MeLE Quieter2 Fanless Mini PC Intel Celeron J4125 8GB DDR4 128GB eMMC Mini Computer with Windows 10 Pro, Micro Desktop PC Supports 4K Dual-Screen Output, Dual WIFI, Gigabit Ethernet, BT4.2
MeLE Quieter2Q 81A Fanless Mini PC Windows 11 Pro
CPU
Intel Celeron J4125
Intel Celeron N4020
GPU
Intel UHD Graphics 600
Intel UHD Graphics 600
Total Cores
Quad-core/TDP10W
Dual-core/TDP6W
RAM Size
4GB/8GB
4GB
Hard Disk Size (Emmc)
64GB/128GB/256GB/512GB
64GB/128GB
Maximum Memory Speed
2133 MHz
2133 MHz
Interface
2x HDMI 2.0 port,1x Gigabit LAN Port,4 x USB 3.0 ports, 1x Kensington Lock Slot,1x Micro-SD Card Slot,1x 3.5mm Audio jack
2x HDMI 2.0 port,1x Gigabit LAN Port,4 x USB 3.0 ports, 1x Kensington Lock Slot,1x Micro-SD Card Slot,1x 3.5mm Audio jack
Wireless Connectivity
1000Mbps LAN,IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac,Dual Band WiFi，BT4.2
1000Mbps LAN,IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac,Dual Band WiFi，BT4.2
grande prodotto! poco pi grande di un pc-stick, ma molto pi versatile, pi capacit di memoria, pi porte sia USB che HDMI e costa poco di pi. la versione 512 mb arriva con 256 saldati+256 di un disco solido M.2 SATA meglio la versione da 256 ed acquistare un NVME a parte. soddisfatto ho il mio pc da portare in ufficio per lavorare sui miei files in pausa.
grande prodotto! poco pi grande di un pc-stick, ma molto pi versatile, pi capacit di memoria, pi porte sia USB che HDMI e costa poco di pi. la versione 512 mb arriva con 256 saldati+256 di un disco solido M.2 SATA meglio la versione da 256 ed acquistare un NVME a parte. soddisfatto ho il mio pc da portare in ufficio per lavorare sui miei files in pausa.
It is such a good PC for the money. I would buy another one. It's the size of a deck of cards. It is totally silent. It has all the connections you wish for and it is fast enough for anything buy the most demanding games. It is such a good PC for the money. I would buy another one. It’s the size of a deck of cards. It is totally silent. It has all the connections you wish for and it is fast enough for anything buy the most demanding games.
It is such a good PC for the money. I would buy another one. It's the size of a deck of cards. It is totally silent. It has all the connections you wish for and it is fast enough for anything buy the most demanding games. It is such a good PC for the money. I would buy another one. It’s the size of a deck of cards. It is totally silent. It has all the connections you wish for and it is fast enough for anything buy the most demanding games.
A great mini PC - only one thing missing This little gem of a pc worked perfectly.
My only complaint is that it came with only a single plug adapter for the power adapter (Australian in this case). I had to order another Mele power adapter from MeLe to obtain the full world assortment of plug adapters. It would have been a perfect 5 if all the adapter were included. In my case, this mini pc will not be used in Australia at all.
A great mini PC - only one thing missing This little gem of a pc worked perfectly.
My only complaint is that it came with only a single plug adapter for the power adapter (Australian in this case). I had to order another Mele power adapter from MeLe to obtain the full world assortment of plug adapters. It would have been a perfect 5 if all the adapter were included. In my case, this mini pc will not be used in Australia at all.
This thing is fast and smooth! *** Note to other buyers: Ethernet does NOT work out of the box. It has to be enabled in the BIOS first. So don’t think you have a faulty unit like I did. See the end of the review for instructions. ***
I am coming from a fanless mini-PC with the Intel Celeron N4100/UHD 600 graphics which is having RAM issues. And since RAM can’t be easily replaced on these, it was time for an upgrade. And this is certainly an upgrade. The Intel Celeron J4125/UHD 605 graphics on the Quieter2 is definitely a noticeable upgrade. This Quieter2 is very snappy and smooth compared to my previous unit from another company. I couldn’t even watch a single 1080p Youtube video in any browser without the CPU/GPU throttling and then the video becomes choppy after a couple minutes. I always had to bump the quality down to 720p, which still wasn’t perfect all of the time.
I just watched a 10-minute Youtube video on the Quieter2. And not only did it have no issues, I had ANOTHER video stream playing in a different tab at the same time. No throttling or lagging. That’s what I’m talking about.
I know other reviewers have said to get an NVME SSD, but it’s not needed (unless you just need more storage) if you’re not working with large files that need transferred back and forth from RAM to storage. The onboard SSD is plenty fast enough for everyday usage and computing. The Quieter 2 has been running non-stop for 2 days straight and has been fast, snappy, and smooth/fluid with everything I’m doing. And this goes for Windows and Linux. I currently have Linux installed as the OS on here, but Windows seemed to run fast and snappy also. But there’s also too much bloat running in Windows compared to Linux. So I’m running Linux.
*** My only CON if I have to list one right now, is that the Ethernet port is not enabled by default. It’s disabled in the BIOS. I actually started the return process on my unit because I could not get it working in Linux nor Windows. Neither OS could even see the hardware at all, so I thought I had a faulty unit. And I unfortunately spent hours troubleshooting. One last thing I tried is some different settings in the BIOS, and finally got both Linux and Windows to recognize the Ethernet after changing one setting.
How to get Ethernet working is in the BIOS (keep pressing the DELETE key while the Intel boot logo is showing at start up to enter the BIOS) and then under the Boot tab, you want to Enable the line that says “Network Stack Driver Support”. Then on the “Save and Exit” tab, choose “Save and Exit” at the top. Windows and Linux will now recognize the hardware and install the drivers automatically. I have also attached a picture and highlighted the line for others as a visual aide.
(There are also a LOT of settings visible and available in this BIOS that are not normally available or visible on most other computers. So please do not mess with or change anything unless you know what it does. Doing so could cause your computer to be unusable.)
Note to manufacturer: on future units, please enable Ethernet port by default and let someone disable it if they need it disabled for some reason. There is no good reason to have it disabled as it does not affect being able to use WiFi. Others shouldn’t have to go through hours of troubleshooting (like I did) and then start a return (like I almost did) for something so simple, and something that’s almost always enabled on every other computing device in the world.
Thank you for reading. I’ll update this review if I experience any issues. 5/5. Not removing a Star for the hours of troubleshooting I had to do to get something simple working.
es la mejor opción para versatilidad y sencillez Verstil, transportable, fcil manejo, no es engorrosa su instalacin, su memoria es solo para trabajos necesarios, es expandible perfecto con USB, obviamente no es una PC ante lo cul, si buscas compararla con una PC, est no es tu opcin, por lo dems es excelente, a m me sorprendi, el nico punto a notar es el precio, me parece discretamente, sobrevalorada
es la mejor opción para versatilidad y sencillez Verstil, transportable, fcil manejo, no es engorrosa su instalacin, su memoria es solo para trabajos necesarios, es expandible perfecto con USB, obviamente no es una PC ante lo cul, si buscas compararla con una PC, est no es tu opcin, por lo dems es excelente, a m me sorprendi, el nico punto a notar es el precio, me parece discretamente, sobrevalorada
Had issues with the product key and they sent me a new one right away and fix the issue Had issues with the product key and they sent me a new one right away and fix the issue
Unglaublicher Minicompute Spontan auf eine Empfehlung bestellt, nach 4 Tagen hatte ich diesen Zwerg mit 256 eMMC und 256 GB in der Hand. Win10 musste ber den Microsoft-Service frei geschaltet werden. Zudem knnen Micro SD Karten bis 512 GB eingesteckt werden. Zur Probe habe ich eine 128 GB Karte eingesteckt, die auch sofort erkannt wurde. Die Darstellung am 4 K Monitor ist gut.
OK, er ist nicht so schnell wie ein Rechner mit i7 Prozessor, die Kleinheit wiegt alles auf. 🙂
Mini PC con prestaciones muy razonables para el tamaño que tiene. Mini PC con prestaciones muy razonables para el tamao que tiene, con mltiples IFs (3 USB,2 HDMI, Ethernet, SD,… ) y adems no mete nada de ruido (no necesita ventilador porque a penas se calienta)
Excellent remote desktop / astrophoto control platform Bought the MeLE Quieter 2 4core, 8GB to run my astrophotography system via remote desktop. Added WD500GB NVMe drive for faster I/O and reinstalled WIN10 to the NVMe following the clear instructions on the MeLE website. Works as expected, WIN10Pro license adjusted configuration to turn off auto updates, adjust power options to prevent sleep mode for PCI and USB bus.
Background: Astrophoto acquisition setups are high I/O but low requirements for graphics and limited on core processing. CPU user benchmark for desktop was reasonable ~38%, workstation 11% and gaming 3% which is not bad for a 24Watt system. I complete image stacking/processing done on a separate Threadripper workstation.
Day 1 Reference Load is: 2 x 24MP cameras, 2 x focusers, guide camera, mount, 2 x filterwheels connected via USB3. Runs all equipment flawlessly. 2 instances of NINA control, Cartes du ciel, PHD2, EQMOD. Working fine. Remote desktop via VNC viewer and Wifi at 75′ has no issue.
Works very well Seems to work very well. Does not get too warm and performs well. Added and SSD drive with no problem.
Initially had some problems activating the device, but the MeLE customer service was very responsive and resolved my issues.
Works very well Seems to work very well. Does not get too warm and performs well. Added and SSD drive with no problem.
Initially had some problems activating the device, but the MeLE customer service was very responsive and resolved my issues.
Windows computer that works well as a media server and web browser - silent - zero issues. This computer works well as a media server and web broswer.
As a media server, I use it to run Netfilx, Hulu, YouTube (not TV), Apple TV, Paramount, Amazon Prime and Windows Media Player Classic. All run on this PC without issue although if I got LOTS Of windows open, streaming can stutter.
I use it with the ethernet connection, although I tested the WIFI and it was sufficient for streaming Netflix and Hulu (that’s all I tried it with, but I expect the other services will stream fine).
I use a Logitch keyboard (that has a trackpad) that connects via USB (a Logitech unifying receiver) that works well. I also have a 4 port USB hub that I use to connect a variety of portable hard drives and memory sticks.
The computer itself is VERY small and runs without any fan so is silent.
The computer includes a license for Windows 10 Pro that can be upgraded to Windows 11 without a charge.
Bottom line: this is a silent computer that runs well. Expansion is rather limited -you can add a SATA or SSD drive, but the computer memory is stuck at 4 GB, which is smaller than many computers contain – by comparison my work computer has 64 GB of RAM and the notebook I’m writing this review from has 20 GB RAM. The small memory does have an effect on performance and this will not be a good computer for anything other than a media computer or simple web browsing – you can run Microsoft Office but it will be slow – between the Celeron processor and the small memory.
If you know that your use will be limited by the processor and memory and this is good for you, this is a solid computer that functions well.
Windows computer that works well as a media server and web browser - silent - zero issues. This computer works well as a media server and web broswer.
As a media server, I use it to run Netfilx, Hulu, YouTube (not TV), Apple TV, Paramount, Amazon Prime and Windows Media Player Classic. All run on this PC without issue although if I got LOTS Of windows open, streaming can stutter.
I use it with the ethernet connection, although I tested the WIFI and it was sufficient for streaming Netflix and Hulu (that’s all I tried it with, but I expect the other services will stream fine).
I use a Logitch keyboard (that has a trackpad) that connects via USB (a Logitech unifying receiver) that works well. I also have a 4 port USB hub that I use to connect a variety of portable hard drives and memory sticks.
The computer itself is VERY small and runs without any fan so is silent.
The computer includes a license for Windows 10 Pro that can be upgraded to Windows 11 without a charge.
Bottom line: this is a silent computer that runs well. Expansion is rather limited -you can add a SATA or SSD drive, but the computer memory is stuck at 4 GB, which is smaller than many computers contain – by comparison my work computer has 64 GB of RAM and the notebook I’m writing this review from has 20 GB RAM. The small memory does have an effect on performance and this will not be a good computer for anything other than a media computer or simple web browsing – you can run Microsoft Office but it will be slow – between the Celeron processor and the small memory.
If you know that your use will be limited by the processor and memory and this is good for you, this is a solid computer that functions well.
Fan less no Dus It’s still too early but running 24/7 using it for as a backup pc and PLEX server. Has plenty of USB ports. I added a 1TB M.2 NVME SSD and cloned win 10 pro on it from the original non up-gradable embedded SSD which I don’t use it’s for emergency backup to restore the OS if something goes wrong so I run win 10 pro from the much faster 1TB SSD. Supposedly it supports up to 4TB SSD too. I don’t do gaming just office work productivity media consumption and I even run my 16 channel security cameras monitoring program currently running with 8 cameras while I process documents etc. i also added a 1TB micro SD card for backing up the 1TB SSD I mentioned earliest.
I filled up all USB ports one with a Logitec USB keyboard mouse dongle that controls both mouse/keyboard I added a portable 5TB HDD to the other USB loaded with movies which I serve to streaming through PLEX to all the TVs, chromecast, fire TVs and apple TVs in other rooms and added another 512GB USB dongle to the 3rd USB ports and I mounted the PC to the back of my monitor’s arm with the VESA mount it came with. The PC is so small it’s almost like a pack of card. It feels little too hot when it pushed I hope it will last. It also came with a thermo pad for cooling or better heat dissipation for the SSD I added so if you upgrade use that. I trimmed it down the pad with a scissor to the side of the control chip on the m.2 NVME SSD and stick it on it. The design is good when you close the case the metal case will touch the thermo pad as it should so the heat will transfer better out and on the metal case of the PC. It has two HDMI out so you can run two/dual monitors in the same time in 4K.
Fan less no Dus It’s still too early but running 24/7 using it for as a backup pc and PLEX server. Has plenty of USB ports. I added a 1TB M.2 NVME SSD and cloned win 10 pro on it from the original non up-gradable embedded SSD which I don’t use it’s for emergency backup to restore the OS if something goes wrong so I run win 10 pro from the much faster 1TB SSD. Supposedly it supports up to 4TB SSD too. I don’t do gaming just office work productivity media consumption and I even run my 16 channel security cameras monitoring program currently running with 8 cameras while I process documents etc. i also added a 1TB micro SD card for backing up the 1TB SSD I mentioned earliest.
I filled up all USB ports one with a Logitec USB keyboard mouse dongle that controls both mouse/keyboard I added a portable 5TB HDD to the other USB loaded with movies which I serve to streaming through PLEX to all the TVs, chromecast, fire TVs and apple TVs in other rooms and added another 512GB USB dongle to the 3rd USB ports and I mounted the PC to the back of my monitor’s arm with the VESA mount it came with. The PC is so small it’s almost like a pack of card. It feels little too hot when it pushed I hope it will last. It also came with a thermo pad for cooling or better heat dissipation for the SSD I added so if you upgrade use that. I trimmed it down the pad with a scissor to the side of the control chip on the m.2 NVME SSD and stick it on it. The design is good when you close the case the metal case will touch the thermo pad as it should so the heat will transfer better out and on the metal case of the PC. It has two HDMI out so you can run two/dual monitors in the same time in 4K.
Pretty good, buy with m.2 storage This thing has ok speed for web browsing and lite office use. Easily use word and powerpoint, but heavy data tasks in Excel and Access would be hard on this little guy.
Mine had the built in eMMC built in storage which holds it back. Add a m.2 solution, at least 250GB and use the eMMC storage as a backup drive.
Window 11 is running well on this little guy. It gets warm, almost hot during heavy usage like installing window 11 but won’t hurt you. Power button feels cheap, change settings to shut down computer when you press the button or else it enters sleep in a weird way which makes it seem like it’s a hard power cut. it isn’t, it does go to sleep, but personally I changed it to shut down. I guess that’s personal choice.
If I could rebuy it with less eMMC storage I would have, but 8GB RAM is a must. (2166mhz ram speed)
Adding a little passive speaker would help this thing out in some applications. A front port would be nice, but I can’t ding it for any of the cons i’ve mixed into this review.
Came directly from CHINA and tracking reported it was held up at customs but still only took about 7-10 days to arrive.
Pretty good, buy with m.2 storage This thing has ok speed for web browsing and lite office use. Easily use word and powerpoint, but heavy data tasks in Excel and Access would be hard on this little guy.
Mine had the built in eMMC built in storage which holds it back. Add a m.2 solution, at least 250GB and use the eMMC storage as a backup drive.
Window 11 is running well on this little guy. It gets warm, almost hot during heavy usage like installing window 11 but won’t hurt you. Power button feels cheap, change settings to shut down computer when you press the button or else it enters sleep in a weird way which makes it seem like it’s a hard power cut. it isn’t, it does go to sleep, but personally I changed it to shut down. I guess that’s personal choice.
If I could rebuy it with less eMMC storage I would have, but 8GB RAM is a must. (2166mhz ram speed)
Adding a little passive speaker would help this thing out in some applications. A front port would be nice, but I can’t ding it for any of the cons i’ve mixed into this review.
Came directly from CHINA and tracking reported it was held up at customs but still only took about 7-10 days to arrive.
Immediately upgraded to Windows 11. Works great. Definitely not the best performer, but for the price and size, it's great. Wouldn't use it for daily use, but great if you need a little headless mini PC for stuff like a Roon bridge (which is what i'm using it for) or hooking it up to a TV for streaming, etc. I've left mine on 24/7 for a few weeks with moderate use. No problems with overheating. Immediately upgraded to Windows 11. Works great. Definitely not the best performer, but for the price and size, it’s great. Wouldn’t use it for daily use, but great if you need a little headless mini PC for stuff like a Roon bridge (which is what i’m using it for) or hooking it up to a TV for streaming, etc. I’ve left mine on 24/7 for a few weeks with moderate use. No problems with overheating.
I use these in a very space limited area in my practice for stations to access my EMR and Internet, wonderful little machines I use these in a very space limited area in my practice for stations to access my EMR and Internet, wonderful little machines
Small and able to handle day to day operations. Been using it for more than a month and non-issues. I like the product a lot. Small and able to handle day to day operations. Been using it for more than a month and non-issues. I like the product a lot.
This mini pc is perfect if you're after something with small dimensions & the ability to playback media or do light work. The chassis will get hot (by design)! Win 10 Pro is great for built-in remote access (headless). This mini pc is perfect if you’re after something with small dimensions & the ability to playback media or do light work. The chassis will get hot (by design)! Win 10 Pro is great for built-in remote access (headless).
This mini pc is perfect if you're after something with small dimensions & the ability to playback media or do light work. The chassis will get hot (by design)! Win 10 Pro is great for built-in remote access (headless). This mini pc is perfect if you’re after something with small dimensions & the ability to playback media or do light work. The chassis will get hot (by design)! Win 10 Pro is great for built-in remote access (headless).
Not good for desktop 4k60Hz use. If you want to use this computer as a desktop with a 4K60 display, then look for something else, if you’re using it as a media center hooked up to your TV, then it’s fine.
I was going to use this as a main desktop computer, with OpenSUSE Tumbleweed as the operating system and a 1TB NVME SSD.
Installing Tumbleweed to the NVME SSD went fine after changing a setting in the UEFI, I left Windows 10 as is on the eMMC.
The monitor I use is 3840×2160@60Hz, the description of the computer on Amazon says : “MeLE micro pc is equipped with 2x HDMI, supports 4K@60fps HD videos dual-screen outputs”, the images also show “HDMI 2.0 x2 support”.
This is where I ran into issues, the J4125 only supports 3840×2160@30Hz on HDMI when using RGB color (it’s probably HDMI 1.4 internally), which means to support 3840×2160@60Hz it’s required to use 4:2:0 chroma subsampling to halve the bandwidth, this leads to text being very hard to read on a computer display. If MeLE would have added a Displayport connector to the computer, then it would have been possible to use 3840×2160@60Hz without chroma subsampling. The UHD 600 supports Displayport.
MeLE should specify in the description the limitation of J4125 only supporting 3840×2160 @ 60Hz using chroma subsampling, which is not suitable for desktop use.
Perhaps MeLE can release a revision of the Quieter2 with Displayport specifically for people who want to use it as a desktop computer with a 3840×2160@60Hz display.
Not that powerful but fine for every day tasks I really like this. It’s tiny and passively cooled so well suited if you need something that can just disappear such as in a media system.
In my day job I mainly work on a Mac and have a desktop that’s usually booted into Linux so this is great to have a Windows machine on hand. That said, I generally have it booted into Ubuntu Linux. It was a bit of a pain to get it to boot but there was plenty of information online and it mainly required a couple of settings changes in the bios. I shouldn’t, but I keep this turned on permanently and in Linux it’s been perfectly stable.
It does have a USB-C connector for power but it would be nice to have a second one.
At 128GB it’s a pretty small drive but it does have a micro SD slot so that’s not such a big issue.
With the VESA mount it can also be mounted cleanly to the back of a monitor.
works flawlessly I am using this mini PC as network streamer, streaming TIDAL to my Ztella MQA DAC and on to my music system. Also it host my collection of ripped CDs which I listen to through Foobar. I use MS Remote Desktop to control it from my tablet – this app is a bit clunky, but it works.
The MeLE sits next to the amp, it’s small and doesn’t make any noise. Every week or so I restart it but it’s very quick. I find this the cheapest and most effective solution to achieve what I want, that is to listen to master quality streamed music without fancy triple-zero equipment and generally faulty apps – you only need to check the reviews that the dedicated apps from music system manufacturers get, they’re one worse than the other 😉
works flawlessly I am using this mini PC as network streamer, streaming TIDAL to my Ztella MQA DAC and on to my music system. Also it host my collection of ripped CDs which I listen to through Foobar. I use MS Remote Desktop to control it from my tablet – this app is a bit clunky, but it works.
The MeLE sits next to the amp, it’s small and doesn’t make any noise. Every week or so I restart it but it’s very quick. I find this the cheapest and most effective solution to achieve what I want, that is to listen to master quality streamed music without fancy triple-zero equipment and generally faulty apps – you only need to check the reviews that the dedicated apps from music system manufacturers get, they’re one worse than the other 😉
Buena relación calidad precio Mini PC, preparado para ser acoplado en un monitor y tener un todo en 1.
Dejando de lado las especificaciones que tenemos disponibles en el anuncio, puedo decir que cumple perfectamente como ordenador para uso domstico no exigente, como es navegar por internet, ver vdeos, ofimtica desde luego, que no nos va a servir para jugar a juegos que necesiten un mnimo de recursos.
En cuanto a conectividad, todo lo necesario para tener uso completo del mini PC como si de una torre se tratase, conectar ratn y teclado de forma inalmbrica, el monitor, lector de tarjetas MicroSd, wifi, puerto de expansin para SSS mm2, Bluetooth
Tenemos que tener claro las posibilidades de este mini PC, no esperemos que nos de buen resultado si somos usuarios que necesitamos de muchos recursos.
My old PC on my CNC machine has reached end of life so this pico sized PC came up in my search and I thought it would be perfect if it could run Mach4. It is fanless and can upgrade to Windows 11 Pro which makes ideal for a dusty and swarf filled environment. So far it has run everything I have thrown at it. I will certainly update this review as I continue to put it through it's paces. For right now, this is shaping up to being the perfect Mach4 box. My old PC on my CNC machine has reached end of life so this pico sized PC came up in my search and I thought it would be perfect if it could run Mach4. It is fanless and can upgrade to Windows 11 Pro which makes ideal for a dusty and swarf filled environment. So far it has run everything I have thrown at it. I will certainly update this review as I continue to put it through it’s paces. For right now, this is shaping up to being the perfect Mach4 box.
Supersnelle pc Nou ja echt super snel is hij niet, maar met een schone Windows 11 installatie is deze fanless pc sneller dan ik had verwacht. Hij voldoet voor thuiswerken, er kan een 1TB extra SSD in voor iets van 70 euro en als je niet meerdere video’s tegelijk wilt dan kan hij ook Netflix afspelen in HD of bijvoorbeeld YouTube in 1440p. Zoals ik schrijf, meerdere 4k schermen zie ik hem niet doen, tenzij je alleen applicaties open hebt staan zonder processen die veel vragen van de interne Intel 600 gpu. Oh en gamen gaat ook enigzins. Het is wat schokkerig, maar hij draait Team Fortress 2 uit 2007 in 1920x1080p en dat is toch netjes.
Tip: als je overweegt om een veel zwaardere pc te kiezen, kijk eerst de filmpjes op internet. Er zijn mini pc’s te koop met een Ryzen en een veel zwaardere gpu, maar dan nog speel je oudere spellen op low graphics. Wil je een pc om te gamen, spaar dan door voor een zwaardere game laptop met bijvoorbeeld een Nvidia RTX kaart of een game pc. Voor al het overige voldoet deze en hij is volledig stil, iets wat ik in de woonkamer ‘s avonds ontzettend fijn vind.
My old PC on my CNC machine has reached end of life so this pico sized PC came up in my search and I thought it would be perfect if it could run Mach4. It is fanless and can upgrade to Windows 11 Pro which makes ideal for a dusty and swarf filled environment. So far it has run everything I have thrown at it. I will certainly update this review as I continue to put it through it's paces. For right now, this is shaping up to being the perfect Mach4 box. My old PC on my CNC machine has reached end of life so this pico sized PC came up in my search and I thought it would be perfect if it could run Mach4. It is fanless and can upgrade to Windows 11 Pro which makes ideal for a dusty and swarf filled environment. So far it has run everything I have thrown at it. I will certainly update this review as I continue to put it through it’s paces. For right now, this is shaping up to being the perfect Mach4 box.
Supersnelle pc Nou ja echt super snel is hij niet, maar met een schone Windows 11 installatie is deze fanless pc sneller dan ik had verwacht. Hij voldoet voor thuiswerken, er kan een 1TB extra SSD in voor iets van 70 euro en als je niet meerdere video’s tegelijk wilt dan kan hij ook Netflix afspelen in HD of bijvoorbeeld YouTube in 1440p. Zoals ik schrijf, meerdere 4k schermen zie ik hem niet doen, tenzij je alleen applicaties open hebt staan zonder processen die veel vragen van de interne Intel 600 gpu. Oh en gamen gaat ook enigzins. Het is wat schokkerig, maar hij draait Team Fortress 2 uit 2007 in 1920x1080p en dat is toch netjes.
