ACEMAGIC Launches Retro X5 Mini PC That Nails Nintendo NES Style With a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Inside
ACEMAGIC is leaning hard into nostalgia with its newest compact system, the Retro X5, a mini PC that looks strikingly close to the classic Nintendo Entertainment System while packing one of AMD’s most capable current generation mobile platforms, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. The Retro X5 is part of ACEMAGIC’s Retro X Series, which the company introduced last month with two models, Retro X5 and Retro X3.
Visually, the Retro X5 is a deliberate throwback. The dual tone grey and white chassis echoes the NES aesthetic, while the front panel modernizes the layout with practical I O.
ACEMAGIC shifts the power button to the right and replaces the classic reset style placement with front connectivity, including:
USB Type C on the front
Two USB Type A ports on the front
3.5 mm audio jack on the front
Around the back, the Retro X5 expands into a more workstation friendly port selection for a device this size:
Two USB Type A 3.2 ports
One USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C port
One HDMI 2.1
One DisplayPort 2.0
Dual 2.5G LAN
In practical terms, that combo positions the Retro X5 as a strong living room PC candidate, a compact creator box, or a minimalist desktop for users who want multi display support and wired bandwidth headroom.
The headline component is the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, AMD’s Strix Point chip that brings a CPU plus iGPU plus NPU package aimed at productivity, AI workloads, and surprisingly capable gaming at the right settings.
On the graphics side, the Retro X5 uses the Radeon 890M iGPU based on RDNA 3.5, a configuration that has quickly become a go to option across premium mini PCs and performance focused handheld style devices. For gamers, this is the kind of integrated graphics that can handle modern esports titles comfortably and makes indie and older AAA libraries extremely viable, especially when paired with sensible resolution and quality targets.
ACEMAGIC is launching the Retro X5 in China with a single configuration listed in your notes:
32 GB RAM
1 TB SSD
Price: 6,499 Yuan, roughly US$940
Global availability is still unclear based on the current information, and ACEMAGIC has not confirmed a wider rollout in the details provided here.
ACEMAGIC’s Retro X3 is still pending launch. It is expected to be a more budget oriented option built around a Zen 4 class processor, the Ryzen 7 H 255, with the Radeon 780M iGPU. ACEMAGIC has not shared final pricing or availability timing for this model yet.
If this lands outside China, would you want the Retro X5 as a living room couch PC for game streaming and emulation, or as a compact daily driver for work and content creation?
