Detailed Review of GMKtec K8 AMD 8 Core 1080p Gaming!

[@foopishmeister103]

I appreciate your thorough and detailed review. No other reviewers have provided such a comprehensive analysis of this device. You have addressed all the potential scenarios that one could consider. Thank you for your insightful work.

[@r.l.7160]

I agree with the other commenters; HTWingnut has the most comprehensive reviews I've ever seem. He answers questions no one else even mentions. I'm amazed!

[@Just_Mike64]

Great review with all the details, thanks a lot :-) I just ordered a K8 Plus, excited to see what it brings.

[@dylanbonny5648]

Damn dude, take my sub and like! I normally never comment but you went trough this mini pc 100% and answered all my possible questions and once i didn't even think of. Thanks for feeding my nerdy brain. Waiting for my GMKtec k8 plus to arrive. :)

[@htwingnut]

Thanks and glad you took the time to sit through this lengthy review.

[@kamertonaudiophileplayer847]

The best mini PC review I have ever seen.

[@danilorodriguez4665]

Best test bench in YT, great video

[@tyrellnelson]

Got to the anxiety part with the bending plastic and decided maybe I should look for a video... Glad it worked out in the end for both of us.. somewhat related topic that might interest potential buyers, my one has a noise from its CPU fan after about 5 months of use, so going to be looking for replacements because rma takes too long and it'll take 15 minutes to replace

[@Lbgood2121]

Great review, and...great CPU.

[@claudiolima224]

Interesting that GMKtec no longer lists this model and replaced it with the K8 Plus which they call a "re-design of the K8". The new larger fan looks to address the heating issue.

[@htwingnut]

Thanks. Yeah that is quite odd. I'll have to see if I can get my hands on the K8 Plus then.

[@claudiolima224]

@@htwingnut I got the k8 plus a few days ago and can say the new aluminium case, top lid design, larger top fan and oculink port are definitely worth the small price increase.

[@JasonTrentTN]

I'm expecting my K8 Plus on Monday. Do you know if you replace the wifi with an additional ssd, does it bump up the maximum capacity? Or how is it totaled? With 3 nvme slots, does that change the max capacity from 8 to 9... or 12? Does the bios support booting from each drive? Thanks for any info you can provide.

[@brencancer]

same processor legion slim 5?

[@terrylindsay445]

Listing for this on Amazon says this comes with 4TB possible capacity expandable to 8TB.But it only has two slots. How do you get 8 TB?

[@htwingnut]

Probably referring to dual 4TB SSD's

[@chaiyong7998]

30. Don’t but GMKTec, if you did a review on their customer service you’ll know why.

[@htwingnut]

Thank you for that input. I haven't had to deal with their customer service. All I know is that they have been more than accommodating with my requests so far. But I 'll look into their customer support as I know the product quality and features are only as good as the company support.

[@srvuk]

From what I generally see, the key complaints are regarding shipping times when ordering from China, where many points along the way can be bottlenecks outside of a companies control. Luckily this seems one of those brand that can often be sourced locally from sites with quick delivery and free returns. None the less, it is always a very worthwhile consideration before a final purchase and one that should not be ignored or assumed, regardless of what others say, including me.