Many of us don’t exactly have unlimited space to work with when it comes to setting up a desk and PC. Be it you’re using this area for work, play, or both, a giant custom rig may not be the best fit. The good news is you don’t have to sacrifice performance to make room. GMKtec has a pretty robust mini PC that packs a ton of computing power into a small package. The K16 also happens to be on sale at the moment. Over at Amazon, you can now save 34% on this mini PC. That brings the price down from its usual $900 to just $590. You’ll be saving $310 for a limited time.
Compact, Yet Powerful
This thing is a bit of a beast for as small as it is. Measuring at only five inches across, it’s equipped with an AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, 8-core and 16-thread processor that’s capable of running at up to 4.75GHz. That’s paired with an AMD Radeon 680M 12-cores graphics card that runs nearly equivalent to a full NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti. With that, you can expect to run AAA games at reasonable graphical settings. You should be able to play games like Forza Horizon 5, Genshin Impact, and Cyberpunk, 2077 at 1080p without issue.
If you want a little more from your setup, the GMKtec K16 Mini PC supports Oculink expansion. This allows you to connect to an external RTX 40/50 series graphics card to bring you even better performance while gaming or working high-demanding graphics-based tasks such as video or photo editing.
Out of the box, you’re working with 32GB of DDR5 RAM as well as 512GB of storage on the SSD. The mini PC is equipped with two M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 x4 expansion slots, each capable of housing SSDs up to 8TB. So you can expand to up to 16TB if your needs demand it.
Natively, the GMKtec K16 Mini PC can display on up to three screens at once. Each of the three different ports—an HDMI 2.0, a DisplayPort 1.4, and a USB-C 4—can support resolutions of up to 8K for ultra-high detail. As far as connectivity goes, the mini PC features a total of four USB-A ports so you can connect to your various peripherals.
As a mini PC, you may be concerned with how it manages heat. Fear not. This has a high-end cooling setup with an all-copper system and two quiet fans that keep things running smoothly. The 360° airflow design helps spread heat out evenly, and the smart fan control automatically adjusts to keep temperatures down without getting loud—even when it’s working hard at around 45–50W.
