GMKtec Mini PC NucBox G5, Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake N97 (up to 3.6GHz), 12GB RAM 256GB M.2 SSD, Home, Business, Office Mini Computer, 4K UHD Dual HDIMI, RJ45-Pink

This pc is great for the price for office work and mid range gaming.The best performance for games listed1. World of Warcraft classic and classic catalysm runs 8.5 out of 10.2. Elder scrolls online 8.0 out of 10Games that runs very poorly.1. Elden ring 4.5 out of 10.2. Bauldres gate 3 3.5 out of 10.3. New world 1.5 out of 10.4. Age of mythology retold .5 out of 10.5. Mind craft 3.5 out of 10.6. The Witcher series 2.5 out of 10.7. Ghost recon series 1.5 out of 10.This pc is not good for high end gaming. It’s more for mid range to low end gaming. It is still a good pc for home and office use and mid range gaming and low end gaming.

This is a pretty amazing little computer! Although it's tiny and therefore very portable, you obviously need a monitor and keyboard/mouse to go with it. We thought we'd try this as a replacement for the little Lenovo laptop that we've had anchored to a desk for most of it's life anyway, as that laptop isn't upgradable to Win11. This one comes with Win11 Pro, so it should be good for the foreseeable future. It is surprisingly much faster than our little laptop, and has been flawless so far.Getting it up and running was easy, and for routine web browsing and light duty work it barely gets even warm. It easily handles Office Pro applications, and I've even successfully run an architectural CAD program on it. It takes a few seconds or so to render and while I prefer running this software on a computer with a little more horsepower, it's certainly doable. It has also easily handled some photographic image editing. I have not tried video editing or gaming, and my guess is it'll struggle more with these, but assuming you have reasonable expectations it's definitely worth the price paid.Hopefully it holds up as long as the several older laptops I have that are about to be retired with Win10. Two of those started life with Win7 and have been going for years. Time will tell.

I just set up two of these in the house: one as a HTPC hooked to a TV, and one to power an arcade machine for retro gaming. I'm really happy for both use cases.For the HTPC, I used the Windows 11 installation that comes installed. The power of this outstrips anything you could possibly need for an HTPC.For retro gaming, this was an upgrade to an old compact PC. Despite the low cost, this upgrade allowed me to use Batocera to run emulators up through the PS2, Dreamcast, and even some Gamecube games at at least native resolution, and in most cases scaled up multiple times and with shaders for smoothing, etc. Don't be misled by the fact that the "N97" number is slightly lower than N100 or N150, and is a couple of years old now. In reality, this has a much stronger GPU than either of these, giving much better performance for gaming stuff (of course you're still not going to be running Cyberpunk 2077 or anything). There's no free lunch, the cost of this extra performance is that it draws 12W at nominal performance, and as much as 19W at peak load, but that's still not a lot of energy.

Surprisingly fast! I have been using it to run Proxmox for my homelab setup with no issues at all. Very tiny, so it can be hidden away just about anywhere.

Amazon made me change my very detailed review, which included my specific use for this mini pc, with several photos, to make it more vague on the details for some reason. I got it for use as a media server and it works great for that. Low power consumption, quiet operating noise, very small form factor, and internal storage is upgradeable up to 2TB but external drives work fine. However, RAM is not upgradeable. So if it's important, you should buy the option with the amount of RAM you want.

Easy to setup. Reasonably fast for browsing & streaming, especially for this price point. This is our 2nd purchase, we've been using the 1st reliably for almost 2 years and it's still going strong.

After about a month usage, my opinions are:1. It is a powerful CPU packed in a rubik cube size2. Windows 11 pro installation starts once you switch on the PC first time3. Fast boot and smooth operation.4. Great for internet browsing, videos and ms office5. Some important softwares were installed and run smoothly6. Does not get overheated.7. Three USB ports, Two Hdmi and one LAN ports available8. Absolutely happy to own this little monster9. Not tried for gaming10. A great space saving in small officesCaution: Be careful with the windows update for the first time. It takes more time than usual and dont lose patience. (It may take even one hour for the first update) If you abruptly stop updates, your windows may become corrupt.Subsequent updates are ok.

This is a great value. It works perfectly, Windows loaded the first time in moments, and it functions well. I have this one and a previous generation, and I'm really happy with it.My use case: I have WSA running a couple of Android apps. I also use WSL and Powershell in the Terminal program.I have Docker Desktop running pi-hole. I use it to access some remote machines via SSH in Mobaxterm. I use Tailscale to access my work network. Most of the time I'm also using Chrome with several tabs open. I'm definitely not a gamer.It doesn't feel slow. I also have a K8 and a M5 from the same company for when I need heavy loads. But for the above use case, it's perfect.