MeLEMini PC Quieter 4C - 12th Gen N100, Fanless PC, 16GB RAM, 512GB Storage, 2.4/5G Wi-Fi, Full-Functional USB-C, 4K Triple Display Desktop on Home, Office, Education, Astrophotography

I really like this little thing and you can oc the hell out of it if you don't mind turning it into a small electric furnace.What it is: a small compact computer for office tasks.What it's not: a computer meant for recreation, creativity or heavy multi-tasking.Tldr: great for emails and YouTube.

I have been using a Quieter3C (8/256) for more than two years and been happy enough to get another one. The old one stood outdoors in different weather conditions. Of course I do best to protect it from water. Otherwise, it survived working when it's 110°F or when it's 20°F around.Now, the new one is a Quiter4C (16/512). Note that models with 16GB RAM do not have internal eMMC flash. Those 512GB are cheapo NVMe SSD that occupy the sole M.2 slot. If you want to expand, you have to take out that 512GB drive and put in yours. Models with 8GB RAM, like my older one, have internal eMMC flash and an empty M.2 slot.Back in the 2022 MeLE used a Intel AX201 Wi-Fi 6 chip. Now they install Wireless-AC 9560 in all models that I checked. They mumble about it being more stable, but I feel like it is not the true reason. In my installation, the old brick consistently sent 50 MB/s (400 Mbps) stream via 5 GHz 802.11ax connection. The new brick in the same exact conditions connects to 5 GHz 802.11ac and achieves only 20 MB/s. Good enough for me, but twice slower is not what you normally expect from 2 years of progress.Ubuntu installs and works perfectly.

I have been using the MeLe Quieter 4C (16G/512G) for about a month now. Because of my earlier experiences with several other tiny PC models, I decided to wait for a while before I posted my review.This is the best tiny PC I have used so far - bar none. It is not the fastest (there are many tiny PCs here on Amazon with faster AMD and Intel CPUs), but it certainly is the most flexible and well-designed one.The chassis design actually does a good job of dissipating the heat. The N100 is a fairly powerful (about on par with a mid-level Intel Core i5 desktop CPU from 2015) processor that will run your office suite and even some CAD applications with ease. I have installed Microsoft Office, Corel DRAW and several puzzle/platform style games; and the MeLe PC runs them very well. I even run an Ubuntu Linux virtual machine on it using VirtualBox. I have kept it running for days on end, and have not encountered a single hang or crash with Windows 11.The location of USB-A ports and other I/O ports is ideal, and the neat, understated design actually looks good on any desk. No funky rounded corners, decorative lines, weird branding, or blinking RGB lights here : just a serious looking small black slab. Finally some tiny PC designer seems to have realized that not every customer of these computers is a 15-year old teenage boy.I have seen at least one review where the customer is "very unhappy" because the BIOS reports the core speed to be 800MHz. You can disregard this - the BIOS reports the *base* speed. The N100 has a maximum clock frequency of 3.4GHz - this does not mean it is going to run at this frequency all the time. During daily use the operating frequency is mostly around 1600-1800MHz for most common Web browsing and office tasks. Download a more sophisticated monitoring utility such as CPU-Z and you will see the actual core speed in real time.Edit (6/6/2024): Please note that the top critical review, which claims that this product does not support one-cable operation, is absolutely wrong. I have been using this mini PC with a single USB-C cable for power, video, and keyboard/mouse - all through the same hub. Whoever claims this mini PC does not support one-cable operation is simply not using an appropriate USB-C cable and/or hub.Being powered by a USB-C PD input with video capabilities is particularly a great feature - many other tiny PC brands here on Amazon use a proprietary 12V power supply. Especially after the pandemic, almost every knowledge worker has a monitor & keyboard and docking station setup to be used with a company laptop. The MeLe Quieter 4C (and other MeLe versions with USB-C PD power) will easily connect to your docking station via the single USB-C PD cable, much like your laptop. This alone is a super-useful feature that allows you to carry it anywhere: I often carry mine between office and a couple different docking stations at home. The various inexpensive USB-C hubs/HDMI docking stations sold here at Amazon will provide a docking capability for less than $10 with deals.Overall verdict: highly recommended, if all you need is a small, silent computer to do some school or office work, with even some light gaming or media consumption from time to time. Just a get an inexpensive M.2 SSD to increase the storage space, and you will be happy with this one.To the hardworking people at MeLe: you have an excellent product here, which probably deserves better marketing.

Initial impressions:- set up was straightforward if you've done it a few times.- Great connectivity on board- reasonably fast - better than I've seen on any other of several Celeron computers I've had- smaller than expected(!), runs quietly. Feels built like a tank.Some issues:- This replaced an older model compact media computer - it was basically just replugging the cables from the old to the new, and it was good, except for both audio and video would completely black out for up to 30 seconds - and more than a few times, video didn't come back until the computer was cycled. This almost resulted in returning, and would have been a very different review, but playing around with audio configuration (changing it to 7.1, even though I have a 5.1 system) fixed everything - at 5.1, matching the hardware, it frequently cut out. Wouldn't even play test sounds completely. SO... the warning here is that something is up with the HDMI on this unit, and you may or may not be able to fix it - and it may depend on what the audio/video devices connected are.- as others noted, it can run *very* hot. Surprisingly so. A little worrisome, enough that I ensured it wasn't near anything flammable. I say this as a precaution - but it really could be hot enough to, say, warp thin plastic it was in contact with. And it's hard not to think this will shorten the product's life, as heat is the enemy of things like solder joints, of which there are certainly hundreds or thousands in that little box.