We review the most anticipated Core i9 mini PC of the year the Minisforum MS01 with SFP+ 10GbE networking, a PCIe slot, and 3x M.2 slots. This has almost everything for the Windows, Proxmox VE, Ubuntu, and Linux users. VMware users may take pause. We tested a ton of cards in this system as well to see how it would work in a homelab.

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Minisforum MS01: http://shrsl.com/4dewc
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Timestamps

00:00 Introduction to the Minisforum MS01
02:11 External Hardware Overview
05:12 Internal Hardware Overview
05:53 Intel Core i9 and DDR5 Area
07:01 The Low Profile PCIe Plot
08:13 3x M.2 Storage Options
10:49 U.2 Storage in a M.2 Slot and the Switch Warning Label
13:24 Performance with Intel Core i913900H
16:29 Power Consumption and Noise in Proxmox VE
20:00 Key Lessons Learned as a Windows Mini PC
20:29 Networking PCIe Card Plug Fest Testing for making a Firewall
24:49 Storage PCIe Card Plug Fest Testing for Making a NAS or VM host
26:34 Adding 8x 18TB Hard Drives for 144TB of Storage
26:54 PCIe Card Challenges
28:20 Wrapup