AM02 AMD Ryzen 7840HS Emulation Testing

[@ScottZiegler]

YMMV of course, but my Ayaneo provided power supply was faulty - the power regulation just wouldn't work with the AM02, which would just suddenly power off (_and_ have issues rebooting without a complete power down / capacitor decharge). I ended up purchasing a 100W Anker power supply which alleviated the issue. Otherwise the machine has been great other than the AyaSpace software the controls the TDP/fans and mini-screen leaking memory. Updates have been rolling out though that are slowly fixing the situation it seems (the leaks appear to be less severe).

[@zockeromi1970]

Very interesting design

[@erikkarsies4851]

These mainboards developed for firewall applications all have the two ethernet connectors? And we're flooded with these kind of miniPC's it seems all having them. The Action has a nice USB hub now : USB3 to USB3 and 3 USB2 connectors. (It even works on a Pi400 that's why I bought it) Because for Emulation boxes you definitely want lots of USB connections, but they don't have to be USB3

[@tendosingh5682]

Its is not developed for firewall applications.

[@erikkarsies4851]

@@tendosingh5682 The mainboard might be because those are not developed for one system, but for many different ones.

[@der-Troet]

nice little machine for small money 👍 but only 1 nvme-slot

[@erikkarsies4851]

Small Money? Where? In Europe 7840HS minipc's i've found in Europe were more expensive than a PS5 or Xbox Series X.

[@erikkarsies4851]

7840HS seems the more affordable option with the same GPU (780M) as the 7940HS. But still... for the price you can build a so much better microATX PC

[@tendosingh5682]

Its called MINI PC for a reason.

[@erikkarsies4851]

@@tendosingh5682 The parts in it are not more expensive than a in a bigger PC and assembling isn't more work neither. And lot less materials is used and you don't get for instance internal SATA. But luckily some coming down in price fast now. But not in the traditionals webshops or even on the pricecompare sites (like tweakers or geizhals)

[@mjdf122]

Ryzen time