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expiredphoinix | Staff posted Feb 10, 2025 4:41 PM

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

$126

$180

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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

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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.
    • 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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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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Xn0
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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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wordage
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You are right--it does not make a lot of sense to be worried about embedded malware so you do a fresh install of Win 11 Pro, and then download their 886MB driver pack...

If you do a fresh install of Win 11 Pro 2024H2, four devices will not have drivers after finishing the installation, and unfortunately, the regular NIC and WNIC are among the four. So no way to bootstrap this WITHOUT bringing in at least one of the xNIC drivers externally, for example, via a USB drive or by previously adding it to the ISO.

But the four missing drivers in question can be obtained from Microsoft's own WHQL/Update Catalog, and all together, they total less than 3MB!

Details/URLs for dowloading the < 3MB of drivers from Microsoft can be found in the other thread at:

https://slickdeals.net/f/18083728-prime-members-gmktec-nucbox-g3-plus-mini-pc-intel-n150-8gb-ram-256gb-ssd-130-free-shipping?p=175553533#post175553533
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NoseyK
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Is this the same machine? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...I7HLJ&th=1

$129 and delivery tommorow
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Feb 11, 2025 8:18 AM
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LivelyMusic493Feb 11, 2025 8:18 AM
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Quote from poohbie :
N97 the better processor/graphics than N150, but I recall someone saying there was a tradeoff with the GMKtec N97 NUC in the other thread...I think that the SSD interface is SATA instead of NVMe?
n97 has double the power draw (12W vs 6W)
Feb 11, 2025 8:23 AM
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Peerless_WarriorFeb 11, 2025 8:23 AM
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Good for basic office tasks and streaming? Does the usbc version need the port for its power plug??
Feb 11, 2025 8:30 AM
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mari000Feb 11, 2025 8:30 AM
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Quote from pansh :
Is the ram and ssd expandable?
Just watched vid on YT. The 2nd m.2 slot is 2242 type, so basically worthless unless you have one from an old laptop. There are some of those SSDs available on Amazon, but they're expensive for the space.

There is only one RAM slot, so you have to replace the factory RAM. It's NOT dual channel.
Feb 11, 2025 9:35 AM
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wiffleFeb 11, 2025 9:35 AM
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Quote from mari000 :
Just watched vid on YT. The 2nd m.2 slot is 2242 type, so basically worthless unless you have one from an old laptop. There are some of those SSDs available on Amazon, but they're expensive for the space.

There is only one RAM slot, so you have to replace the factory RAM. It's NOT dual channel.
These processors don't support dual channel memory anyways.
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Feb 11, 2025 1:04 PM
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artcab
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Feb 11, 2025 1:04 PM
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IMO this is screaming to be a Home Assistant box - cheaper and more powerful than a Raspberry Pi build once you factor in case, power supply, storage, etc. that a Raspberry Pi build would require.

Low power, good looking enough to sit on/in an entertainment center, etc. So tempted but I already have HA running on an ANCIENT low power mini-ITX board with a 9W SOC AMD E1-2100 mobile processor, and it is running just fine.

https://www.ecs.com.tw/he/Product...0/overview
Feb 11, 2025 2:33 PM
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MadisMasFeb 11, 2025 2:33 PM
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Are these good for home work computers. Looking for a replacement PC for my dad.
Feb 11, 2025 4:12 PM
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C304Feb 11, 2025 4:12 PM
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Quote from mari000 :
Just watched vid on YT. The 2nd m.2 slot is 2242 type, so basically worthless unless you have one from an old laptop. There are some of those SSDs available on Amazon, but they're expensive for the space. There is only one RAM slot, so you have to replace the factory RAM. It's NOT dual channel.
2TB for $179 isn't horrible.

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Feb 11, 2025 4:14 PM
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C304Feb 11, 2025 4:14 PM
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Quote from Xn0 :
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).
Yeah, I wiped the drive and installed ubuntu and all the hardware was detected by default just fine.
Feb 11, 2025 4:29 PM
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limerFeb 11, 2025 4:29 PM
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I purchased one today for Proxmox VE that is currently running on a very old laptop. Currently only using one Windows 10 VM for a document scanner (nigh impossible to get running in linux) and a few containers which I'll migrate over.

Proxmox VE helper scripts for those interested:

https://community-scripts.github....VE/scripts

Thanks!
Last edited by limer February 11, 2025 at 08:32 AM.
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artcab
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Quote from phoinix :
GMKtec-US via Amazon [amazon.com] has GMKtec NucBox G3 Plus Mini PC: Intel N150, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD for $125.93. Shipping is free.

Price:
$54.06 lower (30% savings) than the list price of $179.99

*Deal history:
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amazon.com/dp/B0CH81C4K3 [amazon.com]

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#pfd, #pfpd
Looks to be live again at 12:35PM EST. I just ordered one.

EDIT: NVM, looks like I may have gotten a "targeted" price on AMZ. It's back to $200 now.

EDIT to EDIT: Anndddd it's active again
Last edited by artcab February 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM.
Feb 11, 2025 7:24 PM
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NeatCable281Feb 11, 2025 7:24 PM
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Quote from MadisMas :
Are these good for home work computers. Looking for a replacement PC for my dad.
No. These are modern day Celeron/Pentiums
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Feb 11, 2025 7:35 PM
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DealoxyFeb 11, 2025 7:35 PM
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Deal is not expired
Feb 11, 2025 9:06 PM
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kamiller42Feb 11, 2025 9:06 PM
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Too underpowered to be a Pinball FX box?
Feb 11, 2025 10:45 PM
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AquaRoom2256Feb 11, 2025 10:45 PM
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This is a good deal for this particular product.
I'm waiting for a solution that fits these criteria (Beelink, if you're listening...)
  • Built-in PSU (no external AC adapters, reduces clutter)
  • N150 CPU
  • 16GB DDR5 memory (DDR4 is a legacy product at this point)

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Feb 11, 2025 11:24 PM
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useraFeb 11, 2025 11:24 PM
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Quote from MadisMas :
Are these good for home work computers. Looking for a replacement PC for my dad.
you can get a ryzen 7 mini pc for twice the price with at least 3x the performance cpu with H/HS designation. hard to know how much work cpu your dad needs but you just need to compare his current cpu benchmark with the n150 and you will have a pretty good idea.

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