MeLE Quieter 3C Fanless Mini PC Desktop Computer Celeron
MeLE Quieter 3C Fanless Mini PC Desktop Computer Celeron N5105 Windows 11 Pro 8G 256G,USB C PD Full Function,WiFi 6 BT5.2, 4K HDMI & Mini DP, Ethernet PXE, Industrial IoT Business Digital Signage
Quieter3C, the first MeLE Mini PC with PD charging.
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| Weight: | 230 g |
| Dimensions: | 13 x 8 x 2 cm; 230 Grams |
| Brand: | MeLE |
| Model: | Quieter3C 82E |
| Colour: | Quieter3C 8GB+256GB |
| Batteries Included: | Yes |
| Manufacture: | MeLE Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. |
| Dimensions: | 13 x 8 x 2 cm; 230 Grams |
These are great little machines…easy to setup and comes with a vesa bracket, works out of the box and have found support good along with OS download and rebuild is easy if you need to reset. The OS is limited for reasons of stability so additional win updates will add elements. The win 11 rotate lock adjustments will change the ability to swivel any screen…if you want this device to work automatically as a tablet does…then you might need to check the screen has a gravity sensor or the drivers work with rotate lock otherwise you will be on manual swivel options..
This is a REALLY nice, little machine that serves that purpose perfectly. It’s fanless, so it’s completely silent. The case gets quite hot, but it’s because the heat gets dispersed out the heat sync case which keeps it cooler inside.
It has enough ports to handle what you’d need. Three USB 3, one USB C, two HDMI, a gbit network port, and a USB C port for power. It’s packaged with a VESA bracket for the rear of your monitor.
Will you be able to play a AAA game on this? No. What you CAN use this for is a nice work PC or a super media server. For its pricetag, slap in a huge M.2 drive and what you have is ‘the little computer that could’.
Other than that it is a great machine.
For the display output I use DisplayPort over USB-C (via an adapter obviously) and run it at 4k 60Hz. Something of note regarding 4k60 output is that it would not stay at 60Hz, it would always reset to 30Hz after some seconds. It turns out there was some OEM customisation service (forgot the name) resetting it all the time. Anyway I disabled that service and it’s been running fine at 4k 60Hz since then.
I installed an WD SN770 nvme ssd as my drive on day 1 and disabled the eMMC. Been running fine since then.
Currently it’s main duty is running a Linux server in a HyperV VM. That in turn runs various services such as a DNS resolver. So it’s a roundabout way of using a Quieter3C to run Linux
I hope the Quieter3C is still working a year from now!
I bought this to run my telescope and the ASCOM devices attached to it.
The risks of heat, power overload and performance have not occurred and the load stays in the low 20%s . So quite happy with performance.
I bought this one in an effort to replace a Raspberry Pi4b doing these things, running Ubuntu Server:
* Samba NAS incl. Timemachine
* Unify Network Controller
* High Quality Apple Airplay 2 Receiver (external dac)
* Some various Scripts for Home Automation
So far the Mele is doing all of these things much faster than the Pi with more or less same power consumption in idle (about 2-4 Watt with NVMe SSD). As it idles most of the time idle consumption is critical for me. Temperature ist very low and I can use an existing Anker USB-C Power Supply. The passive solution works much better for me than a fan would (power consumption, loudness, breaks over time).
For next Releases I’d appreciate a faster PCI-e connection as I’m currently seeing Speeds between 1.2-1.5GB/s (out of possible 3.5GB/s) and higher RAM of at least 16GB. Most important: keep Idle-Consumption as low as it is.
It’s a nice Machine for use as Low Power Server. So if it keeps running for month without reboot and issues I’ll stay happy with my purchase. Time will tell.
Consegna veloce in perfetto stile Amazon, Mini pc veloce, silenzioso (fanless) e molto versatile…ottimo per l’uso home tipo video 4K, mail e navigazione internet. Ottimo prodotto
I bought this to couple out with my telescope for astrophotography. I’m impressed with it so far. I was concerned that it would overheat, but it doesn’t seem to be a problem. I would but again. Might even get a second one.
