GMKtec EVO X1 AMD AI 9 HX370 Processor, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, Oculink + Thunderbolt 4, Win 11 PRO Mini PC

I use it as a Linux workstation. All components work as they should, except for the WiFi card, which is very weak. I swapped it for MEDIATEK 7925 and the signal is now great. Also sometimes BIOS laggy during boot, which I learned can be fixed with a hard reset (turn off, wait 10 sec, turn on). The AI agent (ollama) works decently well but its not setting any records and one can't expect much from an integrated GPU/NPU.

I regret getting this crap. Its noisy, the USB 4 Port doesn't work with a Dell dock. In fact, it doesn't seem to work at all. And there is only one USB4 port so this is useless as anything other than a over-powered file server or something to jam in the network closet to do automated builds. ** UPDATE ** The entropy continue, it no longer supports my Dell 4k monitor at full resolution. While in the middle of some development task, the screen blanked out. It only powers the monitor now at a deprecated resolution. This was not the result of a Windows or drivers update, it just keeps losing functionality. (my other machines power this 4k quite well) The USB ports are also flakey and don't work with older flash drives, won't recognize the Yubi key. Furthermore, the microphone is awful, it sounds like someone is dragging a microphone over gravel. I assume that this has everything to do with bad drivers, but the website offers nothing, There isn't any software that will make use of the NPU,. Because this is just a commodity mini-pc, there is no support like one might get from Dell or HP. If you have low expectations, just understand that the universe of 64GB RAM mini-pc is pretty small so this performs well as a development workstation if you don't have any devices that need to be plugged in when compared to others in its class. You get what you pay for, but this thing is at least $200 over priced.

Have used it now for almost 2 months, and the performance is very impressive, and it has worked flawlessly. Still can't believe how small this thing is. Very quiet, even when fan is running. I have the 64GB RAM version running Windows 11 Pro. I would definitely buy this again, and I would give it 6 stars if I could.

This mini PC was a solid purchase. It does it all and it does it quick. Very quiet.

These are solid devices. I am using three of them to run optimized and quantized LRM models, taking advantage of the 80 TOPS for self-hosted models (Deepseek-coder, wizard-coder, llama 3, and code lama). I used Ubuntu 24 because I needed LTS versions of the OS, so I had to use the UWE version of Ubuntu 24 (kernel 6.11), and build the AMD drivers myself (Ubuntu 25 already includes the AMD drivers). The only problem I have with these is the AX200 Wifi chip doesn't work well (lots of problems in most Linux distros), so I had to replace them with AX210 modules. This was good for me anyway, since the AX210 was necessary to use the 6g SSID on the TP-Link Deco Pro wifi. Of course, since I have these configured in a Kubernetes cluster, I could also solve the problem using Squid on one of the nodes where the MT922 Wifi modules work fine, so forth and so on, but I hate having dysfunctional hardware in my systems. These are not bad for the money. They are very quiet and provide good tokens per second for running my AI Agents co-hosted in the same Kubernetes cluster.I have all three of them sitting on my desk, and I can't hear them. The three together generate less heat than my laptop, and I can't hear them at all. They also draw less than 120W apiece, so they are a serious improvement over normal server-grade hardware.