After teasing the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 upgrade to the Framework Destkop mini PC, Framework has officially announced that pre-orders for the SFF desktop will start on Wednesday, 30 September. The announcement came in a post on the OEM's official X account, where it also confirmed that, as is typical with its Framework Laptop upgrades, the rest of the motherboard and case will remain the same, for backwards compatibility purposes.

Currently, it is unclear how much the new AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495-powered mini PC will cost, but it'd be a safe bet to assume it will be more expensive than the current-generation Ryzen AI Max+ 395 model, especially on the high-end version, topping out at 192 GB of LPDDR5X-8533 memory where the 395 version tops out at 128 GB.

Having an identical design means that the SFF Framework Desktop will still use a full-size Flex ATX PSU, feature a PCIe ×4 slot—primarily for networking—and a choice of cooling fans, ranging from the Noctua NF-A12×25 HS-PWM to the Cooler Master Mobius 120 or 120P. Framework has also said that it will continue shipping the Framework Desktop with either Fedora or Windows 11 for the pre-built versions.