Starting a guild thread for Batch 9 Q4 2025. Ordered Nov 2025 for UK delivery, ETA Dec 2025, although that feels far out of reach now.
My configuration:
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
GeForce RTX 5070
DDR5-5600 - 96GB (2 x 48GB)
WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe - M.2 2280 - 2TB
WD_BLACK SN770M NVMe - M.2 2230 - 2TB
Power Adapter - 240W - UK/IE/HK/SG
Laptop 16 Bezel - Orange
RGB US English (2nd Gen)
Numpad Module (2nd Gen)
2 x USB-C (Translucent Green)
2 x USB-C (Translucent Orange)
2 x USB-A
Same here Batch 9, i hope i get mine this year :3
My Configuration
CPU: AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series - Ryzen™ AI 7 350
Graphics Module (NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070)
Power Adapter - 240W - EU/KR
Framework Laptop 16 Bezel - Black
German (2nd Gen)
2 x Framework Laptop 16 Spacer - Black
Numpad Module (2nd Gen)
HDMI (3rd Gen)
Ethernet
2 x USB-C (Aluminum)
USB-C (Red)
2 x USB-A
RAM and SSD i bought just beforethe Pricehike (2x32 GB Crucial DDR5 5600MT, 1TB Crucial SSD)
Reading the threads of the other guilds I’m starting to loose hope of our batch getting here before Christmas. I even asked Support and they were very vauge. I ordered mine once I noticed ram was going crazy so I only got 32 Gigs.
Thanks for making this! I’m also batch 9, ordered in late November. I’m hoping I got lucky and missed any RAM price jumps, and that we’ll still get ours before the end of the year.
My configuration:
System: AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series - Ryzen™ AI 7 350
Expansion Bay Module: Expansion Bay Shell
Memory: DDR5-5600 - 32GB (2 x 16GB)
Storage: WD_BLACK™ SN7100 NVMe™ - M.2 2280 - 1TB
Power Adapter: Power Adapter - 240W - US/Canada
Laptop Bezel: Framework Laptop 16 Bezel - Black
Keyboard: US English (2nd Gen)
Numpad: Numpad Module (2nd Gen)
Expansion Cards:
MicroSD (2nd Gen)
2 x USB-C (Aluminum)
2 x USB-A
HDMI (3rd Gen)
This will be a major upgrade from my Lenovo IdeaPad for school. I’m going to run Linux (probably Arch with niri). I’m planning on getting the NVIDIA module later next year when they’re out of preorder (and once I’m confident I can get it to work well on Linux). Besides school I do a lot of web development and sometimes heaver stuff, and I’m hoping to utilize some of the AI cores on the board to run a few local code completion models.
I’m sure it won’t come before Christmas so I hope it comes after since I’ll be gone that week. I’m surprised the estimate was December.
System: AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series – Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370
Expansion Bay Module: Graphics Module (NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070)
Expansion Bay: Expansion Bay Shell
Memory: DDR5-5600 – 96GB (2 × 48GB)
Storage: WD_BLACK™ SN850X NVMe™ – M.2 2280 – 8TB
Storage: WD_BLACK™ SN770M NVMe™ – M.2 2230 – 2TB
Power Adapter: Power Adapter – 240W – US/Canada
Laptop Bezel: Framework Laptop 16 Bezel – Orange
Keyboard: RGB US English (2nd Gen)
2 × Spacer: Framework Laptop 16 Spacer – Orange
2 Ă— LED Matrix: LED Matrix
Macropad: RGB Macropad Module (2nd Gen)
Expansion Cards (I have a couple display spares from my 13):
USB-A
4 Ă— USB-C (Red)
Edit: forgot to add I ordered Dec 2nd
Ordered 28 Nov 2025:
Configuration
System: Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (DIY)
Expansion Bay Module: Graphics Module (AMD Radeon RX 7700S) (2nd Gen) w/ Empty Shell as backup
Power Adapter: Power Adapter - 240W - EU/KR
Customization
Laptop Bezel: Framework Laptop 16 Bezel - Black
Keyboard: RGB US English (2nd Gen)
2 x Spacer: Framework Laptop 16 Spacer - Black
2 x LED Matrix: LED Matrix
Numpad: Numpad Module (2nd Gen)
Macropad: RGB Macropad Module (2nd Gen)
Expansion Cards
6 x USB-C (Aluminum)
2 x USB-A
HDMI (3rd Gen)
DisplayPort (2nd Gen)
Ethernet
MicroSD (2nd Gen)
SD
Audio
1TB (1st Gen)
Rationale
I wanted basically everything I could ever need as a expansion port, with the USB-C ports as the baseline/fillers and the rest slotted in when/if needed. In other words: maximum flexibility.