Tip: als je overweegt om een veel zwaardere pc te kiezen, kijk eerst de filmpjes op internet. Er zijn mini pc’s te koop met een Ryzen en een veel zwaardere gpu, maar dan nog speel je oudere spellen op low graphics. Wil je een pc om te gamen, spaar dan door voor een zwaardere game laptop met bijvoorbeeld een Nvidia RTX kaart of een game pc. Voor al het overige voldoet deze en hij is volledig stil, iets wat ik in de woonkamer ‘s avonds ontzettend fijn vind.
4K Glass This is a nice machine. I run ubuntu mate and 2 application on this host, mate-terminal and Chrome.
In 2021, the foot print for chrome was changed. I upgraded to this machine because chrome was such a memory hog. This was a replacement for a pi 4 4G. I don’t know if chrome cleaned up the memory leak or this machine is just running better. I love my pi’s, but for driving a 50” 4k display this machine is a little nicer.
Very impressive compute The size is remarkably small. I am not a computer hardware person, but I had no problem setting this up and getting it running. I plugged in the monitor, power, speaker and ethernet cables and keyboard dongle, turned it on and it took it from there. I answered a couple of questions about country and in a few minutes it was running. Remarkable! No startup problems at all.
I’ve been using it for about a week now and installed two sets of updates with no problems.
The speed is impressive and zero noise. I’ve checked the temperature of the computer by touch and it feels barely warm.
In Windows 10 update screen I noticed a message telling me the computer is Windows 11 compatible.
Very impressive compute The size is remarkably small. I am not a computer hardware person, but I had no problem setting this up and getting it running. I plugged in the monitor, power, speaker and ethernet cables and keyboard dongle, turned it on and it took it from there. I answered a couple of questions about country and in a few minutes it was running. Remarkable! No startup problems at all.
I’ve been using it for about a week now and installed two sets of updates with no problems.
The speed is impressive and zero noise. I’ve checked the temperature of the computer by touch and it feels barely warm.
In Windows 10 update screen I noticed a message telling me the computer is Windows 11 compatible.
A Great Little Computer (read more) This little computer started up beautifully out of the box. After a few days its wasn’t working. It seemed to be on endless boot cycle. As I liked it so much I decided to work out the problem.
In short: The Intel display adapter (Intel(R) UHD Graphics 600) was incompatible with my monitor when using the Generic PNP Monitor Driver consistantly caused Windows to crash so quickly it would not even restart in recovery mode. I had to remove the Intel Display adapter driver, run on the basic Microsoft one, update the monitor driver from the Dell website and then update the Display Adapter driver.
So if it looks like the Quiter2 won’t load Windows after your Windows updates are installed, try a different monitor, if you don’t have one, run it on your TV. Once its running, its not hard to sort out the driver issue. I took a longer route than that and its in the video
Tech support was fantastic. I’ve never seen as good. Every email was responded to within a very short time with good recommendations. It turned out to be a very simple fix that was hard to work out.
sweet-spot of price/performance/specs for a budget mini PC (Win10Pro a big plus) DISCLOSURE: we’ve reviewed several MeLE mini PCs (an HDMI “stick” type, and two of these more conventional “boxes”). Each has impressed us and the two box-types are extremely similar so our reviews of those share a lot in common.
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If you’re shopping for mini-PCs (what Intel calls a “NUC”, network unit of computing, a term that’s kinda stuck), you probably know what you’re getting into so I’ll try to keep this review fairly short and specific to this particular unit.
This “MeLE Quieter2” offers decent value and functions well as a general-use office PC if you need something in the smallest form-factor possible. Where it makes compromises are in the graphics department, using dated Intel UHD 600 integrated GPU with shared memory. It’ll drive STATIC displays well but as soon as you get into dynamic media, it falls down. (no HDR, nothing above 4k60Hz) If you’re connecting a webcam (which is kinda par for the course if this is an office machine), you might want to invest in one with some graphical horsepower (Logitech Brio or at least a C920e) which adds to the cost of building an office system with this.
I appreciate the inclusion of Win10Pro right out of the box. Some people may want to go down the Linux path but most of us just want a functional Windows PC for office use in a small footprint, with no fuss.
I was going to criticize the lack of USB-C power delivery or Thunderbolt (display support) and did so with the more expensive (8GB/128GB) version of this box PC. HOWEVER, I’m giving that a pass for this 4GB/64GB version. In my opinion, the price justifies some compromises – this version is an excellent value given the spec sheet and I’d suggest 4GB/64GB RAM/SSD is the sweet spot: you’re buying a basic PC and not something spec’d for games or 4K-HDR media.
Unexpectedly Good I was prepared to be disappointed.
I imagined this machine would be a tortuously slow, but it’s actually reasonably fast.
I’m using this box to play videos on a TV. I’m experiencing no latency and the video quality at 4K is excellent. I love the fact that it’s silent!
I think it’s perfectly good for a wide range of basic uses, such as text editing, emailing, etc. It would obviously NOT be good for more processor intensive tasks.
The case doesn’t get extremely hot, but you’ll want to put it in a place where it gets air flow. (I wouldn’t stuff it in a drawer or in a place where it gets direct sunlight.)
I am a software developer, but I wanted something everyone in the home could use so I was concerned this would be finicky to use. It stays on all the time and just works. It fits the bill perfectly.
I’ve only run this for a few days, so I can’t verify its durability. But I’ll be sure to update this review of it craps out.
Windows feels surprisingly fast. I'm amazed pcs have become this small and it fits right behind the monitor. Pair it with a wireless keyboard and mouse Windows feels surprisingly fast. I’m amazed pcs have become this small and it fits right behind the monitor. Pair it with a wireless keyboard and mouse
The value here is incredible! For just $180 at the time of review, this little computer packs a whole lot of value! It came preinstalled with a Windows 10 Pro license and absolutely zero bloatware. It’s one of the most refreshing new installs I have had: with other OEM’s like Dell, I am spending half an hour just uninstalling garbage!
The Quieter2 is hooked up to a 4k TV and has been doing a great job at driving the display. It seemed a little laggy at first but once the computer had some time to get the initial updates out of the way, it ran really smoothly. I installed office and for productivity, it left nothing to be desired and handled my regular home use (tracking investments and light bookkeeping) like a champ.
The storage it comes with is quite limited so only the bare minimum is installed onboard. You’ll likely want to upgrade the storage but depending on your needs, even a cheap external drive may be suffice.
It won’t stream 4k movies. I tried one on a local server and it just stuttered hopelessly. 1080 60fps on YouTube isn’t unwatchable but will have minor stutters but 720p will play perfectly.
In terms of hardware, it is very well made. The chassis is sturdy with a metal top and hard maybe metal maybe hard plastic bottom. Either way, I can’t imagine anyone having an issue with build quality as it is exceptional.
All in all, this is a fantastic value. It’s excellent for productivity as is and as a thin client of you want to use it for remote desktop.
Attractive design, ultra compact, completely silent PC with good performance The Quieter 2D has a very simple, industrial design with an aluminum case. It is only slightly larger than a portable external hard drive and completely silent with its fan-less design. Build quality, fit and finish is top-notch. It really is an attractive design, and much better than other mini PCs I’ve owned, including the Intel NUCs and Zotac mini PCS. It includes a VESA mounting bracket to mount the PC to the back of a monitor, if you want to turn your monitor into an all-in-one PC that is. Mine came pre-loaded with Windows 10 Pro 21H1 and there doesn’t appear to be any bloatware, nice!
Performance wise, this isn’t a powerhouse nor does it claim to be. Geekbench 5 resulted in 364 single-core, 372 multi-core with a Vulkan score of 1811. However, numbers don’t tell the whole story because in general usage, the Quieter 2D feels responsive. There are occasional slow downs when doing more intensive tasks, but again that is to be expected with a PC with Celeron processor and only 4GB of RAM. I benchmarked the 64GB eMMC storage with AJA System Test, which resulted in 150MB/s Write and 190MB/s Read. This was actually better than I expected from eMMC storage. But one of the best features of the Quieter 2D is the ability to add a m.2 2280 SSD. Although the manual doesn’t specify whether the m.2 slot supports NVMe or SATA, doing a quick search on Internet does show it will support the faster (and better) NVMe. A heat pad for the SSD is even included. It’s too bad they didn’t also include SODIMM slot to add extra RAM.
I was able to connect 2 1080p monitors using the dual HDMI ports just fine, and performance was good. Unfortunately I don’t have dual 4K monitors to test with but this should be a supported configuration. In general computing tasks like web browsing, the Quieter 2D worked great with only the occasional stutter or slow down. Using YouTube, I could easily playback 1080p content with minimal frame loss. Bumping up to 4K (2160p), I was seeing more frame loss. I had more luck using Kodi to stream videos from my home server and I could playback 2160p videos (H.265 encoded) without skipping which is impressive because the Quieter 2D is even smaller than my nVidia Shield TV. I was connected to 5GHz wireless when streaming, but the Quieter 2D does have a Gigabit ethernet port for best streaming performance.
I also tried pairing my Xbox One controller and using the Xbox Game Streaming service to play games and the streaming quality and performance was good at 1080p. I haven’t tried PC games because I don’t think the Intel N4020 and UHD 600 graphics would be able to handle any modern games, but I think this could handle retro games emulation which is something I will be trying next.
Only real downside is the USB-C power in port that doesn’t support PD and you must use the included 24W power adapter (12V-2A). Not sure why they just didn’t make this a barrel connector to prevent someone from connecting to a USB-C PD charger thinking the port supports PD. I would have preferred the Quieter 2D come with proper USB-C port with PD support and have another USB-C port for I/O.
In summary, The MeLE Quieter 2D is an impressive mini PC that has plenty of ports, can connect to 2 monitors out of the box, has expandable storage and performance is great for general computing tasks, streaming 4k videos and for game streaming. It has an ultra compact form factor, making it useful for many practical applications. Highly recommended.
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– Ultra compact and attractive design
– Expandable storage with m.2 NVMe SSD
– Dual HDMI 2.0 ports, 4 x USB 3.0 ports
– Gigabit Ethernet and AC wireless
Excellent for my needs Short version: Great. Space saver. Nothing fancy. Seems to do everything a non-gamer, non-streamer needs. Considering getting another one.
Longer version: My needs aren’t excessive. I don’t play games or do anything really CPU-intensive. This very small “computer” sits near my TV and is connected via one of the HDMI ports. Most use is watching Netflix, Youtube, TikTok videos or listening to music on YouTube while web-surfing, news-reading, doing word-processing type stuff in the background or swiping Left or Right on Tinder. It’s always doing multiple tasks, but nothing tough.
It does get warm if I’m doing a lot but as far as I can tell in my situation it’s not getting “hot”. I keep it kind of propped up on an angle so it has good air flow around it.
Because I don’t know what is required for stable gaming/streaming and based purely on past reviews I’ve read I can’t recommend this for Gamers or Streamers but for regular people like me who try to act like we don’t live online it is fantastic.
I might buy another in a few months for my upstairs TV.
Connected via WiFi to my printer. No issues. Successful.
Connected via Bluetooth to a keyboard and mouse successfully
…but using my Wifi keyboard and mouse with USB dongle because I like my full keyboard.
Has been automatically updating Windows features successfully.
Very portable but I haven’t taken it anywhere…yet.
Excellent for my needs Short version: Great. Space saver. Nothing fancy. Seems to do everything a non-gamer, non-streamer needs. Considering getting another one.
Longer version: My needs aren’t excessive. I don’t play games or do anything really CPU-intensive. This very small “computer” sits near my TV and is connected via one of the HDMI ports. Most use is watching Netflix, Youtube, TikTok videos or listening to music on YouTube while web-surfing, news-reading, doing word-processing type stuff in the background or swiping Left or Right on Tinder. It’s always doing multiple tasks, but nothing tough.
It does get warm if I’m doing a lot but as far as I can tell in my situation it’s not getting “hot”. I keep it kind of propped up on an angle so it has good air flow around it.
Because I don’t know what is required for stable gaming/streaming and based purely on past reviews I’ve read I can’t recommend this for Gamers or Streamers but for regular people like me who try to act like we don’t live online it is fantastic.
I might buy another in a few months for my upstairs TV.
Connected via WiFi to my printer. No issues. Successful.
Connected via Bluetooth to a keyboard and mouse successfully
…but using my Wifi keyboard and mouse with USB dongle because I like my full keyboard.
Has been automatically updating Windows features successfully.
Very portable but I haven’t taken it anywhere…yet.
It is nice and small, which is what I was looking for. Dual HDMIs and lots of USB pots make it very functional. It was easy to setup out of the box. The one thing they could do is spring for the $30 wholesale for a NVMe drive, but it is very easy to add. The instructions for installing on the NVMe were good. One thing, the system image they provide would not install from the SD card like they said, I had to use an external USB drive. But once I figured that out, it went really easy. Nice and snappy. I use it to play World of Tanks Blitz, and it works great. Great as a desktop and light gaming machine. It is nice and small, which is what I was looking for. Dual HDMIs and lots of USB pots make it very functional. It was easy to setup out of the box. The one thing they could do is spring for the $30 wholesale for a NVMe drive, but it is very easy to add. The instructions for installing on the NVMe were good. One thing, the system image they provide would not install from the SD card like they said, I had to use an external USB drive. But once I figured that out, it went really easy. Nice and snappy. I use it to play World of Tanks Blitz, and it works great. Great as a desktop and light gaming machine.
Makes a great little completely silent and compact server. When I first got this, I was really surprised by how small it was. I’m a big fan of mini PC’s and I already have two Intel NUC mini PC’s that I love. This mini PC is even smaller than my NUC’s, I mean it’s a little wider but it’s smaller in every other dimension. The metal case looks and feels great, it also works as the heatsink which means this doesn’t need and fan and is therefore completely silent. Depending on your needs you can install a speedy and larger M.2 SSD but if you’re using it as a server like me you probably won’t need it. To access my server I just remote into using RDP but I did connect it to my TV and had no issues watching videos in 4K. Performance wise it’s more than acceptable for general use, obviously gaming is a NO NO but general productivity apps are fine and you can easily watch 4K videos and therefore it would make a decent a Plex server. At the end of the day, there’s hundreds of things you could use this for, it would also be great for attaching to the back of a monitor to make your own all in one PC.
Makes a great little completely silent and compact server. When I first got this, I was really surprised by how small it was. I’m a big fan of mini PC’s and I already have two Intel NUC mini PC’s that I love. This mini PC is even smaller than my NUC’s, I mean it’s a little wider but it’s smaller in every other dimension. The metal case looks and feels great, it also works as the heatsink which means this doesn’t need and fan and is therefore completely silent. Depending on your needs you can install a speedy and larger M.2 SSD but if you’re using it as a server like me you probably won’t need it. To access my server I just remote into using RDP but I did connect it to my TV and had no issues watching videos in 4K. Performance wise it’s more than acceptable for general use, obviously gaming is a NO NO but general productivity apps are fine and you can easily watch 4K videos and therefore it would make a decent a Plex server. At the end of the day, there’s hundreds of things you could use this for, it would also be great for attaching to the back of a monitor to make your own all in one PC.
Great working device. It is not a workhorse, but then it is not meant to be. But, for basic functionality it is perfect for what I need. Great working device. It is not a workhorse, but then it is not meant to be. But, for basic functionality it is perfect for what I need.
Nice little [almost] pocket PC It is very surprising is that the system can be upgraded to Windows 11! It has all the requirements including Secure Boot, TPM2.0 and a recent CPU. [See the images.] [Secure Boot isn’t enabled by default.]
Granted, it is an Celeron processor with an Intel GPU. Of course a “low” CPU means no fan. So it’s quiet.
So it includes 2 HDMI ports, 4 3.0 USB ports, a headphone jack, a Kensington lock and a gigabit NIC.
Add Bluetooth 4.2 and 2.4G + 5.0G dual-band Wi-Fi.
You can actually mount it behind a screen with the VESA mount [adapter included].
It comes with a 256 GB SSD but you can add a M.2 2280 SSD [up to 4 TB].
You can also insert a microSD card [up to 1 TB].
The only thing I’m wondering is their support. I tried to contact them but got no reply.
As the mini PC has a lower end CPU and a slightly outdated GPU, I would not recomment this for something more than a kiosk, help desk, data entry and Internet surfing.
MeLE Quieter2 - Ottimo mini pc silenzioso Ho acquistato questo Mini Pc in quanto fanless, che fosse grande quanto un pacchetto di sigarette non mi interessava, ma un vanto tecnologico avere un processore abbastanza potente per lavori Office in cos poco spazio (ho liberato una scrivania intera…). Mi interessava l’assenza di rumore, ed eccezionale questo mini pc, molto reattivo, silenzioso ovviamente in quanto fanless, anche se scalda un p l’involucro. Sono molto soddisfatto dell’acquisto ma non “assolutamente” soddisfatto in quanto, data la dimensione del pc, e la staffetta vesa in dotazione, pu essere installato dietro al monitor, in modo da scomparire proprio dalla scrivania, ma ho scoperto che il bios non contempla l’accensione da tastiera, sia a cavo che wireless, come mi ha confermato l’assistenza tecnica subito contattata. Questo un vero peccato in quanto, collocato dietro al monitor, staffato al muro, per accenderlo devo tirare fuori il monitor e cercare il pulsantino. Cosa abbastanza scomoda, quando altri minipc che uso, contemplano l’accensione da tastiera anche wireless. Si consiglia vivamente il produttore di provvedere al prossimo aggiornamento di Bios ed allora il pc diventa superlativo.
Silencioso y potente Mini PC modelo Quieter2 81 A, Intel Celeron J4125 de 8 GB DDR4 y 128 GB eMMC con Windows 10 Pro, de la marca Mele & Co.
Las caractersticas generales de este minipc son:
-CPU Intel Gemini Lake Celeron J4125 de cuatro ncleos.
-Grficos Intel HD 600.
-Sistema operativo Windows 10 Pro (64 bits).
-Memoria 8 GB LPDDR4.
-Almacenamiento de 128 GB eMMC incorporado.
Tiene cuatro puertos USB, los 4 son 3.0, 2 HDMI, salida para auriculares y ranura para tarjeta micro sd. Tambin trae salida para poder conectarlo a Internet va cable o podemos conectarlo por WiFi, de doble banda, 2,4G/5 GHz, ya que el equipo nos ofrece ambas posibilidades.
Con el minipc viene tambin un soporte VESA, para poder cogerlo a la parte posterior del monitor, una fuente de alimentacin con conexin europea y adaptador de tipo americano y una almohadilla de refrigeracin de silicona para la disipacin de calor del SSD.
Para un uso normal ya no necesitamos grandes torres, con este pequeo minipc tenemos suficiente para un uso domstico, internet, correo, Office, teletrabajo, etc. En casa lo usamos todos, y es potente, rpido y hasta ahora no hemos tenido ningn problema. Un punto a sumar es que al no tener ventilador es muy silencioso. Es una muy buena opcin.
IMPRESIONADA La palabra que mejor define a este MINI PC, es IMPRESIONANTE. Tanta potencia, agilidad de funcionamiento en tan poco espacio, me ha dejado totalmente sorprendida, no soy informtica ni nada parecido, pero si algo funciona bien … lo notas y lo palpas desde que lo usas la primera vez, y adems con los usos esta sensacin no hace ms que crecer y crecer !!!!
Llevo usndolo semanas, todos los das; para trabajar, ver videos, informes, leer, y jugar algn juego pero sencillito de toda la vida (Snow Broos o Mario Bros soy una clsica jejeje), en todos estos das el funcionamiento ha sido perfecto, sin lags, sin cargas lentas, ni un solo problema… tengo un ordenador ms potente de sobremesa y sin embargo prefiero usar este mini pc, por que me permite llevarlo conmigo a todas partes sin ocupar espacio, y con una potencia que tienes con porttiles de mas de 1000 euros.
Sus CUATRO NUCLEOS, sus 8gb de RAM, 128gb, capacidad para 4k, sin ventilador, silencioso, eficiente … lo convierten en una gran MINI PC. Con 4 entradas USB, un jack, una entrada cable doble C, 1 entrada HDMI, entrada ethernet, micro sd, y capacidad para acceso a WIFI O BLUETHOOT, lo hacen un mini PC PARA TU DA A DA.
Yo lo utilizo con una pantalla porttil, pero podras ponerlo en la parte trasera de la tv y tener una potentsima SMART TV, pero de verdad, te aconsejo cogerte una buena pantalla porttil.. y tendrs el mejor ORDENADOR PORTATIL de tu vida por muy poquito dinero.
Not actually silent, but very quiet. I am somebody who is very low noise focused and had been looking for a mini PC for usage in a studio environment and this is my latest attempt. I have gone through, and returned, several here on Amazon for not living up to their “silent” claims. When something says silent, I expect absolute silence. This is especially important because, once again, I must stress it is for studio usage.
Any mini PC with a fan ended up being out of the question since it would always ramp up and cause noise, so I quickly moved to entirely fanless options. The issue here seems to be some kind of manufacturing problem companies have for the mini PC boards. Even with no fan there is an electrical vibrating sort of coil whine noise coming from all of the mini PCs I have tried. I have even taken them apart and covered the boards with an offensive amount of silicone to little or no effect.
Unfortunately this PC is no different, there is indeed a coil whine sound coming from it while powered on. Fortunately the noise is low enough for this specific mini-PC that it is only noticable when your ear is a foot away or so from it, rendering it quite usable for its needed application.
Weirdly, when powered off there is a notably louder wobbly sounding electric noise coming from this little PC that can be heard across the room if you listen for it, and heard easily standing closer. This ended up not being an issue for me though, or indeed even something I noticed since it is on essentially 24/7.
Performance-wise the Celeron is surprisingly capable and handles 4k playback and basic DAW tasks no problem. The sound card is garbage though for any kind of audio work, so definitely get a dedicated interface to get rid of that latency, but just for music and normal consumer activities listening it’s good.
I was debating getting this or the PCG35 GLK, but went with this due to the smaller form factor, two HDMI ports, and no weird orange coloring. I would definitely love to check out that PCG35 GLK one day, but can’t justify the price when this PC suits all my needs already.
Overall this machine is surprisingly capable and impressive. Mini-PCs have come a very long way!
Decent general-use NUC but graphics are the bottleneck and no Thunderbolt via USB-C If you’re shopping for NUCs, you probably know what you’re getting into so I’ll keep this short and sweet.
This “MeLE Quieter2” offers decent value and functions well as a general-use office PC if you need something in the smallest form-factor possible. Where it makes compromises are in the graphics department, using dated Intel UHD 600 integrated GPU with shared memory. It’ll drive STATIC displays well but as soon as you get into dynamic media, it falls down. (no HDR, nothing above 4k60Hz) If you’re connecting a webcam (which is kinda par for the course if this is an office machine), you need to invest in one with some graphical horsepower (Logitech Brio or at least a C920e) which adds to the cost of building an office system with this.
Another gripe (and kind of a biggie) is the lack of a proper Thunderbolt USB-C port. It has a USB-C port but it’s limited to power input – if this had a proper Thunderbolt port, you could connect an external PD-thru hub, opening up a world of other possibilities. (this, and the UHD600 graphics – really highlight that the platform this PC is built on is a bit dated)
I appreciate the inclusion of Win10Pro right out of the box. Some people may want to go down the Linux path but most of us just want a functional Windows PC for office use in a small footprint, with no fuss.
Overall, not bad as long as you can live with the limitations and gets a recommend (and 4-stars) from me.
Clean Minimalist Design; Easy Drop-In M.2 SSD Expansio The beautiful thing about this computer is that it requires very little in terms of routine maintenance; With this being a sealed unit without a fan, I love that I don’t have to break it down like a full tower system to clean the interior. The computer did come pre-installed with a clean and recent version of Windows 10 Pro (Ver. 20H2) operating system; Upon initial boot-up, there was very little in terms of operating system setup with only a username and password required to be setup.
In terms of speed, the onboard 256 eMMC does load the operating system quickly; I didn’t notice it being any slower than my other computers with SATA SSDs. With the included Celeron J4125 processor and 8GB of DDR4 memory, it’s a competent quad core that does a decent job at lightweight tasks; Office Productivity Work, Web Browsing, Online Banking and Shopping are all fine with this configuration.
Things I liked about this Mini PC:
-Clean minimalist design which can be mounted behind a monitor with VESA mounting points (75mm or 100mm)
-Two HDMI ports built in for dual monitor support
-RJ45 Ethernet Connection is useful for wiring up for critical conference calls and stable network connectivity
-4x USB 3.0 Ports
-Included European Power Adapter Module is nice for travelling to European countries with two prong power outlet design
-No preinstalled Bloatware nor Spyware that I could tell from initial inspection
-Built-in Wireless Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Connectivity
-Two sets of screws are included for the metal mounting bracket
-Included Silicone Thermal Pad for optional M.2 SSD
-Only requires 4 screws to be removed for access to the interior of the enclosure
-Windows 10 Pro comes with BitLocker which is optional if you want to secure a disk drive with encryption
-Surface temperatures of the aluminum enclosure are not burning hot and seem to be only relatively warm
Things I didn’t like about this Mini PC:
-No USB 3.0 SuperSpeed 10 Gigabit/Second ports for connecting higher end SSD enclosures
-No USB-C data port nor Thunderbolt 3.0 support
-Requires a bit more cable management when mounting to the rear side of the monitor
I like that I have the option to drop-in an M.2 SSD into the system; I did end up adding in a more budget 1TB entry level M.2 NVMe SSD as a storage drive. With plastic protective film on both sides of the silicone thermal pad, I did have a little difficulty removing film as it’s a very delicate piece and hard to catch. To get the SSD recognized in the system, I just needed to initialize it in the ‘Disk Management’ Console and create a new simple volume.
