Minisforum’s ferocious new mini PCs characteristic Oculink, USB4, and high-end CPUs

Minisforum has introduced two new mini PCs at CES 2026. The 2 fashions are: the AI X1 Professional-470 a mini PC for creators, avid gamers, distant employees, and builders; and the MS 02-Extremely, a 4.8L mini workstation aimed toward video editors, images studios, content material manufacturing corporations, small media groups, and likewise avid gamers.

The AI X1 Professional-470 is a flagship mini PC for Minisforum. It’s powered by an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX470 processor designed to deal with distant work, content material creation, and gaming.

For its GPU the AI X1 Professional-470 sports activities a Radeon 890M for easy gaming efficiency. It additionally has an OcuLink port for simple entry to exterior GPUs like Nvidia RTX or Radeon RX sequence playing cards for ultra-high frame-rates and 4K/8K gameplay.

In addition to a kickass CPU and GPU, this mini PC has a twin microphone array with AI noise discount in addition to high-quality audio system for seamless communication. The I/O seems to be very strong too. You’ll be able to count on USB4, HDMI 2.1, and an SD card slot for seamless multi-device connectivity.

Creators can be happy with the as much as 12TB of storage for dealing with massive 4K movies, 3D initiatives, or AI knowledge units. The AI X1 Professional-470 can be obtainable worldwide subsequent month.

The opposite new mannequin, the MS 02-Extremely is an Arrow-Lake refresh. The highest configuration contains a high-performance Intel Core Extremely 9 285 HX processor making it highly effective sufficient for engineering design, video modifying, and 3D modelling purposes.

The PC’s tiny chassis helps as much as 256GB of ECC reminiscence, plus it consists of 4 M.2 slots and three PCIe slots for storage. It additionally makes use of a pull-out construction for simple upgrades and upkeep.

The mini PC’s ports embody two USB4 V2 (80Gbps) ports and twin 25 Gigabit Ethernet ports, making certain very fast throughput for duties like 4K/8K video modifying, shade grading, rendering, and content material distribution.

This new model of the MS 02 Extremely expands its versatility additional by supporting high-performance gaming GPUs. Its strong PCIe bandwidth and enhanced cooling capability means customers can count on excessive body charges and immersive graphics whereas additionally having fun with workstation class stability.

The Minisforum Intel® Core™ Extremely 9 285 HX/275HX MS-02 Extremely is out there worldwide on the firm’s model store, priced at $1,199 for the 285 HX Barebone and $949 for the 275 HX Barebone.

Roy Jiang chairman of Minisforum had this to say concerning the two new fashions of mini PC.

“With AI X1 Professional-470 and MS-02 Extremely, we got down to show that ‘mini’ not means ‘compromise,” mentioned Jiang. “By combining critical AI compute, 4K/8K-ready efficiency, and enterprise-grade connectivity in ultra-compact designs, we’re giving creators, avid gamers, and trendy companies the liberty to construct full manufacturing and workstation workflows with out sacrificing house, flexibility, or energy.”