Arm Homelab-in-a-Box – Minisforum MS-R1

Minisforum just launched the MS-R1, their first Arm workstation PC. Will it bring Arm into the homelab, in a big way? Or will it suffer the same fate as the Radxa Orion O6, let down by a power-hungry SoC? And will a dedicated GPU fit inside this tiny box? Things mentioned in this video (amzn.to links are affiliate links): - Minisforum MS-R1: https://s.minisforum.com/4hRFZbj - MS-R1 benchmarks and test data: https://github.com/geerlingguy/sbc-reviews/issues/89 - Radxa Orion O6 review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMnCqmM-WKo - Abovetop Nvidia RTX A2000 SFF GPU: https://www.newegg.com/abovetop-Model-A2000laptop/p/1DW-00MF-00001 - Intel Arc A310 ECO GPU: https://amzn.to/49Q3vn4 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering 3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff Contents: 00:00 - Hardware overview 01:47 - Cix's