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MeLE Quieter3C Fanless Mini PC Windows 11 Pro N5105 8GB 128GB $202.46 Delivered @ MeLE Store via Amazon AU

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Mostly Fanless on 10/12/2023 - 02:53 amazon.com.au (1004 clicks)
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Check the $60 coupon box that's on the page. These are not the most powerful, the coolest, the latest, or the greatest. What they are is silent. If you need a little PC to hook up to a TV, to monitor/control test equipment, to run a media server or renderer, etc, could be of interest. Windows 11 Pro is on it and activated and you just go straight to creating a local account. Only 128 storage doesn't matter much because it's easy to put an NVMe in it.

Key specs:

  • N5105 CPU
  • Windows 11 Pro
  • NVME slot
  • fanless
  • USB-C port for display/charging/power
  • 2 x HDMI
  • Dedicated 12V charge USB-C connector
  • WiFi 6 & BT5.2, 1GBe
  • Some other ports

As is always the way, I've not really finished setting up an 8/256 I got a week or so ago then this deal comes up…

A note particularly for Linux users: the provided storage is on eMCC and some (possibly older?) Linux installers won't see it. I've just tried the Fedora 38 and PopOS 22.04 installers and they both see the eMMC so I assume would install to it.

Previous threads:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/752363
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/726855 (similar but without USB-C)

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  • Jklaro on 10/12/2023 - 07:28
    +1

    Hows this compared to n95 or n100 mini pc

    • 5kbjvb3o on 10/12/2023 - 08:19
      +2

      Slower. The newer Quieter 4 series has n100.

      • Jklaro on 10/12/2023 - 09:22
        -3

        Is this n95?

        • 5kbjvb3o on 10/12/2023 - 09:32
          +1

          The Q3C is N5105

  • Doowyah on 10/12/2023 - 07:42
    +4

    Name checks out

    • Commodore64 on 10/12/2023 - 10:01
      +1

      I would say I'm a fan, but…

  • Commodore64 on 10/12/2023 - 10:00
    +1

    Home assistant slab. nice.

  • orangecarpet-22 on 10/12/2023 - 10:53
    +4

    Bought this a year ago for $295 from same Amazon page, great machine. The Quieter4C has just been announced with N100 so I think 3C could go even cheaper.

    You'd be crazy to get a RaspberryPi instead of either of these if you're just running standard stuff and not using the GPIO pins.

    • ooooooooyeahhhhh on 10/12/2023 - 12:19
      +2

      What about power consumption?

      • dealmaker on 10/12/2023 - 14:01

        Miner?

      • orangecarpet-22 on 10/12/2023 - 17:20
        +3

        I got 3W idle, 10W stressed on mine.

        RPI4 is supposedly 4W idle, 6W stressed.

        I mean, if you say they both ran under full load 24/7 then the 4W delta is like $7/year @ $0.22/kWh. It's negligible. This is a much more powerful machine perhaps doing 3 x 4K transcodes simultaneously and has faster interfaces (true gigabit, NVMe, etc).

    • Mostly Fanless on 10/12/2023 - 15:52

      "Quieter4C has just been announced"
      Oh thanks for that, I was wondering if these are being discounted because the next version is on the way.

  • PappaLuigi on 10/12/2023 - 16:19

    good option to run Kodi for a HTPC setup maybe?

    • xdirex on 10/12/2023 - 17:59
      +3

      I have this processor in a (much more expensive) Intel NUC. It’s excellent for PLEX and supports several streams of hardware transcoding (if you have PLEX Pass) and can software transcode within limits as well.

      I also run file sharing for my home of the side, have it in a cupboard and Remote Desktop into it when needed.

      It’s actually pretty serviceable as a basic Windows web browsing machine. Runs smoothly, supports my 4K monitor and I haven’t noticed any bottlenecks in basic use.

      It’s a recommend from me, however there are N95, N100 systems about for a similar price that are a small increments more powerful (within the ultra low power category).

      • PappaLuigi on 10/12/2023 - 19:20

        good to know, appreciate the reply!

  • krisspy on 10/12/2023 - 18:00

    Would this be good enough to slap on a tv for legally acquiring remuxes and playing them back?

    • xdirex on 10/12/2023 - 18:01

      Absolutely that and much more. They’re quite capable if you don’t intend to use it as a workhorse.

      • krisspy on 10/12/2023 - 18:06

        Good to know, my ultrabook is getting long in the tooth, the i5 6200u already has seizures trying to play youtube 4k let alone remuxes.

        • xdirex on 10/12/2023 - 18:07
          +1

          These don’t break a sweat with 4K as they have hardware deciding for all of the latest codes other than AC1 which isn’t common.

          They’re pretty much designed for your intended use case.

  • skyworxx on 10/12/2023 - 19:09
    +1

    I have this one and it works well, except the extra NVME slot. I have a 2tb WD in there and it's gets blistering hot when playing movies off it. Hot enough for the drive to eventually disconnect. Even lifting the bottom of the case a bit higher doesn't provide enough airflow.

    I'd still recommend it if you don't think about adding larger second SSD though.

    • Mostly Fanless on 13/12/2023 - 01:04

      Hi, I'm not seeing much more than 55 degress with a 970 Evo Plus. You did put in the thermal pad? I wasn't sure if it was thick enough and just got some more from amazon to try anyway.

      • skyworxx on 13/12/2023 - 01:31
        +1

        Yep, I got some thick thermal pads and they have good contact. SSD was just too hot.

      • pikeplacemkt on 22/12/2023 - 08:14

        just wondering if this 2tb nvme would work well with it. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/821848#comment-14752851 . slightly concerned abt heat issue after skyworxx's feedback.

        • Mostly Fanless on 22/12/2023 - 13:03
          +1

          Hi, I just did some more testing yesterday, @skyworxx is right, the SSD gets very hot with sustained workloads. Basically the whole thing heats up.

          On that particular SSD, review on Tom’s hardware says it starts to throttle at 83-84 degrees, so it seems like it would handle it. However it is taking a bit of a risk to do it on purpose I guess….

          Possibly a small external fan would be an ironic way to solve this if your use case needed it… will try the test again later today.

          (Sorry, I did have much more detail but the server ate it)

          • pikeplacemkt on 22/12/2023 - 13:51
            +1

            @Mostly Fanless: hey. thanks for responding on this old thread. the pc would largely be used for torrenting (gasp) and video streaming / playing in 4k. so like what skyworxx has shared, probably heat up even with well contacted thermal pads in place. yep a fan to cool it externally would be very ironic and defeat the purpose of it being a quiet fanless mini pc in the 1st place lol. i guess will just stick to external hdds for now. cheers sir

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