Minisforum S5 fanless NAS with five NVMe slots starts at $599

Minisforum has launched the S5, a passively cooled NAS with five M.2 NVMe slots supporting up to 40TB, an Intel Core 3 304 CPU and a 15 TOPS NPU. The barebone version costs $599 (down from $749) with 12GB LPDDR5x and 128GB UFS, while the preconfigured 20TB model is priced at $3,759.

• Five NVMe slots for up to 40TB, no fans
• 10GbE, 2.5GbE and dual 40Gbps USB4 ports
• 15 TOPS NPU for local AI workloads
• Barebone $599 vs $3,759 for the 20TB model