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GMKtec G5 Mini PC Intel N97 12GB DDR5 512GB SSD Windows 11 Pro $189.99 Delivered @ GMKtec_AUS via Amazon AU

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GMKtec G5 Mini PC Intel N97 12GB DDR5 512GB SSD Windows 11 Pro $189.99 Delivered @ GMKtec_AUS via Amazon AUAffiliate
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  • 【Tiny Micro Pocket Mini PC Computer】GMKtec G5 mini PC is one of the smallest computers on the market! It is powered by the latest 12th Gen Intel Alder Lake N97 processor (4C/4T, 6MB Cache, Up to 3.6GHz, 12W TDP), delivering unrivalled smoothness and efficiency, with up to 40% higher performance than the N100/N95/N5105/N5095. The N97 comes with an upgraded iGPU Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs 1.20GHz, 40% performance increase over the previous N-series. Nucbox G5 is pre-installed with Win 11 Pro.
  • 【Latest Intel N97 Processor】The new G5 Mini PC Intel N97 processors uses 4 performance e-cores and clocks up to 3.6 GHz. The chip supports Quick Sync and AV1 decoding. The CPU is built with a further improved 10nm SuperFin process at Intel (called Intel 7).
  • 【HDMI 4K@60Hz HD Display】G5 micro desktop mini PC supports 4K UHD high-definition output, 4K UHD display resolution of 4096 x 2160@60Hz, and 1200MHz Dynamic Frequency, providing you with theatre-like visual experience. With dual HDMI ports, you can connect two screens simultaneously, creating a more expansive workspace and experience 4K Ultra HD visual effects and entertainment, as well as doubling your work efficiency.
  • 【Versatile Connectivity】G5 mini computer features a pocket ergonomic body design, multiple ports, well-organized interfaces for office, entertainment, education, easy to connect multiple devices like servers, monitor, office equipment, displays, projectors, televisions, etc. (3x USB 3.2, 2x HDMI, 1x Gigabit Ethernet Ports, 1x 3.5mm Audio, 1x Micro SD Card Slot, 1x Type-C Power).
  • 【Cool Silent Fan】The cooling fan is practically silent at light load and even under load, the fans remain fairly quiet; minimal or inaudible fan noise is perfect for concentrating on the task at hand!
  • 【Package Contents】 Nucbox G5 mini desktop pc can set BIOS on the OS like Auto Power on, Wake on LAN and more. 1 x Portable Micro Mini PC, 1 x HDMI Cable, 1 x Power Adapter, 1 x User Manual.
  • 【GMKtec Warranty 】GMKtec offers a 1-year limited warranty for each mini PC, starting from the date of the purchase. All defects due to design and workmanship are covered. With a professional after sales team always ready to attend to your needs, you can simply relax and enjoy your mini PC.
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  • Hiphopopotamus on 17/02/2025 - 07:04
    +7

    Credit goes to @milobob.

    Edit: $10 more than the last deal.

    • RedHab on 17/02/2025 - 07:39
      +2

      The N150 with dual NICs on that last deal for $149 looked like an even better deal.

      • DiscountForThee on 17/02/2025 - 07:54
        +6

        This has the better iGPU which is useful for some applications

        • gizmomelb on 17/02/2025 - 08:34
          +1

          would be perfect for retro gaming with batocera (Wii, Gamecube, PS2 upscaled to 1080p, Wii U and switch at 720p)

        • boxall on 17/02/2025 - 13:07

          And 512GB SSD.

      • BlinkyBill on 17/02/2025 - 08:46
        +4

        I bought the last deal at $149. It has been running perfectly as an Opnsense router since then. Very happy with it.

        • gizmomelb on 17/02/2025 - 13:45

          yup.. that's and Home Assistant will be running on mine, I just need to make the time to actually start the project :)

          • gyrex on 18/02/2025 - 07:51

            @gizmomelb: Chuck proxmox on there and you can run opnsense, home assistant, docker, nas and whatever else you want… I've been running that setup for years on a little multi Ethernet mini pc - sensational!

            • gizmomelb on 18/02/2025 - 09:06

              @gyrex: that's the plan, as said.. I just haven't made the time to do it as yet.

    • Captain Irrelevant on 17/02/2025 - 13:17

      Can you please amend the description to say that the discount applies at checkout?

  • Mercina on 17/02/2025 - 07:10
    +2

    Would this make a good Plex server ?