Super klein, ohne Lfter, reicht fr den normalen PC Anwender perfekt aus.
Works really well on my astrophotography rig and as a day-to-day home PC for basic everyday tasks. I’ve been using my Celestron Power Tank LithiumPro to power this MiniPC whenever I go out for an imaging session.
Packaging could have been better as the product arrived in just a resealable plastic bag.
I have done all my computer tasks on Chromebook for the past couple years. The exception is the need for Publisher. I kept an early version of Surface Pro to handle that need ~ docked to a desk monitor using Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Unfortunately, it began to fail. I searched all options of desktops, towers, laptops, etc. during black Friday and cyber-Monday. In the process I discovered the minicomputer! Perfect ~ gave me Windows 11, access to my OneDrive files, 365 Office subscription and for a very low investment.
I am impressed with this solution! I do wish there had been a warning that a wired mouse and keyboard would be required to get the device setup. Perhaps obvious for a computer nerd, but not for a casual/retired/octogenarian ~ it’s been years since I had those wired devices around the house.
Il mini PC piccolissimo ma davvero potente! Davvero un ottimo rapporto qualit/prezzo
This little thing is faster then my old laptop for accessing my images during acquisition maybe do to the nvme I added. Go for the lowest storage space and the most ram you can get them just upgrade your storage space to an nvme ssd. You might have to go through a process to use it as a bootable just watch astro Patriots video on how to do so it’s supper easy. You can use this little guy for shot of things.
I installed Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.3 (Edge) without problems (using additional M2/NVME drive plugged directly into this tiny box).
Overall I am happy with it but it runs very hot ()while using windows) and I don’t feel that passive cooling is reasonable for this setup.
I ended up with adding external 80mm cooler (USB) that placed near the box to keep temperature reasonable.
Very good. Internet and Bluetooth is very fast. Computer is fast enough for most home and office work. No lagging even when watching Netflix and YouTube videos. The surface gets very hot but I guess that’s normal since there’s no fan.
Did a bit of research and this ticks all the boxes: 4K, bluetooth, fanless, low power consumption, recent CPU generation (the N5105 was released January 2021), Windows 11, tiny. Connected a monitor, keyboard and mouse, it booted up with no issues. Spent a few hours running Windows updates. Hooked it up to the TV set and wireless USB keyboard; it worked silently and flawlessly. Connected to wireless earbuds with no issue.
One flaw: it runs a little warm. Mounted it on a picture frame holder to give it maximum air surface area since the case is the heatsink.
Note: the CPU is an N5105, not a N4500 as reported above. Windows system information shows it is 2.0 GHz.
1. Einmal als Office-PC unter Linux Mint 21. Smtliche Komponenten (auch WiFi und Bluetooth) werden einwandfrei erkannt. In diesem Gert habe ich eine NVMe-SSD verbaut (WD SN570 500gb). Der Stromverbrauch liegt zwischen 5W (idle) und 15W (Vollast CPU und SSD). Ohne SSD lag ich gar bei sen 3W (idle).
2. Ein zweites Gert luft im Wohnzimmer als Multimedia-Zuspieler mit Kodi und hat meinen Raspi in dieser Funktion abgelst. Dazu nutze ich Libreelec in der Version 11 (nightly-build), da die 10er Version die Intel Grafik noch nicht untersttzt. Zur Steuerung per TV-Fernbedienung nutze ich einen pulse-eight-hdmi-cec-Adapter. Als Speicher wird in diesem Fall der integrierte eMMC-Speicher verwendet, und das Setup kommt auf 3,5W (idle) bis 8,5W (Wiedergabe). Die Performance ist groartig und smtliches Material (getestet bis 4k) wird absolut ruckelfrei abgespielt.
