The Best Games Ever (on a tiny PC) | feat. GMKtec NucBox G5

[@aboveaveragebayleaf9216]

Oh a tip for bioshock. Turn off mouse acceleration from windows. It doesn't give you an option for raw mouse input, so turning off "enhance pointer precision" will help the game feel much better. Edit: This applies to a lot of older shooters as well. Particularly console ports. It's good to just keep it off.

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

Doesn't everyone just untick that box in windows and never touch it again?.

[@arthurlasido258]

Dude's having a mini pc addiction binge

[@daveyepdave4366]

R5 5500 REVIEWWW

[@arctiicfreeze4018]

i have a video idea, whats the smallest custom SFF budget PC you could build from cheap used parts for like idk, 500, 800 or 1000 quid budget

[@springbonnie6407]

But they are so cute tho.

[@thepig27_]

No way he found the smallest mini pc he’s ever seen for the 12th time

[@emlyndewar]

The ETAPrime is strong here.

[@BigBrosFilms]

I really hate this clickbait BS I just unsubscribed

[@QuincyQad]

​@@BigBrosFilmstechnically it's not clickbate each mini pc he's reviewed has been smaller than the last

[@arctiicfreeze4018]

the smallest mini pc he's ever seen, YET.. 😂

[@springbonnie6407]

​@@BigBrosFilmsSwitches content a bit due to lack of things to talk of. OMG IM UNSUBING HOW DARE YOU

[@OneAngrehCat]

One day this channel will be in the history books as "One Englishman managed to save good gaming away from the industry and led the people to their true Destiny"

[@GodSaveTheUnitedStates]

"I think hes got it, I think he's got it" (in my best stereotypical British voice)

[@BeefLettuceAndPotato]

You know I'm your overly biased AMD fan so it pains me to give Intel chips props lol ... but I do like seeing mini PCs and how far they've come. With the right expectations this tiny and cheap computing solution is really awesome if you ask me. With as much as I've gotten out of my Steam Deck lately I think there's a real chance I don't build big ole desktops anymore once my current rig is too slow (very long time lol).. I'll just get whatever decent spec mini PC and a handheld (probably some kinda Steam Deck 3) and call it a day.

[@alltheotherhandlesaretaken]

You need to review the intel compute stick next. That’s truly the tiniest PC.

[@IcebergTech]

I was obsessed with that thing when it first came out, with the Z3735F CPU... until I tried one!

[@ABaumstumpf]

@@IcebergTech It is an ultra lowpower CPU. For the formfactor it still was great, and while i don't have one i did use them a couple years ago as an on-site office-PC. It was more than capable enough. They just slapped that on a Monitoring TV that they had there anyways and so it was quite nice to use.

[@mdnan]

I pray for the youtube algo to bless this channel

[@michaelkoerner4578]

Hey man, I found you from your old-school tech reviews, and also watched a lot of your mini builds. It's funny watching you slap together a Frankenstein. Can't wait to watch you eventually slap a 4090 in an i7 990x

[@atoo7yt490]

i lost my edging streak

[@Odinsday]

Um, what the sigma?

[@MrEditorsSideKick]

@@Odinsday I guess like Skibidi from Ohio...

[@NP_Com]

I want you to spread your ohio liquid alll over mee🤤🥴😫

[@stolenchaser]

what did you bust to? baby gronk??

[@lucasmcdougall4897]

gen x has been ruined

[@BigBrosFilms]

Please don't downplay how bad things actually are you can't just discredit real issues in like half a sentence wtf

[@BReal-10EC]

What exactly are you referring to? Ultra tiny and cheap PC has thermal issues with power limit ramped up 25% past stock? You think he really needs to harp on that point for longer? Kind of obvious issue for this kind of product imo.

[@StarmenRock]

Shill alert... let me guess, 12 affiliate links a week

[@BReal-10EC]

@@StarmenRock Who are you referring to?

[@StarmenRock]

@@BReal-10EC video author

[@GodSaveTheUnitedStates]

​@@StarmenRock Nobody is forcing you to watch. Find another channel to grief.

[@phychmasher]

This is the one, though. N97 + DDR5 is the current champion for low power draw systems that play the most games. You can play some PS2 games on this thing. Every GameCube game, the list goes on!

