After two years of continuous use in my homelab, the MINISFORUM NAB6 has completely exceeded my expectations. This little things was my first dedicated proxmox host. I've been consistently running seven virtual machines a mix of game servers and Docker hosts without a hiccup. The performance is there, I'm running a few dozen containers & everything runs without delay. Build quality is solid as well. Also, the amount of raw compute available in this compact package is more cost and power effective than a handful of Pi 5's. I upgraded the system to 64gb of ram and NAB6 still has plenty of headroom to run more applications.
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Better than a Stream Deck, No battery that can go bad, Can overclock pretty well too.
Super easy product to re-image, USB C capabilities make these easy to flash with modern fast flash drives. Super solid, runs fairly ok on temperature sitting at 30.0C with minimal load running on them. Under higher load I'm not sure how hot these will get. nvme -> 24.9C CPU(14 cores) avg 30.0C I put these in a custom 3d printed case with fans blowing on them and they so far have ran for 6 months with no issues.
If it wasn't already known, this thing is small. Probably about twice as big a Raspberry Pi with a case but substantially heavier. It even comes with a mount so that you can install it to the back of a monitor on the VESA mount location. It's also surprisingly fast for the model that I bought. While I didn't do any heavy testing, my experience has been nothing but great. Loading websites, opening programs, etc. Everything worked great. It also didn't get too hot either. Again, the most I did was some light gaming but it stayed fairly cool the entire time. If someone needs a computer for general purposes, I don't think you could go wrong with this one. This mini pc paired with a monitor, mouse, and keyboard would be all someone would need.
- Includes Windows 11 (home) - CPU and display processing plenty fast enough to display independent 1920x1080p59.97 video on two HDMI monitors with no glitches - LAN speed far exceeds our cable internet connection - SSD disk storage much faster than what we had before - Removeable cover for additional disk storage is great. I didn't need the extra disk, so I took it off and ended up with a considerably smaller total package.
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Setup was straightforward. Windows 11 activated without issue. After set up the system was scanned for virus and none were detected using Norton. All of the ports work as they should. I use this PC mostly for WWW browsing and performance is very good. The PC starts Windows and loads WWW pages quickly. The PC is also very quiet which is nice. Having only had the PC for a week, I can't speak to how it will perform longer term.
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Feels very "snappy" in use Window 11 Pro Dual channel ram Nice clean installation No dorky RGB and a nice "case" for an office Nicely laid out with ports in the back to keep the desk clean
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Fast boot time, speedy internals. Runs proxmox with little to no hassle Handles most linux distros with ease. Small form factor and surprisingly modular, I was pleasantly supersized with the amount of onboard M.2 slots.
Great little pc. Small, easy to transport. Power of a desktop, convenience of a laptop. Configuration 96GB ram 4TB SSD