Besonders gefallen hat mir insgesamt, dass das BIOS enorm viele Einstellmglichkeiten bietet. Ntzliches Zubehr fr mich waren:
1. zustzlicher Khlkrper (einfach oben draufgesetzt und mit einem Gummi fixiert):
https://smile.amazon.de/gp/product/B08HNFM5VV/
2. WD Blue SN570 500gb NVMe-SSD (Einbau ist simpel):
https://smile.amazon.de/SN570-500GB-High-Performance-3500MB-Lesegeschwindigkeit/dp/B09HKG6SDF/
3. PureTools HDCP-Konverter mit Down-Scaling, HDCP 2.3 auf HDCP 1.4 (da mein alter TV lediglich hdmi1.4 fehlerfrei untersttzt):
https://smile.amazon.de/gp/product/B09TB6GNC3/
Great computer in a small package. Easily runs my equipment for astrophatography: 2 cameras and the mount. Easily runs programs for equipment control
This is a great little computer – it got really warm upon the initial boot and install of windows, but it hasn’t warmed up that much since. Windows 11 runs smoothly on it. Never the less, i stuck put aluminum heatsink on the top and it has kept the temperature down to a comfortable level, although it’s not needed.
When it’s plugged into the wall with the computer attached, there’s a slight high pitched electronic whine – it’s not LOUD, but loud enough to hear.
**updated info follows after a few weeks of use**
My initial worry about the sound from the power supply hasn’t been an issue. The power supply hasn’t overheated, or bulged, and the slight whine isn’t noticeable anymore where I have it installed. This is a GREAT little computer, I’m glad I stumbled across it. Currently using it as a tool for astrophotography to control the telescope & imaging – its running my needed software without issue, even Stellarium & PixInsight(for basic live stacking, not for processing).
Falls es von Interresse ist, Baseus Power Bank 20000mAh Support PD3.0 Protokoll wird untersttzt.
Mit o.a. Powerbank funktioniert der PC einwandfrei. Bis jetzt 4 Stunden 50 % entladen.
Der USB C Anschlu ist PD3.0 12 Volt, nicht 5 Volt. Wrde nicht funktionieren. In der Gebrauchs-
anweisung ist es auch so beschrieben.
This is probably the best mini PC out there. It is absolutely fantastic when used for streaming Video like Virgin Media TV for example. It is a very powerful PC in itself. It is surprisingly tiny ,about the size of an audio cassette tape and doesn’t have a fan which is why it is described as “fanless” and hence does not make any noise. It gets a bit warm but the thermodynamics are part of the design. All in all a most brilliant mini PC. It runs Windows11 Pro which takes maybe a couple of hours to set up.
I have found it has an emmc hard drive not M.2 as advertised. Do us a favou
Mise en route facile, il fait trs bien le travail basique (internet, bureautique, streaming), ne chauffe pas trop sauf lors des mises jours de windows 11, je le recommande sans souci.
I got this to replace a Raspberry Pi 4, because of numerous Pi compatibility issues (eg it run Windows apps in Wine because it’s an ARM chip, chromium crashes on youtube, and firefox won’t play most youtube content). The MeLE Quieter 3Q is more powerful and comes with everything you need to get started (including internal storage + OS).
Only problem I have is that it won’t recognise my Kingston AS400 m2.SSD (which has two notches, but claims to be compatible with the 2280 form factor that Quieter3Q apparently supports)
This is a long review, party because I have noticed there is very little independent reviews on this particular version of the device on the broader internet (There are plenty for its earlier brother the Quieter 3Q, but very little for the Quieter 3C, which is the model I have). The 3C swaps one of the full size USB ports for a USB-C port ( 3.1/3.2 Gen 1 5Mbs) with DP and Power Delivery (can be powered by a PD USB power supply, power bank, or monitor/hub), and replaces one of the HMDI with a mini DP port. It can also drive three screens at the same time(HDMI, DP and USB-C) unlike the 3Q which can only drive 2 with its two HDMI ports.
Firstly, one of the very few external interviews suggest that their version of the 3C is slower than the 3Q (though they did have a pre release version). In my tests, and comparing with a friends 3Q, I didn’t see any difference in performance between the two practically (caveats later).
