High performance with desktop-oriented Ryzen! 1.35L minicomputer "MINISFORUM X400"

Are there strong competitors in ASRock "DeskMini X300"?

　MINISFORUM, a Hong Kong manufacturer specializing in small personal computers, has recently shown considerable willingness to formally enter the Japanese market. Purchases will be priced in US dollars, although support has become a bit difficult on the basis of English, but some of the product information has been changed into Japanese, and the parts purchased on direct selling websites, including Japan, are shipped free of charge all over the world. The X400 is the company's first crowdfunding model in Japan.

　In Japan, ASRock put into use in 2019 "small × AMD desktop APU equipped with" personal computer (Berborne) DeskMini A300 "has a high popularity. As the successor of the A300, the "DeskMini X300" corresponding to the Ryzen PRO4000 series was launched in October. I didn't say it clearly, but the X400 can be said to be this antagonistic horse. Even if you read the product name, you are clearly aware of ASRock, and you can nod to the Japanese market.

　The X300 of ASRock is a shell with a body size of 155x155x80 mm (width × depth × height) with a volume of 1.92L, compared with 1.35L, which is as small as around the lid. Of course, the X300 can install two M.2 SSD and two SATA 2.5in drives, while the X400 M.2 has only 2242 SATA and a 2.5in drive, which reduces scalability, but if you think you can install the same desktop Ryzen APU, that's great.

　There are also slight differences in interfaces and specifications. The X400 does not support USB Type-C, does not have mini D-Sub15 pins, but is standard with Wi-Fi 6, and also has two Gigabit Ethernet. In addition, S3 sleep also supports. A situation like this. We have prepared the following table to see the difference, please use it as a reference for your choice.

　The X300 is basically in the form of a carrier, which is issued by a series of white box manufacturers as a finished product of a personal computer. In contrast, the X400 raised in Makuake is basically a finished product assembled by CPU/ memory / SSD/OS.

　However, the X400 is also a carrier structure in which the user replaces the parts. Of course, the X300 is loaded with nothing from the beginning, and the APU/ memory / storage options are wide, and it is the same to aim at the strongest, but the X400's specifications seem to be satisfactory to a considerable number of users. At this point, it can be said that there are strong competitors for the DeskMini X300.