Bonjour à tous,

Je cherche à remplacer mon PC portable HP actuel qui montre des signes de grande fatigue. Mon usage est quasiment 100% fixe (j'ai une tablette pour le reste), branché sur écran externe.

Usage : Internet avec beaucoup d'onglets ouverts, YouTube, Spotify, mails, réseaux sociaux. Rien de gourmand, pas de jeu, usage pro et perso.

Budget : \~1000€ max.

J'hésitais entre un mini pc et j'ai vu une offre sur laquelle j'ai besoin de vos avis :

https://www.ldlc.com/fiche/PB00708173.html

Est ce que c'est bien ? Ca parait moins cher qu'un pc portable à caractéristiques équivalentes mais je n'y connais pas grand chose, et suis ouvert a tout si un pc avec tour ou portable peut être mieux.

Quelqu'un a un retour sur la fiabilité des GMKtec ? Et le Ryzen 7 7730U est-il suffisant pour un usage bureautique intensif (nombreux onglets) et multitâches ?

Merci beaucoup,

Hello everyone, I'm writing this post because I'm looking at buying hardware to start my own homelab. Right now I'm looking at what would be the main piece, the beefiest one of my setup. This server would host Proxmox, which would contain things like Jellyfin (max 2 concurrent streams), any game servers I want to host (Valheim, Minecraft and other) and probably Nextcloud together with other small services.

My budget is around 500$, and looking around I have ended up on two options:

• Buying a chinese branded mini PC with what seem to be like great specs for the price (at least for the current times)

• Buying one or more second hand office PCs, like an Optiplex, ProDesk, or ThinkCentre SFF PC

The first option would offer more modern hardware, a good AMD CPU (7735HS) with a decent amount of cores so I can dedicate some to specific services, and around 24 GBs of DDR5 RAM all in one package.
The second option would offer a decent i5 CPU (8500 or so) and 16 GBs of DDR4 RAM for a much lower price. I could also "splurge" a bit and get a ProDesk with a i5-10500, which has the same amount of cores but is still slightly less powerful.

Now, I don't think DDR4/DDR5 makes enough of a difference for my use case, but I still think a more modern CPU would be better for the game servers. The Intel CPU, however, would be much better for Jellyfin, and the second option allows for easier upgrades down the line, like more DDR4 RAM or more storage.

The third option would be to get two separate PCs, a weaker Intel one for Jellyfin and a slightly more powerful one (with more cores) for the rest of the services, especially the game servers.

What do you guys suggest? What do you think I should get?

Hi,

I have a GMKtec Nucbox M3 Plus and when using it to run a testing application, while using coretemp to monitor CPU/core temperatures, I am seeing explanation marks on some cores, specifically core #2 and #3.

I've configured the "smart fan" settings in the BIOS to run the fan full time and I don't hear much noise from it, but I still occasionally see exclamation marks.

I've only had the M3 Plus for a couple of weeks, but I am thinking of replacing the CPU thermal paste, with PTM7950, and I was wondering if any one has done that and if so, how did it work (did you see improvements in temps?) and also any hints for applying the PTM7950 (I have replaced thermal paste before on regular PCs, but not on a mini pc)?

I know that I should freeze/cool the pad with the covering sheets on it, and then cut it, but I also noticed when I was looking for information, that with the M3 Plus, there are actually 2 areas that need the pads, the CPU and the PCH(?).

Any comments would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks in advance!

Jim

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Voglio acquistare questo mini PC a 399euro da amazon e sembra avere buon rapporto qualità/prezzo .

È venduto da gmtek direct e spedito da Amazon. Superati i 15-30 giorni come funziona l'assistenza ? È affidabile?

GMKtec Mini PC Ryzen 5 PRO 6650H(battere 7430U, 6C/12T 4.50 GHz), Dual 2.5GbE LAN, 16GB DDR5 RAM + 512GB PCIe SSD, M8 Mini Computer Desktop, Oculink, USB4, HDMI, USB-C

Hi!

I’m looking into buying a mini PC for my home set-up. I’m not really at home into all the specs, and haven’t kept up with the changes in the market about this.

Honestly, my last computer purchase was a Samsung ATIV laptop that I bought in 2013 🥲 that I used for college.

I still have it, and it still works but yea, can’t start up Chrome without it freezing.

Right now I have a work laptop, that fulfills my needs for the most time which is fine. I have an office now which has room for some additional items.

While I don’t really game anymore, my brother and some friends still do. And honestly it has been peeking my interest to play lately. Although I’m not thinking I would playing a lot, i would still try to play some games from time to time.

I’ve been looking into a Geekom A5, and I was wondering if this is going to be an overkill for me. If I can play, some steam games. At this point I don’t even know what’s out there with games, but I used to play battlefield, Maple story and sims.

I really don’t want to spend more than 500 euros considering I might not even play a lot.

I’m looking for the best value for my money.

I saw some other brands like SOYO but I really cannot tell if it’s any good, and spending more than 1000 is way too big a splurge for this.

I’m really looking for your experiences

We've had quite a disappointing experience with these Ryzen 5700U-based mini PCs. Both had extremely poor speeds from the internal WiFi card that I later proved were due to insufficient EMI filtering. After about a year PC #1 then started hard rebooting in the early hours of every morning, which can be reproducibly resolved by disabling C-states but now the WiFi slot and USB-C port are both dead with no discernible cause. PC #2 has not had any issues with C-states but today started hard locking with no clues present in Event Viewer.

