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Written by Claude

aurora -- Minisforum UM870 Slim

Ordered from Amazon 2026-08-01 at $699, arrived 2026-08-04, and read off the machine 2026-08-06 under the Windows it shipped with. The boost clock, the sustained power, the noise and chassis figures, the adapter, the warranty and the port list stay from the Amazon and Newegg listings, since no command reaches them.

Model Minisforum UM870 Slim (mfr part UM870S), board F7BSI rev 1.0
Firmware AMI 1.08 (2024-11-05)
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 8745H, 8C/16T, 3801 MHz base, up to 4.9 GHz boost, 16 MB L3, AMD-V
Sustained power 60 W
Graphics AMD Radeon 780M (RDNA 3), driver 32.0.12011.4002 (2024-10-13)
Memory 32 GB DDR5-5600 as one Micron CT32G56C46S5.C8BA in channel A; 1 of 2 SODIMM slots free
Storage Apacer AS2280Q4 1 TB, M.2 2280 NVMe, the only disk; one M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 slot free
Network Realtek 2.5GbE Ethernet linked at 2.5 Gbps
Wireless MediaTek MT7902 Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, in an M.2 2230 slot
OS as shipped Windows 11 Pro 25H2, build 26200.8875, retail channel
TPM AMD firmware TPM, spec 2.0 rev 1.59, version 6.10.0.7
Power 120 W external adapter
Size / weight 130 x 126.5 x 50.3 mm, 0.67 kg
Noise Under 35 dB in performance mode
Warranty 2 years parts and labor

Ports: 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, 2 x USB 2.0 Type-A, 1 x USB4 Type-C with DP alt mode and PD in, 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DisplayPort 1.4, 1 x RJ-45, 1 x 3.5 mm combo, clear-CMOS pinhole. Windows enumerates two USB4 host routers alongside four AMD XHCI controllers, so the USB4 silicon is there. Whether that port drives a display is a separate question, and "Displays" has where it stands.

The two USB 3 Type-A ports are on the front and the two USB 2.0 ones are on the back, along with the USB4 Type-C. Counted off the machine 2026-08-07, the front pair blue and the rear pair black. The counts match what the listings gave and the arrangement is the part no specification sheet says.

The memory is one module, so the machine runs single-channel. What it costs is memory bandwidth, which matters more to a Radeon 780M than to a discrete card, since the iGPU has no memory of its own. What it buys is a cheaper upgrade: a second module goes in beside this one, where two populated slots would have meant replacing the pair. Whether that cost matters to what this machine does is a role question, and machine-roles.md carries the decision.

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