[@FireFalcon]

Idk why people dislike the mini PC reviews on your channel Old high end/low end tech and mini PCs in 2024 are refreshing fields, when I have watched X modern GPU and Y modern CPU reviews for years

[@gillyboy3415]

Wait you’re in your 40’s, you sound pretty young g!

[@IcebergTech]

You’d think I’d get tired of hearing that, but nope 🙂‍↔️ thanks

[@h4rt360]

O wow, big respect to you sir, its rare to see ppl around 40 to do a tech review 😅

[@cgm246]

If it can run Unreal Tournament and Quake III Arena, I'm happy!

[@unionofslavstanrepublics2317]

A Intel N97 and UHD 730 graphics? Scary stuff!

[@trevor_mounts_music]

I'm building a tiny second rig with this as the centerpiece. All I needed was machine that could play old man 90's games, indies, and do some light music production for cheap! Having the card reader on the side is an underrated feature imo - I've got my entire record collection, sample library, and ROMs backed up on one so I can plug it in and go.

[@no-damn-alias]

what mini pc would you recommend to connect to a pc. I want to be able to stream 4k60p on it and don't want to buy a FireTV Stick or anything like. Want to surf using an adblocker. I'd happily watch SOME ads but it is simply getting out of hand

[@dualpapayas]

N100 and N97 mini PCs are very good for streaming, the iGPU has a hardware AV1 decoder. 4K 60 FPS KZbin works just fine.

[@Sevastous]

At this point we getting so small that USB stick Mini PC concept is on the horizon again (That runs cyberpunk)

[@UltraVegito-GodKiller-1995]

Iceberg Tech: Introducing the most powerful compact mini PC yet, tiny footprint and power

[@GodSaveTheUnitedStates]

It's absolutely mind-blowing, as someone who lived through the release of these games, that something as small as this nuc will play them at all. I would have killed for a system that would play halo when it first came out for pc (I didn't have the xbox). The me from 2003 would have never believed that something that would fit in the palm of my hand would be powerful enough to play the game. Especially that intel would have mobile integrated graphics that would push such a heavy load!

[@makegaminggreatagain3907]

Looking at the N100 to replace my Chromebook, I wonder how mini pc's would work with GeForce Now, considering they are they lack the power of a standalone GPU?

[@PiManiac]

Hmm My G5 power supply is 12v/3a 36w and N97 is 12w TDP so, setting 15w only made mine run hotter and throttle more.. I love my G5 but, I had to repaste it which completely fixed heat/throttle issues. (Once you hit 95c for even a nanosec it will throttle causing stutters) Nice collection of games shown and this little box excels at Emulation. The 1200MHz GPU UP from the N100 @ 750MHz makes a big difference here. (YT PiManiac)

[@MarcosCodas]

People who publish on Sundays are unsung heroes of KZbin.

[@lasunika]

8:25 oh that was smooth

[@OuttaControl887]

Will this play StarCraft 2? And if so on what settings.

[@BReal-10EC]

The thermals are a concern imo- you want a tiny PC because you want to stick it someplace cramped. But that would kill this thing if unlocked to 15 watts. That's more an issue with the case/fan design though... the CPU and GPU are quite good for such low power units (from Intel). The CPU is on par with a 65 watt i5-7500, and the the GPU is about twice as powerful a GT 730 (more like a GTX 650)- assuming the PC can run at 15 watts. Kind of weird that Intel now has the cheap CPU with iGPU market with these new chips. AMD's lowest Ryzen is the Ryzen 3 7320U (iirc- all the A, E, and Athlons are gone from mobile), which is about double the CPU power but 2/3rds the iGPU power. Probably a much better laptop CPU... but AMD used to have much better iGPUs on the lower end. I guess since their more expensive CPUs are so good now (public image takes a while- and it's finally really good).. they don't have to scratch the lower end for sales.

[@Gamingandlorewithricky]

Laptop CPUs are surprisingly capable now a days, I run fallout 4 on my UHD620 graphics chip in my streaming system for the fun of it, I get between 20-30 fps on medium settings but that still reasonable.

