If you want to reapply thermal paste to the cpu cooler MAKE sure your mini pc is not a model that uses liquid metal before proceeding. If it uses liquid metal leave it alone. You have been warned.
Very useful. especially the thermal paste part, where I feel sure that many who may have avoided attempted the task because of not knowing how much to apply, suddenly hears the words 'non conductive'. Rejoice they may for now they can splash it all over with wild abandon.
Hi. Great video. I bought two of the GMKtec K8 version barebones and they are working out great. Wished I knew about the new K8 Plus version shipping date. Cheeers!
I have a HA-4 Ryzan 7 7735hs and want to upgrade or get an external GPU to run 5120x1440@200hz resolution on a LG 45GR65DC-B monitor right now the monitor will only give me split screen or 3/4 of screen it has different screen layouts but wont give me full screen for win 11 pro but i can hook a PS5 or Xbox X directly to the monitor and get full screen with no problem ? Dont know wjat to do any suggestions please help!!!!
What is the port where wifi card is placed in Gmktech G5? could this be used for eGPU? then wifi replaced by usb dongle or just using LAN for internet.
It'd be an M.2 A/E Key'd slot. You might be able to get an A/E to M key converter, which will give you PCIe2.0 speeds. Not as good as oculink or anything like that, but it is something.
@@TeamPandory thanks for the answear. The goal is burst gaming to suficient 1080p for cheapest way . Not for AAA games but for some preferable games I like. I would try GTX750ti ... or GTX1050Ti
I actually feel like selling the mini pc and get one that can handle the graphics for this monitor any suggestions on new mini pc But think hooking up an external gpu might be cheaper
Any one of these with an oculink will be ample if you intend on adding an egpu. TBH if you get a mini pc with 780M onboard I reckon it's enough for some people depending on the games you play.
Sometimes the fans themselves are the heat issue. Just replaced a fan in a laptop where the bearing went. Temp went through the roof. So did the noise coming out of the laptop. The laptop is 5 years old and I had to cut the tape. Completely clogged with dust in the fan and in the heat pipe fins. Took the other fan out and it was pretty clogged but reinstalled it. They were the same fans but one was set upside down for push and pull I guess. The fans are 20 bucks US. I E-Bayed out of China. I mentioned 5 years. Did a RUclips search for the fan model. Someone from China did a ASMR video about 30 seconds long 2 years ago. Showed a box of these fans. 132 in the box. Did the finger crawl and finger tap on the cardboard box. That had me concerned, so I bought 2 of them. The video was bragging about having these fans. My guess 5 years out and the fans are New Old Stock at this point. Now on to the tape. As I wasn't going to reuse that tape, I needed tape. Black + shiny electricians' tape has heat limit in the 90 C range. It also stretches (and shrinks). Off of Amazon I bought "Tesa's Most Advanced High Heat Harness Tape 51036 Mercedes, BMW, Audi, VW" on September 10th 2024. And is no longer listed on Amazon as of Oct. 4th. It's a tiny bit thicker than the tape that I removed. It doesn't stretch or shrink. It has a heat limit of 150 C. I figured if the laptop maker wanted to seal that heat pipe fin/fan gap that bad, then it's needs to be done by me also.
@@TeamPandory I installed a temperature program now. With the new fan and cleaned fan/fins I know what a "Nice" temp is. I've setup in Google Calendar to check the temp every couple of months. Any future dust and dirt is going to start raising the temp long before something fails. As you said, piece of cake getting into the fans and heat pipe. While 5 years before it finally failed, my guess it was pretty bad after say 3 years.
@@leel730 tbh the gmktec M7 / M7 Pro / K8 Plus all work great out the box, and have the oculink for extra punt if needed later. Won't need much fiddling, and I've managed to get into them without much fuss.
@@TeamPandory yeah, but the M7 is a bit cheaper than the SER6. Thought about the eqr6 but I'm a bit scared of the longevity of an integrated power supply.
@@leel730 👍 each choice has a pro and con to it. It's quite amazing how some of the tech RUclipsrs just see all mini PCs as the same, when there are some huge differences between each model. It's like each manufacturer has their own flavour. 🍔
@@The_Arby no. The memory that can be used is dependent on the slot. Ddr4 slot fits ddr4, ddr5 slot fits ddr5. If you have two slots and 1 ddr4 module is in there, if you can get the same chip and place it in the other slot, it will run in dual channel. Much quicker.
