NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus
| MiniPC |Intel N97 | 512GB SSD | 16GB RAM | 4K 60Hz |
We are reviewing the NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus, a budget-friendly general purpose MiniPC by NiPoGi / Kamrui.
The NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus is part of the more affordable MiniPC models from the brand with a cheaper MSRP but conserving a good balanced between internal components, tech, features and usability.
A detail to highlight about the naming on this MiniPC is that the brand name is different according to the region where you are buying it; for North America, the MiniPC is found as KAMRUI GK3Plus while in Europe and some other regions is listed as NiPoGi GK3Plus – to avoid any confusion we decided to refer to this MiniPC under both names NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus and you will see us call it like this several times throughout the review.
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NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus Review
Tests & Scores
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Accessories & Packaging
The NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus comes inside a very simple cardboard box that includes additional accessories, such as:
• 1x VESA mount
• 1x 4K HDMI cable
• 1x SATA cable
• 1x PSU
Assembly screws
3.75/5
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Design
The NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus has the classic small, rectangular shape of modern MiniPCs but unlike most other competitors in the budget line, the GK3Plus has a more stylish design and a silver colored finish.
A decorative LED strip light is places on the front section of the case; truly, this is sort of a status light indicator but with basic color statuses like: power on or power off.
On top of that, the case of the MiniPC has a gold-colored grid all around the case that is not only a decorative detail but it also acts as plenty of ventilation grids running as an all-around vent grid over the top frame of the shell – 2 additional ventilation grids are found on the right and left edges.
The left edge of the case holds 3 USB ports and a small power button, the back face of the case is equipped with the HDMI ports, power connector, audio connector, ethernet and an additional USB port – the right face has an extra VGA display connection.
When turning the device around you will find 4 rubberized feet and a large grid holding beneath an active fan.
The NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus is found with several different configurations of CPU, RAM and disk, for example:
• Intel N95
• Intel N97
• RAM from 8GB to 64GB
• Disk from 64GB to 2TB
It is important to highlight that the identical same case has been used plenty of times by KAMRUI and NiPoGi, so a MiniPC from the brand that looks the same does not mean that is the GK3Plus model – older N3350 & J4125 Celeron CPU and LDDR3 RAM models are still available on the market.
When setting up your new MiniPC you might want to remove the yellow “Tip” stickers but beware that they tend to leave a strong sticky residue when removed.
4.25/5
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Construction & Build
The metallic silver colored finish of the case on the NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus might make users think that this is a metal-constructed device, instead the full external case of this MiniPC is entirely made of plastic.
This might not make it the beefiest and most rugged external feel that you can find in a PC but if you are intending to use its capability to be fixed in the bundled VESA support, you might welcome the lighter core nature of this PC.
The footprint of this NiPoGi PC is also as tiny as other MiniPC models reviewed so far, which makes it perfect for tighter spaces, desks with limited space and even for users who like a tidier and less cluttered desktop setup.
4/5
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Connectivity
The ports of the NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus are distributed between the left, back and right edges of the case.
• 2x USB 3.0
• 2x USB 2.0
• 2x HDMI
• 1x VGA
• 1x Ethernet RJ45
• 1x 3.5mm stereo output
Having 3 video outputs connections including a legacy VGA one, users can match the computer with current and also older devices.
Nonetheless, probably most users might prefer to have a full-feature USB-C port instead of the VGA connection and/or mixing 1x DisplayPort to the combo.
In spite of this, the NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus is well-equipped with a modern WiFi module that accepts dual-band 2.4G and 5G 802.11ac and a Bluetooth 4.2 module.
3.75/5
UP
Upgradeability
The NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus has a very smart and user-friendly design to access the internals of the machine without much disassembly needed; the switch that you see sitting above the 2 HDMI ports is a spring opening system that you just need to slide and the top lid will open up.
Right beneath it, you get access to the expansion slot for a 2.5″ SATA HDD or SSD. If you remove the disk caddy, you reach the mainboard and internals, including RAM and RAM slot and SSD disk.
On the other hand, unfortunately, this MiniPC has only 1 slot for RAM memory, thus also there is no dual-channel possibility.
4/5
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Performance
MiniPC are notorious to suffer from random rebootings or unexpected issues from time to time; after all the tests using the NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus as a full-time computer for 10 days and even for the full creation of this review (including photo editing), the machine never exhibited a random reboot nor we noticed any kind of malfunction software nor hardware-wise.
The NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus has a split personality that can cover efficiently the needs of 2 very different types of users: average consumers and power users. For average consumers, this MiniPC can execute (without too much compromise) daily office/work, mail, video & music playback and web browsing (which is 90% of what all users dedicate most of their PC and mobile time); while for power users, this NiPoGi PC can become a versatile ally to convert it into a home servers, media center/server, surveillance central, retro emulator machine and/or a lightweighted Linux machine.
On the other hand, we did miss the lack of speedier USB 3.1/USB 3.2 ports and a full-featured USB-C connection as this absence denied the photo team to make use of some of the Pen Displays that we have in the office that have this type of connection – still, we used other Pen Displays and Pen Tablets that we own which have the possibility to connect through standard USB-A and HDMI connectors or even wireless Bluetooth connection.
