Everyone has been great to deal with and helpful. When email with questions, the are back to me quickly with the information. Very accommodating.
It's okay for gaming and stuff but they did good
i’m so pleased with my new laptop.. the price was awesome, so i was hoping it wasn’t too good to be true. after some research i decided to buy Nimo & im so happy i did. customer service was awesome too! i asked 10 questions, returned my laptop for the same one in rose gold, & they were so kind & accommodating on their end. thank you.
I purchased a refurbished 17 inch laptop with an R9 processor, Radeon graphics 64GB DDR5 memory and 2TB pcie SSD for $759.00 delivered. It arrived quickly and loks/functions as new. Very happy, looking at a 15.6 inch companion.
I will be purchasing another nimo laptop instead of this one so I'm just returning this one becuase it wasn't up to my standards.
Im a person who plays games liek hoi4 and victoria 3 and it has some issues with 3d processing, the GPU gets bottle necked by the 3d processing while only using 2-3 gigs of the dedicated vram, but apart from that its fine.
I have a loaded Nimo N178 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX with a 3-extra monitor setup (4 monitors total) and a thunderbolt-connected, externally powered Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti "eGPU". Couldn't be happier. The laptop does benefit from an aftermarket cooler as all the AMD kit can produce some heat. The external Nvidia capability (not Nimo of course) sealed the deal. The AMD NPU was just a bonus. I love Nimo so much, I purchased 2 additional N171 "basic" laptops for family members that do normal laptop stuff. 17.3 inch screen is nice. No experience gaming on my N178 as playing with AI locally while monitoring the market on a couple of those extra screens was my focus.
My son received this for Christmas and loves it! My only complaint is that I can’t find a protective cover that fits it. Would love it if you could work with some companies who make protective covers for them to off them for your product!
It gets hot and is heavier than what I thought it would be. But it is fast
I went down a rabbit hole of research before picking up Nimo's Strix Halo machine. At this price point, the only competitor I found were the Bosgame M5, and that suffered from looking like a gaudy spaceship. The only hangup I had was that I wasn't sure how the second M.2 slot was accessed and if it would be too difficult to add a M.2 to Oculink card to it for an eventual eGPU.
So, I decided to add guide on how to access the M.2 slots. The included documentation doesn't go over this.
1) On the back of the machine, there are 9 screws to remove. Remove them and pop off the faceplate.
2) Push against the back of the machine so that the internals slide forward out of the frame.
3) The M.2 slots are on the backside of the big heatsink. There's a metal bar going over the area, but you can squeeze a M.2 drive underneath it. The Wifi card is behind one of the bigger blocks, so it would be a lot more difficult to access.
It'll be a tight squeeze, but I think it'll be a straight shot from the M.2 slot to the back of the machine if I wanted to add an oculink adapter. USB4 is also available for plugging a eGPU through that instead.
Entering the BIOS is the F2 key. You can set the GPU RAM allocation there too.
This system uses the same Sixunited_AXB35 board as the Bosgame M5, GMKtec EVO-X2, and Corsair AI 300. GMKtec was a lot more aggressive in their marketing, so you'll find the most videos online about it, but they're using the same exact board. By comparison, the Nimo has a lot more heatsinks and metal clamping everything down. The strixhalo wiki was invaluable in learning what you can and can't do with this machine.
I tried out running some models with Fedora and Windows. You'll have to fight some of the ROCm support issues with Fedora (Vulkan is pretty straightforward), but LM Studio is a really good starting point. For Windows, you can run ComfyUI for generating video and images, but it's optimized for CUDA. I suggest sticking with LM Studio on Windows if you're a beginner since it provides a nice interface for picking and choosing what models you want loaded.
The only other system I would consider is the Framework Desktop or the Minisforum S1-MAX. Framework is approximately the same price as the Nimo, but missing the PSU, NVME, and Wifi card. From what I can tell, the Nimo's board is slightly larger than the ITX standard, so you would have to put in some custom standoffs if you want to exchange the case for a traditional computer chassis with more cooling. Minisforum will have the USB4 V2 speeds to connect a eGPU (I'm not sure how.. there's not enough PCIe lanes for them to push that much through), but at +$500 the price. Nimo has the longest return period and longest warranty, so that's why I decided to go with them.
In general, I'm pretty happy with the machine. I have reservations about the Strix Halo platform and its ability to keep up with traditional CUDA platforms for local AI. I'm also not sure if all this AI stuff is going to work out in the long run, but I'll have a pretty beefy machine for quite a long time.
In the time I have been using it has been great. Easy set up and works flawlessly
I LOVE my new laptop!! It takes minutes to surf to internet instead of hours. I should have gotten my new laptop years ago from Nimo.
No regrets purchasing this laptop. I was looking for a business laptop - something with a lot of memory and a decent CPU and graphics. This laptop is perfect. I have no problem running 3 monitors with multiple charting windows open and crunching data. It was easy to set up. Great machine.
Placed an order on 11/29 and my order has not been fulfilled yet. This is a Christmas present for my daughter and now I’m worried I will not receive it in time.
I recently purchased a barebones Nimo 17.3" AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Laptop that shipped with no SSD or memory modules (by design) along with free Xmas wrapping paper. Unfortunately, the laptop had issues with the SSD I wanted to use and would reboot at random times. I eventually gave up on making this model work so I ordered the same laptop with memory and a 2T SSD already installed and so far, it's working great. And the free Xmas paper? It wraps gifts like it should, is classy, and great looking. I can't really attest to the waterproofness of it though, as that situation hasn't really developed yet. But one thing I can say is Nimo makes a great custom laptop at an affordable price and I was lucky enough to catch one at a time where they offered some free Xmas wrapping paper. What a deal!
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Machine I wanted delivered quickly, packaged well. Great speed and flexibility achieving my needs.
I'm totally satisfied with my purchase of your Nimo Minipc. The speed and versatility is great.
My wife LOVES her new cpu. She's taking day trading courses and it needs the speed to keep up. And it does! Plus the beautifully backlit keyboard is nice when my wife gets up at 5::00 AM! No more "Alexa, lights on". 😄
Great laptop, i was kind of nervous getting a refurbished, but glad i did, it looks brand new, boots up quick, unlike my old computer, it was time to get a new computer and I'm glad i got this one. Thank you
For first look the laptop is nice, I’m starting to not like it. It take almost a whole day to charge the laptop and the sound doesn’t work. The sound is so grainy and it’s been like it since I got it. I should have returned it when I got the chance. Also I never got the Christmas wrapping paper.
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This mini PC proves to be an excellent, cost-effective choice for AI and ML home labs, providing a seamless experience right from the start with fast FedEx shipping, safe arrival, and a generous 90-day return window (no super tight 7-day). Its setup was straightforward, allowing for a frictionless dual-boot installation of Fedora 43 alongside Windows 11 (but disable bitlocker first!). What truly sets the NimoPC apart is its superior build quality, featuring an aluminum alloy case (no plastic) and a convenient built-in power supply. And this AMD SoC benefits user with its immense flexibility in memory allocation, allowing myself to dynamically assign more RAM to either the CPU for large data engineering tasks or the integrated GPU for running local Large Language Models (LLMs). Although it has minor trade-offs, namely its 2.5Gbps networking connection—where some competitors offer dual 10Gbps—and a lower maximum power inflow of 120W, these factors have not hindered day-to-day performance, making the NimoPC a highly satisfactory and well-designed machine for demanding research workflows.