$500 off 'One of the best mini PCs of 2025': Ryzen AI Max+ 395-powered mini PC with RTX 4070 GPU performance in Amazon deal

[Redaktion]

The GMKtec EVO-X2, a mini PC powered by AMD's ludicrous Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU, is on sale at Amazon with a starting price of $1,499.99. The mini PC would make for an excellent home theatre gaming PC or travel workstation, thanks to its RTX 4070-beating performance and compact size. In our review of the mini PC, we called it one of the best mini PCs of 2025, thanks to that performance.

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[MikeThePike]

There is no discount on Amazon. The prices quoted in this article are the same as on GMK's website, no Amazon prime needed with free shipping.

[Swift]

I fail to understand the point of mini PC? Is the GPU performing same as the desktop version or the laptop one?

Also are parts upgradable here?

[Ronald Green]

Why would you need a 4070 for a HTPC, unless you want to game on the sofa, this is for a super specific market.

[JS]

"Faster than a 4070" = as fast as a 5070 .... sounds even more impressive as such.

[A]

I fail to understand the point of mini PC? Is the GPU performing same as the desktop version or the laptop one?

Also are parts upgradable here?

Because many people buy laptops and just use them as desktops. All they care about is the ability to move it if needed easily or they don't want it taking up space.

The point of a Minipc is they are cheaper than laptops as you are paying for a monitor, keyboard, touchpad. So you can easily save 500 bucks or so. Not to mention laptops tend to have worse thermals due to form factor constraints.

And these days there are even usb-c monitors so you can use that for portability, a bit less convenient than a laptop of course but if you hate laptop keyboards due to poor key travel and prefer a mechanical keyboard you bring, then it is not that much

Why would you need a 4070 for a HTPC, unless you want to game on the sofa, this is for a super specific market.

These things can do more than just game, it can be used as a home AI server. It can run large models locally so you don't send your personal information to tech companies. It can even beat a 5090 in AI tasks in large models (due to ram constraints, obviously the 5090 would win in smaller models that fit into ram)

HTPCs these days are more than just a TV console station. Many use them for many other tasks as self hosted home servers. Because it is already running 24/7 so why not?

[Tyson]

Why would you need a 4070 for a HTPC, unless you want to game on the sofa, this is for a super specific market.

Who said mini PC's are HTPC's? I got one and it replaced my full fledged gaming rig