GMKtec M5 Ultra Gaming Mini PC Ryzen 7 7730U (Upgraded 7430U/ 5825U) 16GB RAM 512GB SSD Dual NIC LAN 2.5GbE Desktop Computers Office Home, Triple 8K Display, WiFi 6E, USB3.2, USB-C, BT, DP, HDMI 2.0

I bought this dandy little box to see how much faster it might be than my N100 box that I'm very pleased with. Other than standard desktop apps, my major use is video editing, transcoding, and organizing my digital movie collection. One major consideration for me is that it runs Linux, specifically Linux Mint. I'm done with Windows and it's constant hardware upgrade requirements and code bloat that slows everything down.For comparison, my N100 box (beneath the lower right of the monitor) has 16GB RAM and a 4TB Crucial SSD and is running Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon Edge. The Nucbox K6 is on the lower right. On the upper shelf is a GMKtek G2 running Ubuntu Server that I use as a media vault that serves my media throughout our home.The Nucbox K6 has a slightly different port configuration than my other minis but none of that is an issue for me. I use the single USB 2,0 port for my keyboard/mouse dongle and since I only use one monitor one HDMI port is fine. Because of our living situation, we share our daughter's internet service which limits cable connectivity. Everything is wireless. I have no foreseeable need for the ethernet ports or the DisplayPort.On initial boot, I was a bit surprised at the time to see the first screen for the Windows 11 setup, almost a minute. After that everything went quite smoothly. I had a running Windows 11 system in about 5 minutes.The next step was to see if Linux Mint would run. I booted using a USB Live version of Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon Edge. This version runs the Linux kernel v6.2 which was essential for the N100 device and I knew would not hurt the Nucbox K6 performance.In about 2 minutes the Nucbox K6 was running Linux with all peripherals running, including wireless @ ~300Mbps download, sound and video hardware acceleration. I was surprised to see the resting CPU temperature at 30 degrees C, a full 10 degrees less than the N100. This is all considerably faster than on the N100 box.The final test was to render an MKV file of the movie "Big" to an MP4 using an H265 codec in Kdenlive. When I did this on the N100 it took over 4 hours. On the Nucbox K6 it took 1:01:03. Looking at the System Monitor, it appears that the total CPU utilization is about 50%. This makes me think that the process is I/O bound since both the input and the output are on the same USB SATA SSD. Once I do the full Linux install I expect it will be even faster.This is a keeper. just remember to tick the $150 coupon box when you order.Good job GMKtek