Mini PC, G11 AMD Ryzen Embedded R2514 (Beats 4300U/N150), 16GB DDR4 RAM 512GB PCIe M.2 SSD, Business Office Personal Desktop Computer Dual NIC 2.5GbE USB-C HDMI Triple Display

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.

Because I work from home, I require something with slightly a bit more power. Will this unit be good for most casual users? Absolutely. It's a great unit, but because of the intensity of my WFH VMware and other virtual desktops, this little guy just didn't have enough power. However, this is to no fault of the unit, and most likely the fault of the programs I have installed, so I am currently in the process of working with GMKtec to resolve this issue. Even though this item didn't meet my specific needs, I wasn't upset about it - I was more frustrated with myself for not doing a bit more research. Bright side? Working with GMKtec (if you've ever emailed their support, you know the guy I speak of! J is probably the reason for most of the 5 star reviews on here!) has resolved this issue, in a seamless, hassle-free way. I recommend this unit for those who don't need a lot of power, and are more of a casual PC user - You'll enjoy this unit. But if you, like me, are a tech guy who does a LOT of work on his pc, this may not be the best for you. I'm already looking forward to my next purchase from GMKtec! If you're looking for an amazing pc that doesn't take up a lot of space, and can keep up with larger, more bulky desktops, and even outperform them, you won't find anything better than GMKtec. Thanks to assistance from GMKtek, I was currently in the process of ordering the M5 unit. This one is more ideal, as it has a larger RAM capacity, and can keep up with my virtual desktops! Having researched the 16 GB of ram this unit has, I am confident that it will allow me to resume my work with ease. Users may also enjoy the fact that the M5 unit is Ryzen based, not Intel, which removes some of the limitations that Intel has on their PCs. While the M5 is not a heavy-duty gaming unit (It's unlikely it will play the latest AAA games) but casual gamers will find the Nucbox M5 unit's Radeon Vega will definitely be enough for older games. The price is affordable, and the Nucbox M5 unit currently has a rating of 5 stars. Almost unheard of for technology! But this is GMKtec we're speaking of here. Quality items with incredible support plus a 1-year warranty = Massive win for their customers! Note: This is not a paid endorsement for GMKtec - Just the honest words of a true fan of this business.

I got this for my clone hero setup. I occasionally use it for minor computer functions but mostly just clone hero. I should've gotten the one with bigger storage for barely more money but overall this works really well, I was easily able to navigate everything to add the games, and all the songs from the original games with lots of space left. Haven't used it for other games because I'd quickly run out of space. Overall works perfect for clone hero though. Edit: I've now had it for several months. When playing clone hero don't expect crazy high fps. Fps with everything else turned off and settings good is 250-300. That's with no video background also. With a video background it's 150-200 fps. It also randomly slows down and then fast forwards or straight up skips a little. It's usable but a little frustrating when you start to get really good. Id definitely like to have something with more storage and definitely ram because this RAM is showing that just having CH open uses 100% of RAM. Now to the computer aspects. It works totally fine as a normal computer, but gets slow when you start adding other apps. I couldn't use high power computer games and even mobile ones sometimes froze. It also really slowed down opening tabs and stuff and just navigating anything is a little slow. It still works fine but it could definitely use a little more space and processing power. Second edit: I recently started sim racing and was running it on my laptop since I don't have an actual PC, and just for the heck of it I downloaded raceroom on this thing and hooked up my g29 and... It's running pretty much as well as it does on my $1k laptop. I have switched over my setup to this instead because it's easier and runs it basically as well, and basically never crashed, whereas my laptop crashed frequently. This mini PC is way too good for its price. Overall still a good little PC you can use anywhere, and for the price really is remarkable. Yes I have complaints but I will not be reducing my stars because for the price it performs better than I expected. My update is more to let other clone hero players, or people buying this to game, that you probably want a little more than what this has. Although the price is unbeatable if you get it on sale. I got mine for about $120. (After second update this is less true. For most games this does underperform and you'll want something better. But it randomly is really really good at certain games. It runs clone hero AND raceroom better than my main computer. Originally was 4 stars but will now be 5 stars)

