GMKtec Mini PC with Intel Core i7-1185G7 Processor (Up to 4.8 GHz) 16GB DDR4 1TB SSD NIC i226V RJ45 2.5G Iris Xe Graphics USB4.0 Desktop Mini Computers WiFi 6, BT 5.2/ DP, HDMI M2

I just bought three of these units and have them all connected to multiple screen displays. The build quality is excellent, especially for the price. You get a compact form factor, it runs very quietly, and the Intel chip delivers plenty of performance. One of the best things is the multiple screen support. I can run several monitors at once, and it works smoothly with no lag or flicker. It’s perfect for having games, videos, browsers, spreadsheets, and apps all open at the same time and visible. There are lots of ports, so you have a ton of options for how to connect everything. The system feels powerful, smooth, and simple to use. Overall, it’s a great product and fantastic value. The machine is very powerful — 32GB of DDR5 RAM is a perfect sweet spot for multitasking, and the 2TB NVMe SSD provides plenty of fast storage for all my files and apps. I am a happy repeat customer, and I would definitely recommend GMKtec products to other computer users. Overall, it’s a great product and fantastic value.

I've purchased a few other mini PCs from this brand before and I genuinely like their products. This one in particular I got on sale and have been very pleased with it. For something so small, it's got a lot of power and speed. The 2.5gbps network port has been very nice and useful for my testing 2.5gbps networking at home (so no need for an adapter). DDR5 RAM, solid CPU (no overheating), and 1TB NVMe SSD provide plenty of speed for nearly everything I need. This does have Intel iGPU, so don't expect any high end gaming on it, but almost anything else works like a champ. It has plenty of USB connectivity, which is important for something so small so you don't need any USB hubs. Can drive 3 displays with no issue. I have mine mounted on the underside of a monitor stand so it's accessible yet out of the way. Unless you need a graphics intensive machine, or something high-end and specific, this will work for everything from small, niche use-cases to general everyday computing to homelabbing (I haven't tested other OSes, but VMs run fine in Hyper-V and VirtualBox)

This is my third GMKtec mini-PC and this one is another strong performer. I purchased two different models before and have experience with their AMD units, but the K7 PLUS is my first GMKtec Intel mini-PC. Biggest Pros Out of the Box: - Solid and performant Intel Raptor Lake CPU in a small, lightweight package, with quiet operation under normal use. - Windows 11 Pro pre-installed with NO bloatware (a pleasant rarity among system builders these days). - 32GB of DDR5 running at 4800 Mhz - as advertised without having to change this in BIOS. - 2TB NVME (Mine had the Lexar NM620 installed, though YMMV). - GMKtec support is great. No issues with the K7 PLUS. When I had a manual BIOS update issue with one of my other GMKtec units in the past they were helpful, friendly, quick (though you may have to wait for a support email response on Shenzhen, China time), and delivered a hardware replacement exactly as promised. Chassis is plastic, not aluminum. It has a premium design and look, lots of ventilation, and the choice of plastic keeps costs down. Even under heavy loads, the processor remains relatively cool thanks to the well designed cooling system. The fan only kicks in during the most demanding tasks, and even then, it can be noticeable but not overly loud. I’ve used this driving both 4k and 2k 120hz displays and it is very smooth. I also have the setup in a portable/travel mode. Connecting a 1080p portable monitor on the road or to external displays, a hotel TV, or projectors while traveling is a great way to use this too. It also makes for a great home theater PC - I am really enjoying it so far! What’s Inside: - GMKtec Mini PC with Intel i7-13620H with 32GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD - 120W power brick with barrel connector - VESA mount (for mounting the PC to the back of a monitor) - HDMI cable I may keep this as a mini-PC for travel, use it in as a home theater PC, or move it into my HomeLab and configure it for serving media or running Home Assistant and other virtual machines. If you're looking for any of the above this is definitely more than capable and I can certainly recommend it!

Overall a solid mini PC, 96GB of ram for this price is a steal these days. Performance is great, decent cooling keeps the CPU from throttling in multi core workloads. Only downside is that the official recovery image restores all the AI bloatware, so I would suggest extracting the drivers from the .WIM file of the recovery image, and doing a fresh install with microsoft's official iso. Also, sleep is broken, PC will go to sleep regardless of my windows settings. A few BIOS tweaks disables sleep functionality, which is fine for my use case since I'm running it 24/7, but definitely something to take into consideration for other potential buyers.

This mini PC is a powerful beast. I've had no issues with it whatsoever. It's been running Ubuntu Linux non-stop for 3 months. Very quiet and was able to run my data and network intensive applications with plenty of speed and memory left over. If you need a good server to run 24/7 at home (or even at work), this is worthy of your consideration.

The first mini PC I ever bought was an earlier NucBox with lower specs, and while I was basically happy with it, the slightly annoying issues with it were completely gone when I upgraded to this one. Right out of the box, the design was nicer and it looks more expensive than it is. Setting up was a breeze. Included is a small sticker warning you not to connect to a network until you’ve got your basics set up, then you can connect to get the inevitable Windows 11 updates. There are always at least a handful to install whenever you but a new PC, but the process went so much smoother because of the fast restart process. It’s just a few seconds until you’re back on the desktop. Where my previous NucBox had some problems hanging onto a wi-fi connection of the connection was spotty at all, this one has been no problem. It’s just never seems to drop even when other devices run into slow load times. The main complaint I see about mini PCs is about fan noise, but while my other one did whine and wheeze through heavy loads or hot days, they really seemed to have taken care of it with this design. The box stays cooler to the touch. I’ve been running intense graphics, video and audio software in a room with no air conditioning on the hottest days this summer and I could barely hear the fan running until I leaned in close. Running that heavy software, the processor far exceeded expectations. I thought I’d have some wait times on huge files or 4K video but even intense processes were done before I could even take a sip of water. There are plenty of reviews here that give some nice techy specs but if you just want to know how annoying it’s going to be to use a mini PC for graphic design, video production or audio production, as long as you’re not making a feature length film, you won’t have any trouble. This little guy packs a lot of power for the price. I’m glad I took the chance and upgraded.