    • BanannaMan on 17/02/2025 - 07:19
      +5

      Yep, but personally I wouldn't use Windows

    • gizmomelb on 17/02/2025 - 08:36

      yes and maybe.. yes for the low power, near silent running and hardware transcoding - maybe as it doesn't have any SATA ports so all data would need to be on USB drives or over a network connection.
      Personally I prefer Jellyfin over plex, but to each their own.

      • user6598123549 on 17/02/2025 - 08:56

        Mine n97 was near silent for maybe 3-4 months. Now it constantly running the fan with very audible levels… Even though there's almost no load. So I would not call it near silent. But still good machine.

        • gizmomelb on 17/02/2025 - 13:47
          +1

          hmm if you're confident maybe try opening it up and see if the cpu thermal paste needs (re?) applying?

      • doobey1231 on 17/02/2025 - 09:41

        Have you got a solution for Jellyfin on Apple products? I use plex currently looking to change over but no native apple app has me hesitant, I have heard Jellyfin is better in most ways though

      • neo on 17/02/2025 - 10:33

        Would you ideally connect this to a NAS with multiple hard drives?

        • philotex on 17/02/2025 - 13:08
          +1

          That's what I do.

          • neo on 20/02/2025 - 13:16

            @philotex: What hard drives do you run and how?

            • philotex on 20/02/2025 - 16:33

              @neo: There is a wide range of ways to approach this that can go either way on the cost and difficulty scales. However for my case, at the moment I have a 4-bay QNAP NAS with 4 x 4tb Ironwolf HDD running in a RAID 5 array which gives me about 10.5tb usable plus redundancy. Then on my little N100 box I am running proxmox with a plex LXC (This guy makes great automated scripts to make this part easy https://tteck.github.io/Proxmox/ ). Then you have your NAS box create a network share, in my case using SMB. On the plex LXC you mount the share you created and bingo, plex can see your network attached storage.

    • abccba57 on 17/02/2025 - 08:50
      +2

      Yes, I set it all up on the weekend and am running Plex with Sonarr stack. It's a good little machine.

  • ace310 on 17/02/2025 - 07:19

    I am seeing price at $250.90 before coupon (- $50)?

    • Captain Irrelevant on 17/02/2025 - 12:46

      It's a $240 product. The discount applies at checkout.

  • OzDorgain on 17/02/2025 - 07:24
    -1

    Got one, great price! You need to add to cart first, then go back and apply the coupon, then goto checkout and the discount will apply

  • OZBsince2018 on 17/02/2025 - 07:29

    Does it has built-in Wifi and display output via USB C?

    • boxall on 17/02/2025 - 07:37
      +2

      Wifi yes. USB C is power only.

    • Pete Gabitas on 17/02/2025 - 07:39

      Yes, No

      • PainToad on 17/02/2025 - 08:45
        +2

        Yes, No

        Maybe, I don't know, can you repeat the question?

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8SMmG6sW9k

        • Lizard Spock on 17/02/2025 - 10:09

          I haven't clicked the link, but I'm assuming Malcom in the Middle theme? 😁

          • PainToad on 17/02/2025 - 10:13

            @Lizard Spock:

            I haven't clicked the link

            Lizard Spock: You're not the boss of me now, you're not the boss of me now…

        • BatmanAU on 17/02/2025 - 10:50
          +2

          You should have posted a link to “Learning to read for Dummies”

  • CarlosSpicywein3r on 17/02/2025 - 07:39
    +3

    I grabbed one of these to chuck in the dash of my car to replace the raspberry pi I used as a stereo. Surprisingly it works quite well.

    • DiscountForThee on 17/02/2025 - 07:56
      +1

      This sounds so interesting! What kind of stereo uses is it performing? Does it do 3.5mm out to a regular car amp? And do you have FM/AM functionality through the PC?

      And does it hotspot to your phone wifi to get internet to use things like Spotify?

      • CarlosSpicywein3r on 17/02/2025 - 08:05
        +8

        Currently it's running windows 11 with an android looking launcher for apps. I'm using a rtl-sdr with welle.io, Spotify, vlc, etc as needed & have an esp32-s3 along with other accessories for my reverse camera.

        Audio is 3.5mm out to three amplifiers. All class D (cos I'm too slack to wire up normal amps). One of the amps lives in my dash under the steering wheel & handles the normal speakers while I have two slim amp/sub combos under the front seats just to give the sound some depth.

