TRIGKEY Mini PC Desktop 12th Gen Intel N100(4Core, Up

TRIGKEY Mini PC Desktop 12th Gen Intel N100(4Core, Up to 3.4GHz) G5 16G DDR4 500G PCIE1 SSD Dual Ethernet Mini Computer, Support Micro Computer W10 Pro/WiFi 6/BT5.2/Dual 2.0 HDMI/Triple Outpu
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How did we get our start?
TRIGKEY emphasizes product quality and appearance design, and user experience. It uses a hard internal and external structure, a variety of practical functions, and a powerful processor. If you have used it, you will love it.
Why do we love what we do?
We are a group of like-minded people who like to play computers. Because of computers, we met and developed. Because of love, we hope that friends all over the world can experience our products
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We are very dedicated, and pursue innovation. Hope our discovery can bring you a different experience.
Weight: | 810 g |
Dimensions: | 22.6 x 13.7 x 6.1 cm; 810 Grams |
Brand: | TRIGKEY |
Model: | TRIGKEY Mini PC |
Colour: | Black |
Manufacture: | TRIGKEY |
Dimensions: | 22.6 x 13.7 x 6.1 cm; 810 Grams |
Great value for a great little PC.
The listing could have been clearer as to what was included in the pack (2xsmall HDMI cables and a power cable) but other than that, great service, quickly delivered and exactly as advertised. Nice quick mini PC.
We previously had an old dell computer running Home Assistant with Frigate, the old computer was more than capable though it would consistently use 70watts at 10-20% CPU usage.
This little PC was around the same price (the dell was an Amazon renewed) and sips under 7watts at a similar load.
Additionally, the newer variants of intel CPUs give extra features for better processing of motion frames on frigate.
Did I mention the thing is tiny? It fits in the palm of your hand.
I have to say having paid just under a hundred quid for this I can’t fault it. You’re not going to be gaming on it (modern titles anyway) or doing intesive stuff like video editing or 3D rendering, but as a media server, surveillance system or home automation controller it’s ideal. As other reviewers have pointed out the M2 interface is SATA and not NVMe but that’s not going to cause any bottlenecks in applications this suits.
Has a 2.5″ SATA drive bay built in although it’s not immediately obvious in BIOS how you’d set it as a boot device, however it’s fine for additional storage or backing up the boot disk.
First impressions – very good , especially for this price (sub 100). Hope it continues that way
But installing a NVME PCIE 3 drive is a no no, it will only it seems take a M2 SATA which runs at the 550mb which is a shame as I have a few larger spec NVME’s wanting a new home.
Overall very quite and it actually sees all 11 external USB 3 drives I have that amount to 200tb for my plex media.
Wish I had got one with a 512GB drive, enen the 256GB – mostly for system backup.
So far so good.
Switched on PC and it configured Win 11 perfectly within a few minutes. As advertised, perfect for office work and streaming video. No annoying ‘free’ software added – nice clean install. I decided to replace the installed 128Gb NVME drive C: with a 1Tb drive and also added a 1Tb 2.5 inch SATA drive. Quick and easy: just 4 screws to remove bottom plate, BUT be very careful removing – thin ribbon cable connects SATA SSD located on bottom plate to motherboard. I also decided to revert to Windows 10. No problem – TrigKey website support allows to download Win 10 installation as a zip file. Extract Win 10 files to a USB drive (about 9 Gb), restart PC from USB drive and Win 10 installed to new NVME drive in minutes. Only problem, Windows required activation and did not automatically find the license key. Again no problem – I emailed TrigKey support on a Sunday and received an email first thing Monday morning with all the information needed to activate Win 10. I haven’t pushed the PC very hard, but generally it runs cool and silent. Very happy with purchase and much impressed by the swift and polite support. 5*
You wont be disappointed (unless you are a gamer, maybe minesweeper and light games).
I was a little concerned it wouldn’t be up to the job, but I needn’t have worried, it is fast, spectacularly so for its cost and size. It doesn’t have a noisy fan and sips power.
It came with a Windows 11 OS installed which booted quickly and did all the windowsy things you would expect, but this was overwritten with the VSXi software.
The VSXi software does not recognise the Realtec NIC, so I had to buy a CableCreations USB NIC and modify the ISO image to include the FLING USB drivers, but once done it all worked well and booted from the USB image (changed in BIOS).
An excellent machine, tiny, unobtrusive, fast and cheap. A working VMWare 7 lab for < 300.