Laptop N175 de 17.3" con Ryzen 9 8945HS

At 57 years old I’ve weathered the PC/Laptop world from the beginning. From my Commodore 64 and Amiga days, I still own 3. As a side note the Amiga was so ahead of its times. To the nightmare 5000 dollar 386 laptops when Intel could ask anything they wanted to and we had to pay it.

It’s 2026 now and Nimo caught my attention. I needed a fairly capable laptop powered by AMD. They broke Intels strangle hold on CPU’s and taught us all you don’t need fabs to own the performance cpu market.

Now Nimo is teaching us a laptop with top tier specs doesn’t need to be expensive or heavy. I ordered the AMD HX 370 with 890M graphics, 64 gigs of memory and 2 TB of SSD storage and and that nice 17.3 inch screen that’s easy on my old eyes.

Nimo ships very fast (1 day!) the lappy arrived quickly and was well packed for safety(thanks Nimo), I looked at the specs on the sticker stuck to the box, yep 64 gigs…nice! 2TB of SSD storage…..nice! Ooooh the new Nimo AMD 370HX and the 890M! Never used any of them before. My computer collection is filled with AMD rigs but this is a first, my first Nimo and my first AMD HX Ryzen cpu.

My main rig is a new hand built AMD Ryzen 9950X3D2 and it destroys games but how will this new Nimo lappy handle my daily grind? We shall see.

I unboxed the Nimo and my first impression is very impressed. Such a clean, lightweight design! It looks and feels expensive. I’ve owned several expensive laptops in my life (Apple and Alienware I’m glaring at you) and this Nimo feels expensive and light! Talk about lightweight!

I was excited to turn on my new daily work and gaming laptop. The keyboard design falls right to my hands and that little round power button begs to be pressed. One small press and the Nimo sprang to life and I love the screen! Big and the perfect rez for me. Colors and clarity are fantastic and the refresh rate sooths my online gaming eyes.

After the usual updates to windows and a Linux partition which my Nimo seemed to enjoy I installed my first game. The triple AAA title Assassin’s creed black flag. I didn’t expect much honestly but I was so very wrong. This Nimo laptop maxed out the graphic settings at the screen maximum and the FPS are way more than just playable, color me impressed! Smooth, no jitters, no extreme dips in FPS just wonderfully smooth.

I threw on Metal Storm a modern jet combat game that is one of my favorites. I’m so blown away! This Nimo laptop is just so amazingly capable at a price that was more than fair. Beautiful colors, smooth gameplay, no ghosting, just amazing!

Yes of course the Nimo does all the other things more than well. All the boring things work perfectly like writing a paper or browsing Steam are peachy! All the daily things are done with no fuss just smooth and quiet(no moving parts or loud fans!)

Nimo has earned a loyal customer and I’ll be keeping an eye on their products for my next purchase. I hope they continue to focus on quality laptops and their desktop rigs look promising. I’d love to get a Nimo AMD 390 HX MAX or 400 series laptop. And a Nimo 9950X3D2 desktop would be great!

My Nimo wishlist
1. AMD 390 HX Max or 400 series
2. Pre installed Linux
3. RGB backlit keyboard
4. External AMD 9070XT video card
5. A desktop rig that’s high speed (AMD 9950X3D) that doesn’t look weird, no see through cases, no purple lights. Understated in appearance so an adult can own one.

Thanks Nimo for being an American based company and building quality laptops at reasonable prices.

I went down a rabbit hole of research before picking up Nimo's Strix Halo machine. At this price point, the only competitor I found were the Bosgame M5, and that suffered from looking like a gaudy spaceship. The only hangup I had was that I wasn't sure how the second M.2 slot was accessed and if it would be too difficult to add a M.2 to Oculink card to it for an eventual eGPU.

So, I decided to add guide on how to access the M.2 slots. The included documentation doesn't go over this.

1) On the back of the machine, there are 9 screws to remove. Remove them and pop off the faceplate.
2) Push against the back of the machine so that the internals slide forward out of the frame.
3) The M.2 slots are on the backside of the big heatsink. There's a metal bar going over the area, but you can squeeze a M.2 drive underneath it. The Wifi card is behind one of the bigger blocks, so it would be a lot more difficult to access.

