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Interesting. I has a full sized PCI slot AND 2x 10gb nic's. If it were x86_64 and at the right price this would be awesome for a homelab (for workloads that don't work on ARM like game servers).

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>The Minisforum MS-R1 uses the same Cix CD8180 Arm SoC as the Orion O6 I reviewed earlier this year. But everything else about this thing is different. What this thing should be, is a box that runs Linux and can compete with at least an Apple M1 Mac mini, or a mid-range Mini PC. But what we got... is something different.

Interesting. I has a full sized PCI slot AND 2x 10gb nic's. If it were x86_64 and at the right price this would be awesome for a homelab (for workloads that don't work on ARM like game servers). Archive: https://archive.today/KxC8h From the post: >>The Minisforum MS-R1 uses the same Cix CD8180 Arm SoC as the Orion O6 I reviewed earlier this year. But everything else about this thing is different. What this thing should be, is a box that runs Linux and can compete with at least an Apple M1 Mac mini, or a mid-range Mini PC. But what we got... is something different.
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They already have the MS-A2 on the x86 side. It's interesting but very expensive since the Strix Point APU it uses are super expensive to produce. Great chips though. I was considering buying the board for a home server upgrade but I couldn't justify the cost vs just upgrading my old Dell SFF I got for free out of an ewaste bin.