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GMKtec NucBox G3 Plus Mini PC: Intel N150, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD

$126

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GMKtec-US via Amazon has GMKtec NucBox G3 Plus Mini PC on sale for $125.93. Shipping is free.

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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
    • 2x HDMI 2.0 (4K@60Hz)
    • 1x 3.5mm Audio Jack
Warranty: 1-Year Limited

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    • This offer is now $4.06 less than our extremely popular and recent front page deal price of $129.99 from a few days ago which earned 125 thumbs up.
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Note: This recent and extremely popular Frontpage Deal which earned over 120 thumbs up is now available at a slightly lower price.


GMKtec-US via Amazon has GMKtec NucBox G3 Plus Mini PC on sale for $125.93. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter phoinix for finding this deal.

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
    • 2x HDMI 2.0 (4K@60Hz)
    • 1x 3.5mm Audio Jack
Warranty: 1-Year Limited

Editor's Notes

Written by jimmytx | Staff
  • About this Store:
  • Additional Information:
    • This offer is now $4.06 less than our extremely popular and recent front page deal price of $129.99 from a few days ago which earned 125 thumbs up.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.

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Feb 10, 2025 6:42 PM
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panshFeb 10, 2025 6:42 PM
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Is the ram and ssd expandable?
Feb 10, 2025 7:49 PM
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wordageFeb 10, 2025 7:49 PM
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I saw an extra 10% off promo in my account for it bringing it down to just $113.34 before tax. Hope others can see it, too.
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Feb 10, 2025 7:56 PM
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slickdude99Feb 10, 2025 7:56 PM
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Does this have a builtin microphone where it's impossible to find or remove and records fan noise like the GMKtec K8 and K11 Plus?
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Feb 10, 2025 8:48 PM
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fmabgagloitFeb 10, 2025 8:48 PM
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I'm looking to set up a plex server. How good is this at transcoding?
Feb 10, 2025 8:58 PM
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Quote from pansh :
Is the ram and ssd expandable?
Yes it is. The memory is standard DDR4 sodimm, and the ssd is a 2280 nvme. The machine also has a extra m.2 slot for a sata drive.
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Feb 10, 2025 9:26 PM
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jonebgoodFeb 10, 2025 9:26 PM
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Would this be good for a diy NAS?
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Feb 10, 2025 9:39 PM
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Feb 10, 2025 9:39 PM
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I just bought this when it was posted the last time, though I got the 16MB RAM and 512GB SSD. Using it as a home theater PC. Works amazingly well for that, just streaming songs and videos off the internet or from my local network drive. My only gripe is that the company offers the drivers for it via Google Drive, and it is over the max downloads at the moment. I formatted the PC immediately upon arrival and loaded a fresh copy of Win11 Pro (what it came with), but for some reason it wouldn't recognize the NIC during install. I had to download new drivers, but as stated, they weren't available from the company. Fortunately it has a mainstream chip from Intel, so I just downloaded their drivers and it worked.
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Feb 10, 2025 9:42 PM
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tech_turtle
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Feb 10, 2025 9:42 PM
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Quote from pansh :
Is the ram and ssd expandable?
Yes they are, but be aware that there appears to be only one RAM slot, so you will have to replace the existing stick, not just add more to a 2nd slot.
Feb 10, 2025 10:06 PM
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Xn0Feb 10, 2025 10:06 PM
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Quote from tech_turtle :
I just bought this when it was posted the last time, though I got the 16MB RAM and 512GB SSD. Using it as a home theater PC. Works amazingly well for that, just streaming songs and videos off the internet or from my local network drive. My only gripe is that the company offers the drivers for it via Google Drive, and it is over the max downloads at the moment. I formatted the PC immediately upon arrival and loaded a fresh copy of Win11 Pro (what it came with), but for some reason it wouldn't recognize the NIC during install. I had to download new drivers, but as stated, they weren't available from the company. Fortunately it has a mainstream chip from Intel, so I just downloaded their drivers and it worked.
Do not download their weird spyware drivers from Google Drive. Do a fresh Install and:

