# Bosgame M5

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Bosgame M5 and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Owners find this mini PC solid for running large local AI models, with low idle power draw. Critics note weak memory bandwidth and no Thunderbolt or USB4.

## Why people recommend it

- Owners are happy with it (3 comments): "I currently run the qwen3.5-122B (Q4) on a Strix Halo (Bosgame M5) and am pretty happy with it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47794459)) "I have the latter, it's fantastic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48358164)) "I'm pretty happy with my device" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47192348))

## What people warn about

- No Thunderbolt or USB4 (1 comments): "that does not have thunderbolt / usb 5 though" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48710387))
- Memory bandwidth is mediocre (1 comments): "I thought the memory bandwidth was mediocre." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47458469))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Apple Mac mini](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mac-mini.md): 390 recommend
- [NVIDIA DGX Spark](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-dgx-spark.md): 170 recommend
- [AMD Strix Halo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amd-strix-halo.md): 130 recommend
- [Framework Desktop](https://hackerapproved.com/p/framework-desktop.md): 93 recommend
- [Intel NUC](https://hackerapproved.com/p/intel-nuc.md): 42 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Bosgame+M5+AI+Mini+Desktop+Ryzen+AI+Max%2B+395&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Bosgame M5", https://hackerapproved.com/p/bosgame-m5/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).