I purchased this device as a “second low power mini – PC” to use as an alternative to my Main Ryzen based PC, which whilst extremely powerful for gaming and productivity, uses a heap of power even when idle, or just browsing the web, and sometimes doubles up as a space heater.
I needed something small yet not a laptop for space reasons. It needed to be able to do Web browsing, watch You Tube, run office, and other “Home admin” tasks, yet still be capable enough to run some offline astronomy related analysis overnight.
Physical:
The device is small and very sleek, as can be seen from the description, its shape is a smaller than a large smartphone (such as the Note 10, or iPhone pro) and about as thick as a Tape Cassette case. Although the outer case is plastic, rather than metal (there is a steel frame inside) the “plastic seems to be made of a material that can dissipate heat well, far better than it looks on paper, though probably not as good as metal, however, the plastic does allow the internal antennae to work well. The top surface is ridged (it doesn’t have any holes, despite what it looks like in pictures) which does increase the surface area.
CPU:
The 4 core Celeron N5105 is not going to win any performance crowns, but it’s definitely more than ample for running Office, Chrome, Firefox and the usual medley of non-demanding apps, and even some less demanding games. It doesn’t feel sluggish in normal use. It’s definitely more powerful and yet more efficient overall than the J4125 usually found on these mini PCS. It handles 1080p videos extremely well. 4k can vary depending on the source, and I find most 30fps SDR streams play fine, but when you hit 60fps and HDR, some sources such as YouTube struggle, whilst many of my 4k HDR demo files in H265 seems to be fine.
Internal eMMC Storage:
Its internal eMMC is no way near as fast as an NVMe drive, and benchmarks slower than a SATA 3 SSD (more closer to a SATA2 interface I would suspect), but it is very power efficient, and in practise, with most applications its snappy enough. You CAN fit an NVMe drive into it (though bear in mind its PCIe 3, and only 2 channel, so no point putting in a super-fast super power hungry and super expensive PCIe 4 inside), and bear in mind that it will slightly increase the power usage.
Memory
It’s has 8GB Single Channel 2900 Mhz LPDDR4, soldered in and not upgradable. Not a lot, and may not benchmark highly but more than enough for its use case.
OS:
It comes with a very clean full version of Windows 11 Professional (not home), that does not have any bloatware installed just plain Windows, and surprisingly comes with a sensible OOBE experience with a lot of “default” windows phone home stuff disabled, including the requirement for a Microsoft account! It certainly does seem quite clean, with no “value added store apps”, I have checked for malware as well as any unusual network connections). I did blank and reinstall Windows as I wanted a clean H22 install, and found the “default” Microsoft experience as slightly worse in terms of the requirement for a Microsoft account, and additional MS store apps added like Microsoft Solitaire! The BIOS correctly contained the OEM license for Windows 11 Professional, and therefore the installer did not ask for the product key.
I have installed Linux MINT in a dual boot config with GRUB and it worked fine. It doesn’t default to Secure Boot (though can be enabled if desired)
BIOS:
Biggest Surprise, it’s a fully featured Bios with almost everything but the Kitchen sink in terms of settings and configuration. You could tweak this a lot, though the CPU does not offer much overclocking capabilities, and the hardware does have some protection to avoid some settings. Be very careful, as I don’t see any way of clearing the CMOS easily if a wrong setting locks up the POST.
Cooling:
This is passively cooled. As such it does get quite warm and under load can get very warm, though not too hot to touch. Under normal use (streaming, web, office). I have not seen any Thermal throttling from the CPU (using HWInfo). Under continuous sustained and heavy load the CPU package can reach 73+, which is still below the CPU thermal throttling, but the hardware may induce some power Throttling at this point as I see the CPU switch from boost 10W to 8W a little quicker (about 20 seconds) under sustained load than some other computers with the same CPU, regardless of thermals. However, I have not observed any runaway heat. I have tried placing a large finned aluminium heatsink and fan on top of the unit, and that did drop the temps significantly under heavy continuous load, but I don’t think it’s necessary for normal use cases. Also note it is possible to play around with PL1/PL2 and boost times in the BIOS, which you might want to try at your own risk as long as you have adequate cooling.
