MeLE Quieter 4C Fanless Mini PC N100 8GB 128GB with Multi-OS Support, Ultra Slim and Small, Full-Function USB-C, HDMI Display Desktop PC on Home, Office, Education, Industrial, Billboard

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. -- 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. -- 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.
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A great little device. Very pleased. Performance is great and now lives snugly on the back of my monitor! No more bulky cases cluttering up the floor! Surprsing how small it is and it does as much as my floor standing PC. I like the fanless design - late night writing sessions can be a little trying when the cooling fan steps up a gear. Note that the W11 install on my device was over a year old so it's likely you will need to update as soon as you run it. But W11 has moved on a bit since then and I had to make use of the Microsoft remote help (link at bottom of update page) because the updating just hung. Turns out there's a whole bunch of old install files that needed to be cleared out. Eventually a clean download of the W11 ISO was required but that worked a treat and after a couple of hours the machine was good to go. The online MS agent was from Mumbai. He was brilliant - don't you just love the Internet! If you want a miniPC this is a good choice. It runs hot, but that is by design. I was on a tight budget but if you can stretch to more memory and storage it's probably worth it. Update: added a Crucial 1TB nvme ssd at the knock down price of £37 (from Amazon) and installed Ubuntu on a partition. That took some doing (I'm a novice) but finally got it going. Mele have been very helpful and responsive through the product support pages. I repeat, this is a great little computer, already available with different specs, and does everything I need at a price and at a computing speed that is more than enough.
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This is a handy mini PC that is perhaps best used for dedicated applications where you feel you need more than something like a Raspberry Pi or an Arduino or perhaps you don't feel comfortable with an OS other than Windows. I bought it as an experiment so see if it would run standalone without a monitor, keyboard or mouse. It does and is accessible via RDP after you have initially configured it using a monitor, keyboard and mouse. I use it to run music generation software - Sonic Pi, Bespoke Synth and Wotja, which work as expected apart from with MIDI. I might try Nodal as well if I feel inclined. However, I have yet to get the PC to recognize some USB class-compliant MIDI devices plugged into its USB ports or accessible over Bluetooth. There's probably some driver issue that I need to sort out. However, I'm prepared to tinker around until I find a solution. I'm not sending it back, but instead treating it as a challenge. It does run very warm though so I might have to consider adding some sort of air-cooled heat sink to the outside case. As I bought the 512 GB version, I have access to more than enough storage. If I need more, I'll probably add an external SSD as I think the machine might well overheat fatally. ETA: I added six 40mm square Tuloka heatsinks and an 80mm upHere fan to address the cooling issue. Those are so effective that the case actually feels cold to the touch. I haven't solved the MIDI problem. I suspect it might be due to there being no onboard audio card, which makes little sense. Plugged-in class compliant devices show up in the devices list, but the OS software that should make them visible to applications is perhaps missing. I haven't given up yet, however. ETA2: After some googling for a solution, which suggested the problem might lie in the USB drivers, I deleted the USB Root Hub entry in Device Manager and rebooted to rebuild the USB configuration. I can now use Bluetooth to connect to a Widi Thru6 connected to a synth from both Sonic Pi and Bespoke Synth. Wotja, however just hangs. Still a work in progress. As I have Sonic Pi working though, I'm happy for now.
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Absolutamente ningún problema ni con el sistema operativo ni con las aplicaciones que he instalado. Lo uso para controlar un telescopio por escritorio remoto y cumple perfectamente. Optimizando el sistema operativo puedes conseguir un consumo de cpu sostenido del 5%. Eso si, no se le puede pedir capacidad gráfica o de cálculo. Aunque no se dice, incorpora una placa para montaje vesa. Quitaría media estrella por la alimentación. Con 2 Amperios no se puede suministrar mucha energía a los puertos usb.
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The price point is comparable to a Raspberry Pi 5, and is an even better value when you factor in the $30 coupon and the built-in storage. My use case: This is my home theater PC. It can run Plex media server, Kodi, VLC, etc without issues. Pros: - Windows 11 Pro. Not using the pro features for this device, but I won't complain. I'm comfortable in both Windows and Linux but prefer Windows for compatibility. - Portability. It runs off a 25W+ USB-C PD device, which many people already own for their phone and/or laptop. No external DC charger required that is unique to this device. Note, it does include a USB-C charger too. - Versatility. It has no fans, so it runs completely quiet. It can be mounted to a monitor for an AIO solution, or used standalone. It could be used as a test bed, home theater PC, light workstation, etc. The possibilities are nearly endless. - Expansion. It includes an M2 SSD bay if you want to store a lot of data on this device itself. Note: You have to supply the SSD. It has built in storage for the OS and smaller files. Cons: - Thermal limitations. It is passively cooled, so ambient temperature and location significantly affect it. In an enclosed space or in a hot environment, it will run slower by design as it throttles the CPU to limit heat. - 2.9 GHZ Intel Celeron processor. This is only a con depending on your use case. If you're running demanding applications, this is not the device for you. For the price, the processor is more than sufficient for my use-case as a home theater PC.
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I've been using two of MeLE Mini PC Stick PCG02 Pro N5105. This new model is superb compared to what I've been using. I'm really happy with its performance and component upgrade options. Thanks.
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Perfekt für ruhige Orte, wenn einem die Rechenleistung genügt. Wird allerdings ziemlich warm unter Vollast - hier ist es ratsam, zusätzlich einen Kühlkörper mit Wärmeleit- Paste oder Pads zu montieren...
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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.
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