Minisforum N5 NAS - Six Months Later

Minisforum N5 Pro NAS Review (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSHb1GgYjsY FULL Written Review - https://nascompares.com/2025/07/03/minisforum-n5-pro-nas-review/ Minisforum N5 Pro NAS vs Aoostar WTR Max NAS https://nascompares.com/guide/minisforum-n5-vs-aoostar-wtr-max-nas-which-is-best/ Minisforum N5 Pro vs Aoostar WTR Max (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjw6P85iGd8 Aoostar WTR Max Review (YouTube) https://youtu.be/jnpCWHRiMqQ Minisforum N5 Pro (Check Amazon) - https://amzn.to/402qN3E *IMPORTANT* - Below are the links to the OFFICIAL Minisforum site to buy the N5 and N5 Pro. However, using these links does not support us (i.e we do not get an affiliate fee). We want you to buy this device from whichever retailer best suits your needs, but we hope you are able to support the work we do (such as this review and our YouTube channel) but using the links above for your storage media, or any other data storage/network solution purchase. Minisforum N5 on Official Site - https://s.minisforum.com/4qj0Qrb Minisforum N5 Pro on Official Site - https://www.minisforum.com/pages/n5_pro N5 Pro Summer Update Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKWOTUIGoBU Minisforum N5 Pro NAS - Is it too Early for NAS of the Year (article) https://nascompares.com/2025/01/08/minisforum-n5-pro-nas-revealed/ Original Minisforum N5 Pro CES News Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxVGDrhU6d0 Written article (more pictures + tests) of the Minisforum 6x M.2 Upgrade Card - https://nascompares.com/2024/07/26/minisforum-ms-01-6x-m-2-upgrade-card-early-prototype-review/ MINISFORUM MS-01 Workstation on Amazon - https://amzn.to/4bwwACk Minisforum MS-01 on their official store - https://s.minisforum.com/4gu4ryf What Is The Most User-Friendly DiY / BYO NAS Software? (2024) https://nascompares.com/guide/what-is-the-most-user-friendly-diy-byo-nas-software-2024/ Which Backup Method is Best? NAS vs Cloud vs Tape vs USB https://nascompares.com/guide/which-is-best-for-your-storage-nas-vs-cloud-vs-tape-vs-usb/ Video Chapters 00:00 Why revisit the N5 00:48 Other reviewers to check 01:08 Stock problems then and now 01:39 Standard N5 preferred over Pro 02:40 Availability headaches continue 03:09 Minis Cloud OS progress 03:57 Mostly stability updates 04:20 Built in OS SSD now 128GB 05:12 Third party OS and secure boot notes 06:03 GPU pass through quirks 06:25 iGPU issues in some VM setups 06:57 Limited fan control 08:00 U.2 expansion card notes 09:02 Height limit on U.2 drives 09:33 Base model ships without RAM 10:15 Two NICs need two different drivers 10:51 OS compatibility cautions 11:21 Will there be a successor/Portfolio expansion Find Your ideal NAS here on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3BpPQRk Best Buy also provide NAS solutions, visit them here - https://bestbuy.7tiv.net/DVNO4j Looking for deals and offers on all things NAS? Take a look at what devices are on special offer right now, worldwide, by visiting here - https://nascompares.com/daily-deals/ Thinking of buying a product mentioned in today's video from Amazon? If this video has helped you make that decision, you can head to Amazon using this link and we will get a small % profit of whatever you buy, which goes directly back to NASCompares and allows me and Eddie to keep doing what we do here on YouTube and the Blog - https://amzn.to/3TjM0kj *Visit the Community Support forum 'ASK NASCompares' here if you need more help* - https://ask.nascompares.com/ Finally, if you need data storage/networking help NOW and the free advice/forum on NASCompares is not going to be quick enough for you, you can use the Ko-fi commissions page here - http://ko-fi.com/nascompares/commissions *NASCompares Free Advice Area* - https://nascompares.com/contact-us/ *Synology NAS DSM 7.1 NAS Software Review* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqFa0WyxGJc Synology DSM 7.2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gNfviGVKz4 QTS 5.1 QNAP NAS Software - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nb_VKq-nS8 *QNAP QuTS 5.1 ZFS NAS Software Review - Best of Both Worlds* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMhZJPYF5fw