Power Usage:
Using my Macbook Pro USB C power supply, I have a USB Ccable that can tell you the current power consumption via a small LED display on the Cable. It measured 3 Watts on idle, and 13 Watts under load, very respectable figures and is perfect for my use cases This is with 2 screens and the built in eMMC drive (no NVMe installed)
Conclusion:
A surprisingly good, reliable Mini Computer that is quiet and sleek, with Windows 11 Professional and no bloatware! Not the most powerful and not the most featured, but great for many people who need a PC for web/office/streaming, to hide out of sight.
I would have given it 5 stars, but I do feel it’s a little expensive for what it is, so giving it four stars, though its really more of a 4 and a half stars.
Really impressed with this little computer. I required something for file storage, running basic windows apps and work online.
Everything runs so smoothly. It is totally silent and I have experienced no slowdowns ever. I spent 28quid on an 256gb nvme ssd and this was very easy to install.
The build materials all make for a high quality feel product. The top dissipates the heat so can get warm but never to concerning levels and is a soft touch rubber texture.
It constantly amazes me, all this can do for its size and price. And it is totally silent. Fully met all my expectations.
It is an excellent mini PC. I’ve been using it for almost three weeks and it has worked flawlessly. It can get hot when doing e. g. a Windows Update, so I also bought AC Infinity MULTIFAN S1 (ASIN: B00G059G86) and it takes care of the high temperature even at the fan lowest setting (it has three: Hi/Med/Lo). I also installed Debian Linux on WLS2 and it works well, too, along with the Windows 11 Pro that came with the MeLE Fanless Mini PC Quieter3Q.
I am a fanless pc expert and i purchased this to trial it. Just done all the updates that happen with a new computer, which took a while, hours. But, so far, brilliant. Responsive, and best of all runs on almost no electricity. I am using it with a lenovo m14T touch screen via usb C port. Perfect, i now have a low powered electronic note book. I used samsung notes as the notes app, to sync with my samsung notes. So small. so functional. Cheap. No noise. recommend so far.
This is literally the little PC that could ! , yes it’s not gonna play GTA 5 but for day to day tasks , downloading , adding files to plex server , unraring files , Zoom calls , word processing , web surfing , YouTube etc you name it this little thing chugs along happily without a complaint ! . Get rid of windows 11 and replace with 10 , runs Linux Mint superb as well as LaunchBox (anything upto PS1 no problem) . Fantastic piece of kit !
La srie des Mele Quieter propose des PC suffisants pour un usage bureautique et navigation internet + multimdia, trs compacts et totalement silencieux. Avec de plus une consommation lectrique faible.
Le Quieter 3 amne un peu plus de performance, et cette nouvelle version 3C ajoute un vrai usb-C, supportant le power delivery et un troisime cran.
videmment ce n’est pas une bte de course, mais il peut couvrir un grand nombre de besoins.
VESA plate is limited for options for attaching to different monitors. I ended up using spacers and bolts of my own. But every setup will be different depending on monitor. This is only if you want to attach to monitor. Mini PC runs windows 11 great.
Looking for a travel size, portable computer that can be operated remotely, this computer fit the bill. The demand on the cpu can be heavy but the relative light duty of the software I use, this machine handles it like a champ so far. Though utilized to manage a number of programs simultaneously for astro imaging, processing is done on a far more robust computer. What a gem this computer has been so far. Not a gammer so not sure of its ability to manage heavy graphic intensive demand but for what I use it for, great value. Came well packaged, though some of the hydro adapters for other countries, appeared to be missing the one I needed was there.
Just wow. Wanted to reduce power consumption of an old i5 tower. This little pc more than replaced it. It runs circles around it! As others have noted it does get warm but that’s by design, as the metal case doubles as a heatsink – dissipating the heat from the cpu. Just don’t stack stuff on it and you should be fine. No noisy fans or rotating hard drives – no noise at all! Runs two older hd led displays with no problem. Looking forward to getting a couple of 4k monitors but so far a very impressive little pc!