From the BIOS, it looks more like an old school Legacy Style; I would recommend setting at least an administrative password to restrict unwanted access. I cannot confirm for sure if the memory is in a dual channel configuration; It does appear that there are two 4GB LPDDR4 soldered modules in slot 0 and slot 1 both running at 2133Mhz speed.
As for pairing this with accessories, I did end up using a wireless keyboard/mouse combo with a single dongle for a cleaner setup; As for a webcam, I highly recommend pairing this PC with a webcam that has a built-in encoder on the hardware level (Logitech C930e or C925e); This means that the video capture being encoded will be offloaded from the CPU and the webcam can handle the processing without taxing CPU resources.
The integrated GPU (Intel UHD 600) is not meant for high-end PC gaming and did a decent job powering my QHD monitor with a FHD panel on the side without any flickering; If you wanted to play PC games, I would suggest using this PC as terminal to stream your games from a more powerful system or rely on online streaming services (Stadia, Geforce Now or Xbox Cloud).
One thing to note: I do have my monitors mounted to a pole arm mounting system and I had to side mount the Mini PC on top of the VESA mount plate for the mounting arm; No issues so far with clearance.
Fanless forever! Mini pc fanless che offre discrete prestazioni, processore Celeron J4125 che con 8 Gb di ram permette anche di giocare retrogames e giochi recenti non troppo pesanti come richieste di GPU.
This does all I expected it to do and more. It's snappy and perfect for use in an office setting. I'm using it on a dual-monitor set-up. This does all I expected it to do and more. It’s snappy and perfect for use in an office setting. I’m using it on a dual-monitor set-up.
Fanless forever! Mini pc fanless che offre discrete prestazioni, processore Celeron J4125 che con 8 Gb di ram permette anche di giocare retrogames e giochi recenti non troppo pesanti come richieste di GPU.
Great unless you need HDR, not supported, but 4K60 works fine. This is essentially the same as the PC35G GLK, but even smaller, without 2.5″ SATA drive support (IMO unneeded with M.2 slot anyway). Slightly worse thermals, not a big enough difference for me to really say one is better than the other for any of the reasonable use cases for these small PCs. So the remainder of my review is going to be pretty much the same. My advice would be if you want the smallest form factor possible and have no plans on using a 2.5″ drive then this model is a good choice, otherwise go for the PC35G GLK as it’s essentially the same, will have slightly better thermals when under heavy load (just in case) and gives you some more flexibility with drive expansion.
If you’re looking at this thinking of using it as an HTPC my advice is to move along as there is still one major gotcha that we still haven’t seemed to get past with these Mini PCs (there has always been something…) and in the case of this one the Celeron J4125’s GPU (UHD Graphics 600) does not seem to support HDR. It does support 4K60hz fine out of the HDMI port, but it does NOT support HDR or 10-bit output, only 8-bit. This day in age, that’s pretty much a non-starter when it comes to using the PC as a media playback device, at least for me it would be.
I’m not super concerned about it though, because I won’t use these hooked up to a display at all but rather replacing an old 2nd generation Core i7 machine that I’ve been using as a server for mostly a bunch of Docker containers. Sadly (for the i7) the Celeron J4125 in this is nearly as fast as the old i7 in a lot of workloads, and vastly better than the old i7 for GPU workloads (of which the old i7 is completely useless) and it does it with no fans at all and using one tenth the amount of electricity. In fact, I’m going to make an attempt over the next little while to see if I can get away with moving my Plex server to this little box as the QuickSync implementation in the CPU in this thing is actually pretty good with full 10 bit HEVC/x265 encode and decode support. You can’t upgrade the memory, but the 8GB it comes with is the maximum supported by the CPU anyway according to Intel ARK.
After allowing Windows to fully update, updating the graphics drivers, etc. puttering around the desktop is snappy enough for a mini PC, obviously it’s still a low powered PC but for undemanding users it’s actually pretty good I think. For my purposes using it as a headless server running fairly lightweight docker containers it’s proving to be a perfectly suitable replacement for my ancient power and space hog of an old PC. Since it comes with Windows 10 Pro, Docker works fine on it as it does fully support Hyper-V. Honestly I would rather install Linux on it, or Proxmox, but sometimes returning these Mini PCs back to their original states with a valid Windows license can be sketchy so I’m going to do my best working with Windows on the thing and I suggest you not get rid of the Windows partition it comes with unless you’re absolutely sure you’re never going to want it again.
Overall, pretty good! It’s not full of bloatware out of the factory and pretty much just a fresh Windows 10 install. Performance is fine for a passively cooled tiny PC, great upgrade path storage wise for one of these boxes too via the M.2 slot which I’ve confirmed works just fine and you can boot off of it and completely ignore the internal eMMC if you want. Only thing holding this back is the lack of HDR support which is going to be a real issue for some people if caught unaware.
This is my first time ever working with a PC this size - I have a deskstop that is about 2 feet tall and weighs a good ten pounds! So not only am I fascinated by the tiny size, I am thrilled by its capability. In this case, less is more which frees up valuable home office/desk space and has all of the necessary components for basic computing. The 4GB memory is sufficent for regular office work and streaming and 128GB memory is also a decent amount of storage. It has dual display capability as well and can nearly fit into your pocket. The price is great for something so small, depending on the rest of your setup you can easily have a solid home office tiny desktop PC for about $400. I am loving the new technology that creates this sort of innovation and was not disappointed by this mini pc at all. This is my first time ever working with a PC this size – I have a deskstop that is about 2 feet tall and weighs a good ten pounds! So not only am I fascinated by the tiny size, I am thrilled by its capability. In this case, less is more which frees up valuable home office/desk space and has all of the necessary components for basic computing. The 4GB memory is sufficent for regular office work and streaming and 128GB memory is also a decent amount of storage. It has dual display capability as well and can nearly fit into your pocket. The price is great for something so small, depending on the rest of your setup you can easily have a solid home office tiny desktop PC for about $400. I am loving the new technology that creates this sort of innovation and was not disappointed by this mini pc at all.
This is my first time ever working with a PC this size - I have a deskstop that is about 2 feet tall and weighs a good ten pounds! So not only am I fascinated by the tiny size, I am thrilled by its capability. In this case, less is more which frees up valuable home office/desk space and has all of the necessary components for basic computing. The 4GB memory is sufficent for regular office work and streaming and 128GB memory is also a decent amount of storage. It has dual display capability as well and can nearly fit into your pocket. The price is great for something so small, depending on the rest of your setup you can easily have a solid home office tiny desktop PC for about $400. I am loving the new technology that creates this sort of innovation and was not disappointed by this mini pc at all. This is my first time ever working with a PC this size – I have a deskstop that is about 2 feet tall and weighs a good ten pounds! So not only am I fascinated by the tiny size, I am thrilled by its capability. In this case, less is more which frees up valuable home office/desk space and has all of the necessary components for basic computing. The 4GB memory is sufficent for regular office work and streaming and 128GB memory is also a decent amount of storage. It has dual display capability as well and can nearly fit into your pocket. The price is great for something so small, depending on the rest of your setup you can easily have a solid home office tiny desktop PC for about $400. I am loving the new technology that creates this sort of innovation and was not disappointed by this mini pc at all.
Insanely small PC Box was very small and light, opened it to fid the PC was half the size of the box, it literally fits in the palm of my hand. Plugged it in to power and HDMI and switched on, it works! Windows 10 pro launched and installed perfectly on 1st start up, has installed all updates. Yes it is not super fast but for internet, word processing and the like it is absolutely fine. Restarting from sleep is instant. Great PC!
Insanely small PC Box was very small and light, opened it to fid the PC was half the size of the box, it literally fits in the palm of my hand. Plugged it in to power and HDMI and switched on, it works! Windows 10 pro launched and installed perfectly on 1st start up, has installed all updates. Yes it is not super fast but for internet, word processing and the like it is absolutely fine. Restarting from sleep is instant. Great PC!
Works a treat from the moment I switched the power on. I purchased it mainly for streaming programs off the web. I was very surprised at the quality of the images and absence of any problems. It will definitely become a replacement for my much larger/heavier desktop PC with
the purchase of a second MeLE mini PC already planned.
Awesome mini PC. I needed a small PC to use as a media player. This one by Mele is perfectly suited as it can be mounted with the included bracket and has no fan to make noise. It’s output matches my TV,(it can connect to two if you need).
Having seen other reviews I decided to up the storage by adding a 500GB Nvme drive (a thermal pad is included). I cloned the eMMC drive using a free program called Macrium reflect. I updated Windows when I got my machine (it took about half an hour to apply updates) then shut down the PC. I inserted the new drive. I then stared the PC and disconnected it from the internet, ran Macrium reflect and adjusted the size of the main partition before starting the clone. Then after it finished I restarted it and went into the BIOS and selected and saved my new drive as the first to boot.
With use it becomes warm to the touch but not too hot. It is great with older games but as with all PC games you need to check the system requirements. Four USB3 ports is nice to see.
Absolutely love this mini pc it does everything I want worthy of the price..the only thing missing is a type c input but I have a usb hub which I just plugged in a usb adapter to it and for storage I'm using a portable Seagate 2tb hdd drive I have heaps of storage now..Good graphics even tho you can't play aaa rated games but that's why I have a Xbox one s digital to go with it.its a great pc gets warm but don't overheat. Tons of games you can play on bluestacks 4 anyway all android games work with full playstore. It's better than a Android tv box to be honest. Absolutely love this mini pc it does everything I want worthy of the price..the only thing missing is a type c input but I have a usb hub which I just plugged in a usb adapter to it and for storage I’m using a portable Seagate 2tb hdd drive I have heaps of storage now..Good graphics even tho you can’t play aaa rated games but that’s why I have a Xbox one s digital to go with it.its a great pc gets warm but don’t overheat. Tons of games you can play on bluestacks 4 anyway all android games work with full playstore. It’s better than a Android tv box to be honest.
Absolutely love this mini pc it does everything I want worthy of the price..the only thing missing is a type c input but I have a usb hub which I just plugged in a usb adapter to it and for storage I'm using a portable Seagate 2tb hdd drive I have heaps of storage now..Good graphics even tho you can't play aaa rated games but that's why I have a Xbox one s digital to go with it.its a great pc gets warm but don't overheat. Tons of games you can play on bluestacks 4 anyway all android games work with full playstore. It's better than a Android tv box to be honest. Absolutely love this mini pc it does everything I want worthy of the price..the only thing missing is a type c input but I have a usb hub which I just plugged in a usb adapter to it and for storage I’m using a portable Seagate 2tb hdd drive I have heaps of storage now..Good graphics even tho you can’t play aaa rated games but that’s why I have a Xbox one s digital to go with it.its a great pc gets warm but don’t overheat. Tons of games you can play on bluestacks 4 anyway all android games work with full playstore. It’s better than a Android tv box to be honest.
Proprietary USB-C Input, 4K Playback Sometimes a Challenge With Amazon Prime this PC arrived the same day I ordered it. I added a Samsung 980 Nvme SSD after imaging the original Windows install. Installed Windows 10 21H1 using the standard Windows Media Creation USB and reinstalled any missing drivers missing manually using the drivers downloaded from the link in the product description. I did not use Mele’s Windows image.
The PC runs well enough for a low power Celeron. Windows loads quickly even with Fast Boot disabled. I didn’t expect much and plan to use this PC as something I keep in my tool bag for IT emergencies.
The PC can drive two of my 4K monitors at 60Hz, but the Windows GUI becomes quite sluggish. It’s better with a single 4K monitor and even better with 2 or 1 1080p monitors. Intel graphics drivers are at the latest level. Youtube 4K fullscreen playback is possible, but it right on the edge of what this PC can handle. Moving your mouse and bringing up the onscreen controls, for example, causes the video to stutter and often pause.
Only real gripe is the power input. It is USB-C, but not PD. You must use the proprietary power adapter it came with. There are dongles you can add to standard USB-C PD power adapters so the correct output is triggered but this seems like an unnecessary burden. I would have preferred either a standard USB-C PD input or a more standard barrel connector.
Functionality I am currently using the device as a desktop for my business. I needed a computer that didn’t require very little setup as at the time my HP laptop with its adapter cable in addition to the monitor that I’ve connected to the laptop. The MeLE Quieter2 solved all those problems.
Thanks MeLE for a prestigious product. It works smoothly for now.
Fast for fluid every-day computing, and takes a 2TB NVMe drive! I’ve bought a fanless Atom compute stick from Mele before, years ago. From China. So I felt I could trust their design/product.
I’ve only had this a few days … but as I was confused from reviews and product descriptions about what SSD it can take, I wanted to say here I can use a 2TB NVMe drive … the socket’s keyed for NVMe … not SATA. On the model I bought anyhow.
I just wanted a “back-up” + “ancillary” machine. I tend to RDP Virtual machines running on slightly heftier though mobile-CPU based servers … I like small powerful devices that sip energy rather than gulp it. So as an “ancillary” machine, I have it plugged into a 13″ 1080p USB C powered touch screen … powering the screen from this PC via USB A port to USB C, which is also the “touch” connection, and using a full HDMI cable. I RDP my general VM for email etc. But I also have the Spotify App on there, and Plex client as I have a Plex server (I have a lot of personal “server” services running on other small machines in VMs/containers etc.). I can KVM to it with my mouse/keyboard, although I also use Microsoft’s “Mouse Without Borders” which works really well in Windows 10. I checked compatibility for Windows 11 before purchasing … I think this machine looks OK for that. Using Web browsers is fine too … and fine for other video streaming etc.
I’m an Office 365 account holder so I wanted to be able to store up to 1TB of OneDrive data on here too. I’m running Windows from the built-in eMMC though … it seems fast enough for that, but I have created a Windows page file partition on the NVMe SSD. And I wanted dual boot – though still to set that up, though left some space free for it. I leave some space … made some space on the eMMC, as I’m not sure how wear algorithms work on these chips and whether leaving some space might be helpful. I don’t know. Just belt & braces approach. Bitlocker runs just fine on it. I chose to bitlock the entire partitions in one go though … as I preferred to let it do it rather than possibly slow the CPU down a little more during operation later. I fitted a WD Blue SN550 2TB High-Performance M.2 PCIe NVME SSD from Amazon for 175 at time of writing which seemed the best bang for my buck from a reliable vendor, as far as I could see. This machine is unlikely to benefit from performance pedigree per se, but it’s the reliability and running cooler when maxing-out the data transfer rates, at a competitive cost, that interests me.
I’m using wired internet – not tested the WiFi or bluetooth yet. With the NVMe in, it gets a little warm if using the Plex client, but not hot. It goes to sleep nicely with a push of the front button. The sound is OK – using the wired socket. I use a USB powered Hart Just Mixer – mixer which is another product that I really like. (Though I use anti-ground loop thingies on a couple of the audio leads to get rid of hum/noise if powering the mixer, especially, from a USB source sharing a ground-plane with any of the audio inputs/outputs).
In every day use the machine, including web browsers, feels fast/responsive, even with multiple tabs and apps open.
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As a back-up machine, I wanted the dual 4K option, because I like using at least 2x monitors for software development. One only 1080p landscape, but the other, a very wide screen, in flipped-portrait mode. And then I RDP my work VM. It’s a backup to my Dell XPS that’s my everyday driver, though it’s nice having an ancillary machine while my XPS focuses on work. This machine is plenty fast enough to not notice much difference for everyday tasks.
For back-up purposes, I can plug it into my “admin” vlan at home … and I also have edge, chrome and firefox installed with no issues and running well. I’m saying all this to highlight how versatile this machine is … as everyday computer, but also a handy thin-client and administrative machine. It uses so little power it could run on a decent UPS for ages! It doesn’t give off much heat.
I haven’t tried anything heavier on it … e.g. any Development / creative stuff. I’m sure it’ll run vscode … but I don’t expect it to be a great experience though perhaps adequate for light Dev tasks, and I don’t expect it to compile very fast. I don’t expect it to play games unless streamed games which I expect will run quite well on it (ToDo). Maybe if I had no choice but to run a Dev environment on it, my impression is that I could maybe get by very slowly (e.g. running Web API servers with debugger attached and maybe Node proxy / front end React server, refreshing (recompiling) the Node stuff on save etc. and maybe running a heavy-database like SQL Server … this sort of meatier load probably won’t run too well on this machine, and might even knock it over, but using vscode or similar (I’m mostly Microsoft based and creature of habit though migrating a lot of stuff to Linux actually) … anyway … using something like VScode … it could probably get by. If you’re a front-end Dev maybe and the backend/database is running somewhere else. Occasional Photoshop etc. might be OK if not doing any crazy rendering. It is a 4x processor machine so I imagine multi-threaded work will benefit from that … the J4125 does support VT-D … Hyper-V etc. if you want Microsoft’s Sub System for Linux and Docker desktop running etc. … I’m pretty sure it will be OK for light tasks using those sorts of technologies. I do actually have a J5005 based NuC running Open Media Vault (including with LUKs encrypted drives), Plex Server in a docker container, and quite a few other services in Docker containers including IoT etc. and OpenVPN in case my main router goes down etc. … and I have actually used an Ubuntu based container with a desktop, in the container, that I could RDP before too … so I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised at just how pleasantly powerful Intel’s more modern Celeron chips are.
This machine is a light duty machine. What’s amazing about it is just how good it is, for such little volume, and such little energy. And a reasonable price.
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I had no issues finishing the Windows set-up and updating it to a more recent version. You can set it up with a local account if you like (while Windows 10 anyway … not 11). If you want bitlocker, you have to enable it. (It is Windows 10 Pro).
No crashes or freezes or anything so far.
The only caution I have is that the USB C power socket isn’t a Power Delivery one. There’s a sticker on the device warning you of this, advising a 26V max input limit, and advising to use the included 12V 2A plug. The plug doesn’t seem too cheap … happy with that. And I’m powering a monitor from it too, via USB on this machine. But still … I took the sticker off the heat sink facing, and I hope I don’t forget in the future. I wish it was a Power Delivery socket.
I’ve probably forgotten key things I meant to say that’s actually relevant lol. Oh well. My impression at least, is that machine is a very decent every day (modern Windows / Web / Streaming) PC that could hide behind your monitor and add maybe 25 per year to your electricity bill if maxing it out 24/7 all year. Or something like that. Maybe less if you have “economy 7” equivalents etc. It’s just amazing. Amazing.
Fast for fluid every-day computing, and takes a 2TB NVMe drive! I’ve bought a fanless Atom compute stick from Mele before, years ago. From China. So I felt I could trust their design/product.
I’ve only had this a few days … but as I was confused from reviews and product descriptions about what SSD it can take, I wanted to say here I can use a 2TB NVMe drive … the socket’s keyed for NVMe … not SATA. On the model I bought anyhow.
I just wanted a “back-up” + “ancillary” machine. I tend to RDP Virtual machines running on slightly heftier though mobile-CPU based servers … I like small powerful devices that sip energy rather than gulp it. So as an “ancillary” machine, I have it plugged into a 13″ 1080p USB C powered touch screen … powering the screen from this PC via USB A port to USB C, which is also the “touch” connection, and using a full HDMI cable. I RDP my general VM for email etc. But I also have the Spotify App on there, and Plex client as I have a Plex server (I have a lot of personal “server” services running on other small machines in VMs/containers etc.). I can KVM to it with my mouse/keyboard, although I also use Microsoft’s “Mouse Without Borders” which works really well in Windows 10. I checked compatibility for Windows 11 before purchasing … I think this machine looks OK for that. Using Web browsers is fine too … and fine for other video streaming etc.
I’m an Office 365 account holder so I wanted to be able to store up to 1TB of OneDrive data on here too. I’m running Windows from the built-in eMMC though … it seems fast enough for that, but I have created a Windows page file partition on the NVMe SSD. And I wanted dual boot – though still to set that up, though left some space free for it. I leave some space … made some space on the eMMC, as I’m not sure how wear algorithms work on these chips and whether leaving some space might be helpful. I don’t know. Just belt & braces approach. Bitlocker runs just fine on it. I chose to bitlock the entire partitions in one go though … as I preferred to let it do it rather than possibly slow the CPU down a little more during operation later. I fitted a WD Blue SN550 2TB High-Performance M.2 PCIe NVME SSD from Amazon for 175 at time of writing which seemed the best bang for my buck from a reliable vendor, as far as I could see. This machine is unlikely to benefit from performance pedigree per se, but it’s the reliability and running cooler when maxing-out the data transfer rates, at a competitive cost, that interests me.
I’m using wired internet – not tested the WiFi or bluetooth yet. With the NVMe in, it gets a little warm if using the Plex client, but not hot. It goes to sleep nicely with a push of the front button. The sound is OK – using the wired socket. I use a USB powered Hart Just Mixer – mixer which is another product that I really like. (Though I use anti-ground loop thingies on a couple of the audio leads to get rid of hum/noise if powering the mixer, especially, from a USB source sharing a ground-plane with any of the audio inputs/outputs).
In every day use the machine, including web browsers, feels fast/responsive, even with multiple tabs and apps open.
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As a back-up machine, I wanted the dual 4K option, because I like using at least 2x monitors for software development. One only 1080p landscape, but the other, a very wide screen, in flipped-portrait mode. And then I RDP my work VM. It’s a backup to my Dell XPS that’s my everyday driver, though it’s nice having an ancillary machine while my XPS focuses on work. This machine is plenty fast enough to not notice much difference for everyday tasks.
For back-up purposes, I can plug it into my “admin” vlan at home … and I also have edge, chrome and firefox installed with no issues and running well. I’m saying all this to highlight how versatile this machine is … as everyday computer, but also a handy thin-client and administrative machine. It uses so little power it could run on a decent UPS for ages! It doesn’t give off much heat.
I haven’t tried anything heavier on it … e.g. any Development / creative stuff. I’m sure it’ll run vscode … but I don’t expect it to be a great experience though perhaps adequate for light Dev tasks, and I don’t expect it to compile very fast. I don’t expect it to play games unless streamed games which I expect will run quite well on it (ToDo). Maybe if I had no choice but to run a Dev environment on it, my impression is that I could maybe get by very slowly (e.g. running Web API servers with debugger attached and maybe Node proxy / front end React server, refreshing (recompiling) the Node stuff on save etc. and maybe running a heavy-database like SQL Server … this sort of meatier load probably won’t run too well on this machine, and might even knock it over, but using vscode or similar (I’m mostly Microsoft based and creature of habit though migrating a lot of stuff to Linux actually) … anyway … using something like VScode … it could probably get by. If you’re a front-end Dev maybe and the backend/database is running somewhere else. Occasional Photoshop etc. might be OK if not doing any crazy rendering. It is a 4x processor machine so I imagine multi-threaded work will benefit from that … the J4125 does support VT-D … Hyper-V etc. if you want Microsoft’s Sub System for Linux and Docker desktop running etc. … I’m pretty sure it will be OK for light tasks using those sorts of technologies. I do actually have a J5005 based NuC running Open Media Vault (including with LUKs encrypted drives), Plex Server in a docker container, and quite a few other services in Docker containers including IoT etc. and OpenVPN in case my main router goes down etc. … and I have actually used an Ubuntu based container with a desktop, in the container, that I could RDP before too … so I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised at just how pleasantly powerful Intel’s more modern Celeron chips are.
This machine is a light duty machine. What’s amazing about it is just how good it is, for such little volume, and such little energy. And a reasonable price.
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I had no issues finishing the Windows set-up and updating it to a more recent version. You can set it up with a local account if you like (while Windows 10 anyway … not 11). If you want bitlocker, you have to enable it. (It is Windows 10 Pro).
No crashes or freezes or anything so far.
The only caution I have is that the USB C power socket isn’t a Power Delivery one. There’s a sticker on the device warning you of this, advising a 26V max input limit, and advising to use the included 12V 2A plug. The plug doesn’t seem too cheap … happy with that. And I’m powering a monitor from it too, via USB on this machine. But still … I took the sticker off the heat sink facing, and I hope I don’t forget in the future. I wish it was a Power Delivery socket.
I’ve probably forgotten key things I meant to say that’s actually relevant lol. Oh well. My impression at least, is that machine is a very decent every day (modern Windows / Web / Streaming) PC that could hide behind your monitor and add maybe 25 per year to your electricity bill if maxing it out 24/7 all year. Or something like that. Maybe less if you have “economy 7” equivalents etc. It’s just amazing. Amazing.
Great little PC for a dashboard scree I got this to use for a Zabbix dashboard screen, and I’m really tempted to get another to just have around for random weird tasks.
It’s really well specced for what it is, works great, super easy to get up and running, etc. Really happy with my purchase.
Amazon asked my 1-5 star rating “for gaming” and I gave it a 2. Maybe it’ll be fine for retro gaming/emulators, but it really isn’t intended for gaming at all.
Excellent little office machine I have been buying NUCs for years but wanted to see what else was on the market at a cheaper price. I was pleasantly surprised to find this little machine. I’ve had it for a couple weeks now and I wouldn’t hesitate to purchase more. Its plenty powerful enough to run any office tasks you need. Youtube and video streaming is also fine. Case is warm to the touch when it’s on but Core Temp shows a maximum of 68C when at 100% CPU and only 50C when idle so it runs cool enough as far as I’m concerned. Pretty impressive for a fanless unit.
Overall, I’d happily purchase more for a office environment or even for a streaming only home environment with no gaming intended. I know some reviewers have installed NVMe drives in it and that’s fine. I just don’t think the overall speed increase for an office/streaming PC is worth adding a NVMe to the unit unless you already have one at the house going unused. Since this isn’t a gaming or high performance unit, I think NVMe is overkill for this unit.
¡Increíble como han logrado meter todo un PC en esta pequeña caja! La potencia computacional que la mayor parte de nosotros ya tenemos en nuestros bolsillos va el mvil es asombrosa. Y en ese sentido, hoy en da, tener un ordenador que ocupe buena parte del escritorio, es innecesario (salvo que seas un gamer, diseador, etc.). Este ordenador es un testimonio a ello. Es realmente asombroso.
