Minisforum is a brand that is quite well-regarded by folks who are passionate about SFF/Mini PCs. Their latest offering, the UM870 Slim, continues to uphold that tradition, but with a relatively affordable price. With dimensions of 130 mm x 127 mm x 50 mm, the UM870 Slim boasts a volume of just 0.82 liters, staying true to its "Slim" moniker.

The UM870 Slim is powered by a 54 W Ryzen 7 8745H APU rocking 8 Zen 4 cores and 16 threads. This APU is basically a Ryzen 7 8845HS, but without the AI capabilities made possible by the XDNA NPU. The aforementioned 0.82 liter chassis means that the UM870 Slim lacks the luxury of discrete graphics, and relies on the integrated Radeon 780M GPU instead. Unlike some of its competitors, the UM870 Slim misses out on OCuLink support, which would've allowed for significantly faster eGPU connections as compared to USB4.Apart from that, the UM870 Slim boasts a generous selection of ports, which include an RJ-45 2.5 G Ethernet port, dual USB 2.0, dual USB 3.2 Type-A, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4, an audio jack, and a single USB4 port. The dual SO-DIMM slots can accommodate up to 96 GB of DDR5-5600 memory, while storage requirements are handled by dual M.2 2280 NVMe SSD slots. Prices start from $344 for the barebones version, while the 32 GB memory and 1 TB SSD configuration commands a $529 price tag.