Mini-PCs are all the rage and Minisforum is a specialist manufacturer that has a huge catalog of them. The latest to be announced is the Venus UM773 Lite and as we say in the headline, it offers great performance in a compact size and at a price that we can consider reasonable for what it offers and the cost of electronics in general.

Miniforum Venus UM773 Lite is based on the new generation of Ryzen 7000 Mobile processors presented at CES by AMD and specifically on the interesting Ryzen 7 7735HS with 8 cores and 16 threads, with a working frequency of up to 4.7 GHz and a TDP consumption of 54 watts. The integrated graphics is a Radeon 680M under the RDNA2 architecture with 12 computing units up to 2.4 GHz.

This compact has two memory slots 4800MHz DDDR5 with the possibility of mounting up to 64 GB of capacity. For storage, the Minisforum includes an M.2 PCIe Gen4 connector for SSD installation and a 2.5″ slot for hard drives or SATA SSDs.

The internal M.2 2230 connector enables the installation of a wireless connection module for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It has additional ports both on the front and on the back, in which the premiere of USB4 stands out for maximum speed (40 Gbps) and the ability to connect up to three screens simultaneously with a resolution of 4K-60Hz:

• Ethernet LAN 2.5Gb
• 1 USB port4
• 1 USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C port
• 2 USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A ports
• 2 USB 2.0 ports
• 2 HDMI ports
• 1 3.5mm combo jack

Miniforum Venus UM773 Lite, price and availability

The compact will go on sale in March on the manufacturer’s website and international retail channel. (Amazon usually distributes all of its models.) It will be available in different configurations from an interesting barebones format that allows the user to install their own memory, storage and operating system, and in other mounts that pre-install Windows 11:

• bare bones: 409 dollars
• 16GB RAM + 512GB PCIe Gen4 SSD: $559
• 32GB RAM + 512GB PCIe Gen4 SSD: $619
• 32GB RAM + 1TB PCIe Gen4 SSD: $659
• 64GB RAM + 1TB PCIe Gen4 SSD: $789

Very interesting for all uses, productivity, entertainment, home theater and games (up to a certain level) and with the possibility of placement (vertically or horizontally) anywhere on the table or in the living room thanks to its compact dimensions. 12×5 cm.