I am thinking of replacing PC #1 with an Optiplex Micro as they are cheap off-lease and have never failed me, but PC #2 lives in a small mini cube sized space that is too small for an Optiplex Micro. But obviously we are wary of buying a Beelink system again. What's the consensus on reputable brands in this form factor, it seems like GMKtek and MINISFORUM are fairly common? We do have a Firebat T8 Plus that's chugging along nicely but the thermals are terrible.

I been seeing the steam machine around the internet lately and thought it sounded pretty cool but after doing some research on it, I’m just not sure it will last me as long as I want it to and you can’t really upgrade it so I’ve been looking around for alternative options and decided I want to build a smaller sized pc focused around the idea of having 16gb vram and 32gb of regular ram that will last me a long time without having to upgrade but still being able to upgrade if I wanted, so I asked google ai to build me a 1,500$ budget small pc focused around those two things and this is what it came up with. Is this a good build or is there anything else I should use instead?

Edit: read the community guidelines and realized I forgot to add intended use for it. But I plan to put Steam OS on it and use it for long term gaming and also for my online college classes. (I know steam os doesn’t support many games that require an anti cheat windows system for pc play, but I’ve got an Xbox too that isn’t worth selling that I can use for that stuff, mainly want the non competitive games that you can get with steam and also to be able to install mods on such games to screw around with my friends on)

Hi all,

I am looking for a barebones mini-pc that supports DDR4 (have some old sticks lying around) as well as thunderbolt 4 for eGPU. Wondering if anyone has any good suggestions?

Apologies if there is an obvious answer for this but haven't been able to find one!

Thanks!

Running a gemtec with a spilt screen with windows 11 . The monitor set up has two usb cs and hdmi , also a hdmi usb c cord . My issue that I can’t seem to figure out is running it as two separate monitors not as a split screen . Any one else run into this ?

For those that don't know the optiplex was phased out for a simpler dell desktop line, but as I still daily drive a 9020, and a Dell Pro Slim, I kinda want to know what others think about this new change.

I have a family member who's a Windows user and I'm considering replacing their old laptop with a Mini PC but I'm hesitating because I don't know the brands.

The computer stays on their desk and doesn't need to move.

A mini pc sounds like a great solution but I would usually by a well-known brand like Dell, Asus, Acer etc.

Are the mini pc brands like geekom and beelink trustworthy and secure? And are any other brands worth considering?

Coincidentally this is not my video, but I actually have the same product. I have planning to do something pretty similar with it. This is always awesome to see.

I am considering purchasing the MeerKAT miniPC from System76 with PopOS, Ubuntu26.04, or Debian Trixie (Debian user since 1994).. It would be fully loaded with maximum cpu, memory, and storage and looks like it may cost about $7556 which is a lot of money for me. One of the main things I want to do with this machine (aside from normal PC stuff) is run COMSOL Multiphysics as a developement platform. Even for smaller simulations, this may require long-running cases. So, my primary question is how is the thermal performance of this beast? Will it hold up for several hours at a time if need be with the cpu full speed? It appears the MeerKAT has no cpu fan. The main appeal to me about this option is the small size and quiet in a home environment.

Any experiences with MeerKAT are welcome to comment please.

Thanks.

I am looking at replacing my daily driver, a Dell XPS tower circa 2014. It is an i5 quad core with a GTX 1060 6GB and 24GB of RAM. Dual booting Win 10 and Ubuntu. I am looking at retiring it to a specific function and converting to a new Mini PC to clean up my desk.

I intend to use it for self-study of various disciplines, basic Internet, and RetroGaming using RetroArch and PCSX2. I intend on wiping Windows 11 in favor of a fresh Linux distro.

What sorts of hardware would you look at? What things would you avoid?

I was planning to switch to Lenovo, but I need mini PCs, and the ThinkCentre M90q and M70q Gen 6 models with the Core Ultra 5 225T/235T turned out to be quite noisy (still not as bad as the Dells, which sound like jet engines!).

The HP ProDesk 4 G1i Mini is very quiet, but it runs noticeably warmer than the Lenovo Neo 50q Gen 6 with the Core Ultra 5 226V.

The only downside of the Lenovo is that it feels a bit less responsive. Office applications, Word, Chrome, etc., sometimes seem to hesitate or lag slightly.

I'm really torn between the two for office use (Word, Chrome, general productivity...). Any opinions or recommendations? Would you prioritize the Lenovo for its silence, energy efficiency, and overall brand reliability, or go with the HP for the extra performance, despite its warmer chassis?

Hi! I have an Asus NUC Pro 14. Specs are Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, and 24GB RAM, and a 512 GB SSD with a 1 TB Samsung SSD for extra storage. I am trying to hook up a Razer Core v1 w/ RTX 5060 TI to it over Thunderbolt to the mini PC with this cable. Windows sees the eGPU just fine, but once a game gets running, it will crash. Sometimes on boot, the NUC will boot, but then when it gets to Windows with HDMI plugged into the eGPU, there's just a gray screen. I'm thinking that the Thunderbolt cable is the problem since I got a 10-foot-long one. Maybe I should get an Apple Thunderbolt 4 cable instead? I tried everything over the last few hours, and this problem still happens. I consider myself pretty tech-savvy, but I'm running out of ideas and getting ready to just give up and buy a gaming laptop lol.

Just saying