Minisforum - N5 Air AI NAS, Barebone+64GB OS Storage, 5-Bay HDD & 3-Bay M.2 SSD, AMD Ryzen 7 255, AMD Radeon 780M, 10GbE+5GbE - Black
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Powered by the AMD Ryzen 7 255 (8 cores / 16 threads, up to 4.9 GHz) with AMD Radeon 780M integrated graphics, no dedicated NPU, the MINISFORUM N5 Air AI NAS packs 5-bay storage into a 4kg mini tower for homes and small offices. Up to 96GB DDR5 Non-ECC at 5600MT/s, 5× 3.5"/2.5" SATA + 3× M.2 SSD totaling 174TB, dual 10GbE + 5GbE LAN, OCuLink eGPU, and a PCIe x16 slot handle media libraries, backups, and light content creation. Pre-installed MinisCloud OS with ZFS snapshots, one-click Docker, and built-in VM.
Features
AMD Ryzen 7 255 with Radeon 780M (no NPU)
8-core / 16-thread AMD Ryzen 7 255 (up to 4.9 GHz) with AMD Radeon 780M integrated graphics. Smooth 4K video transcoding. No dedicated NPU. Significantly outperforms N100-class consumer NAS in multi-core and media workloads.
Up to 96GB DDR5 + 174TB Hybrid Storage
Up to 96GB DDR5 SO-DIMM (Non-ECC) at 5600MT/s. 5× 3.5"/2.5" SATA bays (up to 30TB each, 150TB total) plus 3× M.2 2230/2280/22110 NVMe slots (up to 8TB each, 24TB SSD). Total capacity 174TB with RAID 0/1/5/6/RAIDZ1/RAIDZ2 for household and small-office media libraries.
Dual 10GbE+5GbE, Dual USB4, OCuLink eGPU
10GbE LAN (RTL8127) plus 5GbE LAN (RTL8126) for fast file transfer and NAS backup. 2× USB4 (8K@60Hz / 4K@144Hz), HDMI 2.1 FRL, and OCuLink for eGPU acceleration (up to 3× Stable Diffusion) on local image and short-video generation.
PCIe x16 Slot & Slide-Out Motherboard
PCIe x16 (PCIe 4.0×4) for 10GbE NICs, eGPU, or SSD cache expansion. Slide-out motherboard for quick RAM and SSD upgrades without tools — perfect for long-lifecycle home and small-office NAS deployments.
MinisCloud OS, ZFS, Docker, VM & 2-Year Warranty
Pre-installed MinisCloud OS with ZFS snapshots, LZ4 compression, multi-user isolation, AI photo library, home theater, music hall, one-click Docker, and built-in VM. 4kg compact metal body. Two-year limited warranty.
Specifications
- Security FeaturesAnti-theft (Kensington-type) lock holeStorage Capacity65536 gigabytesNumber Of Drives Included0Number of Bays5Processor ModelAMD Ryzen 7 2000 Series
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