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GMKtec NucBox G3 Plus Mini PC on sale for
$129.99.
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Specs: - Intel Twin Lake N150 4-cores, 4-threads (3.6GHz) Processor
- 8GB DDR4 3200 MHz Memory (32GB max)
- 256GB PCIe 3.0 M.2 2280 NVMe Solid State Drive
- 2TB max M.2 2242 SATA (Not Included)
- Intel UHD 1000MHz Graphics
- WiFi 6 802.11ax +Bluetooth 5.2
- Windows 11 Pro
- Ports:
- 4x USB 3.2 up to 5Gbps/S
- 2x HDMI 2.0 (4K@60Hz)
- 1x 3.5mm Audio Jack
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Anyway, if your goal is retro gaming, a Raspberry Pi is smaller and more energy-efficient for these types of tasks, but honestly, once you add in a case, a good power supply (RPi's are picky with respect to power...), and storage, it is probably at the same price or even more than this $130 machine. But if you are interested in more modern gaming or more powerful emulation, this system would be better and give you more flexibility for future upgrades.
Just saying buyers might want to read up.
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1. I know this can handle retro arcade with ease (80-90s). I want an upgrade to an arcade cab I built that's running on a RaspPi 3. However, I really want to run MAME w/all the GPU heavy video effects to emulate CRT monitors, etc. that the RaspPi cannot handle. I wonder if this box can handle that?
2. Do we get the Windows 11 Pro key? I.e., can I blow away the pre-installed Windows 11 and install Windows 11 on another box?
Thanks for reading!
JB
For now, I installed Retroarch and the couple of core emulators (SNES,NES,Genesis,N64) I need and I have a smooth functioning setup for our living room TV. Can navigate everything using a Xbox controller and load games. Retroarch takes some getting used to but I've got it 99% setup to do what I need now. There's a learning curve, but once you get the basics it's pretty great.
I will get a boot drive with Batocera and give it a try, but now that I have everything working in retroarch I am enjoying my time gaming on the box for a few days
- Use microsoft's tool to make a bootable USB drive with Windows 11: Under "Create Windows 11 Installation Media" in https://www.microsoft.c
- Download the drivers for G3 Plus from GMKtec's page: https://drive.google.co
- Once 2. is downloaded, you should unzip it and then copy the unzipped driver directory to the bootable USB drive created in 1. That way, when Windows 11 installer detects that it can't find the ethernet/wifi drivers, you can simply point it to the driver directory on that USB. Note that once you specify the directory, the Windows 11 installer would automatically look into it for ALL missing drivers-- You don't need to identify where each driver resides in the driver directory.
- G3 Plus' BIOS by default boots from the USB drive if it detects it's bootable. This means that you can just plug in the bootable USB drive and the Windows 11 installer would run from the USB drive-- no tweaks to BIOS required.
By doing these, I had a very smooth re-installation.Note: You may run into the "download quota exceeded for this file" error with the zip file for the drivers. Here's how you can get around it: https://www.reddit.com/r/google/c...ed_bypass/
Next up: Make a new partition in the SSD to dual-boot Linux.
BTW, I did set up the pre-installed Windows 11 Pro without connecting to the network, seeing if I could see the spyware/malware in action. I have to say it looked very clean; I didn't see any suspicious processes or services, or bloatware. I also did the virus scan a couple of times and nothing turned up. If I wasn't killing time while watching Grammys on the side, I probably would have left the pre-installed Windows 11 Pro alone.
- Use microsoft's tool to make a bootable USB drive with Windows 11: Under "Create Windows 11 Installation Media" in https://www.microsoft.c
- Download the drivers for G3 Plus from GMKtec's page: https://drive.google.co
- Once 2. is downloaded, you should unzip it and then copy the unzipped driver directory to the bootable USB drive created in 1. That way, when Windows 11 installer detects that it can't find the ethernet/wifi drivers, you can simply point it to the driver directory on that USB. Note that once you specify the directory, the Windows 11 installer would automatically look into it for ALL missing drivers-- You don't need to identify where each driver resides in the driver directory.
- G3 Plus' BIOS by default boots from the USB drive if it detects it's bootable. This means that you can just plug in the bootable USB drive and the Windows 11 installer would run from the USB drive-- no tweaks to BIOS required.
By doing these, I had a very smooth re-installation.Next up: Make a new partition in the SSD to dual-boot Linux.BTW, I did set up the pre-installed Windows 11 Pro without connecting to the network, seeing if I could see the spyware/malware in action. I have to say it looked very clean; I didn't see any suspicious processes or services, or bloatware. I also did the virus scan a couple of times and nothing turned up. If I wasn't killing time while watching Grammys on the side, I probably would have left the pre-installed Windows 11 Pro alone.Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
Ended up paying a bit more and got a beelink and it's been great, for what it's worth.
12GB LPDDR5-4800
512GB SSD
https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/5396605189
is $159.99 after $15 coupon.
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