GMKtec Mini PC Computres N95(Turbo 3.4GHz) 16GB DDR4 512GB SSD Desktop Computer 4K Dual HDMI Display/3x USB3.2/WiFi 5 BT5.0/RJ45 Ethernet Nucbox G3S

Great, compact product - setup and working as my home assistant server. Lots of CPU headroom and 16GB RAM is plentiful to also use as a frigate server and DIY NAS when connected with a DAS via the USB 3.2 port. So far so good - the performance for its size is impressive.

This tiny gkmtec G2 plus has exceeded all my expectations. When I received it I immediately wiped it and did a fresh install of windows 11 pro as I'm very picky about my windows installation and like things set up and running to my own standards and with as little interaction with Microsoft etc as possible. After installing windows 11 pro I installed the appropriate drivers which I had already downloaded from the gkmtec website. This was easy to do as the site is well laid out. I then installed software like Libre Office, Adobe Photoshop, Brave browser, Surfshark VPN and much more. Everything is running fine and quite speedily considering the tiny size of the computer. Browsing is quick, 4k video playback impressive and editing in Photoshop a breeze. I also like retro gaming and I made a bootable install of Batocera with many emulators. These included Megadrive, SNES, N64, GameCube, PS2 etc etc and again everything runs great. I really didn't expect this tiny and affordable pc to be so good and I really am impressed by it. But it with confidence.

Great little unit, minimal set up. Happily communicating at 300Mbps +. Pair it with a wireless keyboard and mouse to get a tidy desk. Comes complete with a bracket to mount it to the back of a monitor. One monitor is ok but because of what I do, I have 3 screens, and it doesn't break a sweat. Runs Windows 365 seamlessly and although I've only had it a week, but it's shaping up to be a very capable little box.

A very good PC for the money. A very good speed. USB3 works well for my external drive. Great picture quality, reasonably good sound (but I use an external sound card) and it sits nicely on the back of my monitor. The only thing is (and it's true of any PC) is that there are not enough USB ports. But that's easily solved with an external hub :)

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I like this little computer very much. It will replace a n all in one desktop which is so slow it drives me mad. The new one is fast , loads and closes quickly and is a pleasure to use . I don’t play games , so I can’t comment on its abilities there but it suits my usage perfectly . My only regret is not to have bought it sooneri

I have only had this for 48 hours but so far it has exceeded expectations. Bought as a replacement to an 8 year old HP Pavilion I7 desktop, firstly the volume of the PC box is only 1/50th the size and weighs almost nothing - amazing. Admittedly it only has 3 USB sockets but I do need more ! With DDR5, wifi6, usb3.2, etc the speed is as fast or faster than my old I7-HP in general use. Wifi linked first time to my vodafone 500 router with download speed of over 400. I attached a new bluetooth mouse and keyboard which also worked out of the box and saved one usb . I am using an HP monitor and HDMI again with no problem. A Samsung portable 2Tb HDD attached via USB again with no problem. Yes windows 11 does take a bit of time to work through but always does. The only minor irritation was that I bought a Microsoft Office 2024 package which wouldn't load until 15 Microsoft 365 language files had been de-installed from the ssd, eaching taking about 3-4 mins, but once done Office loaded fine. I use an external amplifier and wharfedale speakers which plugged directly into the headphone out. I haven't tried to hardwire to my router as wifi works fine. Silent in operation and only gets slightly warm. All in all , very satisfied and is a steal at £160.

The good points - small, cute, plenty of sockets, supported 3 monitors (one at 4k, 2 at FHD, well within advertised capabilities) for about ten minutes. Then refused to come out of stand-by. Nothing happened on rebooting, apart from lots of pretty lights on the box. Even unplugging two of the monitors to ease the load did not help, no start up splash screen, no progress to a log in screen, nothing. Other reviews state that customer support is non-existent, even if it was there, I don't see how they could help with a pc where you can't get a screen to show you options. So back to Amazon it goes. Shame, because it did look good for a few minutes.

Aus der Beschreibung geht nicht hervor, dass man ein US-Netzteil bekommt. Das passt hier nicht in die Steckdose.

Un perfetto mini PC. Il sistema operativo Windows pre-installato arriva senza bloatware di sorta. Il processore permette la riproduzione di contenuti in 4k senza sussulti e la grande quantità di RAM in DDR5 garantisce tempi di risposta rapidi in quasi ogni situazione. Va bene anche per fare del gaming leggero e come macchina da emulazione garantendo prestazioni di tutto rispetto con sistemi fino alla PS2. La cosa che mi ha stupito è la ricezione del WIFI che a casa mia è sempre stato scadente e devo dire che è stata ottima dal primo momento.

