink compatible with many SFFPC cases its a no brainer.Dual M.2 support that receives cooling from the 120mm CPU fan.Support for replacing/adding WIFI cards.Stably maintains 5.4GHz when utilizing the 75W, 55W, and Auto TDP profiles. 45W does not boost as high but still is quite fast while staying much cooler.Installation of the fan to the cooler is quite simple, just be careful to not over-tighten as the cooler is rather fragile.Good fan support.Has a Type C port.Onboard graphics help when troubleshooting a GPU and allow it to be used without a dGPU. Also easy to disable dGPU in BIOS.Cons:Using the stock thermal compound, CPU temperatures often idle around 70c and under load push against the TJ max temperature.Does not come with the wireless card or M.2 cooler that is show on *some* of the advertising material. Granted a modern wireless card and M.2 heatsink weren't very expensive I had to use an ethernet cable ran across the house until my wireless card came in. Also was not the easiest to install onto the board.Came with an older BIOS that lacked some features such as TDP adjustment. However even after a technically involved BIOS flash, it still is not on par with other manufacturers such as ASUS, Asrock, MSI, or Gigabyte in terms of features, ease of use, or clarity in what specific options mean.Poor fan control in BIOS, does not reliably report case fans to OS.

Works well.New bios v1.9 even allows overclocking and undervolting.While out of the box ram speed was incorrectly detected (5200 instead of 5600), new bios allows mem speed manual adjustments and it works.Set your own tdp, undervolting - offset, max temp limit (original cooling solution has its limits and is not replaceable) and you get cool yet clocking more than original spec cpu.Only complaint - lacks conventional sata, needed to use nvme to sata asmedia solution that is also bootable (m2 pcie to sata expansion card ASM1166) !