There are plenty of small PC deals to be had in this year’s Amazon Big Spring sale. And fortunately, my team and I reviewed many of them. GMKtec’s sales focus on affordable office and business use, and several of them caught my eye.
Now, our best budget mini PC, the GMKtec G10 is $300 (was $340) at Amazon. But I highly recommend picking up the GMKtec M6 Ultra now $550 (was $700) if you want a powerful machine from the same stable. During testing, we said, “The M6 Ultra not only performs well in office tasks but can also take that extra step in multimedia creation, media playback, and touch games.”
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For normal day-to-day office tasks and tasks, the G10 is a stellar little machine. It also allows a lot of room to improve memory and retention, as noted by Mark in his comprehensive review.
The problem is, it won’t attract those who want to push the boundaries and squeeze every drop of performance out of the machine. The older CPU doesn’t lend itself to that at all – and I’d recommend the M6 Ultra if you’re looking for a GMKtec mini PC that can handle those kinds of projects.
Of course, it is very expensive, and we felt that the houses are of small size. But in the performance stakes, our review found a lot to like about this device.
On the business side, “when using Word, Excel, browsing the Internet, and viewing media, this small PC performs exceptionally well,” providing fast boot times for Windows 11 Pro.
In creating content, it’s worth quoting our review in full – we’ll give you a solid idea of what to expect here.
“After taking the photos for this review, I selected images shot on the Sony A7 Mark IV using Adobe Bridge, introduced in Camera Raw, and then in Photoshop to make a few additional tweaks. Adobe Photoshop was very capable of handling camera raw files, and adding a few basic layers proved that this machine has more than enough processing power to be used for mid-rabe compression… Premiere Pro and imported 4K video and the resolution was more than possible, and as I scrolled through the timelines, the generation of icons seemed smooth and fast.
Game performance was… okay. We tried a standard list of AAA titles – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Hogwarts Legacy, Episode 8, again DiRT Rally – and while it generally delivered smooth gameplay on our 4K 60Hz monitor, frame rates weren’t great. Everything is very playable, but sometimes slow. Expect to lower your settings here.
However, as we said at the time, “when it comes to pure office performance and general use, it achieves an excellent balance, with a good combination of processor and GPU, fast RAM, and plenty of storage that will meet the needs of most people who use it for general use.”
