Mini PC Ram speed upgrade?

cruisinbeatz · 28 Nov 2025 at 00:03

Hey, I have a mini PC and it came with 5600mhz ram. The mini pc in question is acemagic F5A with 64gb ram. Now while the amound and speed of the ram is more than ample I do wonder if the speed of the ram is just that of which the vendor picked perhaps because of cost or if the chip/pc can have or take faster ram like 6000 or 6200+ I know ram pricing has gone through the roof right now so I most likely will not buy anything now but im just wondering at the minute that would it be worth while as I know the APU can depends a lot on the speed of ram especially for graphics

Tetras · 28 Nov 2025 at 00:23

They can see decent gains with higher speed RAM, yeah, but the gaming performance of the integrated graphics is not good enough to justify the cost of a graphics card on RAM.

Best option if you're desperate, would be to try and overclock it, because 5600 RAM usually has headroom if you pump some volts through it.

If you're not gaming, then there's little point either way.

cruisinbeatz · 28 Nov 2025 at 01:32

Tetras said:
They can see decent gains with higher speed RAM, yeah, but the gaming performance of the integrated graphics is not good enough to justify the cost of a graphics card on RAM.

Best option if you're desperate, would be to try and overclock it, because 5600 RAM usually has headroom if you pump some volts through it.

If you're not gaming, then there's little point either way.

Well I do some gaming yes however I just sold my main pc so I am now sitting with a 5080 that's practically brand new. Finding an oculink adapter to even run it is proving non existent. So doubt I'm gonna have to sell it and get something cheaper but anyhow I do like playing casual games. I have a legion go and it does most of my normal needs but yes I would like to play some like bf6 even on low setting to I get something sorted for my GPU so if I could squeeze more from existing ram that would be even better.

Rroff · 28 Nov 2025 at 04:19

The CPU in the Legion Go is decent enough for gaming - but USB4/TB4 from the Go to an eGPU setup sadly has only like x3 PCI-e bandwidth so you lose a ton of performance on a 5080 compared to desktop - but that is also one way you can go. I've not found most eGPU setups the most reliable though even using Oculink and stuff like the GPD G1 is ridiculously expensive and even stuff like the AOOSTAR AG02 is quite expensive for what it is.

cruisinbeatz · 28 Nov 2025 at 16:42

Rroff said:
The CPU in the Legion Go is decent enough for gaming - but USB4/TB4 from the Go to an eGPU setup sadly has only like x3 PCI-e bandwidth so you lose a ton of performance on a 5080 compared to desktop - but that is also one way you can go. I've not found most eGPU setups the most reliable though even using Oculink and stuff like the GPD G1 is ridiculously expensive and even stuff like the AOOSTAR AG02 is quite expensive for what it is.

It's not the legion go I'm putting an egpu on mate it's the mini pc. I agree those adaptors are mega in price but they won't drive a 5080 sadly going by msi specs on the 5080 that 800w is not enough for the GPU only. Anyone know of any other oculink adaptors also?

Can you also recommend any tools to over lock the memory as the bios on the PCs are quite limited as you may well know.

Rroff · 28 Nov 2025 at 17:32

cruisinbeatz said:
It's not the legion go I'm putting an egpu on mate it's the mini pc. I agree those adaptors are mega in price but they won't drive a 5080 sadly going by msi specs on the 5080 that 800w is not enough for the GPU only. Anyone know of any other oculink adaptors also?

Can you also recommend any tools to over lock the memory as the bios on the PCs are quite limited as you may well know.

Was just floating the option as I have an eGPU setup with a spare 3070 for my Go.

800 watt dedicated to the GPU should be fine for the 5080 - the 12 pin connector won't be pulling more than 600 watt max.

cruisinbeatz · 29 Nov 2025 at 16:22

Rroff said:
Was just floating the option as I have an eGPU setup with a spare 3070 for my Go.

800 watt dedicated to the GPU should be fine for the 5080 - the 12 pin connector won't be pulling more than 600 watt max.

That's what I was thinking too but I wasn't sure. Can you recommend the one you use? The adapter and PSU etc.

Rroff · 29 Nov 2025 at 17:44

cruisinbeatz said:
That's what I was thinking too but I wasn't sure. Can you recommend the one you use? The adapter and PSU etc.

I'm using the Razer Core X Chroma (no Oculink) - can't recommend it as it is a pain to get running stable, and been messing around with a DIY solution.