My current huge LG beast has HDMI, Display Port and USB-C inputs so these cards should be fine for now. (and it, together with the F16 will probably be connected to a yet-to-be-bought dock from Ugreen at home anyway)
Was on the fence regarding the 1Tb storage card for a while, but thought it could be handy (and what’s EUR 140 on a laptop valued over EUR 3000 in total anyway 
)
Numpad/Macropad to slot in when I need/want to. LED Matrix spacers to play with (and hopefully practice system programming w/ Rust a bit), and because they looked nice on Youtube 
(and when I get tired of them I can replace them with the default blacks)
Went for the RX 7700 instead of the Nv 5070 because a) this will be a Linux (Gentoo) based system with -maybe- Windows 11 in a VM sprinkled on top (but we’ll see about that in practice), and I don’t really want to deal with the hell which apparently is Nvidia on Linux; b) in synthetic benchmarks @ techpowerup it seems this card is actually faster than the 5070 mobile overall. If I need real muscle I have a RX 9070 XT and a EGPU dock anyway; and c) the laptop has a Radeon 890, I already had a 9070 XT sitting in its box so why get Nvidia with all potential hassle dealing with a mixed AMD/Nvidia setup?
Memory (Crucial, 128G), Primary storage (SN850X), Secondary storage (SN770) I bought myself at somewhat friendlier price points than those on this site (and before the craziness really started, although my SODIMMs already were listed at ~$750 on Amazon…)
Ordered December 2nd.
)Expansion cards:
I basically maxed out everything, except the graphics card as I don’t want to fight against Nvidia drivers for a week once I get the computer.
It’s a company expense so I saved almost 1k€ on VAT, which is nice. Also it’s 100% deductible, otherwise I couldn’t have afforded that 
Hoping to get this at least in January, already preparing my NixOS config to migrate to my new FW16, currently running an old thinkpad with 8gb of RAM and Intel i5, so it’s going to be pretty sweet.
Shared minds…
I think they can/will only adjust prices for new incoming orders, i.e. you ordered, and paid part of the price so there’s pretty much a legally binding contract, including a agreed price, between parties. If they would drastically increase prices for orders already queued that would pretty much ensure a metric shit ton of cancellations and bad marketing and quite possibly the end of Framework as a company. So I don’t really think they will go that far.
New orders however are pretty much free game I guess…. They (as in Framework) probably can keep prices pretty low until their current SSD/mainboard/dGPU/SODIMM stocks runs out, but if/when that happens like all other manufacturers they pretty much will have to adjust to market prices and… oh boy 
My turn.
Ordered 05-12-2025
The 2nd 500GB HDD will be for Fedora KDE Plasma. After having been years away from Linux, I am feeling the itch again.
Framework Laptop 16 DIY Edition (AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series) Expansion Bay Module: Expansion Bay Shell
System: AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series - Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370
Memory: DDR5-5600 - 64GB (2 x 32GB)
Storage: WD_BLACK™ SN7100 NVMe™ - M.2 2280 - 1TB
Storage: WD_BLACK™ SN770M NVMe™ - M.2 2230 - 500GB
Operating System: Windows 11 Pro (Download)
Power Adapter - 240W - AU/NZ
Laptop Bezel: Framework Laptop 16 Bezel - Black
Spacer: Framework Laptop 16 Spacer - Black x 2
Keyboard: Framework Laptop 16 Keyboard - US English (2nd Gen)
Numpad: Numpad Module (2nd Gen)
USB-C Expansion Card - Aluminum x 3
USB-A Expansion Card x 2
HDMI (3rd Gen) Expansion Card
DisplayPort (2nd Gen) Expansion Card
Ethernet Expansion Card
MicroSD (2nd Gen) Expansion Card
SD Expansion Card
Ordered 2025-11-25. Configuration:
I plan to keep the 2x USB-C cards in the back 2 slots for charging/USB 4/dock use I am going to use this laptop with a bunch of old (and some very old) equipment, so I will fill the rest of the slots with the DB9 serial, Ethernet, and USB-A ports. I will pull those out and swap in HDMI/DisplayPort as needed.
Why did I get 5 of the DB9 serial expansion cards? Because JLCPCB let me choose 2, or 5+ when ordering the PCBs. A friend also wanted 1, and I was not 100% confident so I ordered 5 hoping 2 would work. Seems all 5 work, yay!
