MeLE Quieter2Q Fanless Mini PC, Celeron J4125 8GB 128GB Micro Computer, Small Desktop with Gigabit Ethernet PXE Dual HDMI 4K Unlock BIOS on Industrial Astrophotography Webcast Office

I have been buying NUCs for years but wanted to see what else was on the market at a cheaper price. I was pleasantly surprised to find this little machine. I've had it for a couple weeks now and I wouldn't hesitate to purchase more. Its plenty powerful enough to run any office tasks you need. Youtube and video streaming is also fine. Case is warm to the touch when it's on but Core Temp shows a maximum of 68C when at 100% CPU and only 50C when idle so it runs cool enough as far as I'm concerned. Pretty impressive for a fanless unit.Overall, I'd happily purchase more for a office environment or even for a streaming only home environment with no gaming intended. I know some reviewers have installed NVMe drives in it and that's fine. I just don't think the overall speed increase for an office/streaming PC is worth adding a NVMe to the unit unless you already have one at the house going unused. Since this isn't a gaming or high performance unit, I think NVMe is overkill for this unit.5 star rating for me.

UPDATE:Upgradable to Windows 11 Pro version 21H2. Microsoft allowed me to update on Feb 3, 2022.ORIGINAL REVIEW:So far so good. Took a while to arrive, shipped from Shenzhen for $30 discount. Out of the box you get the unit and the usb-c power adapter --no other cables, brackets, and extras included. Windows 10 Pro license is activated automatically once its powered on and connected to the internet. Initially it will prompt you to select for Windows System Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE) from the System Preparation Tool and reboot. This will re-initialize a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro build 20H2. M.2 NVMe 2280 is supported. Added a 1TB WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD and reinstalled Windows 10 Pro from it with no issues. Prior to any reinstallation, be sure to perform Device Driver Backups and save it to a thumb drive for hassle free process. MeLE Quieter2 is snappy, responsive, super quiet, and boots up fast--of course with fresh Windows 10 and no bloatware, yet.Quirks: the unit gets hot to touch for intensive tasks (warning label included); the USB ports are "upside down" than usual so remember to twist when plugging peripherals; and sample video, music, and other test files can be found on the Desktop or C: drive on the first boot and before selecting the OOBE. The unit is also not fully portable since it needs to be plugged in with the supplied adapter at all times.So far, the MeLE Quieter2 is not bad for typical desktop work and other projects like digital signage. The form factor (size of a typical external drive) and expandability for faster (e.g. NVMe support) and larger storage option are major pluses. However, the price point for a Celeron unit is a decision point for me. If these were priced more competitively, I probably end up owning 3-5 of these for various projects, applications, and experiments.

The size is remarkably small. I am not a computer hardware person, but I had no problem setting this up and getting it running. I plugged in the monitor, power, speaker and ethernet cables and keyboard dongle, turned it on and it took it from there. I answered a couple of questions about country and in a few minutes it was running. Remarkable! No startup problems at all.I've been using it for about a week now and installed two sets of updates with no problems.The speed is impressive and zero noise. I've checked the temperature of the computer by touch and it feels barely warm.In Windows 10 update screen I noticed a message telling me the computer is Windows 11 compatible.

I needed a small PC to use as a media player. This one by Mele is perfectly suited as it can be mounted with the included bracket and has no fan to make noise. It's output matches my TV,(it can connect to two if you need).Having seen other reviews I decided to up the storage by adding a 500GB Nvme drive (a thermal pad is included). I cloned the eMMC drive using a free program called Macrium reflect. I updated Windows when I got my machine (it took about half an hour to apply updates) then shut down the PC. I inserted the new drive. I then stared the PC and disconnected it from the internet, ran Macrium reflect and adjusted the size of the main partition before starting the clone. Then after it finished I restarted it and went into the BIOS and selected and saved my new drive as the first to boot.With use it becomes warm to the touch but not too hot. It is great with older games but as with all PC games you need to check the system requirements. Four USB3 ports is nice to see.