MeLE QuieterDL Fanless Mini PC 2.5Gb Dual LAN Alder Lake N100(up to 3.4GHz) 4GB RAM 128GB Storage Windows 11 Home Micro PC Small Form Factor PC USB-C HDMI2.0+DP1.4 Triple Display Desktop Computers

At the time of purchase, this was $203. I know the N100 CPU is not exactly a speed demon, but that's not the point. I have several mini PC's with something along the N100 line (N95, N97, N100, N150) and they're perfectly viable processors for day to day tasks like streaming video, web browsing, various productivity applications, and light gaming. Of course, the N100 is known for its power efficiency. With a TDP of only 6W, you could get 10 of these chugging along using the same combined power as a single incandescent light bulb. Of course, it does use more power when it steps beyond its base frequency, but if you're not taxing it, it's insanely efficient. And as long as you're not looking for a lot of CPU-intensive things like Suricata, they make great CPUs for custom router/firewall appliances. That's what I bought this for. One of my other N100 mini PC's is already running Proxmox with several containers for Pi-Hole, Home Assistant, Ubiquiti Network Server, and an intranet web server. And it's never really running more than about 2% CPU utilization, so it's plenty for your home network needs. The fact that it's fanless means that it's perfectly silent, and it can be incredibly compact since it doesn't have to worry about airflow. The exterior is metal to encourage heat dissipation and it feels great as a result. Really nice solid weight to it and only about as big as my hand. The edges on the top are a bit on the sharp side, partly owing to the heat dissipation pattern, but it's no big deal. Power adapter is 12V 3A USB-C. Unfortunately one of my only complaints revolves around this. The USB-C port for the power adapter and the USB-C data port are on the same side of the device, one in the middle and one in the corner. I assumed that the one in the corner was the power port since that's where power ports usually are, but nope! Note that they ARE labeled, they're just hard to read. I've installed OpnSense on this one, so here's the thing with that so that you can save some time -- the NICs are Realtek RTL8125's which are not supported natively in FreeBSD, so after installing the software and loading up the console menu, you won't see any interfaces. To get around this, you'll need to (temporarily) use a USB network adapter like this one (cheaper ones are out there, but this one is nice because it has a USB-C pass through and supports 2.5Gb). Plug it in, and plug into the network through that adapter. Reboot back into the console menu, select Assign Interfaces, and you'll see the adapter as probably "ue0". Assign that to WAN, leave LAN empty, set an IP address (or leave as DHCP as appropriate), and you should be good to go. Log in to that WAN IP from another machine on the network, install the latest updates, and then go to the Plugins menu and install the one called "os-realtek-re". Once that's installed, go back and reboot the box, remove the USB adapter, go into the console menu, and Assign Interfaces again. Now you should see "re0" and "re1". Assign them as you see fit, and you're all set! You can get N100 mini pc's for cheaper than this. But you'll end up with something cheap feeling and plasticky, probably with only one NIC or maybe dual 1Gb. Just the feel and the shape of this machine makes it worth the money compared to the others, but the dual 2.5Gb NICs and the fanless design makes it really great.

