AMD Ryzen 7 Mini PC W-11 Pro 7730U (Beat Ryzen 7 5825U) (8C/16 T4.50GHz), M5 Ultra Dual LAN 2.5G Mini Computer, 32GB DDR4 RAM + 1TB PCIe SSD, WiFi 6, USB 3.2, USB-C, BT 5.2, DP, HDMI

This MiniPC (GMKtec Desktop PC Computer 5825U M5 Plus) came with really nice packaging like the last two GMKtec mini PCs I bought. Easy access to the internals, just 4 screws to remove after taking the lid off. 2 x M.2 slots so plenty of room for expansion. Great to have twin 2.5Gb network adapters if you wanted to use it as a router also. They are both Realtek NICs but you can’t have everything I guess! 😊 Comes with Windows 11 Pro, preinstalled, not bloatware at all – other than some of the crap that Microsoft includes these days! 😊 It has three performance profiles accessible in the BIOS. Performance, Balanced and Quite. It’s quite noisy in performance mode, for perhaps 12% more speed. Peak power draw in that mode seemed to be about 48W (25W TDP for the CPU). Balanced is a good compromise, not too noisy and decent performance. Quiet reduces the power available to the CPU (I think max 15W TDP) and definitely stays quiet. In PC Mark 10 I didn’t see it go above 24W draw from the plug in Balanced mode. In terms of results, I got 6145 in performance, 5231 in balanced and 4714 in quiet. If you wanted to use this as a server which is something I’m seriously considering, then it does seem to be a good candidate in terms of the idle power draw. In Windows 11 when Idle it sits at about 6W in the Balanced profile from the BIOS. I got similar results when testing out Unraid 7 on it. Obviously if you are running background services you are going to get spikes in power draw. I haven’t tested it with two NVMe SSD’s yet, but that loadout may increase it a little. I suppose the only drawback there would be the limited storage capacity, but 4TB NVMe drives are getting cheaper, and I guess you could even go for an 8TB drive, but they are still quite pricey. A shame there wasn’t a way of putting a 2.5” Sata caddy in there as well I guess. Not really a prime candidate for gaming, but still a decent iGPU (Radeon Vega 8). Certainly capable of playing less demanding games, just not at 4K! 1080p is fine though. I just tried out Mechanicus (A Warhammer 40K strategy game) and I believe that uses the unreal engine. A few years old now but it played great on here. That was at 1080p resolution. I’m sure it would play Minecraft at 1080p quite well also. My son now wants it for his bedroom as it’s definitely faster than is old Ryzen 3 laptop which is about 4 years old now. The good thing is, it’s quite flexible in what you can do with it, and can be had much cheaper if you already have some ram and an SSD to put in it, going for the barebones option. Especially good if you don’t need Windows and would rather put something like Ubuntu or Mint on it. The only negative I can think of really is the fact that GMKtec don’t make new BIOS updates available to download any more. I went for this after the good experience with the last two GMKtec mini PCs I bought (one was an Intel N100 unit) and the other was a Ryzen 3 based unit. I think the N100 NucBoxG3 definitely ran more quietly than the two Ryzen based units, but it’s quite limited in terms of RAM (single channel and only one slot) and also quite limited in terms of the PCIe lanes it has, so the storage was quite slow in comparison to these Ryzen based models. Plenty of models and options to pick from though. I’m seriously considering replacing my main PC with one of the newer high end offerings with the very good integrated RDNA 3 GPU’s though. Tiny footprint, but a hell of a lot of power! In conclusion though, I wouldn’t hesitate to buy a GMKtec Mini PC in the future.

I needed an upgrade to a more basic N97-powered mini PC and this one happened to fit the bill nicely for price & specs. The machine it replaced was being used as a daily-driver but some of the tasks were maxing it out (running some data analysis tasks with 100-200MB text files). This too is a daily driver, but on the same analysis tasks barely breaks through 20% cpu use. Equipped with twin RJ45 gigabit LAN, space for 2 M.2 SSD, 2 slots for RAM (max 64 GB) and upto 3 monitors (HDMI, DP & USB-C). 2x USB 3 on the front and a couple more USB 2 on the back gives plenty of expansion / peripheral options. Admittedly it is an older Ryzen 7, but ultimately it's not for games so that doesn't bother me and it remains a powerful little unit. Very low power draw even when working hard, yet to hear the fan fire up to cool it - I can just about hear the fan if I put my ear next to the unit. WiFi & Bluetooth are built in so it connects fine to all your peripherals without issue - I've had earbuds, mice, keyboards and speakers linked with no issues. I cloned the SSD from my existing PC and installed it into this one, and added a 2nd SSD for good measure (prior to the insane price hikes of late thankfully!) - I dual boot Linux Mint and Windows 11 Pro (W11 is purely there if I need it for the odd work task that I cannot do on Linux). Everything detected first time without error and I'm approaching 3.5 months of use. Size-wise, about 12.5cm square and 5cm tall it takes up little desk real estate, and if you go for wireless everything the only wire is the power cable from the fairly small brick, so no cable management issues. Usage-wise: at any one time I can have a browser with multiple tabs, some form of streaming, maybe using something like tinkercad or 3D printer slicer, basic photo editing and also film/slide/flatbed scanning with Epson V600, along with some form of word processing or PowerPoint type work on going, with any combination of these activities it handles them well, even my analysis tasks can run in the background with no noticeable slowdown. Overall a great little machine for the ~£300 I paid. Well worth it.

