Comparison
Beelink SER8 vs Minisforum UM790 Pro for Proxmox
Both target heavier Ryzen mini-PC workloads. UM790 Pro often edges expandability (OCulink); SER8 is a denser all-in-one for Proxmox plus media. Check dual-M.2 layout and thermals in your case placement.
Beelink SER8
Newer Ryzen 7 mini-PC aimed at heavier VM stacks and iGPU media duties in a dense chassis.
proxmox
plex igpu
dev vm
Minisforum UM790 Pro
Ryzen 9 barebone mini-PC with OCulink option for GPU passthrough experiments and dense VMs.
proxmox
gpu passthrough
plex igpu
Spec side-by-side
Field
Beelink SER8
Minisforum UM790 Pro
cpu
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS (typical config)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (typical config)
ram gb max
64
96
nic
2.5GbE
2.5GbE
wifi
True
True
storage
dual M.2 NVMe
dual M.2 NVMe
use cases
proxmox, plex_igpu, dev_vm
proxmox, gpu_passthrough, plex_igpu
expansion
—
OCulink