I might get one of those custom USB-A modules that fits the Logitech Unifying Receiver inside it, depending on how reliable the Bluetooth is with my mouse.
I will likely run Linux (probably Debian + KDE Plasma, but if I have issues I’ll distro hop a bit) and have 2 Windows VMs: Windows 11 and Windows XP (did I mention I need to work with some very old equipment?).
Based on my friend’s experience with his 1st-gen Laptop 16, I am excited to get mine, but also not holding my breath to actually get it this year. But I would love to be surprised by Batch 9 actually shipping in December!
This was in batch 5, but I decided to treat myself and the upgrade to a AI 9 370, so now I’m with you classy folks!
System: AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series - Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370
Expansion Bay Module: Graphics Module (AMD Radeon™ RX 7700S) (2nd Gen)
Power Adapter: Power Adapter - 240W - US/Canada
Customization
Laptop Bezel: Framework Laptop 16 Bezel - Orange
Keyboard: Portuguese (2nd Gen)
Macropad: RGB Macropad Module (2nd Gen)
Expansion Cards editEdit
3 x USB-C (Translucent Orange)
USB-A
Audio
USB-C (Red)
I’m passing my first gen 16 to my wife, so the portuguese keyboard is for her.
I’ve still got 96gb of ram from last year, so I snatched 64gb of RAM a few weeks ago when the news started that the price would be going up and to the right.
Wait, I’m batch 7 not 9, sorry.
I did think your order date was quite early 
Yeah I looked at the expected delivery date not the batch number
But that also tells me the delivery in december probably won’t happen… unless we have a big surprise.
They’ve just started preparing the orders of batches 3, 4 and 5.
I’ve read here or on Reddit from someone who supposedly has manufacturing experience that what’s likely happening is that they have to order in bigger quantities to keep the manufacturer price low in order to still turn a decent profit (after the RAM prices fiasco).
So that post,made prior to the batches 3, 4 and 5 being in preparation, stated that they probably will have to group batches 3, 4, 5 and part of 6 together. Then they’ll likely do 6, 7, 8 and hopefully 9 together as well.
Seeing how things are unfolding, there might be truth to this… or it might be unrelated. I haven’t looked into previous pre-orders to get an idea of how much abnormal this is.
I’m guessing it’s quite the rush at Framework right now, they also have an incentive to fulfill as much orders as they can (or at least charge them) before the end of the year in order to have better end of year numbers to show to their investors/board of directors; so I’m confident they’re trying to go as fast as they can. I hope this won’t have a negative impact on manufacturing or packing quality/integrity
Let’s hope we’ll all receive that order processing email this year, at least!
I had similar thoughts that perhaps production was being reorganized to improve economies of scale in light of recent pricing/shortage developments. Don’t know how much merit this theory has, but 3 batches going out together certainly is promising.
Ordered mine on Nov. 30th. I’m not thinking it’ll arrive by Christmas, but one can only hope
Config:
new framework user after my old laptop decided it’s going to overheat because uhhhhh bad building (dont buy victus.)! hopefully will get it soon i want to play my Video Games.
System: AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series - Ryzen™ AI 7 350
Expansion Bay Module: Graphics Module (AMD Radeon™ RX 7700S) (2nd Gen)
Expansion Bay: Expansion Bay Shell
Memory: DDR5-5600 - 16GB (2 x 8GB)
Storage: WD_BLACK™ SN7100 NVMe™ - M.2 2280 - 1TB
Customization
Laptop Bezel: Framework Laptop 16 Bezel - Black
Keyboard: US English (2nd Gen)
2 x Spacer: Framework Laptop 16 Spacer - Black
Expansion Cards
USB-C (Black)
3 x USB-A
DisplayPort (2nd Gen)
SD
honestly idk how batch shipping usually goes here but I assume the uh. state of the computer market is Not Helping™ so yknow. i can be patient.
(edit, also ordered dec 1st. i also plan to just run linux mint on it cause idk it Works and that’s good enough for me)
Edit 2: decided to cancel my pre-order and get a 13 cause my current laptop is worse then I thought. Nothing against Framework cause god knows not being a billion dollar provider in this current economy is hell, and hey it’s one less pre-order to worry about.
Current FW 13 (AMD 7040) user here. When the first 16” came out I was quite tempted but convinced myself to wait for the next round. Now I’m all out of excuses…
My Batch 9 preorder:
I’m using the existing 96GB RAM, 2TB SSD, and expansion cards from my 13”. Still deciding what to do with the old mainboard, chassis, input cover, and WiFi adapter.
At this point I’m not sure if shipping in December is super likely, so I’m hoping for early January at the latest.