I’ve been keeping an eye out for the BD790i X3D since they confirmed they’d be releasing it in March. Looks like it’s available in the EU but I haven’t found it listed on the minisforum.com website yet
Edit: looks like they added it to the US site: https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-bd795ise?variant=46451384385781
It has a PCI-e 5.0 x16 slot… Why wouldn’t I want a mobile processor? The 7945HX is damn near a the same part as the desktop. It just has a lower TDP. You clearly didn’t look at this product at all
Its in the name. They’re intended for mobile devices. They’re intended to be power-efficient, not powerful or cost-effective.
Didn’t really need to. Again, it’s a mobile processor. If they didn’t make concessions to be mobile they wouldnt bother making desktop processors. It’s simply not physically possible for them to meet the same demands of their desktop counterparts, much less for similar pricing.
Get a 7900X + mobo for $500. Add the extra $200 to your GPU budget. Then save yourself another $700 when you need to upgrade the CPU.
Also, once again, repairability and upgradability. Does just no one care at all about this?
the non mobile version costs more than $600, cheapest B650 mobo costs $200
minisforum mobo with a a closest equivalent (7945HX which is better than 7900X at lower TDP) costs about less than $500, and it being a mobile chip doesn’t mean it’s actually weaker, it’s just better binning, also it does wonders performance wise while not being constrained to mobile environment, like battery and energy efficiency, while idling at 20W? also the SE version was like $400? it’s an awesome solution for ITX builders