I bought this GMKtec mini PC to replace a different brand’s unit that failed just two months in. This one’s been running strong for nearly four months now — daily use, no issues. Performance-wise, it delivers exactly what I expected based on the specs. It’s quiet enough for an office setting, runs cool, and hasn’t caused any trouble. So far, I’m genuinely happy with it. 🔻 Why 4 stars, not 5? The included VESA mount is a bit of a joke. It’s just a flat rectangular frame with two screw holes. While you can attach it to the back of a VESA-compatible monitor, the PC itself doesn’t fit the mount properly — it has small screw holes on the bottom, but they don’t align with the frame. In the end, I had to just rest the unit on the mount using its rubber feet, which means the weight is hanging on friction alone — not ideal, especially with cables pulling on it. 📸 I’ve included photos to show the design and the issue. If you plan to mount it out of sight — factor that in or be ready to DIY a better bracket. That said, the PC itself is a solid bit of kit, and I’d buy it again — just not for the VESA mounting.

The mini pc is one of the best that I have personally have used before, it’s fast, reliable, quiet and also cheap. The unboxing process was very straight forward and quick, got the mini pc plugged in and running only a minute after opening it up. It is pre-installed with Windows 11 Pro which is nice to have as I plan on using it for work and that lets me use my work email address to sign into the computer which Windows 11 Home does not allow. After doing the Windows setup which went by incredibly fast I had noticed that there were no bloatware on the computer which most other brands put random pieces of software - this was strictly only Windows and had the AMD adrenaline software installed which was a very useful software to have. It performed very well doing day to day tasks such as watching videos, working on documents, programming, a bit of gaming. The fans were always quiet which was nice as I work in a quiet environment so I tend to notice fan noise more than in other places so having a quiet pc is great! From my testing the mini pc had used 15W maximum power draw which I was surprised with as its incredibly efficient whilst giving outstanding performance. The SSD was fast as well - more than enough for what I was using the PC for, it helps with booting up Windows quickly as well as smooth navigation between stuff and opening up apps. On the gaming side I was pretty surprised as well, I tried out Minecraft, Terraria, Roblox and they had all ran perfectly fine on my 60Hz monitor without any frame drops which I was really happy about. The PC itself takes up a very small amount of space and is cool to the touch, some mini PCs I have tried are blazing hot when I touch them so I was happy that it wasn’t hot and was quiet at the same time. I would definitely recommend this Mini PC if you do any work in general like for school or a job as well as some light gaming on the side as well.

Update 2: Had a buzzing noise and then just blackout! Contacted the seller and in less then 2 hours have responded with few suggestions and troubleshooting. Unfortunately found the CPU burned due the poor overflow, just replaced it and the motherboard, applied a bigger fan instead of top cover and getting better airflow. Update: I had a faulty RAM and contacted the customer service who promptly responded. I have been offered the cost of the RAM. Great customer service and very efficient. To keep the pc a bit cooler I suggest to mount a fan at the top, just removed the top cover and stick a case fan, keeps 10-15° down the temps. The pc is great! Playing F1 24 in medium sets, open and run Bluestack without issues. The only pain is Windows that's useless as always and running 50% of the ram for nothing. Swapped with Linux I got 14 GB ram available. The possibility to use 3 screens is great, 1 HDMI, 1DP and 1 Usb-c with the DP Adapter. Bluetooth is way better than a tower PC, I have a Lenovo T5 that has many issues with WiFi and Bluetooth, the mini pc is great as has 2 LAN and I'm using 1 for downloading and one for uploading. In general is nice hard case, runs quick, silent and feels heavy.

GMK Tek make good mini PCs but are nearly impossible to reset, and there customer service is the worst I have ever encountered

Superbly packaged ordered and delivered same day. Product is compact, and easily setup. With 32gb Ram and a 1 TB drive and powerful processor the response time is fast, very adequate for a home PC. Comes with mounting kit. When running very quiet. Powerful all rounder

Smart, quiet and fast it can handle gaming, I.e minecraft, the sims and city skylines. I tested my boyfriends one I ordered him and realised instead of me buying a new laptop that this was way better! So now ive bought two and will likely come back for when I want to upgrade. Thank you

After two days it restart suddenly every 1 or 2 hours .. does not worth the money

After a month of usage, the pc still works well.

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