The Minisforum MS-01 is a mini workstation with a sleek and portable design, rich ports and strong expansion capabilities. It has four M.2 slots and PCIE×16 slots inside, which can be used to install half-height graphics cards. Optional Intel 13th generation Core i9-13900H and other processors offering high cost performance.The efficient cooling design ensures optimal performance, meeting the needs of professional users in fields such as engineering, design, and programming.

At this year's product launch event, Minisforum showcased the MS-01 i9-12900H version, i9-13900H version, positioned as a mini workstation. As a potential competitor to the known brands, this new model impressed me with its dual 10-gigabit network ports and unparalleled expansion capabilities. Now the Minisforum MS-01 i5 version has finally been officially launched, provides users who have been struggling with the high prices of top brand mini workstations that are always lacking in expansion capabilities with a relatively affordable option.As a mini workstation, Minisforum MS-01 adopts a more commercial design with a black metal body and a grille twill decorative front panel. The host size is 196 mm x 189 mm x 48 mm (excluding the foot pad), approximately 1.78L, and can be placed upright or lying down, making it suitable for any location.

The Minisforum MS-01 features two 10GbE ports, two 2.5GbE ports, two full-speed 40 Gbps USB4 ports which are compatible with 20G Thunderbolt Ethernet, two USB-A3.2 Gen 2 ports, HDMI 2.0, and a power jack on the front panel. When these three features are combined, they can achieve a network transmission speed of 65 Gbps!

The internal design of the Minisforum MS-01 is even more impressive. It has four M.2 slots, one of which is used to install a wireless network card, and the other three are SSD. Ordinary consumers can install three 2280 SSDs at the same time. Enterprise users can install one U.2 SSD and two 22110 SSDs at the same time. Such powerful expansion capabilities are extremely rare in mobile workstations with more than 4L.

Another core competitiveness of Minisforum MS-01 is that there is a PCIE×16 slot inside, which can be used to install a half-height graphics card, such as the RTX 3050 consumer-grade discrete graphics card or the RTX A2000 DIY customer cooler that has passed ISV certification. Of course, you can also use it to transfer more hard disk positions and build an NVME all-flash server. It should be noted that the power adapter provided with Minisforum MS-01 has a power of 180 W. After installing a discrete graphics card, users may need to replace it with a higher power adapter.

On core configuration, Minisforum MS-01 can choose Intel 13th generation Core i9-13900H, or 12th generation i9-12900H and i5-12600H. For those who focus on performance, choose i9-13900H. This chip has 6 large, 8 small, 14 cores and 20 threads, with a maximum turbo frequency of 5.40 GHz and integrated with Radeon Xe 96 core graphics. It has strong productivity. For those who want to build a full flash server, choosing i5-12600H processor is also enough, which can significantly reduce the installation cost.

In general, Minisforum MS-01 is a mini workstation with ultra-fast internet speed, super storage, and extraordinary expansion capabilities. It has all the configurations and functions you can think of, and its specifications are higher than competing products. Minisforum's mini-hosts are known for their high quality, and the fourth anniversary celebration discount price of the high-end version of Minisforum MS-01 (32 GB RAM+1 TB SSD) is only $679 for the i9-12900H version, $839 for the 13900H version, and $589 for the i5-12600H version. It is cheaper than the low-end and mid-range versions of known brands mini-workstations, its cost-effectiveness should be another core competitiveness.