Minisforum's new N5 MAX NAS stores 40TB of SSDs + 150TB of HDDs, powered by AMD Strix Halo APU

Minisforum showed off its new N5 MAX NAS at CES 2026, where we got some hands-on time with the new AMD Strix Halo APU-powered NAS. Check it out:

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The new Minisforum N5 MAX takes up to 5 x M.2 SSDs and 5 x HDDs for a total of 40TB of SSD storage (5 x 8TB drives) and up to 150TB of HDD storage (5 x 30TB drives) for a grand total of 190TB of storage. It's powered by up to the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" APU, giving you 16 cores and 32 threads of power.

Not only do you have the 16C/32T of Zen 5 CPU power, but up to 128GB of LPDDR5X-8000 memory. The M.2 SSD slots are split between 1 x M.2 2280 (PCIe 4.0 x4), 1 x M.2 2230/2280 (PCIe 4.0 x1), and 3 x M.2 2280 (PCIe 4.0 x1). The other 5 slots can take 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch HDDs up to 30TB a drive.

• Read more: Minisforum N5 Pro: 5-bay NAS powered by AMD Strix Point APU, up to 96GB RAM, 10GbE LAN, OCulink

On the I/O side of things, starting on the front the Minisforum N5 MAX NAS features 1 x USB4 (Alt DP 2.0) port, and 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 port. On the rear, you've got 1 x USB4, 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x OCulink, 1 x 10GbE LAN, 1 x 5GbE LAN, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2, and finally, 1 x USB 2.0 port.

Minisforum is using a built-in 250W power supply for its N5 MAX, versus using a power brick for some of its other NAS systems.

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Another impressive thing that Minisforum has with its N5 MAX is that the company has created its own operating system (OS) for its NAS systems. This makes using a Minisforum NAS even easier, something I'd love to get my hands on -- a Strix Halo APU-powered beast of a NAS.