MeLE Overclock 4C Mini PC 12th Gen N95(up to 3.4GHz) 32GB
MeLE Overclock 4C Mini PC 12th Gen N95(up to 3.4GHz) 32GB RAM 512GB Windows 11 Pro Small Desktop Computer Wi-Fi 6/BT5.2/Ethernet, Triple Display, Dual 4K HDMI, All-in-one USB-C on Business/Office/Home
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| Weight: | 680 g |
| Dimensions: | 17.78 x 9.4 x 2.03 cm; 680 Grams |
| Brand: | MeLE |
| Model: | Overclock |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | Mele Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd |
| Dimensions: | 17.78 x 9.4 x 2.03 cm; 680 Grams |
Its a surprisingly nippy little box. I put a Gen 3 M.2 into it and it managed ~1.5Gbps. I set it up with Ubuntu and i’ve been trying out SDR server progs and it handles it flawlessly. Also this thing feels quality with the metal top case. I’m a big fan of mini PCs (I have another 2 Ryzen boxes) but this one is a lot of fun to play with and inspires experimentation. Totally silent too, so I can leave it running in my bedroom without disturbance. Highly recommend.
Well, I needn’t have worried: the thing is *plenty* responsive -and, crucially, completely silent. There are some graphical glitches now and then, particularly when playing YouTube videos, but nothing major.
I’d query the description of the product as being “512GB”: it’s actually 256GB of eMMC (on which Windows 11 is installed) and an entirely separate 256GB of NVMe solid state drive. A unified 512GB of anything it is *not*. However, it suits my needs: I installed Debian 12 onto the NVMe drive, leaving the Windows installation intact should I ever need to use it. Since I am extremely unlikely to need to use it, though, that’s a bit of a waste of capacity. Not to worry: I have a 4TB solid state external drive, which I plug into one of the unit’s 10gbps USB 3.2 ports and use as a my /home folder, so I’m not exactly short of usable drive space and a 256GB O/S partition is plenty sufficient.
The unit runs warm: on average, I seem to recall getting 47 – 56C temperatures (measured via the Linux sensors utility). The critical CPU temperature is around 100C, so we’re nowhere close to trouble and I didn’t see any thermal throttling. Nevertheless, I splashed out on the “Hemobllo Heat Sink Chip Radiator”, which is a giant chunk of aluminium that sits on top of the unit (completely wrecking its aesthetics, I realise!), plus some “ARCTIC TP-3: Premium Performance Thermal Pad” which effectively glues the heatsink to the unit’s top… and I now routinely see temperatures topping out at about 39C, with occasional peaks in the 40s. Heat is not an issue, basically.
This isn’t a gaming rig. It isn’t a virtualisation platform, either. You’re not going to be doing masses of video editing or Photoshop on it. Happily, all those sorts of heavy-lifting type jobs are years in my past. These days, I simply want a browser, music, video playback, word processing, spreadsheets, emails and some very light gaming (think Solitaire, not Call of Duty!) and this little unit is more than adequate (and very much recommended) for that sort of ‘domestic medium-light duties’ use. To be honest, I remain surprised at how capable the Celeron processor is for these sorts of jobs -but it is.
Short version: if the other half ever decides it’s time to upgrade their 2014 i5, this will be the machine I replace it with. It’s that good.
However, with this computer it was simple.
1. Pre-prepare a USB installation disk. Plug the USB in BEFORE switching on the computer.
2. When the computer is switched on, keep the F7 key pressed (do not take the finger off the F7 key) and te BIOS Set Up Menu will appear.
3. Select the USB from the list and click enter and the computer will reboot to the USB installation disk.
To test the temperature of the four cores, I have used the Linux terminal command:
watch -n 2 sensors
For everday tasks, it is between 40C to 50C. For video editing, it can rise to 80C, but this is not unusual. Laptops regularly operate at 90C. The critical temperature, where the computer will switch off appears to be 105C.
I will definitely, recommend this computer to Linux Ubuntu users. I have been using this computer for a month before I wrote this review.
Bought as a portable PC for work. Nice small package. Recommend you obtain a wireless keyboard and wireless mouse (bluetooth) and perhaps an HDMI cable to connect to external displays. No issues with the PC and it working and Windows was installed as promised.
Does run very hot but this is to be expected as it has no active cooling but it did not affect its use for me.
Makes for a very compact and portable setup.
I’m delighted with this machine – if you want a tiny, cheap but powerful computer to do standard things (NOT gaming or video editing), look no further.
I bought this for just under 200 while it was on promotion. It is a tiny box, completely silent, and is more powerful than any machine of a similar size that I have ever owned. It has two video ports (you may need a mini-DP to HDMI adapter for the second), three standard USB3 ports, a fancy USB-C port and connects to the outside world via Gigabit Ethernet or wifi. Setting it up was very straightforward – you can get drivers from the manufacturer’s website or from a number of other places on the web.
I found that the onboard disk was very slow, so for 20 I bought a 256Gb NVMe SSD drive and attached it to the motherboard. The machine felt much snappier after that.
Not interested in the Windows 11 that was on it as shipped I installed Debian and Docker and now this one tiny PC runs my whole house. DNS, DHCP, Smarthome services, Smartphone reporting with Influx and Grafana, ad blocking, network tunneling, and anything else I can think of to put on it! Nothing that requires a lot of processing grunt as they aren’t the most powerful devices but, it runs perfectly and keeps cool averaging 35C. But it is in the cool environment of my garage.
I put so much on the 3Q I realised it was a critical single point of failure for my house so I got the slightly newer 3C as well during the recent sales as a backup device. The price point of these is now, I think, too high. The original 3Q I got for 210 and it’s now up around 280!
The 3C is nicer because you don’t have to rely on the dedicated USB C 12v power supply that comes with the PC and can use a standard USB C power supply that supports PD. Apart from that the 3C is almost identical.
As a small, low power consumption home server running Linux this can’t be beaten and for anyone running lots of Raspberry Pi’s like I was, I can’t recommend this enough as a single device replacement. I now have four redundant Raspberry Pi 4s I think I might be able to make some money on to offset some of my Quieter PC investment!
This seems to be a good product. But needed a reinstall of windows as out of the box it would not update. Otherwise good portable mini computer. It does get very warm but works fine.