Gmktec G5 Mini PC Intel N97 12GB DDR5 512GB SSD Windows 11 Pro A$200.90 (~NZ$223.22) Delivered @ GMKtec_AUS via Amazon AU

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Huntakillaz on 17/02/2025 - 12:34 amazon.com.au (236 clicks)
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NZD $223.22, Clip coupon

Intel Alder Lake N97 processor (4C/4T, 6MB Cache, Up to 3.6GHz, 12W TDP),
iGPU Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs 1.20GHz
3x USB 3.2,
2x HDMI,
1x Gigabit Ethernet Ports,
1x 3.5mm Audio,
1x Micro SD Card Slot,
1x Type-C For Power

Full Specs(gmktec.com)

In Package:
1 x Portable Micro Mini PC, 1 x HDMI Cable, 1 x Power Adapter, 1 x User Manual.

Items: NZD 278.78
Delivery: NZD 10.64
Total: NZD 289.42
Promotion(s) Applied: -NZD 66.20
Order Total: NZD 223.22
Payment Total: AUD 200.90

Credit: Hiphopopotamus 3(ozbargain.com.au)

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  ace310 on 17/02/2025 - 13:04

  +1

  Not the cheapest, but still a decent one.

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  Dunno on 17/02/2025 - 13:17

  As with any cheap mini pc I recommend scanning them for malware if you plan to use the 'clean' install on them. A fresh install with your own sourced windows if you have another licence(ie Windows 11 LTSC would be good) is always going to be a safer option. Gmktec provide their drivers on the website(many dodgy ones don't and only provide the windows image).

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  danvelopment on 17/02/2025 - 13:46

  Gross, Intel actually codenamed these Alder Lake…ish.

  It's not Alder Lake, it's Alder Lake-N, which is really just Atom under the full fat name.

  P Cores = Normal full fat cores that everyone knows and loves
  E Cores = Atom cores

  Alder Lake-N only has E cores, so it's an Atom disguised as something more performant.

  So for anyone unawares, it may be called Alder Lake, but it's Atom.

  An equivalent would have been calling the Pentium N4200 Skylake-N.

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    Huntakillaz on 17/02/2025 - 13:47

    So basically the Celerons

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      danvelopment on 17/02/2025 - 13:48

      Pretty much, don't read "Alder Lake" and think Alder Lake performance, read Alder Lake-N and think Atom performance.

      School Chromebook performance.

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        kfr23 on 17/02/2025 - 18:34

        It's similar to a quad core 6th gen i5, not exactly Atom performance lol. E cores are not Atom cores.

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          danvelopment on 17/02/2025 - 18:40

          +1

          @kfr23: It is exactly Atom performance. The N4200 is more powerful than a Core2 Extreme QX6800. "Not exactly Atom performance lol".

          Atoms are advancing as well, but they're nothing like a full fat core of the same generation.

          6th Gen i5 came out a literal decade ago (10 years exactly), whilst the N4200 and Core2 Extreme QX6800 are 9 years apart.

          So "Atom performance" could probably be said to be that of a 10 year old processor.

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          danvelopment on 17/02/2025 - 19:54

          @kfr23: And yes, E cores ARE Atom cores.

          What's your basis for thinking they're not?

          Here's the reality:
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracemont_(microarchitecture)
          "Gracemont is a microarchitecture for low-power processors used in systems on a chip (SoCs) made by Intel, and is the successor to Tremont. Like its predecessor, it is also implemented as low-power cores in a hybrid design of the Alder Lake, Raptor Lake and Raptor Lake Refresh processors.

          Gracemont is the fourth generation out-of-order low-power Atom microarchitecture, built on the Intel 7 manufacturing process."

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremont_(microarchitecture)
          "Tremont is a microarchitecture for low-power Atom, Celeron and Pentium Silver branded processors used in systems on a chip (SoCs) made by Intel. It is the successor to Goldmont Plus."

          And finally:
          https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/codenam…

          They still make Atoms, and they're just E-cores under the Alder Lake-N family. The Atom x7425E is actually more powerful than the N100 (the N97 is weirdly a frequency bumped N100).
          https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/compare.htm…

          https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/5783vs5337vs5157/Intel-…

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            kfr23 on 17/02/2025 - 20:50

            @danvelopment: Okay you're right, sorry. Anyway, the main reason people seem to buy these is because the GPU can do AV1 decode.

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  xwing on 17/02/2025 - 17:26

  Amazon cancelled my order due to an unspecified technical error.