Not everyone needs some suped-up gaming PC. Lots of folks only use their computer to browse the web, respond the emails, scroll through social media, archive their photos, maybe queue up a movie every now and then. That doesn’t require machine that costs thousands of dollars. For these use cases, a mini PC might be the best option. GMKtec has the G5S mini PC on sale for 43% off at the moment. This particular configuration already starts at a pretty reasonable price point of $400, but thanks to the discount, it’s now down to just $230. That ends up saving you $170 for a limited time.
Under the Tiny Hood
Mini PCs are able to keep their prices relatively low and their form factors small. They achieve this by using high-end laptop parts instead of traditional desktop parts in their builds. Laptop parts are inherently smaller in order to fit flat inside of a laptop. But when you use laptop parts without the things that make a laptop a laptop (built-in screen, keyboard, mouse, etc), the price can be kept from creeping up too high.
Inside this G5S mini PC from GMKtec, we are working with an Intel Celeron N5095 processor featuring four cores and four threads that can boost to up to 2.9 GHz. It sues an Intel UHD graphics card that can comfortably provide stable performance when bouncing between multiple browser tabs for daily work or when building out office documents, emails, and more. It shines with everyday computing.
For memory and storage, we’re working with 8GB of RAM and a 128GB SDD. The storage can be expanded to support as much as 8TB to grow with your changing needs.
The mini PC is able to connect to dual monitor simultaneously. The reverse end of the mini PC houses not one but two HDMI 2.0 outputs. These are able to support displaying content in up to 4K resolutions at 60Hz.
Beyond those two HDMI ports, the mini PC comes equipped with three USB 3.2 ports with two of them on the front end and one on the back. The back also has a USB-C power input port as well as a Gigabit LAN port and a classic audio headphone jack. The side also has a Kensington lock to ensure the mini PC stays put where you want it and it also has a microSD card slot which can be used either to transfer photos and videos from a camera or be used a quick and easy way to expand your device’s storage capacity.