[@shiftctrlhack]

MY GUY --- 32 SEC mark is a new record ! :)

[@emirtavana]

I have a problem I have a 1TB hard drive A 120 GB SD card with Windows Recently, my Windows is very slow to load even though it is on SSD The light on the case, which is related to the hard drive, also lights up After some time, my hard disk consumption goes to 100% I changed my windows last night and it is still the same Then I put the SD and hard drive test program Hardem, whose pair was one hundred percent SSD Health 98% One hundred percent It means they have no problem You have no idea where the problem could be?

[@TrusteftTech]

Good video. I wish this came with more RAM. 12GB is just not enough. The SSD is disappointing in that you can't just plug in a common 2280. Thanks for the video. I am still not sure about the real differences between the N97 and N100. I have heard different things from different people.

[@hblanksjukebox]

N97 targets 12W, N100 targets 6W. The clocks are adjusted downward for the N100 accordingly (mostly GPU-side) but they're otherwise the same.

[@TrusteftTech]

@@hblanksjukebox I have seen plenty of videos showing the N100 outperforming the N97. And even people who test them saying the N100 is better at it. I give up.

[@tatem2733]

Very happy to see Halo CE!

[@yourbluewaffle]

I wish you included the original 3d era GTA games, namely III, Vice City, and San Andreas.

[@UnchainedRenegade]

Woooooooohhhh more mini PC videos

[@konstantinlozev2272]

I'd definitely put the original Price of Persia Sands of Time here.

[@BReal-10EC]

Why is Intel spending money on this super low end of the market? Trying to kill off the ARM based small cheap computers (which has really helped the support for ARM OS and compatibility work)? Because X86 is still WAY easier to deal with than ARM. Stuff just works. And at such low power usage... wow. This is not much more than some of the more powerful Pi versions. Pi 5? Hmm.. Intel scared or ARM? They probably should be since Apple M1. Crazy to think Intel has been making CPUs to meet the same instruction sets for like 45 years now. It's probably time to drop all that old support to trim down the CPUs and power use.

[@ABaumstumpf]

intel has been producing good low-power devices for the past ~20 odd years. Got nothing to do with ARM - it is just another market sector where they just think that it is worth investing.

[@BReal-10EC]

@@ABaumstumpf Low power Intel CPU used to mean garbage. There is a reason they killed off the Atom name. EDIT- but I guess that have been making much better low power CPUs for several years now. I guess almost all of these tiny PCs and handheld gaming devices were AMD just because AMD's were still better, which is why I had not been keeping up on Intel's stuff.

[@jackrabbit1704]

Businesses tend to buy mini PCs up like hotcakes. Doesn’t take much to run Office, and remote into a larger server.

[@ABaumstumpf]

Nice little mini-PC. But i gotta say: Wow is the naming insanely Bad for the Intel N-Series. N50, N97, N100, N200. The N100 is the cheapest. N100/50 had the lowest Turbo, N97 has the highest clocking GPU, N200 has the most GPU cores. it is just ... why?

[@engahmednofal]

thanks

[@MagnificentUsernameGuy]

"Links are in the description"... Where exactly? 😏

[@IcebergTech]

Hmm, thanks for that. Try now!

[@slavkorulit]

Cool PC, considering it's size and performance! I have repasted it after i got it and it really drops cpu temperature. Also SSD has no cooling, so after few installed games it has 90C+... Overall this mini miniPC is very interesting thing and I like it:) And don't forger, this is one of the cheapest miniPC. So it costs all of its price:)

[@legacyisanimesh]

Yes.

[@Whiteshade]

Eta Prime is that you?

[@anasevi9456]

this is too slow, would make a good media pc or office box; but it's too low spec imho. I am excited and hope that Intel ARC succeeds to become a real player with time; but when it comes to basic iGPUs, integrated or otherwise... they are still really bad compared to AMD alternatives. This thing would be at least 30% faster at the same TDP with zen and RDNA cores.