It'll be a tight squeeze, but I think it'll be a straight shot from the M.2 slot to the back of the machine if I wanted to add an oculink adapter. USB4 is also available for plugging a eGPU through that instead.

Entering the BIOS is the F2 key. You can set the GPU RAM allocation there too.

This system uses the same Sixunited_AXB35 board as the Bosgame M5, GMKtec EVO-X2, and Corsair AI 300. GMKtec was a lot more aggressive in their marketing, so you'll find the most videos online about it, but they're using the same exact board. By comparison, the Nimo has a lot more heatsinks and metal clamping everything down. The strixhalo wiki was invaluable in learning what you can and can't do with this machine.

I tried out running some models with Fedora and Windows. You'll have to fight some of the ROCm support issues with Fedora (Vulkan is pretty straightforward), but LM Studio is a really good starting point. For Windows, you can run ComfyUI for generating video and images, but it's optimized for CUDA. I suggest sticking with LM Studio on Windows if you're a beginner since it provides a nice interface for picking and choosing what models you want loaded.

The only other system I would consider is the Framework Desktop or the Minisforum S1-MAX. Framework is approximately the same price as the Nimo, but missing the PSU, NVME, and Wifi card. From what I can tell, the Nimo's board is slightly larger than the ITX standard, so you would have to put in some custom standoffs if you want to exchange the case for a traditional computer chassis with more cooling. Minisforum will have the USB4 V2 speeds to connect a eGPU (I'm not sure how.. there's not enough PCIe lanes for them to push that much through), but at +$500 the price. Nimo has the longest return period and longest warranty, so that's why I decided to go with them.

In general, I'm pretty happy with the machine. I have reservations about the Strix Halo platform and its ability to keep up with traditional CUDA platforms for local AI. I'm also not sure if all this AI stuff is going to work out in the long run, but I'll have a pretty beefy machine for quite a long time.

Excelente ,buena y fue rápido el servicio además que trabaja expectacular cumple con los requisitos y buen precio además de la calidad

​I purchased the NIMO 17.3" (Ryzen 9 / 32GB RAM) for $1,069 expecting a high-performance business machine, but the real-world experience has been disappointing. Performance feels completely ordinary, and I haven't seen anything that sets it apart from a standard laptop. Battery life drops quickly when unplugged, and the system frequently freezes during basic daily tasks like online classes. Even worse, it regularly fails to respond when pressing the power button to turn it on or off. Given the marketing claims and the price point, I’m unsure if I received a defective unit or if this is just poor quality control. Either way, it falls far short of expectations.

I had to charge the battery, once it was completed I went through the microsoft slop/update, updated to latest AMD chipset drivers, and the system has been up and running since. The processor is pretty powerful, beating out my Gen 5 Ryzen 7 cpu from 4 years ago. I haven't noticed any issues with graphics either, so the zen 3 graphics are definitely pretty stout. All around, I'm satisfied with this device

i love these small machines to incrementally had processing capabilities on video and textual analysis.

Blue screened out of the box but I liked your customer support

So far it does all that I expected it to do. The benchmark speed tests are very good and the video rendering is fantatic. I would highly reccomend this machine.

For the most part, I'm really starting to like this new laptop, large decent screen, plenty of horsepower for someone who has a lot of tabs open, and a keyboard that is a joy to type on, the only minor thing it could use is a shutter on the camera. But one major issue I'm having is with the wifi. It works, but it is slow, at least in terms of what Wifi 6 should be able to accomplish. The word on the internet is that this is a common problem with this MediaTek card. Why build a great laptop and then tarnish it to save a few dollars on a wifi card? Especially on a laptop with no wired port. And, yes, I spend two afternoons messing with settings trying to solve the problem. This would have been a 5 star review if I didn't already have a replacement wifi card on order for a machine I've been using for less than a week.

First saw "NIMO" on Best Buy Site looking for some upgrades. What is this mysterious brand I've never heard of? Researched, good reviews and USA based, SOLD. Ordered 2 same spec 17's for wife & myself on May30, different colors (she got the blue, ugh!). HOLY COW, on our porch April 2nd, 4 days. WAY better than HP!
LOVE the metal housing, still way lighter than my HP 17. Set-up was flawless & fast since it was pure Windows OS. NO redundant manufacturer software to make things tough to setup or drag on resources.
Simplicity at its finest! Beautiful operation, runs as good as any desktop I would build.