@@TeamPandory Maybe none among people used to measure objects and distances using their fingers and their feet... We learn the metric system at the primary school. Nothing is easier than that.
@@Rayu25Demon the M6 doesn't really need heatsinks as it has active cooling of the ram and nvme. If you can find that heatsink of the reatan, that would help the lower memory somewhat though. I REALLY want to install that in some of my other computers.
Not crazy about the idea of suggesting you should connect your Windows installation with a MS account. But that's why you did it and not I lol. Good video. Good use of tape. Never thought of that.
I totally get why you'd say that, but having people panic because they lost Windows Activation had to be thought about. And yeah, thanks :-) Tape is pretty awesome. I remember my first. Michael Jackson - Dangerous
@TeamPandory that was a dad joke 🤣. I think the first tape I actually bought was the soundtrack of the movie Good Morning Vietnam. Awesome. As for Dangerous, possibly my least favorite album of MJ. I liked Black or White, but the rest felt too soft for my then taste. Great music video though.
I gave a thumbs down because hardly any of these are actual "upgrades". And the ones that are are ether too expensive, difficult or not practical. Plus, most people know everything shown here already.
We tried to cover all bases, and upgrading the thermal paste is still an upgrade. We closed off with 'if there's anything we missed, please let us know in the comments'. Just because you may know these, it doesn't mean other people do, but yeah, we deserve the thumbs down for making a sucky video. Apologies 😐
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If you want to reapply thermal paste to the cpu cooler MAKE sure your mini pc is not a model that uses liquid metal before proceeding. If it uses liquid metal leave it alone. You have been warned.
@toadfish54321 extremely good point. I'll pin that for you
this is amazing, thank you !!! 💘
Good video, I have a few upgrades for my mini pc on the horizon and I like how simple it is to do.
Hey there, thanks 🙏
We may make a few more regarding tweaks like this, but it depends on how well the video is received.
Very useful. especially the thermal paste part, where I feel sure that many who may have avoided attempted the task because of not knowing how much to apply, suddenly hears the words 'non conductive'. Rejoice they may for now they can splash it all over with wild abandon.
Slop on that gunk 😂 - but yeah for sure!
Hi. Great video. I bought two of the GMKtec K8 version barebones and they are working out great. Wished I knew about the new K8 Plus version shipping date. Cheeers!
We've only heard about the k8 plus a few days ago. Shame you missed out, but even then the k8 is still a very capable computer. 👍
I always measure my MM in CM. It impresses Beverly.
Sure that isn't the other way around? 😂
9:00 please do tell all the screw sizes and names of those tools ! 💓
I have a HA-4 Ryzan 7 7735hs and want to upgrade or get an external GPU to run 5120x1440@200hz resolution on a LG 45GR65DC-B monitor right now the monitor will only give me split screen or 3/4 of screen it has different screen layouts but wont give me full screen for win 11 pro but i can hook a PS5 or Xbox X directly to the monitor and get full screen with no problem ? Dont know wjat to do any suggestions please help!!!!
What is the port where wifi card is placed in Gmktech G5? could this be used for eGPU? then wifi replaced by usb dongle or just using LAN for internet.
It'd be an M.2 A/E Key'd slot. You might be able to get an A/E to M key converter, which will give you PCIe2.0 speeds. Not as good as oculink or anything like that, but it is something.
@@TeamPandory thanks for the answear. The goal is burst gaming to suficient 1080p for cheapest way . Not for AAA games but for some preferable games I like. I would try GTX750ti ... or GTX1050Ti
I actually feel like selling the mini pc and get one that can handle the graphics for this monitor any suggestions on new mini pc But think hooking up an external gpu might be cheaper
Any one of these with an oculink will be ample if you intend on adding an egpu.
TBH if you get a mini pc with 780M onboard I reckon it's enough for some people depending on the games you play.
Sometimes the fans themselves are the heat issue. Just replaced a fan in a laptop where the bearing went. Temp went through the roof. So did the noise coming out of the laptop. The laptop is 5 years old and I had to cut the tape. Completely clogged with dust in the fan and in the heat pipe fins. Took the other fan out and it was pretty clogged but reinstalled it. They were the same fans but one was set upside down for push and pull I guess.
The fans are 20 bucks US. I E-Bayed out of China. I mentioned 5 years. Did a RUclips search for the fan model. Someone from China did a ASMR video about 30 seconds long 2 years ago. Showed a box of these fans. 132 in the box. Did the finger crawl and finger tap on the cardboard box. That had me concerned, so I bought 2 of them. The video was bragging about having these fans. My guess 5 years out and the fans are New Old Stock at this point.
