MINIXZ100-0dB Fanless Mini PC, Intel 12th Gen N100, 8GB DDR4, 256GB M.2 PCIe Gen3 x 4 NVMe SSD Windows 11 Pro Desktop Computer, 4K Dual Display/2.5G LAN/USB3.2/USB-C/Vesa Mount/Auto Power On

There are few reviews on the Minix Z100-0db yet so I thought I would write one. Short answer: I recommend it to anyone who wants something absolutely silent and with fast I/O.In the BIOS, the only change I made was to set the clock and enable C-States. Everything else I left default.The Z100 comes with Windows 11 Pro preinstalled. I installed HWiNFO64 and set an alert if the temperature reaches 60 degrees. It was rare that it went over 60 degrees though, it usually idled around bit less than 40 degrees. Running a web browser, it was usually in the 50s but would occasionally spike higher. Running a full virus scan would have the system go over 60 degrees but it never reached into the 70s. - You will have to excuse my simple tests as I know very little about Windows. I did not buy the Z100 to run Windows but I understand many people might.Eventually, I removed the 250GB SSD and installed a Crucial P5 Plus 2TB SSD. I read that the Windows license is in the BIOS, I tested that and found it was true. I installed Windows 11 Pro from the official Microsoft site onto the new 2TB SSD. Windows found every driver except for one (I assume a trivial one called ACPI \ NTC1057). It did not hamper the system in any way. The license showed as valid and active with the new install.Side note: From what I researched, the preinstalled Windows 11 Pro is perfectly fine. Minix has a good reputation. It was just a test to see what was possible before I deleted Windows and installed linux.As for performance, with Bitlocker off, the stock 250GB SSD was around 2,000 Read and 1,600 Write. With Bitlocker on, the Crucial P5Plus Crystal score came in around 3,200 Read and 3,300 Write.I used a heavy encryption program and created, read and wrote numerous 100GB data blocks without a single issue.I transferred a lot of information across the 2.5Gbe network without Windows complaining. Sound and video were fine. The USB 3.2 ports are definitely 10GB and did not have any issues at high speed.The outer case did get hot at times but it is the CPU temperature which matters. The case was certainly doing its job acting as a large heat sink to draw heat off the cpu and motherboard.

My wife's Windows 10 pc crashed and despite having several backups, we're were unable to get it working again. I was concerned that we'd have to spend many hundreds of dollars to replace it. I came across mini pc's after searching Amazon. I researched several different brands and modelsI am VERY experienced with pc's and knew what I was looking for.1. A good / recent brand and model processor2. Has Windows 11 Pro pre-installed3. Decent memory and storage4. Decent video specifications5. Fast USB ports, wifi and Bluetooth6. Good priceThe Mini Z100 Aero fit the bill on all counts plus more. It has a silent fan to help keep the components cool, is super small and takes up a tiny footprint.Some reviews of other brands mentioned that they had a virus when they had just started using their new mini pc. I checked this pc thoroughly, using an industry leading virus scanner and it was completely clean. Nonetheless, I kept it on an isolated network for the first week, did a deep scan again and it was still completely clean.My wife loves this pc. It's fast, completely silent, has great storage and her favorite apps and browser run great.You may have different needs, but for us, this was perfect!

I needed a new PC for my wife to replace her old one that will not run Windows 11. This seemed to be something that would work but I have noticed that it will slow down and lag with the mouse not moving at all for extended periods of time when it's under heavy load.I am fine with this because my wife use will be light weight and nothing like me loading updates and several Programs at the same time.I will most likely replace the 8Gig of ram with a 32gig stick soon as I believe that might be part of the issues with slowness.The base speed of the Processor is 0.8Ghz and it is frequently about 1.5-2.5Ghz which is a huge overclock.I am going to max out the ram with the fastest ram this will take and I hope to get some better performance.I like all the options to add peripherals and a micro-SD card as well.I will not be using the Wi-Fi on this device and will take off the massive antennas... HAHA for such a small PC the Wifi antennas are out of pocket.I would possibly get another one of these but understand it is going to suffer once it gets hot with passive cooling only. But if your environment or use needs this I think it is a decent small form factor PC.

