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Notes / Mini PCs

Editorial, 22 Aug 2026. Specs from maker pages and recent street reports. We have not burned these units in. Affiliate tags are not live.

GMKtec G3 Plus N150: single 2.5G living-room node (skip the 8 GB)

One Intel i226-V, one DDR4 SO-DIMM, plastic ~100 mm box. Closet role is a compute node next to an existing NAS. Not the router. We do not have a live 16 GB ASIN today.

Official NucBox G3 Plus is Intel Twin Lake N150, 16 GB + 512 GB config. Maker store was sold out on 22 Aug 2026 at a $499.99 tag that does not match Amazon street reports. Treat $499.99 as list, not street. CPU: 4C/4T, 6 W class, burst commonly listed to 25 W. iGPU 24 EU, up to 1000 MHz on most G3 Plus copy. One-year warranty vs Beelink’s three-year. The roundup already names this box; this is the SKU note.

Amazon B0DM58M5SD is N150, 8 GB / 256 GB, dual HDMI, 2.5G. Do not recommend that config. Third-party 2026 reviews cite 16 GB / 512 GB around $199–$229 and ~10 W idle — not first-party, and the 16/512 ASIN B0DM25BD7Y returned 404 on fetch 22 Aug 2026. We will not invent a replacement ASIN. Re-check a live 16 GB G3 Plus N150 listing before anyone clicks Buy. Do not use B0F6CPHY48 — that slug says G3 Plus / N150; the live title is G3 Pro i3-10110U. See listing traps.

Configs we can actually name

SKUWhat it isStreet / dateCall
gmktec.com NucBox G3 PlusOfficial 16 GB + 512 GB N150 pageSold out. Tag $499.99 (list, not street)Not a buy path today.
Amazon B0DM58M5SDN150, 8 GB / 256 GB, 2.5G, dual HDMILive 22 Aug 20268 GB trap. Skip as a default.
Live 16 GB G3 Plus N150 ASINOne i226-V, one DDR4 SO-DIMM, 16 GB classNot live on fetch. Older notes used B0DM25BD7Y (404). Reviews cite ~$199–$229This is the config we would pick. We cannot link it today.

Skip

Skip 8 GB. Skip B0F6CPHY48 as N150. Skip this box as a 4-port or dual-LAN firewall — single-NIC living-room class. For a dual-LAN palm box see EQ14 or N1 Pro (soldered 12 GB). For VESA living-room siblings see S12 Pro vs S13.

Sources

GMKtec NucBox G3 Plus official (sold out on fetch). Amazon B0DM58M5SD (8 GB trap). Negative: B0F6CPHY48 is G3 Pro i3, not G3 Plus N150. Also: RAM ceiling.

Also in this lane

Beelink Mini S12 Pro vs Mini S13: same palm box, confirm the LANSame palm box. Confirm the LAN per ASIN. Beelink EQ12 N100: the older dual-2.5G DDR5 box still sold newOlder DDR5 dual-2.5G box still sold new. Beelink ME Pro N150: 2-bay NAS + 5G/2.5G, soldered 16 GB5G + 2.5G, soldered 16 GB, pre-order risk.