Got this for only one day. Price seems to be very good for a decent quality. Unit is around the same size of a NUC13 which I own, but is substantially lower in weight, and of course also in price and performance. With that said, it provides sufficient performance to be used as a TV box. It works fine in my older HD TV, but it seemed to struggle with my 4K monitor running at 60 Hz. At this point I still don’t know if it was a problem of my monitor or the unit itself. Although not specifically mentioned in the product description, unit comes with Windows 11 Pro pre-installed. I’m a Linux person but since Windows is already there, I plan to keep it there for a while. However, I’ve tried running Remote Desktop to a Linux machine to play some videos, but the video and sound got so choppy that it was not workable. The dilemma is that I have some videos in a format that would require me to login to my MS account and perhaps buy or subscribe to some licenses if I were to play these videos in Windows, but I hate doing that, so sooner or later I might just install Linux on this PC. Update: After more use and testing, I’ve come to the conclusion that this PC is under-powered even for 4K videos, but it suffices for lower resolutions. It consistently struggles and stutters while my 6 year old PC with an i5 CPU had no trouble. I have since switched to Linux and upgraded the RAM to 16G, but the conclusion is the same.

This little i3 system is small enough to fit into the palm of my hand (which always amazes me how small these systems are getting considering how powerful they are). On top of being small, the power efficiency is fantastic. While on idle it was drawing around 6-7 Watts total. While running a Youtube video and a second window for browsing it only came up to about 8-9 Watts. When I tested it around max load it went up to 22 Watts. As this is an i3 CPU and not an AMD APU don't expect to be able to do much gaming on this. I tested out the Final Fantasy 1 Remaster and it mostly ran at 60FPS 1080p, but that game is not going to have very high requirements at all. I also tested out Super Tux Kart, which ran well enough at 1080p. Much older games or very basic games should run fine. I didn't test any other games, because honestly, I don't plan to use this system for gaming. Eventually I plan to put Debian Linux on it and use it for containerized applications, which this system will happily handle. This system would also be a great candidate for Batocera Linux. The default OS on this system is Windows 11 PRO. Take note of this being the PRO version, as it comes out of the box as a much cleaner experience and the ability to run a local only account without workarounds. It also came without any OEM bloat and the advertisements seem to be turned off by default. This is a much better Windows 11 experience than I am accustomed to. The internals are VERY easy to get to. Just pop the top off (no screws) and you are able to access the RAM and SSD. Two HDMI Ports and plenty of USB ports as well. I am a very big fan of the ease of access. Overall I am happy with this product. I would recommend it to anyone who wants a decent system for basic desktop tasks or for small container workloads.

