The TINIEST retro-gaming Mini PC | GMKTEC NucBox 5 | Batocera/Zorin OS Linux gaming

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In this video I'll show you how I turned the excellent ‪@gmk782‬ NucBox 5 into the ultimate productivity / retro gaming mini PC with the help of Zorin OS and Batocera.
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0:00 Intro
0:28 Overview
1:32 Performance expectations
2:44 I/O and BIOS features
3:16 My idea for a use-case
3:43 Operating Systems
5:58 Installing Batocera
6:56 Installing Zorin OS
8:00 Zorin overview & performance
10:31 Batocera overview & setup
11:55 2D Emulation
12:17 PS1, Saturn, Dreamcast, PSP Emulation
13:45 GameCube Emulation
14:21 PS2 Emulation
15:41 Summary & Outro
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11 июл 2024

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@OverruledDood 15 дней назад

You just got a sub for testing Shadow in the GC section, more people should test with it

@RetroBreezeYT 15 дней назад

Oh for sure! The opening of Westopolis where there's all the smoke and explosions is really taxing so its a good early-game test. Also it's unironically one of my favourite games!

@MrWilsantiago 2 месяца назад

Nice review!

@nerdloftgaming Год назад

I finally set up Batocera on my GMKtec - wow - what an seamless process! I’ve dealt with RetroPie for years and there was always a level of tinkering and tweaking that seemed never-ending. Batocera is so easy to use, and you can put together a beautiful build in no time at all! Kudos to the developers of Batocera, seriously, there’s a lot of little quality of life improvements here over RetroPie that I’ll wholeheartedly recommend an inexpensive mini PC and Batocera! Thanks again for the video 😎

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

It really is just so, so easy. In a way I think Batocera's relatively locked down configuration is a strength. It is quite literally the definition of plug and play. Have fun with your Mini PC!

@Topbeehler Год назад

This is such a cool device. I love how much emulation has grown over the years and it's really making me excited for the near future when small PCs just like this will be able to play even more games but honestly this video makes me really want to get a NucBox for myself even if it can't play every game I want just yet, someday 360, someday

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

The cool part is you can go about twice the size and play AAA PC games and emulate up to PS3, and its still tiny!

@Topbeehler Год назад

Sounds like the kind of thing I'd be after. Considering that's about the end limit for all my favorite games that sadly are not playable on other systems lol. I'll have to check into more mini PCs for sure

@nerdloftgaming Год назад

Incredible performance in such a tiny form factor. This will the perfect emulation box for the living room! So tiny, can easily be tucked away. Thanks for sharing this, I’m definitely considering getting this. Subbed for more content 😎

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

Thank you very much! It really is the perfect Mini PC. It works so well as a tuck-away gaming system. You could even just install Batocera to the internal drive as well!

@nerdloftgaming Год назад

@@RetroBreezeYT definitely going to be my weekend project - it’s been sitting unboxed for a couple of days. Will be nice to have a emulation box setup for of living room so everyone can access it. My daily retro station has been my Raspberry Pi 4 running RGB-Pi OS on my 27” Trinitron.

@Razor_Burn Год назад

Awesome review/guide and the fact is no bigger than a Miyoo Mini is insane!

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

Thank you!

@Trustyfilms Год назад

Great video. I'm very tempted.

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

Thanks! It's definitely a great little system.

@tobiasreaper6986 Год назад

zorin and emulation stuff is quite interesting, thanks for sharing.

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

Cheers for watching, Tobias!

@UNICORNSF3ProgameplayProRACER Год назад

Amazing my friend👍

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

Thank you!

@Agralas 10 месяцев назад

Ohh, that arch reference at 4:49 ❤️😅

@RetroBreezeYT 10 месяцев назад

It's true, I really do!

@hansofmadata3565 4 месяца назад

Really liked how clean you got your Bacotera ui. Can you share details of the settings you chose?

@gumbyx84 Год назад

I recommended looking into Tiny11. It's a Win11 build that is very light but still capable of gaming.

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

Whenever I need to use Windows I go for Windows XLite or Revision. Tiny11 is a good option too though!

@Pridetoons Год назад

Both Zorin and Manjaro are great first time use Linux OS's.😊

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

Yep, I would always suggest Manjaro for anybody wanting to get into Linux, but Zorin is great for this particular purpose.