I bought this little PC to use for everyday use: YouTube, email, and browsing. It works well for these tasks.It will not replace my larger PC, but can be used in it's place 95% of the time.This little guy does get hot. Even though it's billed as "fanless", I purchased an AC Infinity MULTIFAN S3 USB muffin fan (from Amazon) to sit on top and keep it cooler. The fan is almost silent too. (You have to put your ear right up to it. But, then again, I might be partially deaf.)I booted Linux Mint off a USB, I did not have HDMI audio but the wifi did work and I had audio out of the headphone jack.. It might just be a driver issue. I was just messing around and might check it out in the future. (When I get mad at Windows, I will probably convert it to LM.) Update: I did try Linux Mint and was not really happy with the performance. I'm sure it will get better in the future. I went back to Windows. This crazy little computer cracks me up at how well it works with the N100 chip.(The picture shows the fan.)

The media could not be loaded. Der Minix Z100 AERO ist ein kompakter leiser Mini-PC mit einem modernen Design. Die Anschlüsse an den Seiten sind leicht erreichbar und die Verarbeitungsqualität ist tadellos. Der PC kann auf der Rückseite eines Monitors montiert werden.Der PC ist mit einem Intel N100 Quad Core Prozessor mit integrierter Intel UHD Grafik ausgestattet. Verbaut sind 16GB DDR4 RAM und eine schnelle 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD. Diese M.2-SSD ist mit einer PCIe 3.0-Lane angebunden Der Arbeitsspeicher lässt sich auf bis zu 32GB erweitern und eine größere SSD bis 4TB kann ebenfalls eingebaut werden.An der Vorderseite findet man den Netzschalter, die Reset-Taste, einen kombinierten Klinkenanschluss, 2x USB 3.2 und 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2-Port Typ C Dieser erlaubt auch die Ausgabe von Bildinhalten. An der Rückseite befinden sich 2x USB 3.2, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort und 2x LAN-Ports. Diese zwei Ethernet-Ports ermöglichen Geschwindigkeiten von 2,5 GBit/s und 1 GBit/s. Der Mini PC verfügt des Weiteren über Bluetooth 5.1 und 802.11ax Dual-Band Wi-Fi5. Es ist möglich 2 Monitore mit einer Auflösung von 4K@60Hz anzuschließen.Als Betriebssystem ist Windows 11 Pro 64-Bit vorinstalliert und nach der Ersteinrichtung des PCs aktiviert. Das gut strukturierte BIOS bietet eine Vielzahl von individuellen Einstellmöglichkeiten um den PC optimal anzupassen. Beim Einsatz als Office-Rechner oder Mediacenter stimmt die erwartete Leistung. Die verbaute Hardware erlaubt ein schnelles Arbeitstempo mit kurzen Ladezeiten. Der Rechner ist angenehm leise. Die Leistungsaufnahme liegt bei Office Aufgaben bei ca. 10W und 25W bei maximaler Auslastung.

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real bargain. well impressed.needed a new media pc for our living room TV. had to be silent and capable of 4k Netflix etc.replaced ssd before i powered it up, so to have clean and trusted win11. did clean install and all OK, no problems and licence installed automatically (in bios as someone else mentioned.)gets warm, as expected as fanless,, but not at all hot (but prob not maxed it out))really solid build and well engineered.all connectivity seems fine so far.

Habe auf dem System (8 GB RAM/256 GB NVME) openmediavault als NAS eingerichtet. An den USB-Ports habe ich 2 x 2 TB 2,5 Zoll Festplatten angeschlossen (Hauptspeicher und Backup über rsync). Das System hat eine Prozessorlast von 0 bis 0,5% (S5 und C-State aktiviert). Beim kopieren von Daten geht die Last auf bis zu 38% hoch. WLAN und Bluetooth habe ich deaktiviert. Der Anschluss am 2,5 GBit-LAN erfolgt über eine Fritzbox Cable, auch am 2,5 GBit-LAN und somit lassen sich schnelle Transferraten zwischen MacBook, NAS und iPhone erzielen. Der Zugriff von Außerhalb erfolgt via Wireguard mit fester IP über die Fritzbox. Im Finder (iOS und MacOS) kann ich somit sehr schnell auf alle Daten zugreifen. Das lüfterlose Gehäuse wird aufgrund des sehr Ressourcenschonenden openmediavault-Betriebssystems in etwa Handwarm. Somit ist das System wesentlich stromsparender und reaktionsfreudiger als ein NAS von Synology, QNAP etc.

This little computer is the bees knees. So responsive, just what we needed. So easy to set up and so quiet.