The Morefine Nexus N1 Is a Compact NAS That Doubles as an AI Workstation — Complete With a Desktop GPU Slot

A NAS That Means Business

The line between network-attached storage and workstation just got a lot blurrier. Morefine's new Nexus N1 crams a surprisingly capable AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS — that's eight Zen 4 cores and sixteen threads — into a compact chassis that also happens to house four hot-swap 3.5-inch hard drive bays, three M.2 NVMe SSD slots, and dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports.

But the headline feature? A full-size PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (wired x8) that accepts desktop graphics cards up to 330 millimeters long. That means you can slide in an RTX 4070 or an AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and turn your NAS into a local AI inference machine or a transcoding powerhouse — all from the same box serving files to your network.

The Specs That Matter

The Nexus N1 supports up to 96 GB of DDR5-5600 ECC memory across two SO-DIMM slots, which is a serious nod to reliability-conscious users running ZFS or unRAID with error correction. Storage flexibility is excellent: those four hot-swap bays support RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, and JBOD configurations, while the three M.2 slots handle your fast-tier caching or boot drives.

A 3-inch front touchscreen provides at-a-glance system status without needing to SSH in or fire up a web dashboard. Connectivity includes WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and a pair of USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports alongside those dual 10 GbE NICs.

Pricing and Availability

The Nexus N1 is available as a barebones kit starting at $759. You'll bring your own RAM, drives, and GPU, which keeps the entry cost reasonable for a machine with this much potential. For homelab enthusiasts who've been running separate NAS and AI inference boxes, the Nexus N1 makes a compelling case for consolidation.

Sources: Liliputing (March 3, 2026), NotebookCheck (March 4, 2026)