The system is all Intel (and Realtek for dumb reasons).
You can go to intel and download:

Intel:
Intel HID Event Filter (https://www.intel.com/content/www...ement.html)
Intel Serial IO (https://www.intel.com/content/www...ws-10.html)
Intel Chipset (https://www.intel.com/content/www...ility.html)
Intel Ethernet Controller (https://www.intel.com/content/www...-pack.html)

Realtek:
Realtek-RTL8852BE (You have to google this; it's weirdly hard to find. I got it from Lenovo)

or just use Linux and everything Just Works®
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Feb 10, 2025 10:36 PM
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wiffleFeb 10, 2025 10:36 PM
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Quote from Xn0 :
Do not download their weird spyware drivers from Google Drive. Do a fresh Install and:

The system is all Intel (and Realtek for dumb reasons).
You can go to intel and download:

Intel:
Intel HID Event Filter (https://www.intel.com/content/www...ement.html)
Intel Serial IO (https://www.intel.com/content/www...ws-10.html)
Intel Chipset (https://www.intel.com/content/www...ility.html)
Intel Ethernet Controller (https://www.intel.com/content/www...-pack.html)

Realtek:
Realtek-RTL8852BE (You have to google this; it's weirdly hard to find. I got it from Lenovo)

or just use Linux and everything Just Works®
I think you are mixing up the companies that in the past have been caught adding "spyware".
Not all mini pc's have it. One company was caught adding it to the operating system. I am sure someone will eventually chime in about not trusting the bios. When you ask them to provide details about which companies specifically have been caught spiking the bios of mini pc's, you won't hear a peep from them because it is just a theory that it COULD happen.
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Feb 10, 2025 10:59 PM
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Kennytran320Feb 10, 2025 10:59 PM
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Quote from jonebgood :
Would this be good for a diy NAS?
It will work but you're probably better off with a uses desktop. Reason being more connectivity for your drives. If you wanted to run one or a couple USB drives for a NAS, this could work. This would probably be better for your NAS applications; ie. plex, nextcloud, immich, etc.
Feb 10, 2025 11:01 PM
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Kennytran320Feb 10, 2025 11:01 PM
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Quote from fmabgagloit :
I'm looking to set up a plex server. How good is this at transcoding?
Supports quicksync and good for transcoding. There have been reports of 10+ plex transcodes on the N100. This is a little more powerful, so if you don't have a ton of end users, this unit would be solid.
Feb 10, 2025 11:21 PM
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Xn0Feb 10, 2025 11:21 PM
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Quote from wiffle :
I think you are mixing up the companies that in the past have been caught adding "spyware". Not all mini pc's have it. One company was caught adding it to the operating system. I am sure someone will eventually chime in about not trusting the bios. When you ask them to provide details about which companies specifically have been caught spiking the bios of mini pc's, you won't hear a peep from them because it is just a theory that it COULD happen.
Okay, I'll admit to "being concerned".

It's very weird that this company releases all their drivers only on Google Drive. Only as a zip. And that the zip file is nearly 1GiB for what should only be ~50MiB of drivers. What's the other 800MiB of stuff?

Anyway, why would I, after a fresh install, go out of my way to add extra unneeded junk back to the machine when you can get all of the drivers directly from the hardware manufacturer? Even if I did trust them (which I have no reason to, which to be fair, I don't really trust any company).
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Feb 11, 2025 12:10 AM
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partypooper32Feb 11, 2025 12:10 AM
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Would this make for a good emulation setup? Will it run up to PS2 games?

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Feb 11, 2025 12:17 AM
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Squirrels8MyLunchFeb 11, 2025 12:17 AM
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For anyone that has something like this versus a larkbox with usb c video out and data, how often do you actually make use of usb c video out or usb c power or usb c data?

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