*Let me know if you've dealt with GMKtec and how their support has been. Yes they have their drivers on Google Drive and their email is via gmail instead of an actual domain but they were fine with me but that's cause I'm a reviewer and not a regular customer.* I was not paid for this review. I have to select Paid Promotion on TH-cam since I received an item of value from a third party. All opinions are my own in this one. A massive thank you to GMKtec for sending me this sample out for review! I really do appreciate it! I'm glad I got to compare this to the Geekom and finding out the winner. Check it out here if you want - www.gmktec.com/products/amd-ryzen-7-8845hs-mini-pc-nucbox-k8-plus I hope you all enjoyed this review regardless. Let me know what you thought of this one down below. NOW I'm done with Mini PCs for at least 2 years. I promise ;) Timestamps: Introduction: 0:00 Links & Disclaimers: 1:40 Current Pricing & Variations: 2:26 Advertising: 3:50 Full Specifications: 5:08 Unboxing & Around the PC: 7:06 Quick Look Inside the PC: 8:56 BIOS, Setup, Boot Times, Device Manager, GPU-Z & CPU-Z: 9:57 Onboard Microphone Test & AS SSD Benchmark: 11:11 Cinebench R23: 12:28 Cinebench 2024: 13:45 Gaming Test - Grand Theft Auto V: 14:22 Gaming Test - DOOM Eternal: 16:07 Gaming Test - Cyberpunk 2077: 17:30 Gaming Results, Thoughts & Fan Noise: 20:04 Teardown & Upgrades with bonus rambling: 21:41 Conclusion & Customer Reviews: 24:27 Links, thanks to GMKtec & Timestamps: 26:18 Rambly Outro: 27:43 Any questions let me know! Be good people!
I had to get a little box like this but I was genuinely scared away by all the bad feedback about GMK, opted to drop €100 extra and get something via minisforum instead that was guaranteed to not punish me with customs tax fines. Happy with what I've got and only waiting for cheaper 48gb sticks and a 4gb nvme.
Watching this from a Lenovo Ideacentre Mini gen 8 01IRH8 with a i5 13500h and 16gb ram that I got for 350 usd. Wasn't a fan of mini PCs, but mobile componets are getting better and better..
MiniPCs are really great for general media consumption and basic gaming(not everyone play latest games in full spec, even if I can play 2-4K I still play 1080 and I dont mind 30fps, I played 30fps my whole life, its not like today its lethal experience for human) What main issue with them is... long term thermal stress and build quality, internal not external, as pcbs are not that great. So what test you can do is running some medium-high stress over long period of time to see if you get any issues. MiniPC run like laptops so its normal for them to get hot so laptops underclock to cool a bit but some miniPC sometimes dont do that and wait to fan do the job... and that not best when you use it at the same time.
Smoorez can you Do a Review about a Yestel X2 Tablet this Thing have Spyware and adware how Do i know you think? I have it 💀 but the ui is intresting PLS Do a viedeo about it
Looking at my GMKTec sitting ontop of my REATAN that I'm using to type on. Odd choice of including two USB 2 ports, though that does mean I should be able to hack my Razer Phone 2 and update that to an AOSP build and make it a dedicated emulation phone. Not that I don't literally have 10 now, Android Emulator handhelds in Anbernic, Retroid, Odin, etc.
I'd stay away from GMKTec. My G3 died after 8 monnths of light use. It was being used for nothing more than streaming TH-cam and Amazon video content into my bedroom at night before bed. The paperwork i kept for it said it was under warranty for 1 year, but I would have to ship it bax in it's original box. Who keeps the original packaging for a computer? I won't be buying their computers again.
*Let me know if you've dealt with GMKtec and how their support has been. Yes they have their drivers on Google Drive and their email is via gmail instead of an actual domain but they were fine with me but that's cause I'm a reviewer and not a regular customer.*
I was not paid for this review. I have to select Paid Promotion on TH-cam since I received an item of value from a third party. All opinions are my own in this one.