This seems to be a very capable product with all the features of a full sized PC. At first I was skeptical about all the PC components integrated into such a small desktop box. But I have been running mine for 10-12 hours a day since June 6th and have been routinely checking its operations with one of the hardware monitor tools that comes with Linux Mint. I did buy this model for two reasons: 1. at 14 years old, my desktop tower is getting very old, 2. for a long time I've been wanting to get away from Windows and start using Linux (I settled on the Mint version). I used another Amazon offering (EZITSOL) to install Mint. EZITSOL made Mint installation simple and quick. After a couple days use, I had a set of questions for the support folks at GMKtec. The questions centered on accessing the boot menu and about the 6 internal temperature sensors in the G11. Fired off the first set of questions and they responded the next day. The first questions focused on how to access the boot menu. I learned that the G11 uses a new boot tech referred to as UEFI. Under this system the boot information is kept in an EFI partition. There is no longer a MBR (master boot record). GMKtec support informed me that by tapping F7 during the power up cycle, you will get access to the EFI file. Sent a second set of questions centered on reading and interpreting the 6 temperature sensors. Again, support responded the next day. The Mint tool I used displayed the temp in C and provided a rather cryptic descriptor to each sensor. The GMKtec support folks decoded the labels and provided typical operating temperature ranges for each sensor: Sensor Label Respective PC Component Typical operating range Realtek Internal NBASE-T PHY/Temp1 Ethernet Controller #1 80-85C Realtek Internal NBASE-T PHY/Temp1 Ethernet Controller #2 80-85C ../../nvme0/temp1 M2 NVMe SSD Controller below 75C k10temp/temp1 AMD CPU below 85C ..1../phyO/temp1 WiFi/Bluetooth 80-85C amdgpu/temp1 Graphics CPU 80-85C Support also explained that the G11 has cooling fans and that if temps approach the operating limits, the OS will automatically throttle down component operating speeds which will result in significant cooling. Having built several PCs you learn that air circulation is critical to the life of a PC's components. That's why I would recommend using the G11 as a desktop PC. If you have an application that requires the G11 to be inside a cabinet then make sure the cabinet is well vented. Mine is sitting on the desktop and I installed a set of silicon bumpers I got from Amazon that elevate my G11 10mm (about 3/8in) of clearance above the desktop - a little insurance to ensure max air circulation. Negatives - none yet Positives - affordable, fast PC, volumes of storage, plenty of supported apps (Thunderbird, Firefox, Libre Open Office) and many productivity tools, super quiet, and great product support. The G11 support folks seem very knowledgeable, respond quickly, and keep the tech jargon to a minimum.

Bought this computer for very basic use at a cabin in the woods. Used for email, internet, etc. -- no gaming or major league video work. Perfect, capable, inexpensive solution to my needs. Used very sparingly, my first unit went bad about 8 months after purchase-- well short of the 1 year warranty. Would not boot and "looped" on and off endlessly. Contacted GMKtec customer service and found OUTSTANDING response!! After working back and forth via email to diagnose the issue, GMKtec decided to have me return the barebones unit (without SSD and RAM) to a US address and replace it with a new unit. Received the new unit from China within about 2 weeks. Installed the SSD and RAM and voila-- works exactly as expected. While unfortunate that I first had a defective unit, I give GMKtec customer service an A+++ for their response. I recommend the company and will definitely purchase my next mini computer from them.

Almost a perfect mini computer! I'm not a computer engineer, but, I have a technical background and understand most things about pc's. With this said, I was hesitant getting this, as the price for the larger RAM model (16GB) seemed to good to be true, coming with a licensed Win11 operating system onboard. I was pleasantly surprised! It comes with Win 11 baked in, excellent (fast) Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. Web pages load almost immediately. Running a several apps at once the unit gets warm, as the CPU will clock above it's normal 800MHz speed (I watched it clock to around 1.8GHz), but the fan is quiet. I had to look to see it was running. Only negative I can find, it does NOT handle multitasking (heavy loading) very well. If you have multiple apps open and ask it to transfer data, or something else, it bogs down. I would NOT use this as a gaming pc, as I think the description says it can be. The built-in video RAM is small and the clock speed is about 500MHz. Again, for Web surfing, emails, occasional word processing and spreadsheets you'll be fine! I tried creating a Recovery Disk, using a 32GB Samsung mini jump drive (it says the disk needed is 16GB), with ALL other apps I had open closed, and after waiting over 2 hours the status bar was only about 1/4 of the way across! I would strongly suggest creating and scheduling Restore Points every month, and, backing up your files to an external drive, just in case. In summary, for the price you pay, if you're not a gamer you'll be happy with this unit! UPDATE (10/31/25): After upgrading the RAM to 32GB (max allowable) this mini PC is SUPER FAST! It starts-up from off in about 10 seconds! It also handles multi-tasking MUCH better than with the included 16GM RAM it came with. I've included a pic of the RAM I purchased in case you desire to upgrade using what I used. No, I don't make money off the recommendation. I got that RAM from AliExpress for a way better price than through other online retailers...

small size high quality

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.

Strangely came with Windows! Now running Ubuntu server very well, no issues, makes a great appliance for zoneminder and jellyfin.

nice PC - needs SD card slot and a USB-C port, decent speed for daily tasks. worth purchasing for kids and home use.