En una caja tan compacta, contiene todo un ordenador PC con Windows 10 que funciona a una velocidad bastante razonable. No me extraara que no lo hayan producido de forma ms compacta todava debido a que ofrece gran cantidad de conexiones que ocupan espacio (incluyendo 2 salidas hdmi para dos pantallas!).
En el vdeo se puede observar como lo he conectado al televisor del saln va el cable hdmi y con un conector usb inhalmbrico, conecto un teclado y ratn en remoto. La conexin a internet la tengo va wifi.
Me encanta que est diseado sin ventilador por lo que es 100% silencioso.
Se puede usar para operar pantallas pero dira que est incluso sobredimensionado para esta funcionalidad. Siempre y cuando no se use para jugar juegos que no estn online y requieran muchos recursos, para funcionalidad estndar de ofimtica ofrece ms que de sobra. Para quienes lo usen as, es bonito que apenas ocupa espacio, tiene poco consumo energtico, y como ya he mencionado, es silencioso.
Me gusta mucho.
Interesante opcion para oficina en casa o convertir un monitor en un ALL IN ONE. El precio esta bajando en estos momentos pues cuando lo pedi superaba los 300 y ahora esta por debajo. Podeis dejaros llevar porque tiene 8 gb de ram y 128 gb de disco duro con Win 10 Pro, pero nada mas lejos de la realidad. No es un ordenador potente, sino mas bien un ordenador cortito.
Cuando digo cortito, me refiero a lo que puede hacer, no a que sea de mala calidad. Es un buen mini pc, pero hay que saber para que sirve y para que lo queremos antes de comprarlo. Esto es vital para que no te den gato por liebre.
ESPECIFICACIONES:
++ Procesador Intel Celeron
++ 8 GB RAM DDR4
++ 128GB memoria interna pero eMMC (mas lenta)
++ WIN 10 version PRO (mas potente de lo que le vendria bien que seria WIN HOME)
++ 4 puertos USB 3.0 (buen detalle de conectividad)
++ 2 salidas de video HDMI con resoluciones hasta 4K (innecesarios porque el procesador no mueve bien esas resoluciones). Por esta razon, soporta doble pantalla, cosa buena para trabajar.
++ Salida combo minijack (salida de audio y microfono en la misma clavija)
++ Lector de tarjeta Micro SD (lectura o expansion de memoria, pero preferentemente lectura)
++ Conectividad wifi dual band y bluetooth 4.2 ademas de puerto LAN
++ Puerto de expansion interno SSD mm2 de hasta 1TB (muy recomendable ponerselo cuanto antes)
VALIDO PARA:
++ Manejo de paquetes o suites Office sin excesivos alardes
++ Correo electronico
++ Navegar por Internet
++ Ver videos o TV online o videos internos a resolucion Full HD (4K posible pero nada recomendable)
++ Redes sociales
++ Poquita cosa mas…
NO VALIDO PARA:
++ JUGAR (ni siquera esports, quiza among us o algo asi de liviano quizas, algun emulador de recreativa antiguo quizas tambien…)
++ Paquete o suite Office a nivel profesional (el procesador no vale, minimo un Intel I3)
++ Edicion de foto, video o audio
++ Programacion o diseo grafico a cualquier nivel.
ME GUSTO:
++ Licencia original de Win 10
++ Memoria DDR4 en vez de DDR3
++ Posibilidades de conectividad pues trae 4 puertos USB y todos son 3.0
++ Capacidad de expansion a SSD mm2 de hasta 1 TB (en cuanto podais ponedselo por capacidad de trabajo y velocidad, lo notareis en gordo). Ademas trae un termal pad para disipar el mm2 de regalo.
++ Wifi dual band y el bluetooth integrado (aparentemente integrado pues en las instrucciones parece como si hubiera que ponerle una antena bluetooth…)
++ Tornilleria y materiales integrados para fijarlo a la trasera de un monitor y volverlo un ALL IN ONE
++ Disipacion pasiva bastante decente (lo que se calienta es el cargador que tiene la fuente de alimentacion y esta fuera del ordenador)
NO ME GUSTO:
++ Que traiga Win10 PRO y no el Home. El PRO es demasiado para las especificaciones que trae
++ No trae cable HDMI para conectarlo al monitor. (son baratos pero 1 al menos lo podrian haber puesto)
++ Que traiga un Celeron y memoria eMMC (aunque entiendo que es para abaratar costes)
++ Las instrucciones podrian venir en espaol pero vienen en ingles.
CONCLUSIONES:
Por la especificaciones que trae de fabrica, es suficiente para instalarle el paquete office y trabajar con el (pero algo lento por culpa del procesador), mirar el correo, redes sociales, ver videos en internet y correr algunos programas basicos sin alardes, es decir no vale para edicion ni de video ni de audio ni de fotos a una velocidad o capacidad decentes o para jugar.
BUONA DISSIPAZIONE, NON ADATTO A CARICHI PESANTI Il mini-pc misura 13*8*2cm, presenta lateralmente 3 porte USB 3.0, sul retro invece: una quarta porta USB 3.0, una porta Ethernet RJ45 da 1Gb, 2 HDMI, ingresso AUX, lettore MicroSD per ampliare la memoria (Max 1TB), porta USB-C per l’alimentazione.
Hardware:
– Scheda di rete Wi-Fi Dual-Band
– Scheda Bluetooth
– CPU Intel Celeron J4125, 4 Cores e 4 Threads, con frequenza 2.00GHz – GPU integrata UHD Graphics 600
– SSD Generico da 115GB, possibile ampliare la memoria con una M.2 2280 fino a 1TB
– RAM Generica da 8GB, con frequenza 1066 MHz
Benchmark:
La dissipazione fanless reagisce molto bene agli stress test, la CPU non supera mai i 62 spingendola al limite per oltre 10 minuti, e appena terminato lo stress torna immediatamente intorno ai 50, si comporta abbastanza bene nel multitasking. La GPU integrata, senza dubbio non pensata per il gaming, anche a risoluzioni pi basse si ottengono massimo 15-20 fps, pu comunque andar bene per il retrogaming o per gli emulatori.
L’SSD ha una velocit molto limitata, soprattutto su file di grandi dimensioni, e in scrittura si comporta molto male; si pu paragonare agli HDD meccanici di fascia alta.
La frequenza della RAM non aiuta molto con programmi pesanti caricati in essa, e rende difficile lavorare ad esempio su immagini molto grandi con Photoshop.
La macchina arriva con installata la versione PRO di Windows 10.
Casi d’uso:
Secondo il mio parere, una macchina utile a chi la vuole collegare dietro un televisore per navigare su internet o guardare contenuti in streaming (data la scarsa RAM, guardare contenuti video, che risiedono sull’hard disk, in alta definizione potrebbe creare problemi di buffering), e per semplici lavori da ufficio (Word, Excel…).
In ambito gaming si potrebbe utilizzare per giocare in cloud (Stadia, PSNow…), o per giocare in remoto su una macchina pi potente… esempio personale: il mio PC da gaming si trova vicino alle camere dei bambini (piano superiore di casa), io collego questo Thin-Client al televisore che si trova al piano inferiore, mi collego alla mia macchina utilizzando ad esempio Parsec, e gioco sfruttando l’hardware della mia macchina principale, senza disturbare magari i figli che dormono!
Costo:
Esistono soluzioni leggermente pi economiche e con caratteristiche molto simili (a volte persino migliori), ma in linea generale il prezzo in linea con la concorrenza.
PRO:
– Buona dissipazione
– Ottimo Thin-Client (se utilizzato per collegarsi in remoto ad un server)
– Memoria espandibile con M.2…
CONTRO:
– …Ma la memoria in dotazione lenta
– RAM a bassa frequenza
– Non supporta HDR
Conclusione:
Se siete alla ricerca di un mini-pc, da collegare dietro una TV per guardare contenuti in streaming, o come nel mio caso per collegarvi ad un PC pi potente e fare praticamente di tutto, questo prodotto fa al caso vostro!
Se invece state cercando un PC che sia economico, e che vi permetta di lavorare su programmi pesanti, o addirittura giocare, indirizzatevi su altro. Non questo il prodotto per voi.
Mini PC Intel J4125 8Gb ram 128Gb SSD Un Mini PC con mucha conectividad y buen rendimiento, su tamao lo hace ideal para acoplarlo a un monitor y montarte un todo en 1.
I bought this along with an external hard drive to use as a Plex server for my house. It works pretty much perfectly for that task. I bought this along with an external hard drive to use as a Plex server for my house. It works pretty much perfectly for that task.
No fan but does heat up well! Very small and portable- probably- the smallest fanless pc on the market at a reasonable cost. Low internal disk space but I’ve expanded with a 400gb MicroSD as a virtual drive to allow Dropbox to sync to MicroSD card. No fan but does heat up well! Very small and portable- probably- the smallest fanless pc on the market at a reasonable cost. Low internal disk space but I’ve expanded with a 400gb MicroSD as a virtual drive to allow Dropbox to sync to MicroSD card.
No fan but does heat up well! Very small and portable- probably- the smallest fanless pc on the market at a reasonable cost. Low internal disk space but I’ve expanded with a 400gb MicroSD as a virtual drive to allow Dropbox to sync to MicroSD card. No fan but does heat up well! Very small and portable- probably- the smallest fanless pc on the market at a reasonable cost. Low internal disk space but I’ve expanded with a 400gb MicroSD as a virtual drive to allow Dropbox to sync to MicroSD card.
Great tiny PC I’ve been building PCs for many years and have built a lot of PCs with this line of Intel quad-core CPUs starting with the J1900 on up to the J5005 so I knew what to expect here. This one has the Celeron J4125 which I have used in mini-ITX form. They make for great office/surf/media PCs. What’s so different though from the PCs that I’ve built is this only is about double the size of my iPhone XS!
There were no issues with this one out of the box. The setup is your standard Windows 10 set up and then some time spent updating Windows 10 with the latest updates. The only place in regular usage where the CPU in this PC struggles a bit is when unzipping the installation packages it takes a while longer. Thanks to hardware acceleration in the GPU there’s no issues watching YouTube TV full screen, playing MKVs, surfing the web, running OpenOffice or anything like that. What you won’t be doing with this PC is gaming or video editing. But for day-to-day usage it’s really all you need. According to my Kill-a-Watt meter this PC sips electricity at around 20-30W, so less than most incandescent lightbulbs.
A couple of strips of velcro and this is now attached to the back of the bedroom TV as a media PC so we can easily listen to our MP3s and watch our MKVs (yes, old fashioned but I’ve been doing this for a long time!) and surfing the web.
Great tiny PC I’ve been building PCs for many years and have built a lot of PCs with this line of Intel quad-core CPUs starting with the J1900 on up to the J5005 so I knew what to expect here. This one has the Celeron J4125 which I have used in mini-ITX form. They make for great office/surf/media PCs. What’s so different though from the PCs that I’ve built is this only is about double the size of my iPhone XS!
There were no issues with this one out of the box. The setup is your standard Windows 10 set up and then some time spent updating Windows 10 with the latest updates. The only place in regular usage where the CPU in this PC struggles a bit is when unzipping the installation packages it takes a while longer. Thanks to hardware acceleration in the GPU there’s no issues watching YouTube TV full screen, playing MKVs, surfing the web, running OpenOffice or anything like that. What you won’t be doing with this PC is gaming or video editing. But for day-to-day usage it’s really all you need. According to my Kill-a-Watt meter this PC sips electricity at around 20-30W, so less than most incandescent lightbulbs.
A couple of strips of velcro and this is now attached to the back of the bedroom TV as a media PC so we can easily listen to our MP3s and watch our MKVs (yes, old fashioned but I’ve been doing this for a long time!) and surfing the web.
This excellent computer requires a USB-C source and same power as a Raspberry PI 4. It's silent and 8-GB RAM is just right. This excellent computer requires a USB-C source and same power as a Raspberry PI 4. It’s silent and 8-GB RAM is just right.
This excellent computer requires a USB-C source and same power as a Raspberry PI 4. It's silent and 8-GB RAM is just right. This excellent computer requires a USB-C source and same power as a Raspberry PI 4. It’s silent and 8-GB RAM is just right.
It is good but add an NVMe SSD I like the MeLE Quieter2. There are some cheaper options with similar performance but I love the form factor. For basic tasks and web browsing, it is more than powerful enough. It is fine for most 4K video needs but don’t expect any real gaming here.
I strongly recommend getting an NVMe SSD and re-installing windows to that. I will not get in to technical details but it is not ideal to run windows from an internal eMMC drive (that it uses). The UEFI (Bios) contains the Windows license, so there is no problem installing Windows on a new drive.
I installed a Western Digital 500GB WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD ($50) which supports read speeds up to 2,600 MB/s.
The Quieter2 does support NVMe so don’t bother with the slower SATA drives. You will not get the full performance of NVMe but you will get speeds better than SATA and way better than the included eMMC.
I included two screenshots showing speeds of the NVMe drive and the eMMC.
I strongly recommend going to the MeLE website and downloading the Windows drivers and back that up. Who really knows how long they will be around or supporting the product. I don’t expect much support from China.
They have instructions for reinstalling Windows but that will not give you an option to select another drive. It just restores the eMMC.
If you want to install Windows on another drive, search for “Create installation media for Windows”. Create the USB install drive. Enter BIOS (F7 or del key) and change boot order to the USB drive. Save and reboot. Follow the on screen instructions to install windows. Obviously select the new drive. Don’t worry about the Windows product key. The install automatically gets it from the UEFI (Bios).
In Windows do “Windows Update” a few times and then go to “Device Manager”. You will likely see missing drivers. Right click and select “Update Driver” for them and browse to the MeLE drivers that you downloaded.
If you find that the edges or the screen get cut off when connecting to a TV, go into “Intel Graphics Command Center” (should be installed from Windows Update) and adjust the Display -> Scale (Custom).
Perfect for the right applicatio Initial Review June 18, 2021
This MeLE Mini PC is (of course) compact and stays cool. After several hours of operation laying on it’s side (least air flow) it was only warm to the touch. Also with no fans it is perfectly silent.
These days you have several options for using Windows 10.
1) A full size desktop that takes up quite a bit of space. A desktop pc is the ultimate in flexibility offering space and connectivity for many devices. The user can easily add memory, hard drives, Graphics processors, SSDs, M.2 drives, additional fans, DVD drives and more. They tend to be on the more expensive end of the spectrum but can be purchased at a reasonable price, then upgraded over time. Desktops are generally the style of computer that will offer the fastest operation.
2) A laptop is lightweight, portable, self contained, and are available in a wide range of prices, screen sizes, and operating speed. Laptops can often be modified or upgraded but usually are limited to just a few options. These days the number of ports (USB, HDMI, 3.5mm audio) on the typical laptop is limited.
3) Tablets offer simpler user interfaces, like laptops they are lightweight, portable, and available in several sizes but limited to about 8 inches to 10 or even 12 inches. Tablets generally have very few ports, may or may not come with a keyboard. Tablets generally can not be upgraded.
4) Mini PCs (like this one) This type of computer is tiny, but fully functional as a Windows 10 computer. They can usually be upgraded somewhat, usually to add memory or an SSD. This type of tiny PC is does not offer peak performance and this category of PC is not generally used in applications where speed is critical. A mini PC can be used as a desktop or laptop replacement. It’s main attribute is that it is small and light.
Mini PCs can be tucked away behind a monitor, even mounted on the back of a monitor. Space savings is usually a driving factor for using a mini PC. They are generally priced at the low end of the price range of PCs.
An attractive application for a mini PC is in a manufacturing facility where the PC monitors and controls all sorts of equipment. No fans means no dust getting into the computer. They can be bolted to the side of a machine with a small monitor and keyboard. The mounting options are many and varied. Some of these Mini PCs (like this one) can be easily loaded with Linux. I’ve know of some of these little computers where a keyboard and monitor is rolled up to it and connected only when needed. The PC can be connected to an ethernet and managed from a distance.
One big benefit of a mini PC is they usually come with a large number of ports. I know the market material shows all of the ports. Here is how we used them
1) Of course the power cable for the MeLE.
2) A mouse dongle in one of the USB-A ports. We later switched to a Bluetooth mouse but needed the RF mouse for startup.
3) A USB-A to USB-C cable to bring power from the MeLEE to our 14 inch monitor.
4) A wired keyboard into a USB-A socket
5) An HDMI to mini HDMI to connect the MeLE to the monitor for data transmission.
…and there were still many ports unused.
So you can see the number of ports is particularly useful even just to start up the computer.
Once all was connected we fired it up and it started just like any other Windows 10 Pro computer.
I did not run any benchmarks but my son and I agreed that it certainly is faster (and less expensive) than a cheap Windows 10 laptop we have. Again these mini PCs generally are not fast but this one at least has a 2GHz Quad Core processor, a decent 8GB of RAM, and an SSD for storage. Not too bad.
Based on the features and price I have to recommend this MeLE PC.
Perfect for the right applicatio Initial Review June 18, 2021
This MeLE Mini PC is (of course) compact and stays cool. After several hours of operation laying on it’s side (least air flow) it was only warm to the touch. Also with no fans it is perfectly silent.
These days you have several options for using Windows 10.
1) A full size desktop that takes up quite a bit of space. A desktop pc is the ultimate in flexibility offering space and connectivity for many devices. The user can easily add memory, hard drives, Graphics processors, SSDs, M.2 drives, additional fans, DVD drives and more. They tend to be on the more expensive end of the spectrum but can be purchased at a reasonable price, then upgraded over time. Desktops are generally the style of computer that will offer the fastest operation.
2) A laptop is lightweight, portable, self contained, and are available in a wide range of prices, screen sizes, and operating speed. Laptops can often be modified or upgraded but usually are limited to just a few options. These days the number of ports (USB, HDMI, 3.5mm audio) on the typical laptop is limited.
3) Tablets offer simpler user interfaces, like laptops they are lightweight, portable, and available in several sizes but limited to about 8 inches to 10 or even 12 inches. Tablets generally have very few ports, may or may not come with a keyboard. Tablets generally can not be upgraded.
4) Mini PCs (like this one) This type of computer is tiny, but fully functional as a Windows 10 computer. They can usually be upgraded somewhat, usually to add memory or an SSD. This type of tiny PC is does not offer peak performance and this category of PC is not generally used in applications where speed is critical. A mini PC can be used as a desktop or laptop replacement. It’s main attribute is that it is small and light.
Mini PCs can be tucked away behind a monitor, even mounted on the back of a monitor. Space savings is usually a driving factor for using a mini PC. They are generally priced at the low end of the price range of PCs.
An attractive application for a mini PC is in a manufacturing facility where the PC monitors and controls all sorts of equipment. No fans means no dust getting into the computer. They can be bolted to the side of a machine with a small monitor and keyboard. The mounting options are many and varied. Some of these Mini PCs (like this one) can be easily loaded with Linux. I’ve know of some of these little computers where a keyboard and monitor is rolled up to it and connected only when needed. The PC can be connected to an ethernet and managed from a distance.
One big benefit of a mini PC is they usually come with a large number of ports. I know the market material shows all of the ports. Here is how we used them
1) Of course the power cable for the MeLE.
2) A mouse dongle in one of the USB-A ports. We later switched to a Bluetooth mouse but needed the RF mouse for startup.
3) A USB-A to USB-C cable to bring power from the MeLEE to our 14 inch monitor.
4) A wired keyboard into a USB-A socket
5) An HDMI to mini HDMI to connect the MeLE to the monitor for data transmission.
…and there were still many ports unused.
So you can see the number of ports is particularly useful even just to start up the computer.
Once all was connected we fired it up and it started just like any other Windows 10 Pro computer.
I did not run any benchmarks but my son and I agreed that it certainly is faster (and less expensive) than a cheap Windows 10 laptop we have. Again these mini PCs generally are not fast but this one at least has a 2GHz Quad Core processor, a decent 8GB of RAM, and an SSD for storage. Not too bad.
Based on the features and price I have to recommend this MeLE PC.
For everyday computer needs this is incredible. Obviously it isn't for high performance or gaming but it's faster than the last 3 notebook computers I have owned. For everyday computer needs this is incredible. Obviously it isn’t for high performance or gaming but it’s faster than the last 3 notebook computers I have owned.
Excellent Design, Build, and Performance for the Price I really enjoy having this MeLE Mini PC around. Modern Celeron chips have gotten to quite a good standard of performance and power consumption for basic tasks. I find the web browser on here to be fully operational under load, and we all know how Chrome can be. Video streaming at 1080 and 1440 are great, I have no issues. I love the port selection on here. There’s a very impressive selection of dual HDMI, ethernet, USB-C, micro-SD, headphone jack, and 4 USB-A 3.0 ports. The entire pc is much smaller than expected, just about the size of my wallet and a lot slimmer. The chassis is a well built aluminum shell with little give, I have confidence that this will last a long time without breaking. I’m using this as a home theater and general light-use PC plugged into my TV. To my surprise, I was even able to play some light video games on here! I tried Towerfall Ascension, and it worked great. For some older or less demanding games, this is a great option. Works as a travel PC with all your content on it as well. I like that you can upgrade the SSD storage on here. The options are phenomenal and I’m happy to have received this unit as it outperforms my expectations for the price. I will be installing Linux on here and will update my review in time.
Edit:
Only real problem I have with this and some additional thoughts. I tried using the 3.5 mm audio out jack, only to be disappointed by how insanely noisy it was. There was a lot of signal noise, popping, and hissing, almost equal to 2/3 of the volume being played from my speaker that it was connected to. I’ve checked all other points, the issue has to be that there isn’t any or is inadequate shielding for the audio out. HDMI audio out works great, but just something to note. Still a 5 star product for the performance and form factor, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t leave my only complaint. Other than that, every time I’ve checked the GPU usage, it’s been at 100% or very near, the PC can start to feel quite warm as well under heavy or prolonged use. The CPU has had no such usage bottlenecks, and even with the GPU I have never perceived any lag in any of my use cases.
Excellent Design, Build, and Performance for the Price I really enjoy having this MeLE Mini PC around. Modern Celeron chips have gotten to quite a good standard of performance and power consumption for basic tasks. I find the web browser on here to be fully operational under load, and we all know how Chrome can be. Video streaming at 1080 and 1440 are great, I have no issues. I love the port selection on here. There’s a very impressive selection of dual HDMI, ethernet, USB-C, micro-SD, headphone jack, and 4 USB-A 3.0 ports. The entire pc is much smaller than expected, just about the size of my wallet and a lot slimmer. The chassis is a well built aluminum shell with little give, I have confidence that this will last a long time without breaking. I’m using this as a home theater and general light-use PC plugged into my TV. To my surprise, I was even able to play some light video games on here! I tried Towerfall Ascension, and it worked great. For some older or less demanding games, this is a great option. Works as a travel PC with all your content on it as well. I like that you can upgrade the SSD storage on here. The options are phenomenal and I’m happy to have received this unit as it outperforms my expectations for the price. I will be installing Linux on here and will update my review in time.
Edit:
Only real problem I have with this and some additional thoughts. I tried using the 3.5 mm audio out jack, only to be disappointed by how insanely noisy it was. There was a lot of signal noise, popping, and hissing, almost equal to 2/3 of the volume being played from my speaker that it was connected to. I’ve checked all other points, the issue has to be that there isn’t any or is inadequate shielding for the audio out. HDMI audio out works great, but just something to note. Still a 5 star product for the performance and form factor, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t leave my only complaint. Other than that, every time I’ve checked the GPU usage, it’s been at 100% or very near, the PC can start to feel quite warm as well under heavy or prolonged use. The CPU has had no such usage bottlenecks, and even with the GPU I have never perceived any lag in any of my use cases.
Really amazing little Machine After unboxing I surprised by its size, so small , like power bank
After connection, windows activated successfully, no issues at all.
Small machine really faster than I expected.
Very good machine for office and school works.
It won’t hot after full day work. Just little warm that’s all, good passive cooling system
Only negative side is didn’t included vesa bracket.
Keep it up mele
Amazing This tiny computer is quite amazing. I have tried other micro computers before and the processors were too slow. This one is surprisingly fast, and good enough for tasks like web browsing without unnecessary delay. The setup was super easy; I just plugged it into the HDMI on my TV, plugged it into power and added a keyboard and mouse. It booted up right away and setup of Windows took only a few minutes. It looks great on my 4k TV. I am using this to browse the web and watch videos on my TV. While my TV is an Android TV and I also have a Fire TV stick, this computer does a better job at You Tube and movie watching.
The small size of this computer is great. I used to own some retail stores. If I still did I would love using these computers for point of sale terminals. My computers were always going down because my employees could mess up any computer without trying. I would have kept a couple of spares of these so I could switch them out easily. These attach easily to the back of a monitor.
This is not a gaming computer. It is great for basic tasks.
Amazing This tiny computer is quite amazing. I have tried other micro computers before and the processors were too slow. This one is surprisingly fast, and good enough for tasks like web browsing without unnecessary delay. The setup was super easy; I just plugged it into the HDMI on my TV, plugged it into power and added a keyboard and mouse. It booted up right away and setup of Windows took only a few minutes. It looks great on my 4k TV. I am using this to browse the web and watch videos on my TV. While my TV is an Android TV and I also have a Fire TV stick, this computer does a better job at You Tube and movie watching.
The small size of this computer is great. I used to own some retail stores. If I still did I would love using these computers for point of sale terminals. My computers were always going down because my employees could mess up any computer without trying. I would have kept a couple of spares of these so I could switch them out easily. These attach easily to the back of a monitor.
This is not a gaming computer. It is great for basic tasks.
Size of a typical external hard drive and supports M.2 NVMe 2280 SSD UPDATE:
Upgradable to Windows 11 Pro version 21H2. Microsoft allowed me to update on Feb 3, 2022.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
So far so good. Took a while to arrive, shipped from Shenzhen for $30 discount. Out of the box you get the unit and the usb-c power adapter –no other cables, brackets, and extras included. Windows 10 Pro license is activated automatically once its powered on and connected to the internet. Initially it will prompt you to select for Windows System Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE) from the System Preparation Tool and reboot. This will re-initialize a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro build 20H2. M.2 NVMe 2280 is supported. Added a 1TB WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD and reinstalled Windows 10 Pro from it with no issues. Prior to any reinstallation, be sure to perform Device Driver Backups and save it to a thumb drive for hassle free process. MeLE Quieter2 is snappy, responsive, super quiet, and boots up fast–of course with fresh Windows 10 and no bloatware, yet.