        • DiscountForThee on 17/02/2025 - 08:30

          Thanks for the details mate. Sounds like quite a setup! What kind of screen / monitor are you using? Is everything touch screen, or does it also have physical knobs or buttons?

          • CarlosSpicywein3r on 17/02/2025 - 09:11
            +3

            @DiscountForThee: I am running a 10.3" touchscreen that connects through HDMI and is powered through USB off the PC. I have also connected the cars steering wheel buttons through the esp32. It then presents itself as a keyboard to the PC & controls volume & next/previous track.

        • Agret on 17/02/2025 - 09:42

          How do you handle power on & off? What kind of software do you use to calibrate the audio for 3d positioning around the center of the front seats?

          • CarlosSpicywein3r on 17/02/2025 - 11:22
            +2

            @Agret: Power is running through a delay start relay set to 20ish seconds after engine start for boot up. Power off is handled via the esp-32 sensing loss of power and sending a shutdown script 1 minute after engine off with a box popping up to cancel the script if needed.

        • MasterScythe on 17/02/2025 - 09:51
          +2

          Fellow carputer nerd, nice.
          I used to be super active on mp3car.com.
          I do similar with a pi zeroW, but I run headless.

          I have a literal bucket of NUC5's from a disposal sale, so I should upgrade. But the Pi, now ive tuned the OS boots in under 1 minute.

          I run DietPi Debian with qmmp as the player, loading at startup.

          Bluetooth thumb board on top of my steering column.

          Thanks to qmmp being a near 1:1 clone of Winamp, its set with Global Hotkeys on, and "Jump To" assigned to spacebar.

          Winamp/qmmp jump to is amazing, since it searches for any part of the tag or filename.

          I converted my library to 160k OPUS (overkill in a car) from FLAC, and fit my whole library onto a 1TB Usb ssd.

          So now, I can choose any song by just pushing spacebar and typing a part of the name, then enter.

          I dont like light in the cabin, so no screens for me.
          Ideal :)

          • CarlosSpicywein3r on 17/02/2025 - 11:34
            +1

            @MasterScythe: My previous setup was a pi 4b with a CarPiHat Pro running RaspbianOS & OpenAuto Pro.

            This setup worked for me for over a year but the Dev of the front-end app sold out and the primary function, android auto, ceased to function due to a Google back-end change. It does kind of work now but the jankiness is quite annoying.

            • MasterScythe on 17/02/2025 - 12:06
              +2

              @CarlosSpicywein3r: Very nice.
              Yeah I just wanted a simple 'type what song I want' system.

              There was a time when a younger me would have LOVED a touchscreen, hell, I had a 360p TFT screen that folded out of the dash many years back.
              These days I'm more about driving, so if I can add features without adding weight, complexity, or hurting reliability, I'm in.

              So a mounted thumb board, so I can type without looking away from the road, was ideal.
              I'm also one of those 'Support the artist' types, so I own all my music, which I then rup; I'm not a streamer, so anything other than 'play this name' was wasted on me.

        • RedHab on 17/02/2025 - 10:44
          +1

          That's an impressive setup!

        • Miroslav on 17/02/2025 - 12:50

          Wow, sounds great. I wish I had the time for something like that…

  • dealhunter42 on 17/02/2025 - 07:55
    +1

    I bought one of these last year and before using it ran a script to remove w11 bloatware. Boots up quick and and pretty stable so far. Wish it had two nics though.

    • dammit on 17/02/2025 - 08:03

      Which script or any info of this you can share? Sounds ideal!

    • LoftyAu on 17/02/2025 - 08:17
      +2

      Or just do a clean win11 install once you’ve copied off the divers and linked the key to your MS account.

      • gizmomelb on 17/02/2025 - 08:27
        +1

        better to remove bloatware, or start with your own build of tiny 11 - mine uses only a few GB of storage space for the O/S and I cannot recall how little RAM it runs with (as it doesn't have printer drivers, Edge or other bloatware running in the background)

      • DigitalAnalog on 17/02/2025 - 08:34

        Why/how do you copy off the drivers? Are the drivers not available online?

        • MasterScythe on 17/02/2025 - 09:59
          +2

          Sometimes, but not commonly for mini pcs, no.

    • PainToad on 17/02/2025 - 08:47
      +6

      You should be using Windows 11 LTSC. Zero bloat and actually supported by MS (technically not for home use, but oh well).

