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 really like the thoughtfully designed, compact, and robust design of the MeLE Mini PC. I wholeheartedly recommend it!I'm pleased to report that my recent decision to use the "MeLE Mini PC, Upgraded Quieter 4C N150 (Turbo 3.6GHz) Windows 11 Pro, 32GB DDR5 RAM 512GB Storage, Full Functional USB-C, 4K Triple Display on, Office, Education, Astrophotography" as the controller for my astrophotography rig has surpassed my expectations. My decision was primarily influenced by the latest N150 chipset, the fanless design, which is crucial for preventing vibrations, the useful expandability options, the large 32GB of RAM, and its low power consumption, which is a significant benefit for field use.Initially, I was hoping to increase the capacity of the existing 512GB NVMe SSD by adding another 2TB NVMe. However, I discovered that upgrading necessitated swapping out the original drive. I truly valued Dang's prompt and supportive assistance when I contacted MeLE support. The upgrading process was surprisingly simple and trouble-free because of his promptness and clarity. I was truly astounded by how quickly and effectively Dang responded to my question.Overall, this is a well-made product that has been improved by excellent support. I can't wait to use it in my astrophotography endeavors now!

This is a great little computer—small and reasonable for web surfing and light Office duty. I have five MeLe computers and use them for Kiosks at work. The thing to watch out for is that they get HOT. This is noted in the documentation, so it's not a negative. When first patching it up to current, it was untouchable; now that patching is done, there is little heat off the unit. It also works as a Plex server.

One of the few times I'm actually blown away by what you get. Fanless 32GB system that I use as a Home Theatre System and eventually other stuff. Price is right has everything out of the box. Mine came with Pro which is an extra!I bought an 4.75x3.7 heat sink to stick to the top of this as I plan to use it at 15W (find youtube video to see how to set this in the bios). Win win win!!!!

*** Note to other buyers: Ethernet does NOT work out of the box. It has to be enabled in the BIOS first. So don't think you have a faulty unit like I did. See the end of the review for instructions. ***I am coming from a fanless mini-PC with the Intel Celeron N4100/UHD 600 graphics which is having RAM issues. And since RAM can't be easily replaced on these, it was time for an upgrade. And this is certainly an upgrade. The Intel Celeron J4125/UHD 605 graphics on the Quieter2 is definitely a noticeable upgrade. This Quieter2 is very snappy and smooth compared to my previous unit from another company. I couldn't even watch a single 1080p Youtube video in any browser without the CPU/GPU throttling and then the video becomes choppy after a couple minutes. I always had to bump the quality down to 720p, which still wasn't perfect all of the time.I just watched a 10-minute Youtube video on the Quieter2. And not only did it have no issues, I had ANOTHER video stream playing in a different tab at the same time. No throttling or lagging. That's what I'm talking about.I know other reviewers have said to get an NVME SSD, but it's not needed (unless you just need more storage) if you're not working with large files that need transferred back and forth from RAM to storage. The onboard SSD is plenty fast enough for everyday usage and computing. The Quieter 2 has been running non-stop for 2 days straight and has been fast, snappy, and smooth/fluid with everything I'm doing. And this goes for Windows and Linux. I currently have Linux installed as the OS on here, but Windows seemed to run fast and snappy also. But there's also too much bloat running in Windows compared to Linux. So I'm running Linux.*** My only CON if I have to list one right now, is that the Ethernet port is not enabled by default. It's disabled in the BIOS. I actually started the return process on my unit because I could not get it working in Linux nor Windows. Neither OS could even see the hardware at all, so I thought I had a faulty unit. And I unfortunately spent hours troubleshooting. One last thing I tried is some different settings in the BIOS, and finally got both Linux and Windows to recognize the Ethernet after changing one setting.How to get Ethernet working is in the BIOS (keep pressing the DELETE key while the Intel boot logo is showing at start up to enter the BIOS) and then under the Boot tab, you want to Enable the line that says "Network Stack Driver Support". Then on the "Save and Exit" tab, choose "Save and Exit" at the top. Windows and Linux will now recognize the hardware and install the drivers automatically. I have also attached a picture and highlighted the line for others as a visual aide.(There are also a LOT of settings visible and available in this BIOS that are not normally available or visible on most other computers. So please do not mess with or change anything unless you know what it does. Doing so could cause your computer to be unusable.)Note to manufacturer: on future units, please enable Ethernet port by default and let someone disable it if they need it disabled for some reason. There is no good reason to have it disabled as it does not affect being able to use WiFi. Others shouldn't have to go through hours of troubleshooting (like I did) and then start a return (like I almost did) for something so simple, and something that's almost always enabled on every other computing device in the world.Thank you for reading. I'll update this review if I experience any issues. 5/5. Not removing a Star for the hours of troubleshooting I had to do to get something simple working.

It’s still too early but running 24/7 using it for as a backup pc and PLEX server. Has plenty of USB ports. I added a 1TB M.2 NVME SSD and cloned win 10 pro on it from the original non up-gradable embedded SSD which I don’t use it’s for emergency backup to restore the OS if something goes wrong so I run win 10 pro from the much faster 1TB SSD. Supposedly it supports up to 4TB SSD too. I don’t do gaming just office work productivity media consumption and I even run my 16 channel security cameras monitoring program currently running with 8 cameras while I process documents etc. i also added a 1TB micro SD card for backing up the 1TB SSD I mentioned earliest.I filled up all USB ports one with a Logitec USB keyboard mouse dongle that controls both mouse/keyboard I added a portable 5TB HDD to the other USB loaded with movies which I serve to streaming through PLEX to all the TVs, chromecast, fire TVs and apple TVs in other rooms and added another 512GB USB dongle to the 3rd USB ports and I mounted the PC to the back of my monitor’s arm with the VESA mount it came with. The PC is so small it’s almost like a pack of card. It feels little too hot when it pushed I hope it will last. It also came with a thermo pad for cooling or better heat dissipation for the SSD I added so if you upgrade use that. I trimmed it down the pad with a scissor to the side of the control chip on the m.2 NVME SSD and stick it on it. The design is good when you close the case the metal case will touch the thermo pad as it should so the heat will transfer better out and on the metal case of the PC. It has two HDMI out so you can run two/dual monitors in the same time in 4K.