Mini PC, Intel Celeron N5105 16GB DDR4, 256GB M.2 NVME SSD

This Mini PC was doing well until last week when a problem started occurring with Date & Time.
I contacted Awow support over the weekend and we were able to determine that the motherboard is faulty and needs replacing.
I would highly recommend purchasing an Awow Computer as their Customer Service is second to none

We bought our Mini PC during lockdown and it’s something my 7/8 year old has used on and off. It does the job but recently we had an issue with it booting up, I contacted customer service – they were responsive and helpful and when the suggestions didn’t work they arranged for a replacement.

Great customer focus!

Update: von 1 auf 4 Sterne erhht

Nach meiner sehr schlechten Erfahrung (s.u.) wurde ich vom Hersteller angeschrieben, um meine Bewertung zu berprfen. Dafr wurde mir ein Test-PC zur Verfgung gestellt.
Der Verpackung des Test-PC war bereits geffnet und ein neueres Bios installiert. Es wurde die komplette Hardware erkannt und auch der Turbo-Modus funktioniert jetzt einwandfrei.
Das Update auf 22H2 musste von Hand installiert werden, da es nicht angeboten wurde. Auch einige Gertetreiber fehlten nach dem Update, konnten aber mit DriverBooster nachinstalliert werden, deshalb nur 4 Sterne.
Leider ist der Lfter, wenn er luft, sehr laut.

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Der PC ist leider vollkommen unbrachbar, die verbaute Harware wird bei einem Update auf 22H2 nicht erkannt. Esmssen alle Treiber zusammengesucht und selbst installiert werden. Zudem bleibt im Gerte-Manager Harware zurck, fr die keine Treiber aufzufinden sind!!
Selbst bei der dirtekten Installation von 22H2 ber USB-Stick wird von Windows nicht einal die Grafikkarte erkannt. Somit ist die Installation nahezu nicht mglich, da dies in einer Auflsung von 640×480 erfolgen soll (Buttons sind damit im nicht-sichtbaren Bereich)!!!
Und noch schlimmer: die Hardware untersttzt den Turbo-Modus des Prozessors nicht!!! Der PC luft somit mit 2000MHz anstatt mit 2700MHz, also mit 2/3 Leistung!! Das ist unmglich!!!
Geringster Mangel: extrem strendes Pfeifen des Lfters

Das Gert ist einfach Spitze. Ein Office- und Multimedia-PC fr nicht einmal 200 Euro. Wer nur im Internet surfen, Briefe schreiben, Multimediaanwendungen nutzen will, der kann sich ohne Probleme dieses Gert kaufen. Sicher, es ist kein Gaming-Computer, dafr ist er ja auch nicht konzipiert. Aber Spiele, die nicht so anspruchsvoll an 3D-Grafik sind wie Ages of Empire sollten laufen, aufwendige 3D-Spiele sind niht spielbar, weil sie ruckeln.
Der Lfter ist etwas lauter als ich dachte, aber nicht weiter strend. Man hrt ein leises Rauschen.

Okay, so I’m not using it for gaming – just “Office” stuff and a bit of music & photo editing. Upgraded it to Windows 11 right from the off – took about 3 hours but since then it’s run without a hitch. Got a wireless receiver for keyboard and mouse in one of the USB 2s, a docking station in one of the USB 3s and a 4 port USB 3 Hub in the other. I use the onboard drive for programs only and have 2 500Gb SSD’s, one for “Work” and one as a mirror image backup. The PC itself takes up very little room and is fixed to the back of one of the monitors. Auto power on is great so I never need to use the power button and it’s very quiet – if it does have a fan, I’ve not yet heard it. Really pleased with my purchase and happy to recommend.
Update 07 May 22 – after buying a second which also worked well I bought a third and hit a snag. On startup, everything was in German and it seemed to be registered to a German Communications Company. I contacted AWOW customer service who quickly replied with the how and why this happened and emailed me the fix. Unfortunately, the fix did not work so the item was returned. Awaiting the outcome of the returns process and a replacement PC.
Update 09 May 22 – Replacement arrived and again it was a “German” machine. However, this time, the fix that I had been supplied with from the manufacturer worked and within 10 mins it was up and working as well as the other machines I have. Still impressed and applaud their customer service.

Fantastic mini PC, boots up quick and perfect for day-to-day tasks. I use it to remotely connect to my work so granted I only really use the browser (and Citrix client) on it, but I occasionally use memory hungry chrome and have had no stutters so far. I thought 8GB RAM and a celeron might be slow, but the system is extremely responsive.

I use a tiny bluetooth speaker for sound and the presence of 2 USB ports is great (one for keyboard, one for mouse, or use a USB hub). I am running 2 dell monitors from it.

Highly recommended

A photo of the included VESA mounting bracket is attached to this review. It has holes for 75mm and 100mm mounting. The design is ingenius and allows a range of flexible mounting options. To my further delight, the base plate of the PC itself can be unscrewed, by first removing the rubber feet, and taken out and then re-inserted in the opposite direction, allowing the machine to be effectively mounted upside down, in case this better suits your cable routing. As this machine was purchased in order to be mounted to the back of a 32″ monitor, this allowed me to configure the setup exactly to my liking. I could not ask for more. On top of this, the machine performs more than adequately as a office PC for video calls and general low-power business tasks. Initial WiFi performance was very poor with frequent cut-outs, but this was of no consequence to me as I only ever use ethernet connections via powerline extenders with all my PCs anyway. I am running a 2560 x 1440 monitor without any issues. Sure, heavy multi-tab web browsing may suffer a little lag compared to doing the same tasks on a power PC. But then, a power PC would not be this cheap, discreet or convenient. This machine is perfect. I will recommend to all my friends.