      • jaypick on 17/02/2025 - 10:05
        +2

        IoT LTSC

      • Liger Zero on 17/02/2025 - 11:59

        Fair but for those who want a legitimate version of Windows (i.e. the copy that comes free with the machine) they may prefer debloating instead. Also, is software compatibility an issue at all on LTSC?

        • Agret on 17/02/2025 - 12:02
          +1

          Software compatibly not normally an issue but your machine stays on that build of windows.

          If you installed windows 11 LTSC 2024 then your machine will be on Windows 11 24h2 until you manually upgrade to a newer ltsc iso.

          If your software in 5yrs time stops supporting Windows 24h2 then you just have to upgrade to the newer version.

          • Liger Zero on 17/02/2025 - 14:55

            @Agret: Ah gotcha. Thanks. More helpful than what ChatGPT said, that makes sense. And benefit is no forced update reboots right? That’s my main worry w/ running W11 Pro. Seems like there’s no reliable way to stop the auto-reboots

      • Ademos on 17/02/2025 - 12:19

        and requires extra steps if you expect a media server to function properly.

      • gizmomelb on 17/02/2025 - 15:41

        still has Edge included, I didn't even want that pos.

  • Bluesman on 17/02/2025 - 08:12
    +3

    Performance is good- better iGPU. SSD a bit slow - otherwise better than Pi 5. https://www.the-diy-life.com/n97-vs-n100-vs-raspberry-pi-5-w…

    • PainToad on 17/02/2025 - 08:48
      +8

      Raspberry Pis have been a rip off for years now.

    • doobey1231 on 17/02/2025 - 09:44
      +3

      Still falling short on power consumption but not nearly as big of a margin as I was expecting I have to say. 2w difference is pretty awesome considering the extra power headroom when needed. Its really hard to justify the Pi now jeeze.

  • laudern on 17/02/2025 - 08:37

    Would this be any good emulating gamecube and ps2 games?

    • boxall on 17/02/2025 - 09:04

      Yes no issues.

    • PainToad on 17/02/2025 - 08:48

      People have given example above already.

  • Skramit on 17/02/2025 - 09:04

    Is it easy enought to upgrade the 512Gb SSD to 2TB or 4TB? Is it 2230 size?

    • Damonator84 on 17/02/2025 - 10:58
      +1

      2240 I believe

      • CarlosSpicywein3r on 17/02/2025 - 12:23

        It is a 2240 and changing the SSD is easy as anything. The ram is soldered on though but 12 GB is more than enough.

      • DigitalAnalog on 17/02/2025 - 12:32

        2242

  • prankster on 17/02/2025 - 09:11
    -8

    im going out on a limb but would this mini PC handle playing the latest saw FSP COD games? or would it only be good playing games 20 years ago

    • boxall on 17/02/2025 - 09:12
      +7

      Sorry I just won’t answer this. It’s a $190 PC with integrated graphics.

      • prankster on 17/02/2025 - 09:13
        -7

        so no then - this is just good for browsing internet and simple stuff, nothing high end

        • boxall on 17/02/2025 - 09:16
          +5

          Great for retro gaming and general office stuff. Good for plex servers as well.

        • Guybrush57 on 17/02/2025 - 09:44
          +2

          It is $190. It is not high end.

    • gizmomelb on 17/02/2025 - 13:52

      you asked similar with the last lot of mini pcs - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/16225909/redir

  • Desertsyd on 17/02/2025 - 10:26
    -4

    buy it to get a Windows 11 pro license key

    • RecklessMonkeys on 17/02/2025 - 10:31

      Wouldn't the key be locked to the unit's motherboard?

      • PainToad on 17/02/2025 - 10:43
        +3

        Yes. Do not buy this for a key.

      • Desertsyd on 17/02/2025 - 12:04
        -3

        I often reuse lic on new hardware
        just "de-activate" license before pc tear down
        or
        worst case, a long MS support call.

        • Ademos on 17/02/2025 - 12:20
          +3

          That isn't how it works for OEM builds.

    • adamshere on 17/02/2025 - 10:37
      +3

      Or you could

      Open PowerShell (Not CMD). To do that, right-click on the Windows start menu and select PowerShell or Terminal.

      Copy and paste the code below and press enter
      irm https://get.activated.win | iex

      You will see the activation options. Choose (1) HWID for Windows activation.

      Done

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