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Minisforum cuts DEG2 eGPU dock to $219, lists fanless S5 all-flash NAS at $599 barebone

Minisforum's DEG2 external GPU dock is discounted to $219 at Newegg with code SPCN6, while its fanless five-slot S5 all-flash NAS starts at $599 barebone, according to TechRadar.

AI News Feed · 2026-10-21 06:50

The DEG2 is built around a full-length PCIe x16 slot that accepts a desktop graphics card, which Minisforum positions as a way for mini PC and laptop owners to add desktop-class GPU acceleration for video editing without giving up a compact machine. The dock carries two Thunderbolt 5 ports rated at 80Gbps, one of which supplies 140W to the host, plus an OCuLink port at 64Gbps with a physical switch to select between the two connection types. It also includes an M.2 2280 slot for extra project storage, 2.5G Ethernet and USB 3.2 ports, and takes a standard ATX or SFX power supply.

Buyers need a host device with a Thunderbolt 5, USB4 or OCuLink port, and they must supply both a graphics card and a power supply themselves. TechRadar listed the same dock at $247 on Amazon at the time of writing and described $219 as the lowest price it had seen quoted. The company also sells the DEG1, an open-frame OCuLink dock for mini PCs that supports ATX and SFX power supplies.

The S5 is a passively cooled NAS with five M.2 NVMe slots supporting up to 40TB of solid-state storage. It runs Intel's Core 3 304 processor, a five-core chip with boost speeds up to 4.3GHz. Minisforum claims sequential read speeds up to six times those of hard disk drives and random reads up to 100 times faster, though TechRadar noted that real performance depends on the drives installed, the workload and the storage configuration.

Networking comprises one 10GbE port, one 2.5GbE port and Wi-Fi, alongside two USB4 interfaces rated at 40Gbps. The chassis uses heat pipes and cooling fins instead of fans. Minisforum says the system draws about 15W of CPU power under combined stress testing at 25°C ambient temperature, a figure that excludes the rest of the system's consumption. A 15 TOPS NPU for INT8 operations is included for local AI workloads, and the company suggests uses such as running background agents, sharing creative project files and serving home entertainment libraries.

The barebone S5 is listed at $599, down from $749, with 12GB of LPDDR5x memory and 128GB of UFS storage, leaving all five NVMe slots for separately purchased drives. TechRadar compared that configuration with the preconfigured 20TB model, listed at $3,759 after a discount from $4,699, using online 4TB SSD prices. Five Silicon Power UD90 drives at $2,549.85 bring the total to $3,148.85, a saving of $610.15 before taxes and shipping; five WD Black SN850X drives at $3,022.45 produce a $3,621.45 total and a saving of $137.55; five Crucial T500 drives at $3,995 bring the total to $4,594, which is $835 more than the preconfigured model but still below its original price.