Minisforum has launched the N5 Air NAS device in China, featuring an AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS processor. The unit is designed with five 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch SATA III drive bays and three M.2 PCIe Gen4 SSD slots, supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, and 6 configurations.
The hardware includes two DDR5-5600 SO-DIMM memory slots and a full-length PCIe Gen4 x4 expansion slot. Connectivity options consist of two 40Gbps USB-C ports with DisplayPort Alt mode, multiple USB-A ports, a 10GbE RJ-45 port, a 5GbE RJ-45 port, an HDMI 2.1 port, and an OCuLink interface.
The device measures 199 by 202 by 252 millimeters and weighs 4 kilograms, utilizing a three-fan cooling system. It runs on the MinisCloudOS operating system with ZFS file system support and LZ4 compression, while also maintaining compatibility with Windows 11 Pro and Linux.
The base model of the N5 Air 7640HS, which does not include pre-installed memory, is priced at ¥2,999. The system comes equipped with a 64GB storage drive for the operating system.