Late 2023 probably: Super fast, compared to my other PCs. I had a problem connecting an external BD reader (via a SATA-to-USB3 connector), so I cannot use that with this PC. Otherwise everything is working as advertised, including USB3 for external HDDs. HDMI and DP also worked fine, as did wireless (USB2 dongle) keyboard and mouse. My gigabit LAN works just fine. Windows 11 Pro is successfully activated. I have not tested USB-C. I was able to expand the RAM to the maximum 64 GB, but due to unclear documentation, I was not able to add an SSD expansion (which I had bought and then returned). In fact, I found the documentation so lacking that I tried "Contact Us" with the manufacturer, and did not get a reply. I finally gave up, and did not add more internal SSD. Because this PC uses SSD storage, I do NOT use it for a lot of writes and rewrites: that is all done with real, networked HDDs. (In my experience, SSDs have a limited shelf life if you constantly write and rewrite them.) This was well worth the money. UPDATE March 2025: I am changing my review from 5 stars to 1 star. This Mini-PC was working great until a Microsoft (MS) update killed it. After I log in, the screen goes black. I can then Ctrl+Alt+Del and THAT window shows up (rest of screen) still black. I finally muddled through restoring an earlier version of the PC (before the Windows Update). By the next day the PC had died again because Microsoft insisted on reinstalling the "bad" update. It took me forever to figure out how to stop MS from reinstalling the update. (You stop downloads via the Registry. It still thinks I should install the update, but it seems thwarted -- for now.) Trying to contact MS proved impossible. Their automation is such that it doesn't consider that an update is bad. There is no way to tell them that, that I could find. I tried looking on the Intel site for a video-driver update, but that accomplished nothing. Some INTEL GRAPHICS UTILITY (or some such) comes up from time to time and says something is wrong, but it doesn't tell me what. I go to the MS shop and it says that app is installed and up-to-date. TWICE I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT GMKtec support and TWICE it has ignored my entreaties. I hold open the possibility that my firewall or Ad Blocker or Privacy Badger is blocking something (since I run an email server), but there is no indication ANYWHERE of what I have to let through. If GMKtec is trying to get through, they are blocked, and the AMAZON page gives no hint on what IPs, etc. need to get through. In my experience, it is not my PC blocking the connection: it is there is no active GMKtec support, despite what the AMAZON web page says. So I am STUCK with no longer being able to install MS updates. And to underline how arrogant MS is, it doesn't give you the ability to block just one update. In older versions of Windows, you could block a specific update, but not in the newer versions. If I went back to allowing downloads, it would install the bad update. The PC is running Windows 11 Pro. I can still use the Mini-PC; I can just no longer update it with MS updates. And if you're wondering, I did connect a second monitor and try to get things to work that way, but MS Windows completely freaked out and forgot how to do the desktop. (I've done it before with other WIndows, and I can navigate mulitple displays just fine with them. It's something about the video on this PC and Windows 11, is my guess.) So for now, I can use the Mini-PC but cannot get MS updates for, for example, so-called critical vulnerabilities. MS is absolutely no help -- their interface has no "update is bad" report function. And GMKtec, as far as I can tell, does not actively support their product, despite what the implication is on the AMAZON web site. The Mini-PC worked for for more than a year...until the "bad" MS update. Oh, yeah, I searched for and downloaded drivers from the GKMtec web site and presumably installed them (that process was clear as mud), so who knows -- maybe I didn't install them. I wasn't born knowing how hardware works...or software for that matter...

I wanted to move our Home Automation System software from a Raspberry PI to a Virtual Machine operating on Windows 11. I discovered a review of the GMKtec Mini PC Windows 11 Pro Intel N5105, 8GB RAM 128GB Hard Drive Desktop Mini Computer for under $140. Though I’d give it a chance… Wow! Initial setup went quickly and smoothly. Performance surprisingly quick. Installed the VM software, created the Virtual Machine and proceeded with Home Assistant software installation and setup. Everything went smoothly. The system has been in service for 60 days and operating flawlessly! The computer is quiet and runs cool. I am very pleased and impressed! The only drawback is actually on me. The 128GB SSD is the bare minimum and space is limited. Thank goodness for the MicroSD Slot where I installed a 256GB MicroSD Card. In hindsight, I should have purchased the next level up with the 256GB SSD.… ADDITIONAL INFO: Now a second opportunity arrived. I use a Windows 10 PC for operating a small CNC Machine. This computer is Windows 11 incompatible. The motherboard and processor could be upgraded at a cost of $200. I decided to purchase the next level up, the GMKtec Mini PC N97 Windows 11 Pro, G5 Micro, 12th Gen Intel Alder Lake N97 (up to 3.60GHz) 12GB DDR5 256GB Hard Drive Mini Desktop Computer for $150. Again, initial setup went quickly and smoothly. Performance surprisingly quick. All but one software package installed smoothly and quickly. The only drawback is the Arduino IDE software, which stalls when opening. I intend to troubleshoot; I believe it is due to incompatible video driver. Should be easy to solve… PROS: Great performance for the price Runs quiet Runs cool Very small footprint Wired and Wireless WiFi connectivity (wireless WiFi works very well in a location where other wireless devices have trouble with weak signal) Bluetooth connectivity MicroSD Slot CONS: Specialty software (Arduino IDE) incompatibility, possibly due to incompatible video driver.