Now on to the tape. As I wasn't going to reuse that tape, I needed tape. Black + shiny electricians' tape has heat limit in the 90 C range. It also stretches (and shrinks). Off of Amazon I bought "Tesa's Most Advanced High Heat Harness Tape 51036 Mercedes, BMW, Audi, VW" on September 10th 2024. And is no longer listed on Amazon as of Oct. 4th. It's a tiny bit thicker than the tape that I removed. It doesn't stretch or shrink. It has a heat limit of 150 C. I figured if the laptop maker wanted to seal that heat pipe fin/fan gap that bad, then it's needs to be done by me also.
I did similar to a Geforce 1060. You can grab fans from aliexpress, a quick switch and all is good. :)
@@TeamPandory I installed a temperature program now. With the new fan and cleaned fan/fins I know what a "Nice" temp is. I've setup in Google Calendar to check the temp every couple of months. Any future dust and dirt is going to start raising the temp long before something fails. As you said, piece of cake getting into the fans and heat pipe. While 5 years before it finally failed, my guess it was pretty bad after say 3 years.
You make me wanna pull the trigger on a mini PC 😂. Personally, which brands do you think can be easily worked on especially for non-technical people?
@@leel730 tbh the gmktec M7 / M7 Pro / K8 Plus all work great out the box, and have the oculink for extra punt if needed later. Won't need much fiddling, and I've managed to get into them without much fuss.
@@leel730 Beelink devices are also built very well 👍
@@TeamPandory been thinking about the M7s as well. Great to hear from you. Amazing content, btw. Keep going! 💪
@@TeamPandory yeah, but the M7 is a bit cheaper than the SER6. Thought about the eqr6 but I'm a bit scared of the longevity of an integrated power supply.
@@leel730 👍 each choice has a pro and con to it. It's quite amazing how some of the tech RUclipsrs just see all mini PCs as the same, when there are some huge differences between each model.
It's like each manufacturer has their own flavour. 🍔
So...If you have 16gb Memory on DDDR4...Can you upgrade your mini pc to have 32gb DDDR5 ??, Or do you have to stick with DDDR4 ??
@@The_Arby no. The memory that can be used is dependent on the slot. Ddr4 slot fits ddr4, ddr5 slot fits ddr5.
If you have two slots and 1 ddr4 module is in there, if you can get the same chip and place it in the other slot, it will run in dual channel. Much quicker.
mm, not MM. cm, not CM
Wooops! It'll be fine, I'm sure noone will notice 🙂
@@TeamPandory
Maybe none among people used to measure objects and distances using their fingers and their feet... We learn the metric system at the primary school. Nothing is easier than that.
my gmktec m6 has no sdd heat heatsink.
i think I'm going to buy a heatsink for the ram too.
@@Rayu25Demon the M6 doesn't really need heatsinks as it has active cooling of the ram and nvme. If you can find that heatsink of the reatan, that would help the lower memory somewhat though. I REALLY want to install that in some of my other computers.
@TeamPandory i have no heat problems, but the pc is always on because it's a firewall and a file share server.
only link for amd mini pc's? where's the intel?
The G5 is an Intel N97
Oy!
Ska ska ska ska! 😁
Not crazy about the idea of suggesting you should connect your Windows installation with a MS account. But that's why you did it and not I lol.
Good video. Good use of tape. Never thought of that.
I totally get why you'd say that, but having people panic because they lost Windows Activation had to be thought about.
And yeah, thanks :-) Tape is pretty awesome. I remember my first. Michael Jackson - Dangerous
@TeamPandory that was a dad joke 🤣. I think the first tape I actually bought was the soundtrack of the movie Good Morning Vietnam. Awesome. As for Dangerous, possibly my least favorite album of MJ. I liked Black or White, but the rest felt too soft for my then taste. Great music video though.
I gave a thumbs down because hardly any of these are actual "upgrades". And the ones that are are ether too expensive, difficult or not practical. Plus, most people know everything shown here already.
We tried to cover all bases, and upgrading the thermal paste is still an upgrade. We closed off with 'if there's anything we missed, please let us know in the comments'.
Just because you may know these, it doesn't mean other people do, but yeah, we deserve the thumbs down for making a sucky video. Apologies 😐
@@TeamPandory na man video is solid the dude above is being a dick