Minisforum has simply introduced its subsequent MoTD motherboard, the AR900i, which gives Intel’s Core i9-13900HX in a Mini-ITX Design.
Minisforum’s AR900i Packs Intel Core i9-13900HX 24-Core CPU & Tons of I/O In A Mini-ITX Motherboard
The Minisforum AR900i collection is a MoTD (Cell on Desktop) motherboard that’s designed to supply cell CPUs from AMD & Intel and bundle them on a Mini-ITX motherboard with high-end capabilities. We have now already seen the AMD BD790i and BD790i motherboards from Minisforum that pack the Dragon Vary “Ryzen 7000HX” CPUs and now, Minisforum is extending its vary within the Intel area with their thirteenth Gen Raptor Lake-HX CPUs.
Beginning with the specs, the Minisforum AR900i motherboard is provided with as much as the Intel Core i9-13900HX CPU with 24 cores and 32 threads, 36 MB of cache, and as much as 5.4 GHz clock speeds. This CPU has a base TDP of 55W and a most turbo energy score of as much as 157W whereas retaining a minimal assured energy of 45W. Minisforum additionally intends to supply a Core i7-13650HX (14 core / 20 thread) variant with its AR650i motherboard later.
The Minisforum AR900i MoTD motherboard comes with two DDR5 SO-DIMM slots that help as much as 96 GB capacities and 5600 MT/s speeds. There are as much as 4 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 slots for SSDs that are nice for storage fans. By way of I/O, you’re getting HDMI 2.0, DP 1.4, a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Kind-C port, 2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Kind-A ports, 2 USB 2.0 ports, a 2.5 GbE Ethernet LAN port, a USB 3.2 Gen1 front-panel header, and an HD audio jack. The motherboard additionally comes with a WIFI 6E and BT 5.2 answer.
The motherboard additionally includes a PCIe Gen5 x16 slot that helps all high-end graphics playing cards as much as the NVIDIA RTX 4090. Not like the AMD designs, the Intel MoTD motherboards home the HM770 chipset which gives I/O functionalities.
For energy, the motherboard homes a single 8-pin connector and a typical 24-pin ATX connector similar to another Mini-ITX PC motherboard. The inventory cooler is rated to supply as much as 100 Watts of thermal dissipation capabilities and including a 120mm fan on the highest (purchased individually) extends that functionality. Whereas we’re on the subject of cooling, the M.2 slots are additionally lined by an actively cooled heatsink which supplies sufficient thermal stability to the storage gadgets beneath it. Solely the entrance two M.2 slots get entry to this cooling whereas the opposite two slots are situated on the again of the motherboard.
By way of pricing, the Minisforum AR900i is priced at $559 US / £549 and is predicted to hit ship later this month.