Being an all-Intel machine, maintaining drivers and updates for the PC is easier by simply using Intel’s driver update tools and not having to search and download different updates for the CPU, board, GPU, etc
DISK
Some users might get the disk performance expectations wrong when reading and seeing that the MiniPC uses a NVME connection, instead, the bundled SSD disk with the NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus has a SATA 6 Gbps interface/speed, so its max. speed is rated at around 500 MB/s.
From our tests and benchmarks, the udstore branded 512 GB SSD bundled with this NiPoGi MiniPC, reached a top speed of 558.57 MB/s for reading and 503.27 MB/s for writing.
Out of the box, the 512GB capacity of the SSD after format has a usable space of 475 GB and when completing a full setup and update from Windows 11 Home it showed a total used space of 58.5 GB and a free space of 417 GB.
NOISE
The MiniPC is so silent that it might seem to be a fanless PC with passive cooling but, instead, this is an active cooled PC with a PWM fan that is placed on the bottom of the machine.
Having a low demanding and efficient CPU, from factory, the PC is set to run the fans at low rpm speeds and ramp it up only when thermals are getting within more critical temperatures; this is why the PC is so silent.
OFFICE, WEB BROWSING and MEDIA
We can even safely ensure, from personal experience, that the NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus can become a desktop PC replacement for content creators, creatives, designers and photographers that mainly work with less-demanding web content (non-video material though) and do not require too many multi-tasking work.
Of course, if you are looking for a more powerful PC desk replacement but still in a MiniPC low-consumption format, you might be better looking at other models like the KAMRUI / NiPoGi AM06PRO MiniPC.
GAMING
This MiniPC is far from being considered a gaming PC, obviously, quite expected from a full PC that costs less than an old, legacy GPU alone.
Despite this, we were able to push the MiniPC to handle 4K gaming of current games like Mini Motorways and Mini Metro, which are significantly less resource-hungry and graphically more simple than a typical online FPS, racing or AAA title; the results with these 2 games were perfectly usable with more than enough smoothness and acceptable frame per second for a fun, non-disruptive gaming sessions.
WiFi, Bluetooth
When testing both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, the machine showed stable connection without hiccups, slowdowns nor unexpected disconnections.
Wake On LAN, RTC Wake and Auto Power On are supported.
| Office and Work Performance | AAA & 4K Gaming Performance | 1080p & Legacy/Emulators Gaming Performance |
| 4/5 |  2/5 |  3/5 |
Overall General Use Performance
3.75/5
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Tech
Tech
When compared with the KAMRUI AM06PRO / NiPoGi AM06PRO that we reviewed long time ago, the NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus comes as a more affordable option with respectable performance for simpler tasks that do not require high computing power and average multitasking but does not reach the performance of the Ryzen CPU/GPU inside the AM06PRO but the price difference is steep, though.
RAM
The KINSOTIN branded RAM module (SK Hynix DRAM) is set in a single-channel configuration of 1x 16GB PC-2666 1333MHz running at 2666MHz with the following timings:
CL: 19
tRCD: 19
tRP: 19
tRAS: 43
tRC: 63
Voltage: 1.20 V
BIOS
The MiniPC has an American Megatrends BIOS with a simple and very limited availability of customization and settings options.
Also, unfortunately, as seen on most budget miniPC on the market, BIOS updates are nearly impossible to find.
General response times:
• Booting times on this MiniPC are blazing fast with a complete boot into Windows 11 finishing in less than 3 seconds.
• Microsoft Office opens any app in less than 1 second
• Microsoft Edge: 1 second or less
• Firefox, Chrome, Opera: 1 second
DISK
OVERALL
CPU & GPU 
MEMORY
Pow
Power Consumption
Is remarkable how much power and versatility you can get out of this insanely low power-consuming MiniPC that has a TDP as low as 12W and which presented a real-life power use average below the max. 12W.
If you are concerned about the impact of your PC over your electricity bill, the NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus is a no-brainer.
5/5
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ScoresNiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus Scores
- Features - 7.75/107.8/10
- Accessories - 7.75/107.8/10
- Tech & Specs - 7.75/107.8/10
- Design - 8.5/108.5/10
- Operation & Control - 10/1010/10
- Construction & Build - 8/108/10
- Compatibility - 7.75/107.8/10
- Connectivity - 7.75/107.8/10
- Office & Work Performance - 8/108/10
- Gaming Performance - 2/102/10
- Power Consumption - 10/1010/10
- Noise - 10/1010/10
- Upgreadabilty - 7.75/107.8/10
- Value for Money - 9/109/10
Summary
✅ Small
✅ Very low power consumption
✅ Affordable price
✅ Very respectable performance for the price
✅ Easy to upgrade
✅ Nice design
✅ Windows 11 Home license included
❌ Nearly impossible to find BIOS updates
❌ No USB-C port
❌ 1 RAM slot
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NiPoGi GK3Plus MiniPC / KAMRUI GK3Plus Technical Specifications
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