Fantastic for dusty (or flour rich) environments. It performs very well for productivity tasks and stays clean inside since there is no fan.
Webbing, video playing, running work applications, etc, are no worry. Fast and totally silent. Machine gets hot but doesn’t slow down anything. Maybe around 65*C, no big deal.
Manufacturer: The edges of the unit are quite sharp, please make them safe. Ta!
Using it as media PC plugged into my TV and it works perfectly
Un equipo verstil y cumple con los requerimientos necesarios para un desempeo de acuerdo a su precio.
Has 2 HDMI ports for running 2 monitors as I do, an audio out standard jack so my powered speakers worked with no issues, but best of all is the 4 USB 3.0 ports which means my wired keyboard, mouse and printer all connect at same time with spare one for webcam or flash drive.
Gaming wise I have only got around to installing Steam and old games like Half Life 2 run as good as my old pc but will try new games like Portal 2, GTA4 and minecraft over coming days.
Slightly annoyed at time of writing this review MeLE have 3 different listings on Amazon for this item and all different prices, a sponsored link at 295.99, an amazons choice listing at 289.99 but you can apply a 30 pound voucher, thus 259.99, which is what I paid, but now a limited time deal of 229.49 which if you are quick is a great price!
So basically if you want a small, and I mean small, SILENT pc with latest OS that is ideal for browsing internet, emailing, basic gaming, Excel and Word then give it a go.
Easy to use came with windows 11pro uninstall I fitted another ssd storage loaded the windows record image on to usb changed the script from Emmac to Ssd and windows 11 boot off the 512gb ssd storage and now I dual boot with Ubuntu 22.04 great works well. I am very please.
stable and cool enough. quiet. dont use as a PC its an applications platform. Think display that runs one or two different windows programs that are external hardware USB 2.0 or 3.0
I’ve owned 2 of the older Quieter2 computers for awhile now and been quiet happy with them. The Quieter3Q is pretty much the exact same only with a significantly beefier processor. While not a gaming computer by any definition it does handle Minecraft surprisingly well, aside from a slightly long initial loading screen. Overall exceedingly happy with the system.
Il a chauff normment la mise jour.
Mais rien redire aprs une semaine de fonctionnement !!!
Cet ordinateur processeur Clron est peine aussi grand que mon iPhone. Je compte l’utiliser pour grer mes fichiers audio de musique et apparemment il ralise trs bien cette tche. Il est fourni avec Windows 11 mais peut aussi recevoir le systme d’exploitation Linux, sans trop de difficult. J’y ai ajout une barrette de disque dur de 1 TO ssd, qui fonctionne trs bien. Je l’utilise avec un tlviseur branch sur la prise HDMI.
Il n’y a pas de ventilateur (fan) l’intrieur de l’appareil qui est donc trs silencieux. Cependant, il devient rapidement trs chaud, ce qui devrait contribuer sa dgradation plus rapide.
Quoiqu’il en soit, le produit est fort honorable et un prix imbattable.
Achet pour une utilisation “industrielle” dans un atelier.
Installation de Linux Mint 21 sans aucun problme ni aucun besoin de toucher aux rglages BIOS.
C’est fluide, rapide pour toutes les tches de bureautique classiques, a fait tourner mes applications habituelles tout fait correctement sans aucun problme de performance.
Concernant la chauffe, c’est le dessus du boitier qui dissipe la chaleur, donc j’ai enlev tous les autocollants dessus car a dfie toute forme de bon sens que de les laisser l ou ils sont.
Point ngatif; l’entre usb C ne supporte pas le PD (power delivery) donc pas moyen d’avoir tout connect une docking station (ce qui m’aurait arrang pour une utilisation nomade) il faut donc imprativement utiliser l’alimentation USB C fournie avec.
Pour le prix et le form factor, on peut difficilement en demander plus.
