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Mini PCs are all the rage of late, thanks to a mix of AI-centric demand for a portable wunderbox that does it all without costing an arm and a leg or taking up much space. And I've found a great deal on the GMKtec M5 Ultra. now $420 (was $570) at Amazon.
With an octa-core AMD Ryzen CPU and a capable iGPU under the hood, along with excellent networking and I/O options, it scored 4 stars in our review, shining as an office mini PC with a little more power than you might expect.
Alongside the M5 Ultra, I've also seen that GMKtec is running its own early prime Day-style sale, celebrating the company's 7th anniversary. You can see a selection of alternative deals below, or visit our round-up of the top 7 deals in the sale by clicking here.
Today's top mini PC deal
The GMKtec M5 Ultra is, like most comparable NUCs, a device that focuses on function over form, with an all-plastic exterior that allows for easy access for future upgrades.
Its reliance on a capable, but slightly dated AMD Ryzen 7 7730U CPU, which leverages Team Red's Zen 3 cores, might be off-putting for some, but it holds its own, especially in its own weight class when it comes to performance.
The 1TB of storage is exceptionally generous, with 16GB of DDR4 RAM under the hood, especially at the current price point.
While neither of these is top-of-the-line (the NUC uses a PCI-E 3.0 NVMe SSD (secondary slot available) and DDR4 SO-DIMMs (upgradeable to 64GB)), given recent memory and storage prices, they might be the need of the hour to help keep the NUC under the $500 price tag.
Also consider: More GMKtec mini PC deals