Quirks: the unit gets hot to touch for intensive tasks (warning label included); the USB ports are “upside down” than usual so remember to twist when plugging peripherals; and sample video, music, and other test files can be found on the Desktop or C: drive on the first boot and before selecting the OOBE. The unit is also not fully portable since it needs to be plugged in with the supplied adapter at all times.
So far, the MeLE Quieter2 is not bad for typical desktop work and other projects like digital signage. The form factor (size of a typical external drive) and expandability for faster (e.g. NVMe support) and larger storage option are major pluses. However, the price point for a Celeron unit is a decision point for me. If these were priced more competitively, I probably end up owning 3-5 of these for various projects, applications, and experiments.
Perfect for media playback on a 4k tv I only use this machine for web browser media playback like youtube and other streaming services. So far it is great, and i love not hearing a fan anymore.
I hooked this up to my LG C9 OLED and output full 4k at 60hz. Media playback via a web browser is pretty good. Initially when videos start there are dropped frames. However, once all of the media controls go away, the video no longer drops frames.
grande prodotto!
poco pi grande di un pc-stick, ma molto pi versatile, pi capacit di memoria, pi porte sia USB che HDMI e costa poco di pi. la versione 512 mb arriva con 256 saldati+256 di un disco solido M.2 SATA meglio la versione da 256 ed acquistare un NVME a parte. soddisfatto ho il mio pc da portare in ufficio per lavorare sui miei files in pausa.
grande prodotto!
poco pi grande di un pc-stick, ma molto pi versatile, pi capacit di memoria, pi porte sia USB che HDMI e costa poco di pi. la versione 512 mb arriva con 256 saldati+256 di un disco solido M.2 SATA meglio la versione da 256 ed acquistare un NVME a parte. soddisfatto ho il mio pc da portare in ufficio per lavorare sui miei files in pausa.
It is such a good PC for the money. I would buy another one. It's the size of a deck of cards. It is totally silent. It has all the connections you wish for and it is fast enough for anything buy the most demanding games.
It is such a good PC for the money. I would buy another one. It’s the size of a deck of cards. It is totally silent. It has all the connections you wish for and it is fast enough for anything buy the most demanding games.
It is such a good PC for the money. I would buy another one. It's the size of a deck of cards. It is totally silent. It has all the connections you wish for and it is fast enough for anything buy the most demanding games.
It is such a good PC for the money. I would buy another one. It’s the size of a deck of cards. It is totally silent. It has all the connections you wish for and it is fast enough for anything buy the most demanding games.
A great mini PC - only one thing missing
This little gem of a pc worked perfectly.
My only complaint is that it came with only a single plug adapter for the power adapter (Australian in this case). I had to order another Mele power adapter from MeLe to obtain the full world assortment of plug adapters. It would have been a perfect 5 if all the adapter were included. In my case, this mini pc will not be used in Australia at all.
A great mini PC - only one thing missing
This little gem of a pc worked perfectly.
My only complaint is that it came with only a single plug adapter for the power adapter (Australian in this case). I had to order another Mele power adapter from MeLe to obtain the full world assortment of plug adapters. It would have been a perfect 5 if all the adapter were included. In my case, this mini pc will not be used in Australia at all.
*** Note to other buyers: Ethernet does NOT work out of the box. It has to be enabled in the BIOS first. So don’t think you have a faulty unit like I did. See the end of the review for instructions. ***
I am coming from a fanless mini-PC with the Intel Celeron N4100/UHD 600 graphics which is having RAM issues. And since RAM can’t be easily replaced on these, it was time for an upgrade. And this is certainly an upgrade. The Intel Celeron J4125/UHD 605 graphics on the Quieter2 is definitely a noticeable upgrade. This Quieter2 is very snappy and smooth compared to my previous unit from another company. I couldn’t even watch a single 1080p Youtube video in any browser without the CPU/GPU throttling and then the video becomes choppy after a couple minutes. I always had to bump the quality down to 720p, which still wasn’t perfect all of the time.
I just watched a 10-minute Youtube video on the Quieter2. And not only did it have no issues, I had ANOTHER video stream playing in a different tab at the same time. No throttling or lagging. That’s what I’m talking about.
I know other reviewers have said to get an NVME SSD, but it’s not needed (unless you just need more storage) if you’re not working with large files that need transferred back and forth from RAM to storage. The onboard SSD is plenty fast enough for everyday usage and computing. The Quieter 2 has been running non-stop for 2 days straight and has been fast, snappy, and smooth/fluid with everything I’m doing. And this goes for Windows and Linux. I currently have Linux installed as the OS on here, but Windows seemed to run fast and snappy also. But there’s also too much bloat running in Windows compared to Linux. So I’m running Linux.
*** My only CON if I have to list one right now, is that the Ethernet port is not enabled by default. It’s disabled in the BIOS. I actually started the return process on my unit because I could not get it working in Linux nor Windows. Neither OS could even see the hardware at all, so I thought I had a faulty unit. And I unfortunately spent hours troubleshooting. One last thing I tried is some different settings in the BIOS, and finally got both Linux and Windows to recognize the Ethernet after changing one setting.
How to get Ethernet working is in the BIOS (keep pressing the DELETE key while the Intel boot logo is showing at start up to enter the BIOS) and then under the Boot tab, you want to Enable the line that says “Network Stack Driver Support”. Then on the “Save and Exit” tab, choose “Save and Exit” at the top. Windows and Linux will now recognize the hardware and install the drivers automatically. I have also attached a picture and highlighted the line for others as a visual aide.
(There are also a LOT of settings visible and available in this BIOS that are not normally available or visible on most other computers. So please do not mess with or change anything unless you know what it does. Doing so could cause your computer to be unusable.)
Note to manufacturer: on future units, please enable Ethernet port by default and let someone disable it if they need it disabled for some reason. There is no good reason to have it disabled as it does not affect being able to use WiFi. Others shouldn’t have to go through hours of troubleshooting (like I did) and then start a return (like I almost did) for something so simple, and something that’s almost always enabled on every other computing device in the world.
Thank you for reading. I’ll update this review if I experience any issues. 5/5. Not removing a Star for the hours of troubleshooting I had to do to get something simple working.
es la mejor opción para versatilidad y sencillez
Verstil, transportable, fcil manejo, no es engorrosa su instalacin, su memoria es solo para trabajos necesarios, es expandible perfecto con USB, obviamente no es una PC ante lo cul, si buscas compararla con una PC, est no es tu opcin, por lo dems es excelente, a m me sorprendi, el nico punto a notar es el precio, me parece discretamente, sobrevalorada
es la mejor opción para versatilidad y sencillez
Verstil, transportable, fcil manejo, no es engorrosa su instalacin, su memoria es solo para trabajos necesarios, es expandible perfecto con USB, obviamente no es una PC ante lo cul, si buscas compararla con una PC, est no es tu opcin, por lo dems es excelente, a m me sorprendi, el nico punto a notar es el precio, me parece discretamente, sobrevalorada
Had issues with the product key and they sent me a new one right away and fix the issue
Had issues with the product key and they sent me a new one right away and fix the issue
Unglaublicher Minicompute
Spontan auf eine Empfehlung bestellt, nach 4 Tagen hatte ich diesen Zwerg mit 256 eMMC und 256 GB in der Hand. Win10 musste ber den Microsoft-Service frei geschaltet werden. Zudem knnen Micro SD Karten bis 512 GB eingesteckt werden. Zur Probe habe ich eine 128 GB Karte eingesteckt, die auch sofort erkannt wurde. Die Darstellung am 4 K Monitor ist gut.
OK, er ist nicht so schnell wie ein Rechner mit i7 Prozessor, die Kleinheit wiegt alles auf. 🙂
Mini PC con prestaciones muy razonables para el tamaño que tiene.
Mini PC con prestaciones muy razonables para el tamao que tiene, con mltiples IFs (3 USB,2 HDMI, Ethernet, SD,… ) y adems no mete nada de ruido (no necesita ventilador porque a penas se calienta)
Bought the MeLE Quieter 2 4core, 8GB to run my astrophotography system via remote desktop. Added WD500GB NVMe drive for faster I/O and reinstalled WIN10 to the NVMe following the clear instructions on the MeLE website. Works as expected, WIN10Pro license adjusted configuration to turn off auto updates, adjust power options to prevent sleep mode for PCI and USB bus.
Background: Astrophoto acquisition setups are high I/O but low requirements for graphics and limited on core processing. CPU user benchmark for desktop was reasonable ~38%, workstation 11% and gaming 3% which is not bad for a 24Watt system. I complete image stacking/processing done on a separate Threadripper workstation.
Day 1 Reference Load is: 2 x 24MP cameras, 2 x focusers, guide camera, mount, 2 x filterwheels connected via USB3. Runs all equipment flawlessly. 2 instances of NINA control, Cartes du ciel, PHD2, EQMOD. Working fine. Remote desktop via VNC viewer and Wifi at 75′ has no issue.
Works very well
Seems to work very well. Does not get too warm and performs well. Added and SSD drive with no problem.
Initially had some problems activating the device, but the MeLE customer service was very responsive and resolved my issues.
Works very well
Seems to work very well. Does not get too warm and performs well. Added and SSD drive with no problem.
Initially had some problems activating the device, but the MeLE customer service was very responsive and resolved my issues.
Windows computer that works well as a media server and web browser - silent - zero issues.
This computer works well as a media server and web broswer.
As a media server, I use it to run Netfilx, Hulu, YouTube (not TV), Apple TV, Paramount, Amazon Prime and Windows Media Player Classic. All run on this PC without issue although if I got LOTS Of windows open, streaming can stutter.
I use it with the ethernet connection, although I tested the WIFI and it was sufficient for streaming Netflix and Hulu (that’s all I tried it with, but I expect the other services will stream fine).
I use a Logitch keyboard (that has a trackpad) that connects via USB (a Logitech unifying receiver) that works well. I also have a 4 port USB hub that I use to connect a variety of portable hard drives and memory sticks.
The computer itself is VERY small and runs without any fan so is silent.
The computer includes a license for Windows 10 Pro that can be upgraded to Windows 11 without a charge.
Bottom line: this is a silent computer that runs well. Expansion is rather limited -you can add a SATA or SSD drive, but the computer memory is stuck at 4 GB, which is smaller than many computers contain – by comparison my work computer has 64 GB of RAM and the notebook I’m writing this review from has 20 GB RAM. The small memory does have an effect on performance and this will not be a good computer for anything other than a media computer or simple web browsing – you can run Microsoft Office but it will be slow – between the Celeron processor and the small memory.
If you know that your use will be limited by the processor and memory and this is good for you, this is a solid computer that functions well.
Windows computer that works well as a media server and web browser - silent - zero issues.
This computer works well as a media server and web broswer.
As a media server, I use it to run Netfilx, Hulu, YouTube (not TV), Apple TV, Paramount, Amazon Prime and Windows Media Player Classic. All run on this PC without issue although if I got LOTS Of windows open, streaming can stutter.
I use it with the ethernet connection, although I tested the WIFI and it was sufficient for streaming Netflix and Hulu (that’s all I tried it with, but I expect the other services will stream fine).
I use a Logitch keyboard (that has a trackpad) that connects via USB (a Logitech unifying receiver) that works well. I also have a 4 port USB hub that I use to connect a variety of portable hard drives and memory sticks.
The computer itself is VERY small and runs without any fan so is silent.
The computer includes a license for Windows 10 Pro that can be upgraded to Windows 11 without a charge.
Bottom line: this is a silent computer that runs well. Expansion is rather limited -you can add a SATA or SSD drive, but the computer memory is stuck at 4 GB, which is smaller than many computers contain – by comparison my work computer has 64 GB of RAM and the notebook I’m writing this review from has 20 GB RAM. The small memory does have an effect on performance and this will not be a good computer for anything other than a media computer or simple web browsing – you can run Microsoft Office but it will be slow – between the Celeron processor and the small memory.
If you know that your use will be limited by the processor and memory and this is good for you, this is a solid computer that functions well.
It’s still too early but running 24/7 using it for as a backup pc and PLEX server. Has plenty of USB ports. I added a 1TB M.2 NVME SSD and cloned win 10 pro on it from the original non up-gradable embedded SSD which I don’t use it’s for emergency backup to restore the OS if something goes wrong so I run win 10 pro from the much faster 1TB SSD. Supposedly it supports up to 4TB SSD too. I don’t do gaming just office work productivity media consumption and I even run my 16 channel security cameras monitoring program currently running with 8 cameras while I process documents etc. i also added a 1TB micro SD card for backing up the 1TB SSD I mentioned earliest.
I filled up all USB ports one with a Logitec USB keyboard mouse dongle that controls both mouse/keyboard I added a portable 5TB HDD to the other USB loaded with movies which I serve to streaming through PLEX to all the TVs, chromecast, fire TVs and apple TVs in other rooms and added another 512GB USB dongle to the 3rd USB ports and I mounted the PC to the back of my monitor’s arm with the VESA mount it came with. The PC is so small it’s almost like a pack of card. It feels little too hot when it pushed I hope it will last. It also came with a thermo pad for cooling or better heat dissipation for the SSD I added so if you upgrade use that. I trimmed it down the pad with a scissor to the side of the control chip on the m.2 NVME SSD and stick it on it. The design is good when you close the case the metal case will touch the thermo pad as it should so the heat will transfer better out and on the metal case of the PC. It has two HDMI out so you can run two/dual monitors in the same time in 4K.
It’s still too early but running 24/7 using it for as a backup pc and PLEX server. Has plenty of USB ports. I added a 1TB M.2 NVME SSD and cloned win 10 pro on it from the original non up-gradable embedded SSD which I don’t use it’s for emergency backup to restore the OS if something goes wrong so I run win 10 pro from the much faster 1TB SSD. Supposedly it supports up to 4TB SSD too. I don’t do gaming just office work productivity media consumption and I even run my 16 channel security cameras monitoring program currently running with 8 cameras while I process documents etc. i also added a 1TB micro SD card for backing up the 1TB SSD I mentioned earliest.
I filled up all USB ports one with a Logitec USB keyboard mouse dongle that controls both mouse/keyboard I added a portable 5TB HDD to the other USB loaded with movies which I serve to streaming through PLEX to all the TVs, chromecast, fire TVs and apple TVs in other rooms and added another 512GB USB dongle to the 3rd USB ports and I mounted the PC to the back of my monitor’s arm with the VESA mount it came with. The PC is so small it’s almost like a pack of card. It feels little too hot when it pushed I hope it will last. It also came with a thermo pad for cooling or better heat dissipation for the SSD I added so if you upgrade use that. I trimmed it down the pad with a scissor to the side of the control chip on the m.2 NVME SSD and stick it on it. The design is good when you close the case the metal case will touch the thermo pad as it should so the heat will transfer better out and on the metal case of the PC. It has two HDMI out so you can run two/dual monitors in the same time in 4K.
Pretty good, buy with m.2 storage
This thing has ok speed for web browsing and lite office use. Easily use word and powerpoint, but heavy data tasks in Excel and Access would be hard on this little guy.
Mine had the built in eMMC built in storage which holds it back. Add a m.2 solution, at least 250GB and use the eMMC storage as a backup drive.
Window 11 is running well on this little guy. It gets warm, almost hot during heavy usage like installing window 11 but won’t hurt you. Power button feels cheap, change settings to shut down computer when you press the button or else it enters sleep in a weird way which makes it seem like it’s a hard power cut. it isn’t, it does go to sleep, but personally I changed it to shut down. I guess that’s personal choice.
If I could rebuy it with less eMMC storage I would have, but 8GB RAM is a must. (2166mhz ram speed)
Adding a little passive speaker would help this thing out in some applications. A front port would be nice, but I can’t ding it for any of the cons i’ve mixed into this review.
Came directly from CHINA and tracking reported it was held up at customs but still only took about 7-10 days to arrive.
Pretty good, buy with m.2 storage
This thing has ok speed for web browsing and lite office use. Easily use word and powerpoint, but heavy data tasks in Excel and Access would be hard on this little guy.
Mine had the built in eMMC built in storage which holds it back. Add a m.2 solution, at least 250GB and use the eMMC storage as a backup drive.
Window 11 is running well on this little guy. It gets warm, almost hot during heavy usage like installing window 11 but won’t hurt you. Power button feels cheap, change settings to shut down computer when you press the button or else it enters sleep in a weird way which makes it seem like it’s a hard power cut. it isn’t, it does go to sleep, but personally I changed it to shut down. I guess that’s personal choice.
If I could rebuy it with less eMMC storage I would have, but 8GB RAM is a must. (2166mhz ram speed)
Adding a little passive speaker would help this thing out in some applications. A front port would be nice, but I can’t ding it for any of the cons i’ve mixed into this review.
Came directly from CHINA and tracking reported it was held up at customs but still only took about 7-10 days to arrive.
Immediately upgraded to Windows 11. Works great. Definitely not the best performer, but for the price and size, it's great. Wouldn't use it for daily use, but great if you need a little headless mini PC for stuff like a Roon bridge (which is what i'm using it for) or hooking it up to a TV for streaming, etc. I've left mine on 24/7 for a few weeks with moderate use. No problems with overheating.
Immediately upgraded to Windows 11. Works great. Definitely not the best performer, but for the price and size, it’s great. Wouldn’t use it for daily use, but great if you need a little headless mini PC for stuff like a Roon bridge (which is what i’m using it for) or hooking it up to a TV for streaming, etc. I’ve left mine on 24/7 for a few weeks with moderate use. No problems with overheating.
I use these in a very space limited area in my practice for stations to access my EMR and Internet, wonderful little machines
I use these in a very space limited area in my practice for stations to access my EMR and Internet, wonderful little machines
Small and able to handle day to day operations. Been using it for more than a month and non-issues. I like the product a lot.
Small and able to handle day to day operations. Been using it for more than a month and non-issues. I like the product a lot.
This mini pc is perfect if you're after something with small dimensions & the ability to playback media or do light work. The chassis will get hot (by design)! Win 10 Pro is great for built-in remote access (headless).
This mini pc is perfect if you’re after something with small dimensions & the ability to playback media or do light work. The chassis will get hot (by design)! Win 10 Pro is great for built-in remote access (headless).
This mini pc is perfect if you're after something with small dimensions & the ability to playback media or do light work. The chassis will get hot (by design)! Win 10 Pro is great for built-in remote access (headless).
This mini pc is perfect if you’re after something with small dimensions & the ability to playback media or do light work. The chassis will get hot (by design)! Win 10 Pro is great for built-in remote access (headless).
If you want to use this computer as a desktop with a 4K60 display, then look for something else, if you’re using it as a media center hooked up to your TV, then it’s fine.
I was going to use this as a main desktop computer, with OpenSUSE Tumbleweed as the operating system and a 1TB NVME SSD.
Installing Tumbleweed to the NVME SSD went fine after changing a setting in the UEFI, I left Windows 10 as is on the eMMC.
The monitor I use is 3840×2160@60Hz, the description of the computer on Amazon says : “MeLE micro pc is equipped with 2x HDMI, supports 4K@60fps HD videos dual-screen outputs”, the images also show “HDMI 2.0 x2 support”.
This is where I ran into issues, the J4125 only supports 3840×2160@30Hz on HDMI when using RGB color (it’s probably HDMI 1.4 internally), which means to support 3840×2160@60Hz it’s required to use 4:2:0 chroma subsampling to halve the bandwidth, this leads to text being very hard to read on a computer display. If MeLE would have added a Displayport connector to the computer, then it would have been possible to use 3840×2160@60Hz without chroma subsampling. The UHD 600 supports Displayport.
MeLE should specify in the description the limitation of J4125 only supporting 3840×2160 @ 60Hz using chroma subsampling, which is not suitable for desktop use.
Perhaps MeLE can release a revision of the Quieter2 with Displayport specifically for people who want to use it as a desktop computer with a 3840×2160@60Hz display.
Not that powerful but fine for every day tasks
I really like this. It’s tiny and passively cooled so well suited if you need something that can just disappear such as in a media system.
In my day job I mainly work on a Mac and have a desktop that’s usually booted into Linux so this is great to have a Windows machine on hand. That said, I generally have it booted into Ubuntu Linux. It was a bit of a pain to get it to boot but there was plenty of information online and it mainly required a couple of settings changes in the bios. I shouldn’t, but I keep this turned on permanently and in Linux it’s been perfectly stable.
It does have a USB-C connector for power but it would be nice to have a second one.
At 128GB it’s a pretty small drive but it does have a micro SD slot so that’s not such a big issue.
With the VESA mount it can also be mounted cleanly to the back of a monitor.
works flawlessly
I am using this mini PC as network streamer, streaming TIDAL to my Ztella MQA DAC and on to my music system. Also it host my collection of ripped CDs which I listen to through Foobar. I use MS Remote Desktop to control it from my tablet – this app is a bit clunky, but it works.
The MeLE sits next to the amp, it’s small and doesn’t make any noise. Every week or so I restart it but it’s very quick. I find this the cheapest and most effective solution to achieve what I want, that is to listen to master quality streamed music without fancy triple-zero equipment and generally faulty apps – you only need to check the reviews that the dedicated apps from music system manufacturers get, they’re one worse than the other 😉
works flawlessly
I am using this mini PC as network streamer, streaming TIDAL to my Ztella MQA DAC and on to my music system. Also it host my collection of ripped CDs which I listen to through Foobar. I use MS Remote Desktop to control it from my tablet – this app is a bit clunky, but it works.
The MeLE sits next to the amp, it’s small and doesn’t make any noise. Every week or so I restart it but it’s very quick. I find this the cheapest and most effective solution to achieve what I want, that is to listen to master quality streamed music without fancy triple-zero equipment and generally faulty apps – you only need to check the reviews that the dedicated apps from music system manufacturers get, they’re one worse than the other 😉
Mini PC, preparado para ser acoplado en un monitor y tener un todo en 1.
Dejando de lado las especificaciones que tenemos disponibles en el anuncio, puedo decir que cumple perfectamente como ordenador para uso domstico no exigente, como es navegar por internet, ver vdeos, ofimtica desde luego, que no nos va a servir para jugar a juegos que necesiten un mnimo de recursos.
En cuanto a conectividad, todo lo necesario para tener uso completo del mini PC como si de una torre se tratase, conectar ratn y teclado de forma inalmbrica, el monitor, lector de tarjetas MicroSd, wifi, puerto de expansin para SSS mm2, Bluetooth
Tenemos que tener claro las posibilidades de este mini PC, no esperemos que nos de buen resultado si somos usuarios que necesitamos de muchos recursos.
My old PC on my CNC machine has reached end of life so this pico sized PC came up in my search and I thought it would be perfect if it could run Mach4. It is fanless and can upgrade to Windows 11 Pro which makes ideal for a dusty and swarf filled environment. So far it has run everything I have thrown at it. I will certainly update this review as I continue to put it through it's paces. For right now, this is shaping up to being the perfect Mach4 box.
My old PC on my CNC machine has reached end of life so this pico sized PC came up in my search and I thought it would be perfect if it could run Mach4. It is fanless and can upgrade to Windows 11 Pro which makes ideal for a dusty and swarf filled environment. So far it has run everything I have thrown at it. I will certainly update this review as I continue to put it through it’s paces. For right now, this is shaping up to being the perfect Mach4 box.
Nou ja echt super snel is hij niet, maar met een schone Windows 11 installatie is deze fanless pc sneller dan ik had verwacht. Hij voldoet voor thuiswerken, er kan een 1TB extra SSD in voor iets van 70 euro en als je niet meerdere video’s tegelijk wilt dan kan hij ook Netflix afspelen in HD of bijvoorbeeld YouTube in 1440p. Zoals ik schrijf, meerdere 4k schermen zie ik hem niet doen, tenzij je alleen applicaties open hebt staan zonder processen die veel vragen van de interne Intel 600 gpu. Oh en gamen gaat ook enigzins. Het is wat schokkerig, maar hij draait Team Fortress 2 uit 2007 in 1920x1080p en dat is toch netjes.
Tip: als je overweegt om een veel zwaardere pc te kiezen, kijk eerst de filmpjes op internet. Er zijn mini pc’s te koop met een Ryzen en een veel zwaardere gpu, maar dan nog speel je oudere spellen op low graphics. Wil je een pc om te gamen, spaar dan door voor een zwaardere game laptop met bijvoorbeeld een Nvidia RTX kaart of een game pc. Voor al het overige voldoet deze en hij is volledig stil, iets wat ik in de woonkamer ‘s avonds ontzettend fijn vind.
My old PC on my CNC machine has reached end of life so this pico sized PC came up in my search and I thought it would be perfect if it could run Mach4. It is fanless and can upgrade to Windows 11 Pro which makes ideal for a dusty and swarf filled environment. So far it has run everything I have thrown at it. I will certainly update this review as I continue to put it through it's paces. For right now, this is shaping up to being the perfect Mach4 box.
My old PC on my CNC machine has reached end of life so this pico sized PC came up in my search and I thought it would be perfect if it could run Mach4. It is fanless and can upgrade to Windows 11 Pro which makes ideal for a dusty and swarf filled environment. So far it has run everything I have thrown at it. I will certainly update this review as I continue to put it through it’s paces. For right now, this is shaping up to being the perfect Mach4 box.
Supersnelle pc
Nou ja echt super snel is hij niet, maar met een schone Windows 11 installatie is deze fanless pc sneller dan ik had verwacht. Hij voldoet voor thuiswerken, er kan een 1TB extra SSD in voor iets van 70 euro en als je niet meerdere video’s tegelijk wilt dan kan hij ook Netflix afspelen in HD of bijvoorbeeld YouTube in 1440p. Zoals ik schrijf, meerdere 4k schermen zie ik hem niet doen, tenzij je alleen applicaties open hebt staan zonder processen die veel vragen van de interne Intel 600 gpu. Oh en gamen gaat ook enigzins. Het is wat schokkerig, maar hij draait Team Fortress 2 uit 2007 in 1920x1080p en dat is toch netjes.