La RAM en dual channel aurait t la cerise sur le gateau, mais je suppose que ce sera peut tre le cas pour la version 16Go …
Bref; no regerts 😉
So I returned it, and Amazon graciously refunded my software subscription that I’ll eventually need again if I buy a new PC, but will be sticking to my Mac for now.
Maybe this was a defective item, and you can still take a chance on buying, because aside from the heat, it booted up quickly, and the colors are amazing, even on my 5 year old monitor.
This pc is absolutely amazing. Really small so can be taken around and attached to whatever hdmi (hotel conferences etc). Also fanless so no noise whatsoever is produced, though the power supply is occasionally a bit squeaky. The upgrade from the previous model is noticeable, the CPU is more powerful and has a much better integrated graphics and the ram is faster, though still single channel.
Bought this to replace an AMD A6 that broke down. This is really impressive for the sub 200 price especially with the new Celeron chip. It will handle Xbox cloud gaming and much much better than my old PC did, it’s pretty useful for retro gaming. It will handle 4K 60fps no problem in video playback and the system feels very snappy.
Only concern is that the top of system box will run hot. Great for winter as an extra heat source, not so good when it’s a hot summer’s day.
Would recommend and totally love the portable small factor which means it can be taken anywhere.
Die eMMC samt dem dort schlummernden Windows 11 flog als erstes aus der Boot-Reihenfolge, schlielich wollte ich einen Audioserver mit dem Quieter 3Q aufbauen. Zum Einsatz kommt bei mir Daphile, welches ich auf einer externen SSD installiert habe. Harmoniert mit dem Quieter 3Q wunderbar, einzig der WLAN Chip wird noch nicht untersttzt.
Obwohl Daphile sehr schlank ist und somit angeblich bereits auf betagten Intel Atom CPUs der ersten N Generation rennt, erwrmt sich der Quieter 3Q mit einem vergleichsweise deutliche potenteren Prozesser im Betrieb jedoch merklich. Die internen Sensoren weisen um die 50 Grad im Betrieb von Daphile aus, das ist weit unter der Grenztemperatur. Jedoch bieten sowohl das Bios, als auch Daphile selbst Mglichkeiten den Prozessor durch Undervolting oder Bergrenzung der Taktfrequenz zu zgeln. Ausprobiert habe ich das noch nicht.
Fr Daphile scheint der Quieter 3Q wie gemacht zu sein. An der Schwuppdizitt gibt es nichts Auszusetzen, auch das Neuaufbauen der Titeldatenbank oder Rippen von CDs bringt den Rest des Servers nicht in Bedrngnis, dass sich das Ganze langsamer anfhlt.
Besttigen kann ich, dass sich der Quieter 3Q recht wertig anfhlt und es ist schon beeindruckend, dass man heute einen vollstndigen PC in ein nicht mal Handflchen-groes Gehuse packen kann.
Klar kann der Pentium N5105 nicht mit AMD Ryzen oder Intel Core i Prozessoren mithalten, aber als kleiner effizienter Heimserver schlgt er sich wacker! Vor allem arbeitet er komplett lautlos – auch ein groer Pluspunkt. Als Audioserver ist der Quieter 3Q eine Empfehlung.
For its size, this computer handles Microsoft office very well and executes excel algorithms very efficiently,
It,s well worth the price.
I am using this on my living room tv really only so I don’t have to leave the gaming pc, that is also connected to this tv, turned on half the day when all I do is lightweight stuff. And it does its job. It’s not all buttery smooth but that would be an unreasonable expectation. It’s nice to see their staff answering questions, good job AND good answers too. What I am missing is a dedicated web page for the 3Q with bios updates, drivers and backup Win11 images, and more than anything, an international user forum. My machine has a few little quirks like not waking from sleep when my Samsung USB stick is plugged in, not being able to boot from the internal SD-card reader and a few more. This is why a dedicated forum page where customers can assist each other would be so very helpful. I expected tiny flaws. But it would be nice if we can talk about them. SO, in a nutshell. A fine little PC but please improve the web site.
