GMKtec K17 Plus pairs Intel’s Arc 140V with a PCIe Gen5 SSD slot

GMKtec’s K17 Plus is a small, quiet Intel mini PC that punches above its size for photographers who edit but do not need a full workstation — and one specification lifts it above the usual palm-sized machine: dual SSD slots including a PCIe Gen5 bay. Details are on the official GMKtec K17 Plus page. What it runs At its heart is Intel’s Core Ultra 7 258V — a Lunar Lake chip built on TSMC’s 3nm process, with 8 cores, 8 threads and a 4.8GHz turbo, paired with Intel Arc 140V graphics and an AI Boost NPU. GMKtec quotes up to 115 TOPS of combined AI performance, of which 64 TOPS comes from the Arc graphics. Intel’s Arc graphics are the relevant part for creative work. Arc has consistently been strong at video encode and decode, which is what governs whether a 4K timeline plays back smoothly and how quickly an...