Tip: als je overweegt om een veel zwaardere pc te kiezen, kijk eerst de filmpjes op internet. Er zijn mini pc’s te koop met een Ryzen en een veel zwaardere gpu, maar dan nog speel je oudere spellen op low graphics. Wil je een pc om te gamen, spaar dan door voor een zwaardere game laptop met bijvoorbeeld een Nvidia RTX kaart of een game pc. Voor al het overige voldoet deze en hij is volledig stil, iets wat ik in de woonkamer ‘s avonds ontzettend fijn vind.
4K Glass
This is a nice machine. I run ubuntu mate and 2 application on this host, mate-terminal and Chrome.
In 2021, the foot print for chrome was changed. I upgraded to this machine because chrome was such a memory hog. This was a replacement for a pi 4 4G. I don’t know if chrome cleaned up the memory leak or this machine is just running better. I love my pi’s, but for driving a 50” 4k display this machine is a little nicer.
Very impressive compute
The size is remarkably small. I am not a computer hardware person, but I had no problem setting this up and getting it running. I plugged in the monitor, power, speaker and ethernet cables and keyboard dongle, turned it on and it took it from there. I answered a couple of questions about country and in a few minutes it was running. Remarkable! No startup problems at all.
I’ve been using it for about a week now and installed two sets of updates with no problems.
The speed is impressive and zero noise. I’ve checked the temperature of the computer by touch and it feels barely warm.
In Windows 10 update screen I noticed a message telling me the computer is Windows 11 compatible.
Very impressive compute
The size is remarkably small. I am not a computer hardware person, but I had no problem setting this up and getting it running. I plugged in the monitor, power, speaker and ethernet cables and keyboard dongle, turned it on and it took it from there. I answered a couple of questions about country and in a few minutes it was running. Remarkable! No startup problems at all.
I’ve been using it for about a week now and installed two sets of updates with no problems.
The speed is impressive and zero noise. I’ve checked the temperature of the computer by touch and it feels barely warm.
In Windows 10 update screen I noticed a message telling me the computer is Windows 11 compatible.
A Great Little Computer (read more)
This little computer started up beautifully out of the box. After a few days its wasn’t working. It seemed to be on endless boot cycle. As I liked it so much I decided to work out the problem.
In short: The Intel display adapter (Intel(R) UHD Graphics 600) was incompatible with my monitor when using the Generic PNP Monitor Driver consistantly caused Windows to crash so quickly it would not even restart in recovery mode. I had to remove the Intel Display adapter driver, run on the basic Microsoft one, update the monitor driver from the Dell website and then update the Display Adapter driver.
So if it looks like the Quiter2 won’t load Windows after your Windows updates are installed, try a different monitor, if you don’t have one, run it on your TV. Once its running, its not hard to sort out the driver issue. I took a longer route than that and its in the video
Tech support was fantastic. I’ve never seen as good. Every email was responded to within a very short time with good recommendations. It turned out to be a very simple fix that was hard to work out.
Now I have two screens up and running.
sweet-spot of price/performance/specs for a budget mini PC (Win10Pro a big plus)
DISCLOSURE: we’ve reviewed several MeLE mini PCs (an HDMI “stick” type, and two of these more conventional “boxes”). Each has impressed us and the two box-types are extremely similar so our reviews of those share a lot in common.
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If you’re shopping for mini-PCs (what Intel calls a “NUC”, network unit of computing, a term that’s kinda stuck), you probably know what you’re getting into so I’ll try to keep this review fairly short and specific to this particular unit.
This “MeLE Quieter2” offers decent value and functions well as a general-use office PC if you need something in the smallest form-factor possible. Where it makes compromises are in the graphics department, using dated Intel UHD 600 integrated GPU with shared memory. It’ll drive STATIC displays well but as soon as you get into dynamic media, it falls down. (no HDR, nothing above 4k60Hz) If you’re connecting a webcam (which is kinda par for the course if this is an office machine), you might want to invest in one with some graphical horsepower (Logitech Brio or at least a C920e) which adds to the cost of building an office system with this.
I appreciate the inclusion of Win10Pro right out of the box. Some people may want to go down the Linux path but most of us just want a functional Windows PC for office use in a small footprint, with no fuss.
I was going to criticize the lack of USB-C power delivery or Thunderbolt (display support) and did so with the more expensive (8GB/128GB) version of this box PC. HOWEVER, I’m giving that a pass for this 4GB/64GB version. In my opinion, the price justifies some compromises – this version is an excellent value given the spec sheet and I’d suggest 4GB/64GB RAM/SSD is the sweet spot: you’re buying a basic PC and not something spec’d for games or 4K-HDR media.
Top marks and recommended.
I was prepared to be disappointed.
I imagined this machine would be a tortuously slow, but it’s actually reasonably fast.
I’m using this box to play videos on a TV. I’m experiencing no latency and the video quality at 4K is excellent. I love the fact that it’s silent!
I think it’s perfectly good for a wide range of basic uses, such as text editing, emailing, etc. It would obviously NOT be good for more processor intensive tasks.
The case doesn’t get extremely hot, but you’ll want to put it in a place where it gets air flow. (I wouldn’t stuff it in a drawer or in a place where it gets direct sunlight.)
I am a software developer, but I wanted something everyone in the home could use so I was concerned this would be finicky to use. It stays on all the time and just works. It fits the bill perfectly.
I’ve only run this for a few days, so I can’t verify its durability. But I’ll be sure to update this review of it craps out.
Windows feels surprisingly fast. I'm amazed pcs have become this small and it fits right behind the monitor. Pair it with a wireless keyboard and mouse
Windows feels surprisingly fast. I’m amazed pcs have become this small and it fits right behind the monitor. Pair it with a wireless keyboard and mouse
For just $180 at the time of review, this little computer packs a whole lot of value! It came preinstalled with a Windows 10 Pro license and absolutely zero bloatware. It’s one of the most refreshing new installs I have had: with other OEM’s like Dell, I am spending half an hour just uninstalling garbage!
The Quieter2 is hooked up to a 4k TV and has been doing a great job at driving the display. It seemed a little laggy at first but once the computer had some time to get the initial updates out of the way, it ran really smoothly. I installed office and for productivity, it left nothing to be desired and handled my regular home use (tracking investments and light bookkeeping) like a champ.
The storage it comes with is quite limited so only the bare minimum is installed onboard. You’ll likely want to upgrade the storage but depending on your needs, even a cheap external drive may be suffice.
It won’t stream 4k movies. I tried one on a local server and it just stuttered hopelessly. 1080 60fps on YouTube isn’t unwatchable but will have minor stutters but 720p will play perfectly.
In terms of hardware, it is very well made. The chassis is sturdy with a metal top and hard maybe metal maybe hard plastic bottom. Either way, I can’t imagine anyone having an issue with build quality as it is exceptional.
All in all, this is a fantastic value. It’s excellent for productivity as is and as a thin client of you want to use it for remote desktop.
The Quieter 2D has a very simple, industrial design with an aluminum case. It is only slightly larger than a portable external hard drive and completely silent with its fan-less design. Build quality, fit and finish is top-notch. It really is an attractive design, and much better than other mini PCs I’ve owned, including the Intel NUCs and Zotac mini PCS. It includes a VESA mounting bracket to mount the PC to the back of a monitor, if you want to turn your monitor into an all-in-one PC that is. Mine came pre-loaded with Windows 10 Pro 21H1 and there doesn’t appear to be any bloatware, nice!
Performance wise, this isn’t a powerhouse nor does it claim to be. Geekbench 5 resulted in 364 single-core, 372 multi-core with a Vulkan score of 1811. However, numbers don’t tell the whole story because in general usage, the Quieter 2D feels responsive. There are occasional slow downs when doing more intensive tasks, but again that is to be expected with a PC with Celeron processor and only 4GB of RAM. I benchmarked the 64GB eMMC storage with AJA System Test, which resulted in 150MB/s Write and 190MB/s Read. This was actually better than I expected from eMMC storage. But one of the best features of the Quieter 2D is the ability to add a m.2 2280 SSD. Although the manual doesn’t specify whether the m.2 slot supports NVMe or SATA, doing a quick search on Internet does show it will support the faster (and better) NVMe. A heat pad for the SSD is even included. It’s too bad they didn’t also include SODIMM slot to add extra RAM.
I was able to connect 2 1080p monitors using the dual HDMI ports just fine, and performance was good. Unfortunately I don’t have dual 4K monitors to test with but this should be a supported configuration. In general computing tasks like web browsing, the Quieter 2D worked great with only the occasional stutter or slow down. Using YouTube, I could easily playback 1080p content with minimal frame loss. Bumping up to 4K (2160p), I was seeing more frame loss. I had more luck using Kodi to stream videos from my home server and I could playback 2160p videos (H.265 encoded) without skipping which is impressive because the Quieter 2D is even smaller than my nVidia Shield TV. I was connected to 5GHz wireless when streaming, but the Quieter 2D does have a Gigabit ethernet port for best streaming performance.
I also tried pairing my Xbox One controller and using the Xbox Game Streaming service to play games and the streaming quality and performance was good at 1080p. I haven’t tried PC games because I don’t think the Intel N4020 and UHD 600 graphics would be able to handle any modern games, but I think this could handle retro games emulation which is something I will be trying next.
Only real downside is the USB-C power in port that doesn’t support PD and you must use the included 24W power adapter (12V-2A). Not sure why they just didn’t make this a barrel connector to prevent someone from connecting to a USB-C PD charger thinking the port supports PD. I would have preferred the Quieter 2D come with proper USB-C port with PD support and have another USB-C port for I/O.
In summary, The MeLE Quieter 2D is an impressive mini PC that has plenty of ports, can connect to 2 monitors out of the box, has expandable storage and performance is great for general computing tasks, streaming 4k videos and for game streaming. It has an ultra compact form factor, making it useful for many practical applications. Highly recommended.
LIKE
– Ultra compact and attractive design
– Expandable storage with m.2 NVMe SSD
– Dual HDMI 2.0 ports, 4 x USB 3.0 ports
– Gigabit Ethernet and AC wireless
DISLIKE
– USB-C port doesn’t support PD
Excellent for my needs
Short version: Great. Space saver. Nothing fancy. Seems to do everything a non-gamer, non-streamer needs. Considering getting another one.
Longer version: My needs aren’t excessive. I don’t play games or do anything really CPU-intensive. This very small “computer” sits near my TV and is connected via one of the HDMI ports. Most use is watching Netflix, Youtube, TikTok videos or listening to music on YouTube while web-surfing, news-reading, doing word-processing type stuff in the background or swiping Left or Right on Tinder. It’s always doing multiple tasks, but nothing tough.
It does get warm if I’m doing a lot but as far as I can tell in my situation it’s not getting “hot”. I keep it kind of propped up on an angle so it has good air flow around it.
Because I don’t know what is required for stable gaming/streaming and based purely on past reviews I’ve read I can’t recommend this for Gamers or Streamers but for regular people like me who try to act like we don’t live online it is fantastic.
I might buy another in a few months for my upstairs TV.
Connected via WiFi to my printer. No issues. Successful.
Connected via Bluetooth to a keyboard and mouse successfully
…but using my Wifi keyboard and mouse with USB dongle because I like my full keyboard.
Has been automatically updating Windows features successfully.
Very portable but I haven’t taken it anywhere…yet.
Excellent for my needs
Short version: Great. Space saver. Nothing fancy. Seems to do everything a non-gamer, non-streamer needs. Considering getting another one.
Longer version: My needs aren’t excessive. I don’t play games or do anything really CPU-intensive. This very small “computer” sits near my TV and is connected via one of the HDMI ports. Most use is watching Netflix, Youtube, TikTok videos or listening to music on YouTube while web-surfing, news-reading, doing word-processing type stuff in the background or swiping Left or Right on Tinder. It’s always doing multiple tasks, but nothing tough.
It does get warm if I’m doing a lot but as far as I can tell in my situation it’s not getting “hot”. I keep it kind of propped up on an angle so it has good air flow around it.
Because I don’t know what is required for stable gaming/streaming and based purely on past reviews I’ve read I can’t recommend this for Gamers or Streamers but for regular people like me who try to act like we don’t live online it is fantastic.
I might buy another in a few months for my upstairs TV.
Connected via WiFi to my printer. No issues. Successful.
Connected via Bluetooth to a keyboard and mouse successfully
…but using my Wifi keyboard and mouse with USB dongle because I like my full keyboard.
Has been automatically updating Windows features successfully.
Very portable but I haven’t taken it anywhere…yet.
It is nice and small, which is what I was looking for. Dual HDMIs and lots of USB pots make it very functional. It was easy to setup out of the box. The one thing they could do is spring for the $30 wholesale for a NVMe drive, but it is very easy to add. The instructions for installing on the NVMe were good. One thing, the system image they provide would not install from the SD card like they said, I had to use an external USB drive. But once I figured that out, it went really easy. Nice and snappy. I use it to play World of Tanks Blitz, and it works great. Great as a desktop and light gaming machine.
When I first got this, I was really surprised by how small it was. I’m a big fan of mini PC’s and I already have two Intel NUC mini PC’s that I love. This mini PC is even smaller than my NUC’s, I mean it’s a little wider but it’s smaller in every other dimension. The metal case looks and feels great, it also works as the heatsink which means this doesn’t need and fan and is therefore completely silent. Depending on your needs you can install a speedy and larger M.2 SSD but if you’re using it as a server like me you probably won’t need it. To access my server I just remote into using RDP but I did connect it to my TV and had no issues watching videos in 4K. Performance wise it’s more than acceptable for general use, obviously gaming is a NO NO but general productivity apps are fine and you can easily watch 4K videos and therefore it would make a decent a Plex server. At the end of the day, there’s hundreds of things you could use this for, it would also be great for attaching to the back of a monitor to make your own all in one PC.
When I first got this, I was really surprised by how small it was. I’m a big fan of mini PC’s and I already have two Intel NUC mini PC’s that I love. This mini PC is even smaller than my NUC’s, I mean it’s a little wider but it’s smaller in every other dimension. The metal case looks and feels great, it also works as the heatsink which means this doesn’t need and fan and is therefore completely silent. Depending on your needs you can install a speedy and larger M.2 SSD but if you’re using it as a server like me you probably won’t need it. To access my server I just remote into using RDP but I did connect it to my TV and had no issues watching videos in 4K. Performance wise it’s more than acceptable for general use, obviously gaming is a NO NO but general productivity apps are fine and you can easily watch 4K videos and therefore it would make a decent a Plex server. At the end of the day, there’s hundreds of things you could use this for, it would also be great for attaching to the back of a monitor to make your own all in one PC.
Great working device. It is not a workhorse, but then it is not meant to be. But, for basic functionality it is perfect for what I need.
Great working device. It is not a workhorse, but then it is not meant to be. But, for basic functionality it is perfect for what I need.
Nice little [almost] pocket PC
It is very surprising is that the system can be upgraded to Windows 11! It has all the requirements including Secure Boot, TPM2.0 and a recent CPU. [See the images.] [Secure Boot isn’t enabled by default.]
Granted, it is an Celeron processor with an Intel GPU. Of course a “low” CPU means no fan. So it’s quiet.
So it includes 2 HDMI ports, 4 3.0 USB ports, a headphone jack, a Kensington lock and a gigabit NIC.
Add Bluetooth 4.2 and 2.4G + 5.0G dual-band Wi-Fi.
You can actually mount it behind a screen with the VESA mount [adapter included].
It comes with a 256 GB SSD but you can add a M.2 2280 SSD [up to 4 TB].
You can also insert a microSD card [up to 1 TB].
The only thing I’m wondering is their support. I tried to contact them but got no reply.
As the mini PC has a lower end CPU and a slightly outdated GPU, I would not recomment this for something more than a kiosk, help desk, data entry and Internet surfing.
Ho acquistato questo Mini Pc in quanto fanless, che fosse grande quanto un pacchetto di sigarette non mi interessava, ma un vanto tecnologico avere un processore abbastanza potente per lavori Office in cos poco spazio (ho liberato una scrivania intera…). Mi interessava l’assenza di rumore, ed eccezionale questo mini pc, molto reattivo, silenzioso ovviamente in quanto fanless, anche se scalda un p l’involucro. Sono molto soddisfatto dell’acquisto ma non “assolutamente” soddisfatto in quanto, data la dimensione del pc, e la staffetta vesa in dotazione, pu essere installato dietro al monitor, in modo da scomparire proprio dalla scrivania, ma ho scoperto che il bios non contempla l’accensione da tastiera, sia a cavo che wireless, come mi ha confermato l’assistenza tecnica subito contattata. Questo un vero peccato in quanto, collocato dietro al monitor, staffato al muro, per accenderlo devo tirare fuori il monitor e cercare il pulsantino. Cosa abbastanza scomoda, quando altri minipc che uso, contemplano l’accensione da tastiera anche wireless. Si consiglia vivamente il produttore di provvedere al prossimo aggiornamento di Bios ed allora il pc diventa superlativo.
Silencioso y potente
Mini PC modelo Quieter2 81 A, Intel Celeron J4125 de 8 GB DDR4 y 128 GB eMMC con Windows 10 Pro, de la marca Mele & Co.
Las caractersticas generales de este minipc son:
-CPU Intel Gemini Lake Celeron J4125 de cuatro ncleos.
-Grficos Intel HD 600.
-Sistema operativo Windows 10 Pro (64 bits).
-Memoria 8 GB LPDDR4.
-Almacenamiento de 128 GB eMMC incorporado.
Tiene cuatro puertos USB, los 4 son 3.0, 2 HDMI, salida para auriculares y ranura para tarjeta micro sd. Tambin trae salida para poder conectarlo a Internet va cable o podemos conectarlo por WiFi, de doble banda, 2,4G/5 GHz, ya que el equipo nos ofrece ambas posibilidades.
Con el minipc viene tambin un soporte VESA, para poder cogerlo a la parte posterior del monitor, una fuente de alimentacin con conexin europea y adaptador de tipo americano y una almohadilla de refrigeracin de silicona para la disipacin de calor del SSD.
Para un uso normal ya no necesitamos grandes torres, con este pequeo minipc tenemos suficiente para un uso domstico, internet, correo, Office, teletrabajo, etc. En casa lo usamos todos, y es potente, rpido y hasta ahora no hemos tenido ningn problema. Un punto a sumar es que al no tener ventilador es muy silencioso. Es una muy buena opcin.
La palabra que mejor define a este MINI PC, es IMPRESIONANTE. Tanta potencia, agilidad de funcionamiento en tan poco espacio, me ha dejado totalmente sorprendida, no soy informtica ni nada parecido, pero si algo funciona bien … lo notas y lo palpas desde que lo usas la primera vez, y adems con los usos esta sensacin no hace ms que crecer y crecer !!!!
Llevo usndolo semanas, todos los das; para trabajar, ver videos, informes, leer, y jugar algn juego pero sencillito de toda la vida (Snow Broos o Mario Bros soy una clsica jejeje), en todos estos das el funcionamiento ha sido perfecto, sin lags, sin cargas lentas, ni un solo problema… tengo un ordenador ms potente de sobremesa y sin embargo prefiero usar este mini pc, por que me permite llevarlo conmigo a todas partes sin ocupar espacio, y con una potencia que tienes con porttiles de mas de 1000 euros.
Sus CUATRO NUCLEOS, sus 8gb de RAM, 128gb, capacidad para 4k, sin ventilador, silencioso, eficiente … lo convierten en una gran MINI PC. Con 4 entradas USB, un jack, una entrada cable doble C, 1 entrada HDMI, entrada ethernet, micro sd, y capacidad para acceso a WIFI O BLUETHOOT, lo hacen un mini PC PARA TU DA A DA.
Yo lo utilizo con una pantalla porttil, pero podras ponerlo en la parte trasera de la tv y tener una potentsima SMART TV, pero de verdad, te aconsejo cogerte una buena pantalla porttil.. y tendrs el mejor ORDENADOR PORTATIL de tu vida por muy poquito dinero.
ENCANTADA
I am somebody who is very low noise focused and had been looking for a mini PC for usage in a studio environment and this is my latest attempt. I have gone through, and returned, several here on Amazon for not living up to their “silent” claims. When something says silent, I expect absolute silence. This is especially important because, once again, I must stress it is for studio usage.
Any mini PC with a fan ended up being out of the question since it would always ramp up and cause noise, so I quickly moved to entirely fanless options. The issue here seems to be some kind of manufacturing problem companies have for the mini PC boards. Even with no fan there is an electrical vibrating sort of coil whine noise coming from all of the mini PCs I have tried. I have even taken them apart and covered the boards with an offensive amount of silicone to little or no effect.
Unfortunately this PC is no different, there is indeed a coil whine sound coming from it while powered on. Fortunately the noise is low enough for this specific mini-PC that it is only noticable when your ear is a foot away or so from it, rendering it quite usable for its needed application.
Weirdly, when powered off there is a notably louder wobbly sounding electric noise coming from this little PC that can be heard across the room if you listen for it, and heard easily standing closer. This ended up not being an issue for me though, or indeed even something I noticed since it is on essentially 24/7.
Performance-wise the Celeron is surprisingly capable and handles 4k playback and basic DAW tasks no problem. The sound card is garbage though for any kind of audio work, so definitely get a dedicated interface to get rid of that latency, but just for music and normal consumer activities listening it’s good.
I was debating getting this or the PCG35 GLK, but went with this due to the smaller form factor, two HDMI ports, and no weird orange coloring. I would definitely love to check out that PCG35 GLK one day, but can’t justify the price when this PC suits all my needs already.
Overall this machine is surprisingly capable and impressive. Mini-PCs have come a very long way!
If you’re shopping for NUCs, you probably know what you’re getting into so I’ll keep this short and sweet.
This “MeLE Quieter2” offers decent value and functions well as a general-use office PC if you need something in the smallest form-factor possible. Where it makes compromises are in the graphics department, using dated Intel UHD 600 integrated GPU with shared memory. It’ll drive STATIC displays well but as soon as you get into dynamic media, it falls down. (no HDR, nothing above 4k60Hz) If you’re connecting a webcam (which is kinda par for the course if this is an office machine), you need to invest in one with some graphical horsepower (Logitech Brio or at least a C920e) which adds to the cost of building an office system with this.
Another gripe (and kind of a biggie) is the lack of a proper Thunderbolt USB-C port. It has a USB-C port but it’s limited to power input – if this had a proper Thunderbolt port, you could connect an external PD-thru hub, opening up a world of other possibilities. (this, and the UHD600 graphics – really highlight that the platform this PC is built on is a bit dated)
I appreciate the inclusion of Win10Pro right out of the box. Some people may want to go down the Linux path but most of us just want a functional Windows PC for office use in a small footprint, with no fuss.
Overall, not bad as long as you can live with the limitations and gets a recommend (and 4-stars) from me.
The beautiful thing about this computer is that it requires very little in terms of routine maintenance; With this being a sealed unit without a fan, I love that I don’t have to break it down like a full tower system to clean the interior. The computer did come pre-installed with a clean and recent version of Windows 10 Pro (Ver. 20H2) operating system; Upon initial boot-up, there was very little in terms of operating system setup with only a username and password required to be setup.
In terms of speed, the onboard 256 eMMC does load the operating system quickly; I didn’t notice it being any slower than my other computers with SATA SSDs. With the included Celeron J4125 processor and 8GB of DDR4 memory, it’s a competent quad core that does a decent job at lightweight tasks; Office Productivity Work, Web Browsing, Online Banking and Shopping are all fine with this configuration.
Things I liked about this Mini PC:
-Clean minimalist design which can be mounted behind a monitor with VESA mounting points (75mm or 100mm)
-Two HDMI ports built in for dual monitor support
-RJ45 Ethernet Connection is useful for wiring up for critical conference calls and stable network connectivity
-4x USB 3.0 Ports
-Included European Power Adapter Module is nice for travelling to European countries with two prong power outlet design
-No preinstalled Bloatware nor Spyware that I could tell from initial inspection
-Built-in Wireless Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Connectivity
-Two sets of screws are included for the metal mounting bracket
-Included Silicone Thermal Pad for optional M.2 SSD
-Only requires 4 screws to be removed for access to the interior of the enclosure
-Windows 10 Pro comes with BitLocker which is optional if you want to secure a disk drive with encryption
-Surface temperatures of the aluminum enclosure are not burning hot and seem to be only relatively warm
Things I didn’t like about this Mini PC:
-No USB 3.0 SuperSpeed 10 Gigabit/Second ports for connecting higher end SSD enclosures
-No USB-C data port nor Thunderbolt 3.0 support
-Requires a bit more cable management when mounting to the rear side of the monitor
I like that I have the option to drop-in an M.2 SSD into the system; I did end up adding in a more budget 1TB entry level M.2 NVMe SSD as a storage drive. With plastic protective film on both sides of the silicone thermal pad, I did have a little difficulty removing film as it’s a very delicate piece and hard to catch. To get the SSD recognized in the system, I just needed to initialize it in the ‘Disk Management’ Console and create a new simple volume.
From the BIOS, it looks more like an old school Legacy Style; I would recommend setting at least an administrative password to restrict unwanted access. I cannot confirm for sure if the memory is in a dual channel configuration; It does appear that there are two 4GB LPDDR4 soldered modules in slot 0 and slot 1 both running at 2133Mhz speed.
As for pairing this with accessories, I did end up using a wireless keyboard/mouse combo with a single dongle for a cleaner setup; As for a webcam, I highly recommend pairing this PC with a webcam that has a built-in encoder on the hardware level (Logitech C930e or C925e); This means that the video capture being encoded will be offloaded from the CPU and the webcam can handle the processing without taxing CPU resources.
The integrated GPU (Intel UHD 600) is not meant for high-end PC gaming and did a decent job powering my QHD monitor with a FHD panel on the side without any flickering; If you wanted to play PC games, I would suggest using this PC as terminal to stream your games from a more powerful system or rely on online streaming services (Stadia, Geforce Now or Xbox Cloud).
