Mini PC, MeLE Quieter3C Fanless Mini PC Celeron N5105 8GB 128GB Small Desktop Computer,Micro Form Factor PC Compatible with Windows 11 Pro, PD 3.0,WiFi 6,BT5.2,HDMI 2.0 for Astrophotography/Office/IOT

Très bon petit ordi. Le seul bémol, c'est d'entrer le code de l'appareil à chaque fois par sécurité (en +).Sinon, il fait le job pour lequel je l'ai acheté : pas de jeux mais des docus et gestion de la télé via W11

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.

Very impressed with the device. I installed linux Ubuntu leaving Windows 11 on the PC allowing for a multi boot system. Both Ubuntu and Windows operating systems work a charm. Runs warmer under Windows 11 (no surprises there) and runs cool under Ubuntu linx which one expects. Core temperatue, is around 45 degrees which is perfect and amazing without using an internal fan making it nut just quiet but NO NOISE at all ZERO decibels. Primary use it as a linux server. I just mount an external 3" for storage and backups and she works a charm. There was no need to get the upgraded memory version as mounting a 3" via USb works without a hitch. Under Windows I recommend for streaming, emails, writing, office work, social media and basic run of the mill games. Great for travel, just plug the HDMI into the hotel / motel TV and stream movies.

I have all our movies on a 2TB external SSD hooked up to this (I bought the lowest-spec unit offered here). It runs Kodi (as a UPnP server, I'm not watching video on this system... I have Fire TV and Android TV boxes that stream the video over the network from this box). It doesn't feel real snappy from the UI but it's certainly up to streaming files over the network. It's so tiny I can tuck it and the external SSD next to the router without even noticing. Runs decently cool since I'm not really taxing it most of the time.Tip for this usage: a dummy HDMI plug makes it think it has a monitor attached so it will boot up and log in to the account that runs Kodi without any human intervention.

Bought this to use for image acquisition with my telescope. I was leery of how the processor would hold up to simultaneous image processing, telescope guiding and remote desktop usage but its done just fine. The only issue I had with it at first was getting Windows Subsystem for Linux installed. My email to support was answered quickly and when they didn't have an immediate answer they did some research and wrote a full howto that solved my issue completely.If I had any complaints about this, it is the decision to use a USB-C style power plug that is not PD compatible... I like to run everything for the scope off 12v DC and this forces me to use an inverter. (Which means shorter battery life in the field.) But that's a bit of a "me" issue so I'm still give this 5 stars.