For the first 24 hours, I was really impressed. Really snappy performance, 8 GB of RAM was plenty for simple tasks, and the SSD was capacious at 256 GB, considering the price. The inclusion of Windows Pro made the box almost free! However, after updating to Windows 11 Build 22H3, during the process of applying updates, the computer locked up. After 60 minutes with the computer no longer visible on the network and the keyboard and mouse non-responsive, pulled the power cord. Upon restoring power and turning on the computer, the PC was stuck for hours at the spinning circle during boot. Two more power-cycles and Windows repair interface appeared. Selected Windows Reset, Local Source (wouldn't work with cloud source), Windows began resetting. However, after a restart, computer back to the infinitely spinning circle. :-( If this had proved reliable, I'd have bought a dozen or more as remote monitoring PCs for client networks. But given that I've had good luck with the similarly priced AWOW models, I will not be investing any more money or time in the GMKTek offerings. Update 01-07-2024 ----------------------- Fortunately, GMKTek provides a download for a Windows 11 re-installation ISO. With this and leveraging a fair amount of knowledge of Windows installation options, was able to re-image the SSD. Unfortunately, the product key is invalidated and I had to use a spare Windows 10 product key to re-activate Windows. Unfortunate the GMKTek hasn't worked out the same relationship with Microsoft that Dell has, whereby any Windows 11 ISO used to load Windows onto a Dell OptiPlex results in an automatically activated Windows 11 installation. Bottom line is that after recreating and updating all apsects of the re-installed Windows 11 OS, the PC is back to running normally. I know to steer clear now of some driver updates. The PC has been running for about 36 hours and I'll post an update if that changes in the near future. When this PC works, it represents a great value for the money in terms of hardware specs and a Windows 11 license. However, taking into account the time issue remediation takes and the expertise required, the TCO (total cost of ownership) rises significantly. If I never have to do brain surgery on this device again, I'll still feel the cost was justified based on the performance of this sub-$200 device. P.S. I now make a complete image backup before running/installing ANY updates so I can simply restore the image backup rather than running into yet another Windows 11 re-installation process and the requirement to use/purchase another Windows product key. P.P.S. The WIndows 11 re-installation ISO download was 11 GB and was not a standard Windows 11 installation ISO. This had to be burned to a flash drive (I used a 16 GB USB3 model; I used Rufus to create the bootable UEFI flash drive) and then the GMKTek PC booted with it. Upon boot, I was faced with a terminal window and a couple of choices. The one I chose led to an image/sysprep process that fortunately got the PC bootable once again with Windows 11 Pro. P.P.P.S. Highly recommended --> As soon as you boot the device for the first time, find a tool such as ProduKey by NirSoft and extract and save the Windows 11 product key. Ideally (although I didn't have a chance to test), this key would work if a re-install was ever required. The other option, that I was waiting for until the PC was fully updated, is to create an image backup using any number of tools, including the image backup tool in Windows. Thus, if any of your update processes results in a non-bootable PC, you can simply re-image from the backup and avoid having a non-activated instance of Windows 11. Update 01-12-2024 ----------------------- Vendor reached out proactively and offered some assistance, although I'd resolved the corrupt Windows 11 issue independently. However, that level of customer support is remarkable considering the price of this product and the lack of such support from other vendors with much pricier offerings. Due to this, upgrading the rating to four stars. Update 01-13-2024 ----------------------- Customer support proactively reached out and provided a product key so I could activate Windows 11 and free up my personal product key. GMKtec's proactive reaching out to a customer with issues is almost unparalleled in my experience over 40 years, so despite the issues I encountered, I'm raising my review to five stars. For a product this inexpensive but with excellent performance, providing this level of customer support is laudable.

Really good PC for the price,

I received this package from Amazon last Monday, superfast delivery even without Prime. The packaging was sealed and already small, and the box is even smaller, all the content is shown on the photo. The G3 is very light weight and there's a metal clamp, I believe this is to attach and hide it behind a screen, however the box takes so little space that I simply place it even on a really small desk. The box's plastic material feels like good quality and the colour is a nice, maybe dark-olive green, I prefer that over white which often gets yellowish over time, black collects dust and grey looks boring. It is replacing a bulky old Omen gaming PC in the living room area that was 8 time more in height and about the same difference is true for the surface area, the photo gives you an idea. The old PC was used mainly for internet researches, some homework related uses, some attempts in coding and writing emails etc. A Steam client was running on it with quite a collection, but more casual games. One issue was that the old PC was on 24/7 and a gaming PC is drawing a fair bit of power and I don't need the heat it produces now in summer, the Omen must have used at least 10x more energy than this G3. The tiny charger that came with the box says in small font I believe 36W, but I suppose the G3 is running on a lot less on average, so at 20 Watts it costs just about 3 cents a day to run permanently. The box is slightly warm but definitely not hot. The other issue with the Omen was that it didn't allow an upgrade to Windows 11 although the specs on that gaming PC are not bad. The G3 comes with Windows 11 preinstalled and that was very is easy to set-up. I recommend to take a backup with a 16/32 GB USB stick immediately once you've installed your browsers and any additional software. It takes about a night to run a Windows backup but it is just good practice because you don't want to be forced to buy an expensive Windows licence if ever something happens, even if it feels unlikely with a fresh Windows 11, which in my experience is a stabile OS and has become fairly secure, make sure you don't disable the updates. I've been running the G3 now for a week with three different browsers (Edge is preinstalled), countless tabs open. I had no problems connecting the Samsung screen via HDMI, a USB keyboard (even has French has second layout), a USB mouse and a headphone (cinch). My Wifi printer worked without much hassle, very easy to add it in Windows 11. This purchase fully meets my expectation and use case.