One thing to note: I do have my monitors mounted to a pole arm mounting system and I had to side mount the Mini PC on top of the VESA mount plate for the mounting arm; No issues so far with clearance.
Fanless forever!
Mini pc fanless che offre discrete prestazioni, processore Celeron J4125 che con 8 Gb di ram permette anche di giocare retrogames e giochi recenti non troppo pesanti come richieste di GPU.
This does all I expected it to do and more. It's snappy and perfect for use in an office setting. I'm using it on a dual-monitor set-up.
This does all I expected it to do and more. It’s snappy and perfect for use in an office setting. I’m using it on a dual-monitor set-up.
Fanless forever!
Mini pc fanless che offre discrete prestazioni, processore Celeron J4125 che con 8 Gb di ram permette anche di giocare retrogames e giochi recenti non troppo pesanti come richieste di GPU.
This is essentially the same as the PC35G GLK, but even smaller, without 2.5″ SATA drive support (IMO unneeded with M.2 slot anyway). Slightly worse thermals, not a big enough difference for me to really say one is better than the other for any of the reasonable use cases for these small PCs. So the remainder of my review is going to be pretty much the same. My advice would be if you want the smallest form factor possible and have no plans on using a 2.5″ drive then this model is a good choice, otherwise go for the PC35G GLK as it’s essentially the same, will have slightly better thermals when under heavy load (just in case) and gives you some more flexibility with drive expansion.
If you’re looking at this thinking of using it as an HTPC my advice is to move along as there is still one major gotcha that we still haven’t seemed to get past with these Mini PCs (there has always been something…) and in the case of this one the Celeron J4125’s GPU (UHD Graphics 600) does not seem to support HDR. It does support 4K60hz fine out of the HDMI port, but it does NOT support HDR or 10-bit output, only 8-bit. This day in age, that’s pretty much a non-starter when it comes to using the PC as a media playback device, at least for me it would be.
I’m not super concerned about it though, because I won’t use these hooked up to a display at all but rather replacing an old 2nd generation Core i7 machine that I’ve been using as a server for mostly a bunch of Docker containers. Sadly (for the i7) the Celeron J4125 in this is nearly as fast as the old i7 in a lot of workloads, and vastly better than the old i7 for GPU workloads (of which the old i7 is completely useless) and it does it with no fans at all and using one tenth the amount of electricity. In fact, I’m going to make an attempt over the next little while to see if I can get away with moving my Plex server to this little box as the QuickSync implementation in the CPU in this thing is actually pretty good with full 10 bit HEVC/x265 encode and decode support. You can’t upgrade the memory, but the 8GB it comes with is the maximum supported by the CPU anyway according to Intel ARK.
After allowing Windows to fully update, updating the graphics drivers, etc. puttering around the desktop is snappy enough for a mini PC, obviously it’s still a low powered PC but for undemanding users it’s actually pretty good I think. For my purposes using it as a headless server running fairly lightweight docker containers it’s proving to be a perfectly suitable replacement for my ancient power and space hog of an old PC. Since it comes with Windows 10 Pro, Docker works fine on it as it does fully support Hyper-V. Honestly I would rather install Linux on it, or Proxmox, but sometimes returning these Mini PCs back to their original states with a valid Windows license can be sketchy so I’m going to do my best working with Windows on the thing and I suggest you not get rid of the Windows partition it comes with unless you’re absolutely sure you’re never going to want it again.
Overall, pretty good! It’s not full of bloatware out of the factory and pretty much just a fresh Windows 10 install. Performance is fine for a passively cooled tiny PC, great upgrade path storage wise for one of these boxes too via the M.2 slot which I’ve confirmed works just fine and you can boot off of it and completely ignore the internal eMMC if you want. Only thing holding this back is the lack of HDR support which is going to be a real issue for some people if caught unaware.
This is my first time ever working with a PC this size - I have a deskstop that is about 2 feet tall and weighs a good ten pounds! So not only am I fascinated by the tiny size, I am thrilled by its capability. In this case, less is more which frees up valuable home office/desk space and has all of the necessary components for basic computing. The 4GB memory is sufficent for regular office work and streaming and 128GB memory is also a decent amount of storage. It has dual display capability as well and can nearly fit into your pocket. The price is great for something so small, depending on the rest of your setup you can easily have a solid home office tiny desktop PC for about $400. I am loving the new technology that creates this sort of innovation and was not disappointed by this mini pc at all.
This is my first time ever working with a PC this size – I have a deskstop that is about 2 feet tall and weighs a good ten pounds! So not only am I fascinated by the tiny size, I am thrilled by its capability. In this case, less is more which frees up valuable home office/desk space and has all of the necessary components for basic computing. The 4GB memory is sufficent for regular office work and streaming and 128GB memory is also a decent amount of storage. It has dual display capability as well and can nearly fit into your pocket. The price is great for something so small, depending on the rest of your setup you can easily have a solid home office tiny desktop PC for about $400. I am loving the new technology that creates this sort of innovation and was not disappointed by this mini pc at all.
This is my first time ever working with a PC this size - I have a deskstop that is about 2 feet tall and weighs a good ten pounds! So not only am I fascinated by the tiny size, I am thrilled by its capability. In this case, less is more which frees up valuable home office/desk space and has all of the necessary components for basic computing. The 4GB memory is sufficent for regular office work and streaming and 128GB memory is also a decent amount of storage. It has dual display capability as well and can nearly fit into your pocket. The price is great for something so small, depending on the rest of your setup you can easily have a solid home office tiny desktop PC for about $400. I am loving the new technology that creates this sort of innovation and was not disappointed by this mini pc at all.
This is my first time ever working with a PC this size – I have a deskstop that is about 2 feet tall and weighs a good ten pounds! So not only am I fascinated by the tiny size, I am thrilled by its capability. In this case, less is more which frees up valuable home office/desk space and has all of the necessary components for basic computing. The 4GB memory is sufficent for regular office work and streaming and 128GB memory is also a decent amount of storage. It has dual display capability as well and can nearly fit into your pocket. The price is great for something so small, depending on the rest of your setup you can easily have a solid home office tiny desktop PC for about $400. I am loving the new technology that creates this sort of innovation and was not disappointed by this mini pc at all.
Box was very small and light, opened it to fid the PC was half the size of the box, it literally fits in the palm of my hand. Plugged it in to power and HDMI and switched on, it works! Windows 10 pro launched and installed perfectly on 1st start up, has installed all updates. Yes it is not super fast but for internet, word processing and the like it is absolutely fine. Restarting from sleep is instant. Great PC!
Box was very small and light, opened it to fid the PC was half the size of the box, it literally fits in the palm of my hand. Plugged it in to power and HDMI and switched on, it works! Windows 10 pro launched and installed perfectly on 1st start up, has installed all updates. Yes it is not super fast but for internet, word processing and the like it is absolutely fine. Restarting from sleep is instant. Great PC!
Works a treat from the moment I switched the power on.
I purchased it mainly for streaming programs off the web. I was very surprised at the quality of the images and absence of any problems. It will definitely become a replacement for my much larger/heavier desktop PC with
the purchase of a second MeLE mini PC already planned.
Awesome mini PC.
I needed a small PC to use as a media player. This one by Mele is perfectly suited as it can be mounted with the included bracket and has no fan to make noise. It’s output matches my TV,(it can connect to two if you need).
Having seen other reviews I decided to up the storage by adding a 500GB Nvme drive (a thermal pad is included). I cloned the eMMC drive using a free program called Macrium reflect. I updated Windows when I got my machine (it took about half an hour to apply updates) then shut down the PC. I inserted the new drive. I then stared the PC and disconnected it from the internet, ran Macrium reflect and adjusted the size of the main partition before starting the clone. Then after it finished I restarted it and went into the BIOS and selected and saved my new drive as the first to boot.
With use it becomes warm to the touch but not too hot. It is great with older games but as with all PC games you need to check the system requirements. Four USB3 ports is nice to see.
Absolutely love this mini pc it does everything I want worthy of the price..the only thing missing is a type c input but I have a usb hub which I just plugged in a usb adapter to it and for storage I'm using a portable Seagate 2tb hdd drive I have heaps of storage now..Good graphics even tho you can't play aaa rated games but that's why I have a Xbox one s digital to go with it.its a great pc gets warm but don't overheat. Tons of games you can play on bluestacks 4 anyway all android games work with full playstore. It's better than a Android tv box to be honest.
Absolutely love this mini pc it does everything I want worthy of the price..the only thing missing is a type c input but I have a usb hub which I just plugged in a usb adapter to it and for storage I’m using a portable Seagate 2tb hdd drive I have heaps of storage now..Good graphics even tho you can’t play aaa rated games but that’s why I have a Xbox one s digital to go with it.its a great pc gets warm but don’t overheat. Tons of games you can play on bluestacks 4 anyway all android games work with full playstore. It’s better than a Android tv box to be honest.
Absolutely love this mini pc it does everything I want worthy of the price..the only thing missing is a type c input but I have a usb hub which I just plugged in a usb adapter to it and for storage I'm using a portable Seagate 2tb hdd drive I have heaps of storage now..Good graphics even tho you can't play aaa rated games but that's why I have a Xbox one s digital to go with it.its a great pc gets warm but don't overheat. Tons of games you can play on bluestacks 4 anyway all android games work with full playstore. It's better than a Android tv box to be honest.
Absolutely love this mini pc it does everything I want worthy of the price..the only thing missing is a type c input but I have a usb hub which I just plugged in a usb adapter to it and for storage I’m using a portable Seagate 2tb hdd drive I have heaps of storage now..Good graphics even tho you can’t play aaa rated games but that’s why I have a Xbox one s digital to go with it.its a great pc gets warm but don’t overheat. Tons of games you can play on bluestacks 4 anyway all android games work with full playstore. It’s better than a Android tv box to be honest.
With Amazon Prime this PC arrived the same day I ordered it. I added a Samsung 980 Nvme SSD after imaging the original Windows install. Installed Windows 10 21H1 using the standard Windows Media Creation USB and reinstalled any missing drivers missing manually using the drivers downloaded from the link in the product description. I did not use Mele’s Windows image.
The PC runs well enough for a low power Celeron. Windows loads quickly even with Fast Boot disabled. I didn’t expect much and plan to use this PC as something I keep in my tool bag for IT emergencies.
The PC can drive two of my 4K monitors at 60Hz, but the Windows GUI becomes quite sluggish. It’s better with a single 4K monitor and even better with 2 or 1 1080p monitors. Intel graphics drivers are at the latest level. Youtube 4K fullscreen playback is possible, but it right on the edge of what this PC can handle. Moving your mouse and bringing up the onscreen controls, for example, causes the video to stutter and often pause.
Only real gripe is the power input. It is USB-C, but not PD. You must use the proprietary power adapter it came with. There are dongles you can add to standard USB-C PD power adapters so the correct output is triggered but this seems like an unnecessary burden. I would have preferred either a standard USB-C PD input or a more standard barrel connector.
Functionality
I am currently using the device as a desktop for my business. I needed a computer that didn’t require very little setup as at the time my HP laptop with its adapter cable in addition to the monitor that I’ve connected to the laptop. The MeLE Quieter2 solved all those problems.
Thanks MeLE for a prestigious product. It works smoothly for now.
I’ve bought a fanless Atom compute stick from Mele before, years ago. From China. So I felt I could trust their design/product.
I’ve only had this a few days … but as I was confused from reviews and product descriptions about what SSD it can take, I wanted to say here I can use a 2TB NVMe drive … the socket’s keyed for NVMe … not SATA. On the model I bought anyhow.
I just wanted a “back-up” + “ancillary” machine. I tend to RDP Virtual machines running on slightly heftier though mobile-CPU based servers … I like small powerful devices that sip energy rather than gulp it. So as an “ancillary” machine, I have it plugged into a 13″ 1080p USB C powered touch screen … powering the screen from this PC via USB A port to USB C, which is also the “touch” connection, and using a full HDMI cable. I RDP my general VM for email etc. But I also have the Spotify App on there, and Plex client as I have a Plex server (I have a lot of personal “server” services running on other small machines in VMs/containers etc.). I can KVM to it with my mouse/keyboard, although I also use Microsoft’s “Mouse Without Borders” which works really well in Windows 10. I checked compatibility for Windows 11 before purchasing … I think this machine looks OK for that. Using Web browsers is fine too … and fine for other video streaming etc.
I’m an Office 365 account holder so I wanted to be able to store up to 1TB of OneDrive data on here too. I’m running Windows from the built-in eMMC though … it seems fast enough for that, but I have created a Windows page file partition on the NVMe SSD. And I wanted dual boot – though still to set that up, though left some space free for it. I leave some space … made some space on the eMMC, as I’m not sure how wear algorithms work on these chips and whether leaving some space might be helpful. I don’t know. Just belt & braces approach. Bitlocker runs just fine on it. I chose to bitlock the entire partitions in one go though … as I preferred to let it do it rather than possibly slow the CPU down a little more during operation later. I fitted a WD Blue SN550 2TB High-Performance M.2 PCIe NVME SSD from Amazon for 175 at time of writing which seemed the best bang for my buck from a reliable vendor, as far as I could see. This machine is unlikely to benefit from performance pedigree per se, but it’s the reliability and running cooler when maxing-out the data transfer rates, at a competitive cost, that interests me.
I’m using wired internet – not tested the WiFi or bluetooth yet. With the NVMe in, it gets a little warm if using the Plex client, but not hot. It goes to sleep nicely with a push of the front button. The sound is OK – using the wired socket. I use a USB powered Hart Just Mixer – mixer which is another product that I really like. (Though I use anti-ground loop thingies on a couple of the audio leads to get rid of hum/noise if powering the mixer, especially, from a USB source sharing a ground-plane with any of the audio inputs/outputs).
In every day use the machine, including web browsers, feels fast/responsive, even with multiple tabs and apps open.
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As a back-up machine, I wanted the dual 4K option, because I like using at least 2x monitors for software development. One only 1080p landscape, but the other, a very wide screen, in flipped-portrait mode. And then I RDP my work VM. It’s a backup to my Dell XPS that’s my everyday driver, though it’s nice having an ancillary machine while my XPS focuses on work. This machine is plenty fast enough to not notice much difference for everyday tasks.
For back-up purposes, I can plug it into my “admin” vlan at home … and I also have edge, chrome and firefox installed with no issues and running well. I’m saying all this to highlight how versatile this machine is … as everyday computer, but also a handy thin-client and administrative machine. It uses so little power it could run on a decent UPS for ages! It doesn’t give off much heat.
I haven’t tried anything heavier on it … e.g. any Development / creative stuff. I’m sure it’ll run vscode … but I don’t expect it to be a great experience though perhaps adequate for light Dev tasks, and I don’t expect it to compile very fast. I don’t expect it to play games unless streamed games which I expect will run quite well on it (ToDo). Maybe if I had no choice but to run a Dev environment on it, my impression is that I could maybe get by very slowly (e.g. running Web API servers with debugger attached and maybe Node proxy / front end React server, refreshing (recompiling) the Node stuff on save etc. and maybe running a heavy-database like SQL Server … this sort of meatier load probably won’t run too well on this machine, and might even knock it over, but using vscode or similar (I’m mostly Microsoft based and creature of habit though migrating a lot of stuff to Linux actually) … anyway … using something like VScode … it could probably get by. If you’re a front-end Dev maybe and the backend/database is running somewhere else. Occasional Photoshop etc. might be OK if not doing any crazy rendering. It is a 4x processor machine so I imagine multi-threaded work will benefit from that … the J4125 does support VT-D … Hyper-V etc. if you want Microsoft’s Sub System for Linux and Docker desktop running etc. … I’m pretty sure it will be OK for light tasks using those sorts of technologies. I do actually have a J5005 based NuC running Open Media Vault (including with LUKs encrypted drives), Plex Server in a docker container, and quite a few other services in Docker containers including IoT etc. and OpenVPN in case my main router goes down etc. … and I have actually used an Ubuntu based container with a desktop, in the container, that I could RDP before too … so I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised at just how pleasantly powerful Intel’s more modern Celeron chips are.
This machine is a light duty machine. What’s amazing about it is just how good it is, for such little volume, and such little energy. And a reasonable price.
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I had no issues finishing the Windows set-up and updating it to a more recent version. You can set it up with a local account if you like (while Windows 10 anyway … not 11). If you want bitlocker, you have to enable it. (It is Windows 10 Pro).
No crashes or freezes or anything so far.
The only caution I have is that the USB C power socket isn’t a Power Delivery one. There’s a sticker on the device warning you of this, advising a 26V max input limit, and advising to use the included 12V 2A plug. The plug doesn’t seem too cheap … happy with that. And I’m powering a monitor from it too, via USB on this machine. But still … I took the sticker off the heat sink facing, and I hope I don’t forget in the future. I wish it was a Power Delivery socket.
I’ve probably forgotten key things I meant to say that’s actually relevant lol. Oh well. My impression at least, is that machine is a very decent every day (modern Windows / Web / Streaming) PC that could hide behind your monitor and add maybe 25 per year to your electricity bill if maxing it out 24/7 all year. Or something like that. Maybe less if you have “economy 7” equivalents etc. It’s just amazing. Amazing.
I’ve bought a fanless Atom compute stick from Mele before, years ago. From China. So I felt I could trust their design/product.
I’ve only had this a few days … but as I was confused from reviews and product descriptions about what SSD it can take, I wanted to say here I can use a 2TB NVMe drive … the socket’s keyed for NVMe … not SATA. On the model I bought anyhow.
I just wanted a “back-up” + “ancillary” machine. I tend to RDP Virtual machines running on slightly heftier though mobile-CPU based servers … I like small powerful devices that sip energy rather than gulp it. So as an “ancillary” machine, I have it plugged into a 13″ 1080p USB C powered touch screen … powering the screen from this PC via USB A port to USB C, which is also the “touch” connection, and using a full HDMI cable. I RDP my general VM for email etc. But I also have the Spotify App on there, and Plex client as I have a Plex server (I have a lot of personal “server” services running on other small machines in VMs/containers etc.). I can KVM to it with my mouse/keyboard, although I also use Microsoft’s “Mouse Without Borders” which works really well in Windows 10. I checked compatibility for Windows 11 before purchasing … I think this machine looks OK for that. Using Web browsers is fine too … and fine for other video streaming etc.
I’m an Office 365 account holder so I wanted to be able to store up to 1TB of OneDrive data on here too. I’m running Windows from the built-in eMMC though … it seems fast enough for that, but I have created a Windows page file partition on the NVMe SSD. And I wanted dual boot – though still to set that up, though left some space free for it. I leave some space … made some space on the eMMC, as I’m not sure how wear algorithms work on these chips and whether leaving some space might be helpful. I don’t know. Just belt & braces approach. Bitlocker runs just fine on it. I chose to bitlock the entire partitions in one go though … as I preferred to let it do it rather than possibly slow the CPU down a little more during operation later. I fitted a WD Blue SN550 2TB High-Performance M.2 PCIe NVME SSD from Amazon for 175 at time of writing which seemed the best bang for my buck from a reliable vendor, as far as I could see. This machine is unlikely to benefit from performance pedigree per se, but it’s the reliability and running cooler when maxing-out the data transfer rates, at a competitive cost, that interests me.
I’m using wired internet – not tested the WiFi or bluetooth yet. With the NVMe in, it gets a little warm if using the Plex client, but not hot. It goes to sleep nicely with a push of the front button. The sound is OK – using the wired socket. I use a USB powered Hart Just Mixer – mixer which is another product that I really like. (Though I use anti-ground loop thingies on a couple of the audio leads to get rid of hum/noise if powering the mixer, especially, from a USB source sharing a ground-plane with any of the audio inputs/outputs).
In every day use the machine, including web browsers, feels fast/responsive, even with multiple tabs and apps open.
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As a back-up machine, I wanted the dual 4K option, because I like using at least 2x monitors for software development. One only 1080p landscape, but the other, a very wide screen, in flipped-portrait mode. And then I RDP my work VM. It’s a backup to my Dell XPS that’s my everyday driver, though it’s nice having an ancillary machine while my XPS focuses on work. This machine is plenty fast enough to not notice much difference for everyday tasks.
For back-up purposes, I can plug it into my “admin” vlan at home … and I also have edge, chrome and firefox installed with no issues and running well. I’m saying all this to highlight how versatile this machine is … as everyday computer, but also a handy thin-client and administrative machine. It uses so little power it could run on a decent UPS for ages! It doesn’t give off much heat.
I haven’t tried anything heavier on it … e.g. any Development / creative stuff. I’m sure it’ll run vscode … but I don’t expect it to be a great experience though perhaps adequate for light Dev tasks, and I don’t expect it to compile very fast. I don’t expect it to play games unless streamed games which I expect will run quite well on it (ToDo). Maybe if I had no choice but to run a Dev environment on it, my impression is that I could maybe get by very slowly (e.g. running Web API servers with debugger attached and maybe Node proxy / front end React server, refreshing (recompiling) the Node stuff on save etc. and maybe running a heavy-database like SQL Server … this sort of meatier load probably won’t run too well on this machine, and might even knock it over, but using vscode or similar (I’m mostly Microsoft based and creature of habit though migrating a lot of stuff to Linux actually) … anyway … using something like VScode … it could probably get by. If you’re a front-end Dev maybe and the backend/database is running somewhere else. Occasional Photoshop etc. might be OK if not doing any crazy rendering. It is a 4x processor machine so I imagine multi-threaded work will benefit from that … the J4125 does support VT-D … Hyper-V etc. if you want Microsoft’s Sub System for Linux and Docker desktop running etc. … I’m pretty sure it will be OK for light tasks using those sorts of technologies. I do actually have a J5005 based NuC running Open Media Vault (including with LUKs encrypted drives), Plex Server in a docker container, and quite a few other services in Docker containers including IoT etc. and OpenVPN in case my main router goes down etc. … and I have actually used an Ubuntu based container with a desktop, in the container, that I could RDP before too … so I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised at just how pleasantly powerful Intel’s more modern Celeron chips are.
This machine is a light duty machine. What’s amazing about it is just how good it is, for such little volume, and such little energy. And a reasonable price.
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I had no issues finishing the Windows set-up and updating it to a more recent version. You can set it up with a local account if you like (while Windows 10 anyway … not 11). If you want bitlocker, you have to enable it. (It is Windows 10 Pro).
No crashes or freezes or anything so far.
The only caution I have is that the USB C power socket isn’t a Power Delivery one. There’s a sticker on the device warning you of this, advising a 26V max input limit, and advising to use the included 12V 2A plug. The plug doesn’t seem too cheap … happy with that. And I’m powering a monitor from it too, via USB on this machine. But still … I took the sticker off the heat sink facing, and I hope I don’t forget in the future. I wish it was a Power Delivery socket.
I’ve probably forgotten key things I meant to say that’s actually relevant lol. Oh well. My impression at least, is that machine is a very decent every day (modern Windows / Web / Streaming) PC that could hide behind your monitor and add maybe 25 per year to your electricity bill if maxing it out 24/7 all year. Or something like that. Maybe less if you have “economy 7” equivalents etc. It’s just amazing. Amazing.
Great little PC for a dashboard scree
I got this to use for a Zabbix dashboard screen, and I’m really tempted to get another to just have around for random weird tasks.
It’s really well specced for what it is, works great, super easy to get up and running, etc. Really happy with my purchase.
Amazon asked my 1-5 star rating “for gaming” and I gave it a 2. Maybe it’ll be fine for retro gaming/emulators, but it really isn’t intended for gaming at all.
I have been buying NUCs for years but wanted to see what else was on the market at a cheaper price. I was pleasantly surprised to find this little machine. I’ve had it for a couple weeks now and I wouldn’t hesitate to purchase more. Its plenty powerful enough to run any office tasks you need. Youtube and video streaming is also fine. Case is warm to the touch when it’s on but Core Temp shows a maximum of 68C when at 100% CPU and only 50C when idle so it runs cool enough as far as I’m concerned. Pretty impressive for a fanless unit.
Overall, I’d happily purchase more for a office environment or even for a streaming only home environment with no gaming intended. I know some reviewers have installed NVMe drives in it and that’s fine. I just don’t think the overall speed increase for an office/streaming PC is worth adding a NVMe to the unit unless you already have one at the house going unused. Since this isn’t a gaming or high performance unit, I think NVMe is overkill for this unit.
5 star rating for me.
La potencia computacional que la mayor parte de nosotros ya tenemos en nuestros bolsillos va el mvil es asombrosa. Y en ese sentido, hoy en da, tener un ordenador que ocupe buena parte del escritorio, es innecesario (salvo que seas un gamer, diseador, etc.). Este ordenador es un testimonio a ello. Es realmente asombroso.
En una caja tan compacta, contiene todo un ordenador PC con Windows 10 que funciona a una velocidad bastante razonable. No me extraara que no lo hayan producido de forma ms compacta todava debido a que ofrece gran cantidad de conexiones que ocupan espacio (incluyendo 2 salidas hdmi para dos pantallas!).
En el vdeo se puede observar como lo he conectado al televisor del saln va el cable hdmi y con un conector usb inhalmbrico, conecto un teclado y ratn en remoto. La conexin a internet la tengo va wifi.
Me encanta que est diseado sin ventilador por lo que es 100% silencioso.
Se puede usar para operar pantallas pero dira que est incluso sobredimensionado para esta funcionalidad. Siempre y cuando no se use para jugar juegos que no estn online y requieran muchos recursos, para funcionalidad estndar de ofimtica ofrece ms que de sobra. Para quienes lo usen as, es bonito que apenas ocupa espacio, tiene poco consumo energtico, y como ya he mencionado, es silencioso.
Me gusta mucho.
El precio esta bajando en estos momentos pues cuando lo pedi superaba los 300 y ahora esta por debajo. Podeis dejaros llevar porque tiene 8 gb de ram y 128 gb de disco duro con Win 10 Pro, pero nada mas lejos de la realidad. No es un ordenador potente, sino mas bien un ordenador cortito.
Cuando digo cortito, me refiero a lo que puede hacer, no a que sea de mala calidad. Es un buen mini pc, pero hay que saber para que sirve y para que lo queremos antes de comprarlo. Esto es vital para que no te den gato por liebre.