@ca9inec0mic58 Год назад

Manjaro? that gotta be a joke right

@UCHUJIN0 Год назад

This is very interesting to me, for gaming emulation, of course. But more, so I'm curious about pinball emulation like visual pinball/future pinball. I don't know if you have an interest in this yourself, but it would be an amazing topic of review for a future video if the results were positive !. As I'm looking for something to run pinball on, a projector that can sit small and quiet for sure

@UCHUJIN0 Год назад

Thanks for the great content also!

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

Oh cool, I love unique use-cases like this. Are you running a specific pinball game/collection?

@UCHUJIN0 Год назад

@@RetroBreezeYT Im not able to run the pinball emulators visual or furture pinball as I'm running a Mojave osx on upgraded mac pro 5.1 and there windows /Linux only. so I need something in general honestly nvm projector!

@nerdloftgaming Год назад

I don’t think this little system will be optimal for VPX. It can barely do 30fps for something like Pinball FX3.

@itsaperfectdork Год назад

This gonna be my toolkit pc. wonder if you can power it up by a battery bank? Thats interesting it can boot from sd card as well. Wonder if Raspberry pi os will work with it? Gonna try next few weeks when i get one. thank you.

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

You can power it up from a power bank indeed! In the footage with the monitor and gamepad, it's running off a Baseus 65W power bank. Anything that supplies 18W minimum should work. Raspberry Pi OS works perfectly also.

@jlvillu 11 месяцев назад

Hi. As the ram is soldered is it dual channel? Is critical for gaming 😊 thxs!!

@RetroBreezeYT 11 месяцев назад

It is dual-channel indeed!

@Pridetoons Год назад

This video makes me want to try Emulation on my Win600.

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

Do it and report back 😀

@ziggy8757 Год назад

cant wait for a intel n100 on this same form factor....

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

Same!

@ca9inec0mic58 Год назад

Intel really bottlenecked that APU with only single channel memory, it makes no sense, same with N300 and N305

@guybehindacamera Месяц назад

Please tell me the ratchet and clank series works on ps2 😊

@Pridetoons Год назад

If I didn't have 3 different computers plus ARM SBC's I'd buy this. Probably?

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

You know you gotta get as many small form factor PCs as possible. Everybody knows that!

@earthcoolsoncemore Год назад

While this is pretty neat, I'd personally get a low end laptop instead. I can get a 11th or 12th i3 with similar specs for about $200. In fact, I recently passed up a 11th gen i5 laptop for $270. No need for wires everywhere and similar performance.

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

Definitely a great point, but is it the size of a small orange?! I think not!

@earthcoolsoncemore Год назад

Won't you need a monitor and a keyboard which will take up the same amount of space anyway? 🤔

@nerdloftgaming Год назад

@@earthcoolsoncemore you can’t setup a laptop in the living the same way you can with this. A small Bluetooth keyboard and controller, and you’re set. A laptop has its uses, but it’s not really “entertainment center” friendly.

@BingbongRecto Год назад

How is Zorin compared to something like PopOS?

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

Zorin is much more beginner friendly and suited for casual use. It stays out of your way mostly. Pop OS is much more productivity focused (especially for coding) and takes a little more getting used to. If you want a casual PC for beginners, Zorin is a good choice. If you want a really solid productivity machine, Pop is great!

@venomslair137 Год назад

It's a Celeron and can take PSP's GoW as a man??? Un-friggin-believable!!!

@RetroBreezeYT Год назад

Yep! I was extremely impressed by the performance, especially at 1080p

@gracielarodriguez586 Год назад

WOW 🤯

@evilisthename5504 5 месяцев назад

Im using this pc to make a steam deck rn lol

@iampixelle Год назад

Hello there~

@Deathmask734 22 дня назад

Dota 2 lo corre ?

@Tex260Z 13 дней назад

Ok I'm in a World of hurt over this NucBox G5 thing! I upgraded to a 1Tb SSD, easy peasy, but the device refuses to boot into a Macrium Reflect (bootable) backup, or even a Win 11 install, both on USB (tried 3 USB drives). I set this BIOS to boot from the USN key, but it now appears from my research that it must be in "Secure Mode Boot" mode. When I attempt to set "Secure Boot" mode I get a message saying "Repeat operation after enrolling Platform Key (PK). I have watched this video that appears to provide a solution: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-03Zjo-RyYbI.html However as I am not a computer expert I want to confirm that the "Custom" alteration is OK and won't stuff up my brand new device?? I never thought it would be this complicated to just upgrade the SSD!

@RetroBreezeYT 13 дней назад

Hi there, thanks for your comment. No need to worry- you can customise and reset your secure boot keys with no problem. Your computer will always have the original (factory) keys in memory to restore from, so you can't really mess anything up by tinkering with them too much.