A massive thank you to GMKtec for sending me this sample out for review!
I really do appreciate it! I'm glad I got to compare this to the Geekom and finding out the winner.
Check it out here if you want -
www.gmktec.com/products/amd-ryzen-7-8845hs-mini-pc-nucbox-k8-plus
I hope you all enjoyed this review regardless. Let me know what you thought of this one down below.
NOW I'm done with Mini PCs for at least 2 years. I promise ;)
Timestamps:
Introduction: 0:00
Links & Disclaimers: 1:40
Current Pricing & Variations: 2:26
Advertising: 3:50
Full Specifications: 5:08
Unboxing & Around the PC: 7:06
Quick Look Inside the PC: 8:56
BIOS, Setup, Boot Times, Device Manager, GPU-Z & CPU-Z: 9:57
Onboard Microphone Test & AS SSD Benchmark: 11:11
Cinebench R23: 12:28
Cinebench 2024: 13:45
Gaming Test - Grand Theft Auto V: 14:22
Gaming Test - DOOM Eternal: 16:07
Gaming Test - Cyberpunk 2077: 17:30
Gaming Results, Thoughts & Fan Noise: 20:04
Teardown & Upgrades with bonus rambling: 21:41
Conclusion & Customer Reviews: 24:27
Links, thanks to GMKtec & Timestamps: 26:18
Rambly Outro: 27:43
Any questions let me know!
Be good people!
25 secs ago, early me, bloody heck.
Always a good day when smoorez release new video
I love your videos man!
Good as always ❤
I had to get a little box like this but I was genuinely scared away by all the bad feedback about GMK, opted to drop €100 extra and get something via minisforum instead that was guaranteed to not punish me with customs tax fines. Happy with what I've got and only waiting for cheaper 48gb sticks and a 4gb nvme.
Watching this from a Lenovo Ideacentre Mini gen 8 01IRH8 with a i5 13500h and 16gb ram that I got for 350 usd. Wasn't a fan of mini PCs, but mobile componets are getting better and better..
Why did i read it as nukebox?
They wanted to name it that but apparently that’s incredibly offensive in French and Dutch.
ah the Nutbox
MiniPCs are really great for general media consumption and basic gaming(not everyone play latest games in full spec, even if I can play 2-4K I still play 1080 and I dont mind 30fps, I played 30fps my whole life, its not like today its lethal experience for human)
What main issue with them is... long term thermal stress and build quality, internal not external, as pcbs are not that great.
So what test you can do is running some medium-high stress over long period of time to see if you get any issues. MiniPC run like laptops so its normal for them to get hot so laptops underclock to cool a bit but some miniPC sometimes dont do that and wait to fan do the job... and that not best when you use it at the same time.
A mini PC that you can yell at? We're gonna be PC equivalent of Dankpods with this one! 🪨 🐍 🔋 🦆
Does it have a loud sperkr? Is it 5g? What are the pictures like.? I am so confused. No but really great review.
Smoorez can you Do a Review about a Yestel X2 Tablet this Thing have Spyware and adware how Do i know you think? I have it 💀 but the ui is intresting PLS Do a viedeo about it
Looking at my GMKTec sitting ontop of my REATAN that I'm using to type on. Odd choice of including two USB 2 ports, though that does mean I should be able to hack my Razer Phone 2 and update that to an AOSP build and make it a dedicated emulation phone. Not that I don't literally have 10 now, Android Emulator handhelds in Anbernic, Retroid, Odin, etc.
I'd stay away from GMKTec. My G3 died after 8 monnths of light use. It was being used for nothing more than streaming TH-cam and Amazon video content into my bedroom at night before bed. The paperwork i kept for it said it was under warranty for 1 year, but I would have to ship it bax in it's original box. Who keeps the original packaging for a computer? I won't be buying their computers again.