ESPECIFICACIONES:
++ Procesador Intel Celeron
++ 8 GB RAM DDR4
++ 128GB memoria interna pero eMMC (mas lenta)
++ WIN 10 version PRO (mas potente de lo que le vendria bien que seria WIN HOME)
++ 4 puertos USB 3.0 (buen detalle de conectividad)
++ 2 salidas de video HDMI con resoluciones hasta 4K (innecesarios porque el procesador no mueve bien esas resoluciones). Por esta razon, soporta doble pantalla, cosa buena para trabajar.
++ Salida combo minijack (salida de audio y microfono en la misma clavija)
++ Lector de tarjeta Micro SD (lectura o expansion de memoria, pero preferentemente lectura)
++ Conectividad wifi dual band y bluetooth 4.2 ademas de puerto LAN
++ Puerto de expansion interno SSD mm2 de hasta 1TB (muy recomendable ponerselo cuanto antes)
VALIDO PARA:
++ Manejo de paquetes o suites Office sin excesivos alardes
++ Correo electronico
++ Navegar por Internet
++ Ver videos o TV online o videos internos a resolucion Full HD (4K posible pero nada recomendable)
++ Redes sociales
++ Poquita cosa mas…
NO VALIDO PARA:
++ JUGAR (ni siquera esports, quiza among us o algo asi de liviano quizas, algun emulador de recreativa antiguo quizas tambien…)
++ Paquete o suite Office a nivel profesional (el procesador no vale, minimo un Intel I3)
++ Edicion de foto, video o audio
++ Programacion o diseo grafico a cualquier nivel.
ME GUSTO:
++ Licencia original de Win 10
++ Memoria DDR4 en vez de DDR3
++ Posibilidades de conectividad pues trae 4 puertos USB y todos son 3.0
++ Capacidad de expansion a SSD mm2 de hasta 1 TB (en cuanto podais ponedselo por capacidad de trabajo y velocidad, lo notareis en gordo). Ademas trae un termal pad para disipar el mm2 de regalo.
++ Wifi dual band y el bluetooth integrado (aparentemente integrado pues en las instrucciones parece como si hubiera que ponerle una antena bluetooth…)
++ Tornilleria y materiales integrados para fijarlo a la trasera de un monitor y volverlo un ALL IN ONE
++ Disipacion pasiva bastante decente (lo que se calienta es el cargador que tiene la fuente de alimentacion y esta fuera del ordenador)
NO ME GUSTO:
++ Que traiga Win10 PRO y no el Home. El PRO es demasiado para las especificaciones que trae
++ No trae cable HDMI para conectarlo al monitor. (son baratos pero 1 al menos lo podrian haber puesto)
++ Que traiga un Celeron y memoria eMMC (aunque entiendo que es para abaratar costes)
++ Las instrucciones podrian venir en espaol pero vienen en ingles.
CONCLUSIONES:
Por la especificaciones que trae de fabrica, es suficiente para instalarle el paquete office y trabajar con el (pero algo lento por culpa del procesador), mirar el correo, redes sociales, ver videos en internet y correr algunos programas basicos sin alardes, es decir no vale para edicion ni de video ni de audio ni de fotos a una velocidad o capacidad decentes o para jugar.
Il mini-pc misura 13*8*2cm, presenta lateralmente 3 porte USB 3.0, sul retro invece: una quarta porta USB 3.0, una porta Ethernet RJ45 da 1Gb, 2 HDMI, ingresso AUX, lettore MicroSD per ampliare la memoria (Max 1TB), porta USB-C per l’alimentazione.
Hardware:
– Scheda di rete Wi-Fi Dual-Band
– Scheda Bluetooth
– CPU Intel Celeron J4125, 4 Cores e 4 Threads, con frequenza 2.00GHz – GPU integrata UHD Graphics 600
– SSD Generico da 115GB, possibile ampliare la memoria con una M.2 2280 fino a 1TB
– RAM Generica da 8GB, con frequenza 1066 MHz
Benchmark:
La dissipazione fanless reagisce molto bene agli stress test, la CPU non supera mai i 62 spingendola al limite per oltre 10 minuti, e appena terminato lo stress torna immediatamente intorno ai 50, si comporta abbastanza bene nel multitasking. La GPU integrata, senza dubbio non pensata per il gaming, anche a risoluzioni pi basse si ottengono massimo 15-20 fps, pu comunque andar bene per il retrogaming o per gli emulatori.
L’SSD ha una velocit molto limitata, soprattutto su file di grandi dimensioni, e in scrittura si comporta molto male; si pu paragonare agli HDD meccanici di fascia alta.
La frequenza della RAM non aiuta molto con programmi pesanti caricati in essa, e rende difficile lavorare ad esempio su immagini molto grandi con Photoshop.
La macchina arriva con installata la versione PRO di Windows 10.
Casi d’uso:
Secondo il mio parere, una macchina utile a chi la vuole collegare dietro un televisore per navigare su internet o guardare contenuti in streaming (data la scarsa RAM, guardare contenuti video, che risiedono sull’hard disk, in alta definizione potrebbe creare problemi di buffering), e per semplici lavori da ufficio (Word, Excel…).
In ambito gaming si potrebbe utilizzare per giocare in cloud (Stadia, PSNow…), o per giocare in remoto su una macchina pi potente… esempio personale: il mio PC da gaming si trova vicino alle camere dei bambini (piano superiore di casa), io collego questo Thin-Client al televisore che si trova al piano inferiore, mi collego alla mia macchina utilizzando ad esempio Parsec, e gioco sfruttando l’hardware della mia macchina principale, senza disturbare magari i figli che dormono!
Costo:
Esistono soluzioni leggermente pi economiche e con caratteristiche molto simili (a volte persino migliori), ma in linea generale il prezzo in linea con la concorrenza.
PRO:
– Buona dissipazione
– Ottimo Thin-Client (se utilizzato per collegarsi in remoto ad un server)
– Memoria espandibile con M.2…
CONTRO:
– …Ma la memoria in dotazione lenta
– RAM a bassa frequenza
– Non supporta HDR
Conclusione:
Se siete alla ricerca di un mini-pc, da collegare dietro una TV per guardare contenuti in streaming, o come nel mio caso per collegarvi ad un PC pi potente e fare praticamente di tutto, questo prodotto fa al caso vostro!
Se invece state cercando un PC che sia economico, e che vi permetta di lavorare su programmi pesanti, o addirittura giocare, indirizzatevi su altro. Non questo il prodotto per voi.
Un Mini PC con mucha conectividad y buen rendimiento, su tamao lo hace ideal para acoplarlo a un monitor y montarte un todo en 1.
I bought this along with an external hard drive to use as a Plex server for my house. It works pretty much perfectly for that task.
I bought this along with an external hard drive to use as a Plex server for my house. It works pretty much perfectly for that task.
I’m incredibly impressed with how compact and powerful this mini PC is
I’ve been using it as a Minecraft server and it has been incredibly reliable and does not struggle with multi-tasking while running as a server
It’s powered via USB Type-C too which is incredible
No fan but does heat up well! Very small and portable- probably- the smallest fanless pc on the market at a reasonable cost. Low internal disk space but I’ve expanded with a 400gb MicroSD as a virtual drive to allow Dropbox to sync to MicroSD card.
No fan but does heat up well! Very small and portable- probably- the smallest fanless pc on the market at a reasonable cost. Low internal disk space but I’ve expanded with a 400gb MicroSD as a virtual drive to allow Dropbox to sync to MicroSD card.
No fan but does heat up well! Very small and portable- probably- the smallest fanless pc on the market at a reasonable cost. Low internal disk space but I’ve expanded with a 400gb MicroSD as a virtual drive to allow Dropbox to sync to MicroSD card.
No fan but does heat up well! Very small and portable- probably- the smallest fanless pc on the market at a reasonable cost. Low internal disk space but I’ve expanded with a 400gb MicroSD as a virtual drive to allow Dropbox to sync to MicroSD card.
I used this product for web browsing and found it to be very quick
I used this product for web browsing and found it to be very quick
Great tiny PC
I’ve been building PCs for many years and have built a lot of PCs with this line of Intel quad-core CPUs starting with the J1900 on up to the J5005 so I knew what to expect here. This one has the Celeron J4125 which I have used in mini-ITX form. They make for great office/surf/media PCs. What’s so different though from the PCs that I’ve built is this only is about double the size of my iPhone XS!
There were no issues with this one out of the box. The setup is your standard Windows 10 set up and then some time spent updating Windows 10 with the latest updates. The only place in regular usage where the CPU in this PC struggles a bit is when unzipping the installation packages it takes a while longer. Thanks to hardware acceleration in the GPU there’s no issues watching YouTube TV full screen, playing MKVs, surfing the web, running OpenOffice or anything like that. What you won’t be doing with this PC is gaming or video editing. But for day-to-day usage it’s really all you need. According to my Kill-a-Watt meter this PC sips electricity at around 20-30W, so less than most incandescent lightbulbs.
A couple of strips of velcro and this is now attached to the back of the bedroom TV as a media PC so we can easily listen to our MP3s and watch our MKVs (yes, old fashioned but I’ve been doing this for a long time!) and surfing the web.
Great stuff these tiny PCs!
Great tiny PC
I’ve been building PCs for many years and have built a lot of PCs with this line of Intel quad-core CPUs starting with the J1900 on up to the J5005 so I knew what to expect here. This one has the Celeron J4125 which I have used in mini-ITX form. They make for great office/surf/media PCs. What’s so different though from the PCs that I’ve built is this only is about double the size of my iPhone XS!
There were no issues with this one out of the box. The setup is your standard Windows 10 set up and then some time spent updating Windows 10 with the latest updates. The only place in regular usage where the CPU in this PC struggles a bit is when unzipping the installation packages it takes a while longer. Thanks to hardware acceleration in the GPU there’s no issues watching YouTube TV full screen, playing MKVs, surfing the web, running OpenOffice or anything like that. What you won’t be doing with this PC is gaming or video editing. But for day-to-day usage it’s really all you need. According to my Kill-a-Watt meter this PC sips electricity at around 20-30W, so less than most incandescent lightbulbs.
A couple of strips of velcro and this is now attached to the back of the bedroom TV as a media PC so we can easily listen to our MP3s and watch our MKVs (yes, old fashioned but I’ve been doing this for a long time!) and surfing the web.
Great stuff these tiny PCs!
This excellent computer requires a USB-C source and same power as a Raspberry PI 4. It's silent and 8-GB RAM is just right.
This excellent computer requires a USB-C source and same power as a Raspberry PI 4. It’s silent and 8-GB RAM is just right.
This excellent computer requires a USB-C source and same power as a Raspberry PI 4. It's silent and 8-GB RAM is just right.
This excellent computer requires a USB-C source and same power as a Raspberry PI 4. It’s silent and 8-GB RAM is just right.
I like the MeLE Quieter2. There are some cheaper options with similar performance but I love the form factor. For basic tasks and web browsing, it is more than powerful enough. It is fine for most 4K video needs but don’t expect any real gaming here.
I strongly recommend getting an NVMe SSD and re-installing windows to that. I will not get in to technical details but it is not ideal to run windows from an internal eMMC drive (that it uses). The UEFI (Bios) contains the Windows license, so there is no problem installing Windows on a new drive.
I installed a Western Digital 500GB WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD ($50) which supports read speeds up to 2,600 MB/s.
The Quieter2 does support NVMe so don’t bother with the slower SATA drives. You will not get the full performance of NVMe but you will get speeds better than SATA and way better than the included eMMC.
I included two screenshots showing speeds of the NVMe drive and the eMMC.
I strongly recommend going to the MeLE website and downloading the Windows drivers and back that up. Who really knows how long they will be around or supporting the product. I don’t expect much support from China.
They have instructions for reinstalling Windows but that will not give you an option to select another drive. It just restores the eMMC.
If you want to install Windows on another drive, search for “Create installation media for Windows”. Create the USB install drive. Enter BIOS (F7 or del key) and change boot order to the USB drive. Save and reboot. Follow the on screen instructions to install windows. Obviously select the new drive. Don’t worry about the Windows product key. The install automatically gets it from the UEFI (Bios).
In Windows do “Windows Update” a few times and then go to “Device Manager”. You will likely see missing drivers. Right click and select “Update Driver” for them and browse to the MeLE drivers that you downloaded.
If you find that the edges or the screen get cut off when connecting to a TV, go into “Intel Graphics Command Center” (should be installed from Windows Update) and adjust the Display -> Scale (Custom).
Initial Review June 18, 2021
This MeLE Mini PC is (of course) compact and stays cool. After several hours of operation laying on it’s side (least air flow) it was only warm to the touch. Also with no fans it is perfectly silent.
These days you have several options for using Windows 10.
1) A full size desktop that takes up quite a bit of space. A desktop pc is the ultimate in flexibility offering space and connectivity for many devices. The user can easily add memory, hard drives, Graphics processors, SSDs, M.2 drives, additional fans, DVD drives and more. They tend to be on the more expensive end of the spectrum but can be purchased at a reasonable price, then upgraded over time. Desktops are generally the style of computer that will offer the fastest operation.
2) A laptop is lightweight, portable, self contained, and are available in a wide range of prices, screen sizes, and operating speed. Laptops can often be modified or upgraded but usually are limited to just a few options. These days the number of ports (USB, HDMI, 3.5mm audio) on the typical laptop is limited.
3) Tablets offer simpler user interfaces, like laptops they are lightweight, portable, and available in several sizes but limited to about 8 inches to 10 or even 12 inches. Tablets generally have very few ports, may or may not come with a keyboard. Tablets generally can not be upgraded.
4) Mini PCs (like this one) This type of computer is tiny, but fully functional as a Windows 10 computer. They can usually be upgraded somewhat, usually to add memory or an SSD. This type of tiny PC is does not offer peak performance and this category of PC is not generally used in applications where speed is critical. A mini PC can be used as a desktop or laptop replacement. It’s main attribute is that it is small and light.
Mini PCs can be tucked away behind a monitor, even mounted on the back of a monitor. Space savings is usually a driving factor for using a mini PC. They are generally priced at the low end of the price range of PCs.
An attractive application for a mini PC is in a manufacturing facility where the PC monitors and controls all sorts of equipment. No fans means no dust getting into the computer. They can be bolted to the side of a machine with a small monitor and keyboard. The mounting options are many and varied. Some of these Mini PCs (like this one) can be easily loaded with Linux. I’ve know of some of these little computers where a keyboard and monitor is rolled up to it and connected only when needed. The PC can be connected to an ethernet and managed from a distance.
One big benefit of a mini PC is they usually come with a large number of ports. I know the market material shows all of the ports. Here is how we used them
1) Of course the power cable for the MeLE.
2) A mouse dongle in one of the USB-A ports. We later switched to a Bluetooth mouse but needed the RF mouse for startup.
3) A USB-A to USB-C cable to bring power from the MeLEE to our 14 inch monitor.
4) A wired keyboard into a USB-A socket
5) An HDMI to mini HDMI to connect the MeLE to the monitor for data transmission.
…and there were still many ports unused.
So you can see the number of ports is particularly useful even just to start up the computer.
Once all was connected we fired it up and it started just like any other Windows 10 Pro computer.
I did not run any benchmarks but my son and I agreed that it certainly is faster (and less expensive) than a cheap Windows 10 laptop we have. Again these mini PCs generally are not fast but this one at least has a 2GHz Quad Core processor, a decent 8GB of RAM, and an SSD for storage. Not too bad.
Based on the features and price I have to recommend this MeLE PC.
Perfect for the right applicatio
Initial Review June 18, 2021
This MeLE Mini PC is (of course) compact and stays cool. After several hours of operation laying on it’s side (least air flow) it was only warm to the touch. Also with no fans it is perfectly silent.
These days you have several options for using Windows 10.
1) A full size desktop that takes up quite a bit of space. A desktop pc is the ultimate in flexibility offering space and connectivity for many devices. The user can easily add memory, hard drives, Graphics processors, SSDs, M.2 drives, additional fans, DVD drives and more. They tend to be on the more expensive end of the spectrum but can be purchased at a reasonable price, then upgraded over time. Desktops are generally the style of computer that will offer the fastest operation.
2) A laptop is lightweight, portable, self contained, and are available in a wide range of prices, screen sizes, and operating speed. Laptops can often be modified or upgraded but usually are limited to just a few options. These days the number of ports (USB, HDMI, 3.5mm audio) on the typical laptop is limited.
3) Tablets offer simpler user interfaces, like laptops they are lightweight, portable, and available in several sizes but limited to about 8 inches to 10 or even 12 inches. Tablets generally have very few ports, may or may not come with a keyboard. Tablets generally can not be upgraded.
4) Mini PCs (like this one) This type of computer is tiny, but fully functional as a Windows 10 computer. They can usually be upgraded somewhat, usually to add memory or an SSD. This type of tiny PC is does not offer peak performance and this category of PC is not generally used in applications where speed is critical. A mini PC can be used as a desktop or laptop replacement. It’s main attribute is that it is small and light.
Mini PCs can be tucked away behind a monitor, even mounted on the back of a monitor. Space savings is usually a driving factor for using a mini PC. They are generally priced at the low end of the price range of PCs.
An attractive application for a mini PC is in a manufacturing facility where the PC monitors and controls all sorts of equipment. No fans means no dust getting into the computer. They can be bolted to the side of a machine with a small monitor and keyboard. The mounting options are many and varied. Some of these Mini PCs (like this one) can be easily loaded with Linux. I’ve know of some of these little computers where a keyboard and monitor is rolled up to it and connected only when needed. The PC can be connected to an ethernet and managed from a distance.
One big benefit of a mini PC is they usually come with a large number of ports. I know the market material shows all of the ports. Here is how we used them
1) Of course the power cable for the MeLE.
2) A mouse dongle in one of the USB-A ports. We later switched to a Bluetooth mouse but needed the RF mouse for startup.
3) A USB-A to USB-C cable to bring power from the MeLEE to our 14 inch monitor.
4) A wired keyboard into a USB-A socket
5) An HDMI to mini HDMI to connect the MeLE to the monitor for data transmission.
…and there were still many ports unused.
So you can see the number of ports is particularly useful even just to start up the computer.
Once all was connected we fired it up and it started just like any other Windows 10 Pro computer.
I did not run any benchmarks but my son and I agreed that it certainly is faster (and less expensive) than a cheap Windows 10 laptop we have. Again these mini PCs generally are not fast but this one at least has a 2GHz Quad Core processor, a decent 8GB of RAM, and an SSD for storage. Not too bad.
Based on the features and price I have to recommend this MeLE PC.
For everyday computer needs this is incredible. Obviously it isn't for high performance or gaming but it's faster than the last 3 notebook computers I have owned.
For everyday computer needs this is incredible. Obviously it isn’t for high performance or gaming but it’s faster than the last 3 notebook computers I have owned.
Excellent Design, Build, and Performance for the Price
I really enjoy having this MeLE Mini PC around. Modern Celeron chips have gotten to quite a good standard of performance and power consumption for basic tasks. I find the web browser on here to be fully operational under load, and we all know how Chrome can be. Video streaming at 1080 and 1440 are great, I have no issues. I love the port selection on here. There’s a very impressive selection of dual HDMI, ethernet, USB-C, micro-SD, headphone jack, and 4 USB-A 3.0 ports. The entire pc is much smaller than expected, just about the size of my wallet and a lot slimmer. The chassis is a well built aluminum shell with little give, I have confidence that this will last a long time without breaking. I’m using this as a home theater and general light-use PC plugged into my TV. To my surprise, I was even able to play some light video games on here! I tried Towerfall Ascension, and it worked great. For some older or less demanding games, this is a great option. Works as a travel PC with all your content on it as well. I like that you can upgrade the SSD storage on here. The options are phenomenal and I’m happy to have received this unit as it outperforms my expectations for the price. I will be installing Linux on here and will update my review in time.
Edit:
Only real problem I have with this and some additional thoughts. I tried using the 3.5 mm audio out jack, only to be disappointed by how insanely noisy it was. There was a lot of signal noise, popping, and hissing, almost equal to 2/3 of the volume being played from my speaker that it was connected to. I’ve checked all other points, the issue has to be that there isn’t any or is inadequate shielding for the audio out. HDMI audio out works great, but just something to note. Still a 5 star product for the performance and form factor, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t leave my only complaint. Other than that, every time I’ve checked the GPU usage, it’s been at 100% or very near, the PC can start to feel quite warm as well under heavy or prolonged use. The CPU has had no such usage bottlenecks, and even with the GPU I have never perceived any lag in any of my use cases.
Excellent Design, Build, and Performance for the Price
I really enjoy having this MeLE Mini PC around. Modern Celeron chips have gotten to quite a good standard of performance and power consumption for basic tasks. I find the web browser on here to be fully operational under load, and we all know how Chrome can be. Video streaming at 1080 and 1440 are great, I have no issues. I love the port selection on here. There’s a very impressive selection of dual HDMI, ethernet, USB-C, micro-SD, headphone jack, and 4 USB-A 3.0 ports. The entire pc is much smaller than expected, just about the size of my wallet and a lot slimmer. The chassis is a well built aluminum shell with little give, I have confidence that this will last a long time without breaking. I’m using this as a home theater and general light-use PC plugged into my TV. To my surprise, I was even able to play some light video games on here! I tried Towerfall Ascension, and it worked great. For some older or less demanding games, this is a great option. Works as a travel PC with all your content on it as well. I like that you can upgrade the SSD storage on here. The options are phenomenal and I’m happy to have received this unit as it outperforms my expectations for the price. I will be installing Linux on here and will update my review in time.
Edit:
Only real problem I have with this and some additional thoughts. I tried using the 3.5 mm audio out jack, only to be disappointed by how insanely noisy it was. There was a lot of signal noise, popping, and hissing, almost equal to 2/3 of the volume being played from my speaker that it was connected to. I’ve checked all other points, the issue has to be that there isn’t any or is inadequate shielding for the audio out. HDMI audio out works great, but just something to note. Still a 5 star product for the performance and form factor, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t leave my only complaint. Other than that, every time I’ve checked the GPU usage, it’s been at 100% or very near, the PC can start to feel quite warm as well under heavy or prolonged use. The CPU has had no such usage bottlenecks, and even with the GPU I have never perceived any lag in any of my use cases.
After unboxing I surprised by its size, so small , like power bank
After connection, windows activated successfully, no issues at all.
Small machine really faster than I expected.
Very good machine for office and school works.
It won’t hot after full day work. Just little warm that’s all, good passive cooling system
Only negative side is didn’t included vesa bracket.
Keep it up mele
Amazing
This tiny computer is quite amazing. I have tried other micro computers before and the processors were too slow. This one is surprisingly fast, and good enough for tasks like web browsing without unnecessary delay. The setup was super easy; I just plugged it into the HDMI on my TV, plugged it into power and added a keyboard and mouse. It booted up right away and setup of Windows took only a few minutes. It looks great on my 4k TV. I am using this to browse the web and watch videos on my TV. While my TV is an Android TV and I also have a Fire TV stick, this computer does a better job at You Tube and movie watching.
The small size of this computer is great. I used to own some retail stores. If I still did I would love using these computers for point of sale terminals. My computers were always going down because my employees could mess up any computer without trying. I would have kept a couple of spares of these so I could switch them out easily. These attach easily to the back of a monitor.
This is not a gaming computer. It is great for basic tasks.
Amazing
This tiny computer is quite amazing. I have tried other micro computers before and the processors were too slow. This one is surprisingly fast, and good enough for tasks like web browsing without unnecessary delay. The setup was super easy; I just plugged it into the HDMI on my TV, plugged it into power and added a keyboard and mouse. It booted up right away and setup of Windows took only a few minutes. It looks great on my 4k TV. I am using this to browse the web and watch videos on my TV. While my TV is an Android TV and I also have a Fire TV stick, this computer does a better job at You Tube and movie watching.
The small size of this computer is great. I used to own some retail stores. If I still did I would love using these computers for point of sale terminals. My computers were always going down because my employees could mess up any computer without trying. I would have kept a couple of spares of these so I could switch them out easily. These attach easily to the back of a monitor.
This is not a gaming computer. It is great for basic tasks.
UPDATE:
Upgradable to Windows 11 Pro version 21H2. Microsoft allowed me to update on Feb 3, 2022.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
So far so good. Took a while to arrive, shipped from Shenzhen for $30 discount. Out of the box you get the unit and the usb-c power adapter –no other cables, brackets, and extras included. Windows 10 Pro license is activated automatically once its powered on and connected to the internet. Initially it will prompt you to select for Windows System Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE) from the System Preparation Tool and reboot. This will re-initialize a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro build 20H2. M.2 NVMe 2280 is supported. Added a 1TB WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD and reinstalled Windows 10 Pro from it with no issues. Prior to any reinstallation, be sure to perform Device Driver Backups and save it to a thumb drive for hassle free process. MeLE Quieter2 is snappy, responsive, super quiet, and boots up fast–of course with fresh Windows 10 and no bloatware, yet.
Quirks: the unit gets hot to touch for intensive tasks (warning label included); the USB ports are “upside down” than usual so remember to twist when plugging peripherals; and sample video, music, and other test files can be found on the Desktop or C: drive on the first boot and before selecting the OOBE. The unit is also not fully portable since it needs to be plugged in with the supplied adapter at all times.
So far, the MeLE Quieter2 is not bad for typical desktop work and other projects like digital signage. The form factor (size of a typical external drive) and expandability for faster (e.g. NVMe support) and larger storage option are major pluses. However, the price point for a Celeron unit is a decision point for me. If these were priced more competitively, I probably end up owning 3-5 of these for various projects, applications, and experiments.
I only use this machine for web browser media playback like youtube and other streaming services. So far it is great, and i love not hearing a fan anymore.
I hooked this up to my LG C9 OLED and output full 4k at 60hz. Media playback via a web browser is pretty good. Initially when videos start there are dropped frames. However, once all of the media controls go away, the video no longer drops frames.
My only gripe is a lack of HDR support.