Deal | Gaming mini PC with 16-core Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" APU and 96 GB memory gets $600 discount in Amazon Black Friday sale
When it comes to gaming mini PCs, offerings from GMKtec easily rank among the best systems available in the market. The extremely powerful Evo-X2 mini PC is no exception, and promises excellent performance courtesy of its AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU with 16-cores and a powerful iGPU that trades blows with midrange discrete GPUs.
Thanks to an ongoing sale on Amazon, the GMKtec Evo-X2 gaming mini PC can be purchased with an attractive $600 discount for Prime members, bringing its price down to just $1,639 as part of Amazon's ongoing Black Friday sale.
All-time low price, courtesy of Black Friday
A single glance at price trackers confirms that this is indeed the lowest-ever price of the Evo-X2 gaming mini PC. Moreover since the product is sold directly by GMKtec, it is therefore eligible for a risk-free return and replacement policy.
The AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU packs a total of 16 Zen 5 cores and 16 threads, offering multi-core performance that rivals the vaunted Ryzen 9 7945HX3D in synthetic benchmarks. Apple's M4 Max does manage to edge it out slightly, but not by a huge margin. At any rate, the Evo-X2 gaming mini PC will almost certainly satiate the requirements of any CPU-intensive workflow, as indicated by our detailed review.
AMD Strix Halo brings outstanding iGPU performance
In terms of GPU performance, the integrated RDNA 3.5-based Radeon 8060S iGPU sports a whopping 40 CUs, which allows the part to outshine low-end discrete GPUs, and trade blows with mid-range GPUs such as the RTX 4070 Laptop. Clearly, gaming at moderately intensive settings should not be a hassle for the capable APU.
Moreover, the Evo-X2 gaming mini PC also sports an OCuLink port which should allow for speedy eGPU connections for folks who demand even more graphical grunt. The detailed I/O on offer is as follows:
- OCuLink
- Dual USB4
- Triple USB-A 3.2
- SDXC
- Dual USB-A 2.0
- HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4
- 3.5mm audio jack
Our in-depth review of the Evo-X2 gaming mini PC paints an overwhelmingly positive picture in terms of performance, although we did voice our concerns regarding the lack of user-accessible memory, which is understandable considering the Strix Halo APU's unified memory. The 1 TB SSD, however, is easily upgradeable.
At its current sale price, the GMKtec Evo-X2 mini PC is a solid purchase for mini PC enhusiasts who demand high-performance and powerful integrated graphics. Folks who do not require 96 GB of memory, but can take advantage of more storage can opt for the 64 GB/2 TB variant, which is also on sale at $1,614 on Amazon.
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