4 Things to Know About the Minisforum UM790 Pro’s Storage

It has no SATA bay The UM790 Pro skips the typical 2.5-inch SATA slot entirely. You cannot install a traditional hard drive or SATA SSD.

It uses two PCIe 4.0 NVMe slots Both M.2 2280 slots run PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe. This gives you fast, modern storage without legacy SATA bottlenecks.

Plan for NVMe-only storage Since there is no SATA support, all your storage must be NVMe SSDs. This is fine for speed, but limits upgrade options if you have spare SATA drives.

This is a modern approach for all-flash builds Dropping SATA makes sense for a compact, high-performance system. Just ensure your budget and storage needs fit NVMe-only drives.