What an amazing laptop for the price. I don't understand why any one would ever pay double to triple the price for another "name brand". It runs well while I'm using several tabs, videos, editing, LLM and runs seemlessly through my other two monitors. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this product for any one looking to ungrade without spending thousands of dollars.

Great laptop for my college student. Only issue is that it doesn’t charge well with the charger that came with it. Luckily I had a spare one from his high school chrome book. Other than that, he enjoys it.

For now, the equipment is working as expected. I'll continue testing and let you know how it goes.

This laptop only works 75% of the time. The other quarter of the time it cant handle a 20 year old game like World of Warcraft.

780m integrated graphics is amazingly bad....have to turn off hardwware acceleration or screen turns grey...stops...or waiting to load...and i dont play games... just youtube and facebook videos...last 17.3 inch i ever buy with integrated graphics...this was a bad buy...my old gtx 1070 with i7 processor never had this problem...but had to get new pc cause kept losing key functions....

I am a fan of Nimo, but this laptop has caused me more trouble than any computer I have ever owned. It started with a blue screen not longer after i opened the box and still forces a manual restart each time the screen times out. I have employed troubleshooting from AI, other users, and Nimo support with no solution but rather lost time and energy. The computer is supposedly powerful but Nimo lacks in quality control for the devices they are selling.

Love it. Just slow to start.Amazing performance!! Graphics are wonderful!!I play wow and it has NO problems loading zones or doing raids on full graphics! (10)Great value for the money!!Definitely recommend!!

I purchased this laptop several weeks ago and I love it. I've had to replace several laptops in the last few years because of quality issues, mostly with the power ports breaking or the case or the screen bezel breaking. For these reasons I was specifically looking for a laptop with a USB-C charger, which seem to be less prone to damage, and a case that can stand up to the heavy use my laptops receive. This laptop appeared to check all of the other boxes too (lighted keyboard, number keypad, available storage, screen size, biometrics, HDMI port, overall specs and price point).So far I am very pleased with this laptop. I'm even more impressed with the sturdiness of the case than I thought I would be. The usb charger is also less bulky than other chargers and it seems to put less stress on the USB charging port, which should help keep the port from having the issues I've had with my other laptop's charging ports. The only disappointment is the speakers. I often find myself switching to earbuds when I want better sound quality. An audiophile will most certainly want to use external speakers or headphones/earbuds. Battery life is acceptable but I rarely use it for more than an hour so without plugging in. It easily handles the basic tasks I use it for, like browsing, email, chatting, streaming, word processing etc.. It's not lighting fast but it's far from slow. With the 800GB of available drive space, I've started storing a lot of my files locally again, rather than just in the cloud. It also doesn't come loaded with a bunch of useless manufacturer software, which was refreshing to see.I'd recommend this laptop over other similar laptops made by some of the well know laptop manufactures. Of course there are better laptops at higher price points, but at the price point of this laptop it should meet or exceed expectations.

It holds up fairly well, but definitely has some odd quirks.

I'll start out with the good stuff first. The chargers really impress me. They're convenient and hold up WELL, even if I wish they were the side-ways USB-Cs, rather than the standard ones to prevent damage to the power plug ins. It also looks good and has a pretty solid keyboard that I'm confident will hold up to the heavy usage I'll put it through.

I'm unsure if I just got unlucky, or if all are like this. There's random rebooting, and a lot of struggling with memory when playing games or browsing despite having 16Gbs of ram.

It does tend to also overheat if stored for a quick 15 minute drive in a laptop bag, even when it's in sleep mode and has browsing sites open or background things running. I find it in the mornings often having the fans running full blast despite nothing running on it.

This thing is awesome considering price and performance.I added 16GB RAM for a total of 32GB for gaming and multimedia on Bazzite OS 👌🏾I am happy with my decision.

I just got it and the setup is a pain in the ass, but ALL computer setups are a pain in the ass! I spent hours reloading Cad software and video games, printer drivers and 3d printer drivers. It fast for both gaming and works well with the 3 Cad programs I use and Blender as well. Perhaps it's just an old fart like me that hates having to setup new computers? I remember back when I built my first computer a TI 3036 kit and time was different back then. LOL ;) I got it at a heck of a deal also.

I barely used it but I like it.

Did not work, but company was quick to remake care of it. C