I picked up the MeLE Quieter3C Mini PC from Amazon and added a cheap 1TB Samsung 980 SSD to it. This Mini PC is very small, compact, and has a very good Intel Celeron N5105 processor in it. It comes with 8GB of RAM which cannot be increased but is plenty enough power for running an Astro Rig with headroom. The default OS install is Windows 11 Pro, which is great (and genuine). This C model has the ability to run on USB-C power, which I did for the entirety of the testing, as my battery pack has a USB-C power port on it. One of the big reasons why I even bought this Mini PC. The one I picked up has a 256GB eMMC C:\ drive, which is not the fastest storage available, but gets the job done for the OS install and application installs. I ran through the gamut of application installs inside the house and did note that the system did get extremely hot. It even overheated once and shut down. This is likely my fault to a degree, as I was hammering it with getting apps installed, Windows updates running, etc. This could be mitigated with improvements to their internal thermal pads, but I will wait to see if this is an actual problem in use. Another idea would be to just install a Noctua fan on the case of the device and have that run full bore sucking heat from the device and blowing it out. Also, something I will wait to see if it's a real issue in normal use. This would be my first option to test though, as Noctua fans are awesome, cheap, and easy to install on things. Another issue I encountered was that the Wi-Fi module and Bluetooth module had their drivers get corrupted in the process of updating everything (Windows, my apps, etc) and this was easily remedied by installing the latest driver packages from Intel, shutting down the device, pulling the power and letting the RAM completely clear. Then plugging it back in and powering it back up. Subsequent reboots have not shown a repro of this issue, so I would just have these drivers handy if you plan to try this device out. I connected and had everything I use for imaging running (APCC, APV2, PHD2, CDC, Voyager Advanced, Voyager FITS viewer, Pegasus Unity). No sweat, and the CPU was under 35% utilization. I ran an APPM Model and the run was a yawn fest for the CPU and memory. Solves were a joke with ASTAP and this N5105 processor, significantly faster than the MiniX I was using that was quite a few gens behind the CPU times. On the MiniX I was lucky to get 1.5 solves per minute and on this system, I was easily getting 2.5-3. MeLE clearly has this system tuned for maximum CPU power. The base clock on this is 2.0Ghz and it was running at a median of 2.8Ghz. Tearing through tasks it was asked to do with no problems at all. With a fresh model in hand, I did do some image testing. This has really nothing to do with the PC at all, but still its worthwhile to do for some funsies. I did an unguided image and a guided image in HA. With everything running full throat, during the unguided image, the processor was running at about 25%. That is a good 50% lower than my previous MiniX PC, which ran at very close to 70-80% at all times. This is a monster in comparison. Guided it was probably about a good 8% CPU more. Roughly about 32% at the median. Overall, this is an excellent Mini PC for Astro imaging.

I tried to install the opnsense firewall software for my home office on this small server. It installed but did not find any network interfaces. I found that a new driver was needed for the RTL8125 2.5Gb nics. I had to transfer an updated driver via a usb drive. Once I installed it into the freebsd system it found the nics. An update of opnsense brought a newer driver that is part of the newer release. Since then its been running perfectly.

I control my astro photography gear using this fanless mini PC. I connect the Go-To mount, DSLR/astro camera and a guide camera to the 3 USB-A ports. This is works fine. I've installed all necessary applications, of course 😀 It is powered by a 23800mAh powerbank (88 wh) through the USB-C PD output of 12V 2A. Sometimes the 12V 0.75A mount is powered by that powerbank directly or sometimes that is powered via USB-A of MeLE itself (if not using guide camera when doing planetary imaging). It works for almost 4-5 hours with that capacity. I've installed an additional 1TB storage to temporarily store huge files that astro imaging generates, then finally move them to the personal cloud drive for further demanding processing. Overall, very happy with this purchase.

Surpreendeu positivamente. Muito compacto, rápido. Ja vem com w11 pré-instalado. Não esquenta muito. Boa gama de conexões. Pra quem quer algo pequeno e/ou portátil, é uma excelente opção. Talvez pra jogos não seja tão bom devido a placa de video. Mas para trabalho e estudo atende muito bem, com muita velocidade e armazenamento.

J'aurais même mis 6 étoiles ! Petit, facile à installer, livré avec accroche pour le mettre derrière un écran, absolument complet, mise à jour en Français facile et rapide, chauffe très peu, peut être alimenté par un adaptateur Poe vers 12v, consomme moins de 2A, définition impeccable, prises USB classique et USBC, que du bonheur !! Excellent appareil pour un super prix !!

Brilliant machine! I love the form factor and portability. It has more than enough juice for all the tasks I need.

it is the 3rd Mele I am buying, all previous ones successfully fulfilled their task, zero noise, ultra low power consumption and fast at office applications. This one can game too although you have to look a decade back to pick premium titles. I can perform 90% of my work on this little pc -apart from virtualization that requires more cores. Internal storage is fast, I would give 4 and a half because it could do with a 2,5gbps ethernet but I rounded it to 5.