[@Hi_Im_o2]

It has great personality

[@TheRealBigChungusOfficial]

uhh emhmm hemmm * YEAH BRO IT DOES I LOVE IT*

[@DragonBane299]

Jesus Iceberg, another mini pc review? On a series note, do you end up actually using them, or do you have a decorative wall/graveyard for these chaps, or do they go back to their creators (wouldn't mind taking a few off your hands)

[@flamingscar5263]

I know hardly related to the video, but you mentioned how you weren't sure how much Hades 2 has for $30 right now, simple answer is it already has more gameplay content then the first game, BUT not story content, you said yourself your a suckered for Greek mythology so if the story is important I'd wait, right now the story is at best 50% finished

[@BReal-10EC]

It's really too bad that old PC games are not typically set up for controllers. This tiny PC + an xbox controller + hdmi cable would be a great cheap gaming system in your luggage for hotel rooms. But even then one of the slightly bigger variants may make more sense for thermals. A Ryzen 7 5800U would smoke this system at maybe double the wattage and be able to play some modern online games (like Fortnite and XDefiant)... but those mini PCs tend to cost more. This thing for 160 bucks is a crazy good value. How are they able to sell this thing with ram, ssd, and Windows 11 Pro for 160 bucks?

[@banguseater]

anything before the 360 era games are usually the non existant controller games, but steam has a great input config for any game that you want to add that doesn't have controller support and you can download community configs without having to put too much in work

[@batuhanulku496]

Can you do older games with 780m? would love to see AAA games of pre 2015 with that.

[@IcebergTech]

Funny you should ask! Next week I’m planning on doing 780M vs. OG Titan.

[@thephlophers]

disco elysium mentioned !!!

[@roys.1889]

I didn't know that the DETECTIVE. Is ARRIVING. ON THE SCENE.

[@MisterPikol]

damn I love these new N series chips

[@Elomentoplayz]

I'm glad you've finally realized that you're making too many Mini PC videos, because it DOES NOT do very well for your channel. You should probably make these kinda reviews like once a month because the old GPU stuff or office PC things are more interesting. You should still do a video where you plug your RX 6900xt into your best Mini PC

[@MarcosCodas]

Streets of Rage 4 should be here also.

[@googlesama]

Its temperature is like a horror movie 😨

[@ewasteredux]

Promise you won't go down the ARM SBC hole... at least for now? I've seen enough RasPi-like reviews to last a lifetime.

[@IcebergTech]

No, I’m not particularly interested in SBCs.

[@daveyepdave4366]

R5 5500 budget cpus

[@CovenantAgentLazarus]

Anyone who doesn't like Sonic games has a mental problem. A severe one

[@shrishpotdar343]

You showed us, "the greatest games that are ever made.", before the "greatest technician thats ever lived." could do this. Since you included hades, you can even try the devil may cry HD collection and devil may cry 4, both are relatively low spec games and devil may cry 3 and 4 still hold up well in 2024 when it comes to combat

[@UserAme99]

They should switch to Ryzen APU.

[@IcebergTech]

They have a couple of Ryzen units, nothing this small though.

[@BonusCrook]

At this point he may as well test the steamdeck cause thats an apu

[@konstantinlozev2272]

This is so much inferior to the Steam Deck, though.

[@GeForce210]

compare hd 630 with gt 710 2gb vram version and not 1gb as that you have already done sir 😅

[@kazefw3834]

Miss opportunity to call it the smallest pc to ever lived 😂

[@kizuma4269]

Hades 2 early acess has more content than full hades 1

[@IcebergTech]

Good to know!

[@Azureskies01]

Gaming in 2024 Alan Walks 2 and Senuas Walk That is the problem

[@cherylrodgers6331]

Great🍾 😀🤘🏼

[@Vexcenot]

Kool

[@mikeman33]

Wtf is that Baldur's Gate 2? I'd rather play on the ps2 any day

[@trevor_mounts_music]

Baldur's Gate 2 and Dark Alliance are different games

[@mikeman33]

@@trevor_mounts_music my bad

[@seresrobertwoodoo2451]

i love that he is making sponsored content but by god please try to score some other hardware sponsors too please possibly some d*ld*s or s*xrobots if u will :) the content is great as always tho so please do keep it up!

[@IcebergTech]

Without giving too much information, I’ve been trying to work with new sponsors but so far had a couple of dead ends, and a couple of brands who just want to send me stuff I’ve already tested. Believe it or not, I do actually turn down mini PCs that are close to ones I’ve already tested!

[@konradfun]

What's the point of running a laptop grade processor on anything but a laptop? $150 is in that spot where you can still get huge gains for every extra dollar on top of that.

[@suchyraz]

😀

[@SB-pf5rc]

'jesus iceberg, another minipc review?' that is EXACTLY what i was thinking.

[@GeForce210]

GT 710 VS HD 630