Under high load the chassis may get little warm to touch, but I haven’t seen any throttling. I actually attached it to my electric table’s metal leg which works as extra heat sink and temperatures rarely exceed 60 c.
Haven’t tested the SD card slot yet.
I’ve now been using it for a while and it works really well.
* Controls all my kit via its built-in USB ports (Mount via EQDIR, main imaging camera, filter wheel, guiding camera, auto-focusser)
* Runs at about 35 degrees C … I was worried about how hot it might get, but perfect for an outdoors telescope control computer.
* The N5105 processor combined with Windows 11 Pro makes it very snappy in general use. All my astrophotography software works very smoothly and I can do email/watch videos etc via remote desktop with no problems.
* Wifi in my back garden works well and consistently gives me more than 10MB/s using a wifi extender in my garage.
I would happily use this as a general day-to-day PC in my office, but am even happier having it as the brains of my backyard telescope 🙂
4 USB 3.0, 2 HDMI, AUX, Ethernet, and Micro SD Card slots.
This mini PC can replace a bulky computer in an office area. Great for document editing and browsing the web. 4K videos play smoothly on average FPS. It can also handle multiple monitor outputs.
Build quality is great, the solid metal case dissipated the little heat that this mini PC creates. As a low-power device, it doesn’t get hot that much.
Great mini PC for the price.
I use it as a WiFi hotspot with two external antennas and an external WiFi adapter. It automatically detects a network and creates a hotspot at start.
The machine boots in 1-2 minutes. BIOS has all settings enabled (quite a lot), but I could not find PowerOn-Autoboot feature (though it was stated on a MeLe website for the Quieter2 model). Windows recovery can be booted from BIOS. BIOS can be entered with F7.
Yes – storage is a little bit slow, but it does not disturb me. I read about heat issues when someone tried to plug a NVMe inside. I did not test it. Without NVMe I can tell it gets a bit warm when used with plugged-in USB devices. The BIOS says around 105 and it will shut the device down. In the one week I have this device, this did never happen. Also the temperature seems very good for a fanless device.
I use the LAN port to access RDP and configured the network interface to a fixed IP. It works like a charm.
The device is a lightweight, but looks really solid due to it’s rippled surface. If you plug-in some cables, sometimes the device moves a bit. I guess that is why it comes with a mount holder.
The N5105 CPU needs 10W of power according to the specs from Intel. I could not find good test benchmarks compared to the J4125, but I only see the difference for the integrated graphics. As I always connect using RDP, I could also buy the Quieter2 model. Did not test it with multiple monitors, but the HDMI output on my 27′ looked awesome. As it ships with Windows 11 Pro, I installed Hyper-V and could run a VM on it (out of curiosity). Also docker works effortless. I can totally recommend the device.
I’m very impressed with the build quality of the mini and the responsiveness of MeLE’s support. I sent them an email regarding support for the latest release (22.04) of Ubuntu and they responded promptly.
Since then I have installed Ubuntu with Budgie and that too went smoothly. One note regarding Ubuntu…the MeLE FAQ on installation describes changing two BIOS chipset settings to use Linux (OS Selection and South Cluster Config). This must be old news related to the previous Quieter 2 configuration as I didn’t find these settings in the BIOS and Linux booted from a USB drive and functioned fine without any additional BIOS changes.
I’m using this as a music server endpoint (roon) and it does the job perfectly. It’s not the fastest machine, but absolutely fine for my use case. Windows 10 pro pre-installed. Upgraded to Windows 11 immediately. Really pleased!
Best purchase I have made in a while. Used to have a laptop but no longer needed to travel so the Mini PC was ideal. Very fast and runs Windows 10 and Office 365 no problem. Also no fan so no noise.
I use this on telescope to run all the programs for it I just plug in USB memory stick and download pictures to that. Had no problem running anything on it. Just had to get a 12volt barrel to usb c cable as it needs run with no mains power surply works better then I expected for price.
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.
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