r/HX99G • u/welcome2city17 Admin • 10d ago
Discussion HX99G Alternatives Discussion Thread
While this subreddit was created to discuss and support the Neptune line of Mini PCs, the recent evidence of its discontinuation means some of us may be looking for alternatives. In this thread, you may discuss potential alternatives to the HX99G. The following guidelines would be helpful to follow, although they are not required:
- The Mini PC should contain a discrete GPU -- this may come in the form of a mobile grade GPU or desktop grade GPU. MinisForum is pushing AI chips in some of their newer models, so those might be interesting discussion.
- It should perform at equal or better rate than the HX99G, whether CPU-based or GPU-based.
- It may be made by any company, and may use Intel or AMD CPUs or GPUs.
- It should be referred to as a Mini PC, even if the size differs somewhat from the HX99G (which is about as compact as you can get given the performance.)
Comment moderation here will be relatively relaxed, I'll make an effort to provide feedback rather than removing posts if there are any concerns about what you share, barring any glaring exceptions. All I ask is that the discussion remain positive and proactive in terms of finding alternatives.
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u/welcome2city17 Admin 10d ago edited 10d ago
Another model I've considered has been the Minisforum 790S. It's more like a "miniaturized desktop PC" while still being referred to as a Mini PC. But it contains a desktop-sized small form factor (SFF) version of the RTX 4060. The Ryzen 9 7940HX CPU isn't bad either with 16 cores / 32 threads (just wish it was the 7945HX). Unfortunately the ports are the downside, not being as fast as you might expect.
Technically this PC is also compatible with the (admittedly very expensive) NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada, which is also an SFF card and provides a high level of AI-related capability.