From $650
Minisforum introduced a rather unusual mini-PC HN2673. The novelty stands out in two aspects at once, and the first is a discrete Intel graphics card.
The mobile Arc A730M is used here, which has 3072 cores and a 192-bit bus with 6 GB of memory. This is a very rare graphics card that performs roughly on par with the RTX 3050 Laptop and sometimes the RTX 3060 Laptop.
Separately, it is worth noting that on the Intel Arc A730M website it is listed with only 12 GB of memory, so there may be a typo on the Minisforum website.
The second unusual nuance is the cooling system with four fans! The TDP of the installed video card is 95 W, plus another 45 W is consumed by the processor, so it’s not very clear why there is such an unusual CO. It is possible to have the fans spin at a very low speed, which will make the mini PC very quiet.
Minisforum HN2673
As for the rest of the parameters, the heart here is the 10-core Core i7-12650H, there are from 16 to 64 GB of RAM and an SSD up to 1 TB. At the same time, there is room inside for two more drives in the 2.5-inch form factor.
The set of ports is very rich: USB 3.2 (x3), USB 2.0 (x2), USB-C (x3), RJ45 and HDMI (x2). There is also Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.
For a novelty they ask from 650 dollars.
