Bosgame M5 AI Mini Desktop (Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB)

The Bosgame M5 is a mini desktop on AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with 96GB or 128GB of unified memory and dual USB4. It is for a developer or two-person firm on a budget that wants the cheapest 128GB Strix Halo box. The one thing to know: unified memory lets it load large mixture-of-experts models; dense 70B models are slow and there is no CUDA.

Is the Bosgame M5 the value Strix Halo PC?

• Pricing reads: $2,999 for either the 96GB or the 128GB configuration, both with a 2TB SSD — bosgame.com, Sep 2026. Buy the 128GB; the 96GB makes no sense at the same price. Launched at $1,699 (Notebookcheck).
• ServeTheHome (Aug 2026) called it "one of the lowest cost 128GB LPDDR5X local AI systems out there" but named the 2.5GbE port "the biggest miss of the system".
• Commenters there reported missing capacitors and customer-service worries.
• 1-year warranty, soldered memory; retail stock was patchy at research time.

Who should skip it

Anyone who needs 10GbE or a longer warranty: the Minisforum MS-S1 Max. Anyone whose business cannot tolerate a slow RMA: HP. The GMKtec EVO-X2 is the closest rival; more in AI computing.

Research-based listing — not hands-on tested by Digital4All; details as of September 2026.