MINISFORUM UM850 – UM820

MINISFORUM has announced the UM820 and UM850, small palm-sized PCs with Core i5 CPUs. The company is currently accepting reservations at its direct sales site, and plans to release them in April.

The 256GB SSD version of the UM820 is priced at $599 and the 512GB SSD version at $639, while the 256GB SSD version of the UM850 is $659 and the 512GB SSD version is $699. Both of them are offering a coupon for $50 off to the first 60 people who pre-order.

The UM820 uses a Core i5-8259U CPU with Iris Plus Graphics 655, which is relatively high performance for a model with Intel’s built-in graphics, and has a base clock speed of 2.3GHz and a Turbo Boost clock speed of 3.8GHz. The TDP is high at 28W, with a base clock of 2.3GHz and a Turbo Boost clock of 3.8GHz.

The U850, on the other hand, will be an i5-10210U and Intel UHD Graphics, but with a TDP of 15W. The base clock is 1.6GHz and the Turbo Boost clock is 4.2GHz.

Both models come with 16GB of memory as standard, expandable up to 64GB with SD-DIMM slots. Both models also feature a display capable of outputting up to three screens via DisplayPort, HDMI, or USB Type-C.

In addition to the above, it has 3 x USB 3.1, USB 3.0 (2.0A output / power supply during shutdown), 2.5Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.1, audio input/output, etc. input/output, etc.

It has two 2.5″ shadow bays and can be mounted on the rear of the display with a VESA mounter. The main unit measures 127 x 127 x 53.1 mm (W x D x H).