The GMK NucBox 9 is a new Mini PC from the GMKtec brand. This time new NucBox 9 Mini PC is powered by AMD Ryzen 5 5600U processor. The same AMD’s processor can be found, among others, in the Aerofara TANK56 Mini PC. Apart from that, NucBox 9 comes with Windows 11 Pro, WiFi 6E, and 4K Triple Display support. NucBox 9 is up for pre-order.
Availability and price
The new GMK NucBox 9 Ryzen 5 5600U Mini PC is now available for $349.99 ($70 OFF after coupon: $70(Kb9)) via the GMKtec website. Shipment will start in early December. GMKtec ships the device in a configuration of 16GB PCIE 3.0 DDR4 RAM and 512GB M.2 2280 PCIe® 3.0 4x SSD.
By the way, it is worth adding that recently GMKtec has released two new Mini PCs called GMK NucBox 8 with Intel Celeron N4100 processor and GMK NucBox 7 with Intel Pentium Silver N6005 processor.
GMK NucBox 9 5600U Mini PC Features
A small aluminum housing (measures 124.5 x 112 x 41mm) hides a powerful AMD Ryzen 5 5600U processor inside. AMD Ryzen 5 5600U has AMD “Zen 3” core architecture, and integrates 6 cores, and 12 threads, clocked at 2.3 (base clock) to 4.2 GHz (Turbo), and L2/L3 cache (3MB/16MB). The APU also integrates an AMD Radeon Graphics integrated graphics card with 7 CUs at up to 1800 MHz. Besides inside we also find 2x SODIMM Slot up to 64GB 3200MHz. In addition, we have at our disposal M.2 2280 NVMe SSD slot up to 2TB, M.2 WiFi slot, and a micro SD card slot up to 128GB. Also worth noting is that NucBox 9 has an active cooling system.
GMK NucBox 9 supports dual-band WiFi 6E (via RZ608), Bluetooth 5.2, and 2.5Gbps Gigabit Ethernet. As we mentioned at the beginning, the NucBox 9 Mini PC supports [email protected] triple display via 2x HDMI and USB Type-C. The device has a large number of ports:
- 2x HDMI 2.0
- USB Type-C (USB 3.1 Gen2 + DP + PD)
- 2x USB 3.1 Gen2
- 2x USB 2.0
- 2.5Gbps RJ45
- 3.5mm Audio jack (HP&MIC)
- DC jack
- Reset button
- Kensington Lock
Mini PC comes preinstalled with Windows 11 Pro, but it should support various Linux distributions without any problems. In addition to the typical home or office use, the Mini PC also works well in commercial projects. The device supports VESA mounting and additional functions in Bios (Wake on LAN, PXE, S5 RTC Wake). More on the product page.
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