Today we found on AliExpress a new board called Topton N17, which integrates the powerful high-efficiency AMD Ryzen 9 processor.
This board offers us a good platform to assemble a mini PC with high performance. We have a lot of ports, with them we can install several disk drives and also connect a discrete GPU in its PCIe x8 slot. In addition, we have the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS processor with the powerful Radeon 780M iGPU with RDNA3 technology. You can read our review of this processor to see how powerful it is despite its low power consumption.
This motherboard is offered in barebone format, so we can mount our own RAM or SSD. It also has an optional fan for optimal ventilation.
Topton N17 board specifications
On the Topton N17 motherboard we find soldered the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS processor with Zen 4 CPU cores manufactured with TSMC 4nm FinFET technology. An APU with 8 cores and 16 threads that can reach 5.2 GHz in turbo mode and has a base frequency of 3.8 GHz. The integrated GPU is an AMD Radeon 780M with RDNA3 technology that integrates 12 cores and a top speed of 2.8 GHz. We also have a PCIe 4.0×8 slot for mounting a discrete GPU.
In the RAM memory section we have two U-DIMM DDR5 4800 MHz slots with 32 GB of RAM expandable up to 64 GB in Dual Channel. In the storage section we have two M.2 PCIe 4.0×4 NVMe 2280 slots and allows us to connect up to 4 SATA disks with optional cables.
Other notable features
In the connector area we have two USB-A 3.2 Gen1 ports, two USB-A 2.0, 3.5 mm audio jacks and two 2.5G Ethernet ports. As video outputs we have two HDMI 2.1 connectors and one DisplayPort 2.1 with support for up to 8K@60fps resolutions, we have a total of three video outputs. In addition, we have connectors for front USB 3.2, USB 2.0 and audio panel connector.
The power supply we need a 24 pin 8 pin connector to an ATX power supply, but it can be compact and underpowered. The operating system supported is Windows 11 Pro, but we can also install Linux.
Price and availability
- The Topton N17 motherboard can be purchased on sale at AliExpress only for $289 with free shipping included.