Venus UM790 Pro Mini PC AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS up to 5.2 GHz 32 GB DDR5 1TB SSD with AMD Radeon 780M, 4X USB3.2, 2X USB4, 2xHDMI 2.1, 2X PCIe4.0, Wi-Fi 6E/BT5.3, RJ45 2.5 G

I never bought a mini pc before and this was the first time. I needed another pc to do work on with a smaller footprint so I decided to look into mini pcs. I researched a littlebit and the reason I chose this was for the 780m and the io ports these suit my needs perfectly. It also looks really great. Minisforum customer service is top notch. I have been using it on and off since I had to travel. I was experiencing bsod and random restarts and I only really began using it after Amazon return deadline. So i decided to contact Minisforum customer service. Their customer service provided me a few fixes to try, but in the end none worked. They told me to send the pc with all the original parts back and they would send me a new one after they confirmed everything. I did just that and only only 2days later I recieved a brand new updated unit! This unit is perfect no more bsod and random restarts. I have my trust in Minisforum now. Will definitely purchase another mini pc from Minisforum in the future if I need to!

First off, I had issues with WiFi (would randomly disconnect). I did some research and changing the MIMO Powersave mode to "No SMPS" fixed it. Completely fixed the random disconnects. Other than the wifi hiccup, I have had nothing but great experiences with this mini pc. Incredibly fast and smooth. Highly recommend.

Got this a week ago. It is very fast and responsive but it would crash, freeze up, or reboot by itself without warning a few times a day (3 times already since this morning). I’m still trying to figure out whether it is a hardware issue or a software issue. I set it up as a dual boot Windows and Linux system (but I run Linux most of the time). I’ve invested a lot of time on it to install the software, so I hope it is not a hardware problem that I have to return it. Otherwise I love this little machine. Update: It is so unfortunate that I have to return it, after spending so much time trying to make it work. I’ve combed through the system log files to figure out what went wrong, but I’m unable to come up with a conclusion other than thinking that it is most likely a hardware issue. In just 5 days the computer had crashed more than 50 times. I’ve seen problems with Bluetooth and hard drive (most common), and the last time I witnessed that my screen flickered then emitted a high pitch noise that lasted a split second, but the computer continued to run until I shut it down. When I restarted the screen did not come up and the keyboard was frozen (cap lock would not respond). Then I did another hard shutdown, waited a few hours, but this time it restarted like normal. At this point I decided that the computer is hopeless so I wiped all personal info and reinstalled the system from scratch before requesting an Amazon return. I’m very disappointed with this product, so I took out two more stars.

Well made - I put it up as a server under Linux and 3 months later, not one crash. The thing has not even been powered off yet. Wow. Amazingly fast, well-made.

My product is up and running. I replaced a large tower I built 6~7 years ago. It had a Ryzen 5 and of course used a standard motherboard, power supply, etc. I was considered pretty fast at the time. I run CAD software on my P.C. and I need speed. This unit is faster, has as much RAM memory and equivalent SSD storage that my tower did, 1gb. I should say I ordered the 790 with 32GB ram and 1TB of disk space. Given I have a lot of programs, CAD and a whole host of other programs to support it, I used a product called Acronis to take the image of my Tower and overlay it in this new P.C. (it's referred to as installing to dissimilar hardware). After I did that I had essentially a clone of my old Tower running on this UM790. Now the difficulty comes. Whenever one installs to dissimilar hardware, the obvious advantage is that you have minimal reinstallation of programs and the headaches that comes with, e.g. license keys, etc. However the install process overwrites the drivers too. So now your new UM790 has a mishmash of "generic drivers" and mismatched drivers. To take care of this issue I downloaded the driver package from the product's website. Much to my dismay, some of the drivers in the package wouldn't install (or reinstall) to put the mini back to factory fresh. The Bluetooth and wifi drivers were incorrect for the hardware used in this UM790 and I had to invoke AI (Chat) to figure it all out. Two full days later I finally got everything up and running. So, just to close this out. Yes, I'm satisfied as this computer saves me a lot of space. It's performance is equal to, or possibly better than what it replaced. It has an adequate number of USB Ports and one can expand them as needed externally. I gave it 4 stars only in that the driver bundle needs to match the hardware. I and to use drivers from Lenovo and from Dell to get the wifi6 and the bluetooth working.

Love this product. Great build quality , have not turned it off for 3 months , very satisfied.

All the above and more. I was skeptical buying the mini-PC, especially after hours of reviews. This one nailed everything I needed and more for my kid. He needed a gaming PC for R6 Siege, random you tubing etc. Out the box it clearly outperformed his old gaming PC that wouldn't update to windows 11. Lightning fast set up, download and play. 120FPS in R6 without even hitting the system max. He was happier than I've seen him while loading up and playing. Will buy again for my other kids. Great value for all you get. Gaming quality and capabilities unmatched for price. Thank you Mini forum.

Adquirí la UM790 Pro Mini PC AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS con 32 en RAM y a un mes de haber comprado la máquina estoy muy satisfecho. Es muy compacta y trasportable, bastante rápida y sin problemas para ejecutar aplicaciones de ningún tipo. No me ha dado un solo problema. Ya venía con el ultimo firmware instalado de fábrica lo cual me ahorro complicaciones, le agregue un segundo SSD para instalar Kubuntu sin problema (preferible tener un desarmador del tamaño para mayor facilidad). Al momento de encenderla hay que presionar F7 para elegir el S.O. anda de hecho todavía más rápida en Linux que Windows, lo cual es lógico. En cuanto a la temperatura oscila entre 45° a 60° pero estoy en zona muy calurosa lo cual influye. En cuanto los juegos, en Windows con Steam he probado Mortal Kombat 11, Bayonetta, Little Nightmares, Street Fighter V entre otros y los jala como si fuera un PS o Xbox. El único aspecto negativo, por mencionar algo, fue que recién que la empecé a usar, en la primera semana se congelaba completamente, tanto en Windows como Linux y pensé que venía defectuosa, esto me ocurrió unas 3 o 4 veces en total de manera aleatoria (1 vez cada 2 días), pero se solucionó solo y esto no ha vuelto a ocurrir luego de un mes. Sin lugar a duda volvere a comprar productos de la marca. ACTUALIZACIÓN DESPUÉS DE AÑO Y MEDIO DE USO: Hasta diciembre del 2025, no tengo ninguna queja la mini PC, ha seguido funcionando igual de bien como el primer día, pero sí debo de aclarar que al no ser mi máquina principal no le he dado un uso tan extenso, ya que hay días en que no la uso. Diría que, en promedio, en todo este tiempo la he venido usando 5 a 10 horas cinco días a la semana.

Recién sacado de la caja, lo conecto y nada, no prende..intenté conectarlo a diferentes enchufes...nada...devolución realizada después de 20 minutos de abrir la caja, que desilusión...

En la descripción el sistema operativo dice ser "Windows 11 Pro", pero en realidad viene con Windows 11 Home

Comparing this Minisforum Venus UM790 Mini PC powered by a modern AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS with my old Dell notebook that have inside a 11th generation i9 (same number of cores and threads as this AMD), is like comparing a steam locomotive with a magnetic levitation train (silent and fast). The performance and extensibility of this mini PC is amazing: - two DDR5 slots - two PCIe 4.0 SSD slots - two USB-4 ports, 40 Gbps with PD (we can power this PC with an external 130W battery power bank !) - fast X86 integrated GPU and using the USB-4 ports we can control monster eGPUs like the Oculink ONEXGPU. Summary: What computer science wanted to see inside the ENIAC, VAX, and Cray computers, is now present inside this MiniPC.