NiPoGi Essenx E2 Mini PC Ιntel Alder Lake-N97(Βeat N100/N95, up to 3,6 GHz), 16GB DDR4 1TB SSD Mini PC Windows 11 Mini Computer with 4K Dual Display/HDMI/WiFi/BT/LAN Small PC for School/Business

Great value Mini-PC powered by the Intel Alder Lake N-97 chip (which is actually better than the N-100 that powers many other Mini-PCs).Comes with a no-name 512GB M.2 nVME, 16GB ram and space for a standard SATA SSD (I've added a 1TB one as soon as it arrived).A super low power-use daily driver of a PC which I have dual booted Linux Mint 22 and Windows 11 Pro (comes with 11 home which wasn't entirely clear on the details page, but for the sake of 10 minutes with a USB drive and another 20 doing updates I'm not really complaining). If anything Linux Mint installed quicker, picked up all the devices more reliably and was up and running a lot quicker then W11 where I had to hunt for a network / LAN driver (seemingly a common thing if you look in the various forums).Usage wise 99% of the time in Linux Mint: I browse, stream (Netflix, Amazon, Disney +, Discovery + and various sports-related sites), listen to music, occasional video edit, photo/image process and coding/programming and it has yet to struggle. The only time I had a slight slow down was encoding a large, high quality video edit.Lots of USB 2 & 3 connections, 1Gig Ethernet, WiFi and Bluetooth all built in. 2x HDMI & 1x VGA so something for everyone.Did I mention low power use? Handful of watts when browsing and even at full chat, not much more than a average LED bulb.I really like the machine, looks nice and fairly good quality (albeit made out of plastic) and small footprint too.The only very mild criticism is location of the ports on 3 sides it doesn't have a true "front", more of an observation really as it is mostly tucked behind my monitors out of the way and I barely see it.I liked it so much I bought a 2nd which runs a custom Linux OS image decoding various things 24/7 and acts a very basic file server (in as much as it sits there with a 512 nVME doing decoding and the added 1TB drive hosts my files that I dip into remotely if/when needed).Great stuff. Great value and good fun too.

Picked up at discounted offer of £129 this mini PC has been flawless. No protracted updates no issues, fast start up time with seamless operation. I don't use my PC for playing games only work but the onboard graphic card & CPU combo copes easily with scrolling zoom in/out and video. Never the less i plan to change out the 8gig installed ram at a later date for a 16gig chipset because at only £23 - why not?The pc is small and contained in a pretty case,, Internal wifi antenna x3 display ports which is the main reason i opted for this item as i plan to run a second monitor in the near future.

So, ordered this to replace a 9 year old pc that no longer received microsoft updates due to processor age. Only needed for light work, no gaming or vidoe work etc as doubt it would manage that.Received very quick and plugged it in and......nothing! Light was on PC but nothing on screen monitor. Changed cable to monitor etc, still nope. Then plugged in a diffeent keyboard and hey presto it worked! Very strange as only a usb wireless connection! So we are off, now please be aware that it states DO NOT plug it into your wifi until it has properly booted, then connect to your wifi/internet. I use wireless and all good on my mesh system (TP-Link X50).Other thing to be aware, it was on OS W11 Home version 22H2. Masses of updates were required which it plowed through quickly enough. Then it would not update to 23H2, had to do it manually then again lots of updates. Then it would not update to 24H2 (latest version released 1 October '24) had to do it manually and then it loaded latest cumulative update and security ones etc so we got there eventually. The whole thing took several hours of messing around so be prepared to spend time getting it up to date as I am guessing it will not come fully updated.In terms of speed and noise, it is very very quiet (even with updates dont think i taxed it much) and compared to my 9 year old pc it is quick, quick enough for me. I loaded libraOffice onto it as alternative to office (and its free) and no issues. Also loaded Age of Empires game and runs that no problem (not a demanding game however). It has plenty of ports (note tho, no USB C port so be aware) and 2 HDMI if you use a duel monitor set up (I dont).So in conclusion, quite happy with it for what I need which is a no frills, quick and quiet home pc for internet, banking, emails, general web surfing and thats about it. I got the 8GB/256GB memory as really thats all I needed, but if need to can easily upgrade both later cheaply (less than cost difference between this and the 16GB/512Gb version). Hopefully will last many years - and it was cheap at £179! Hope that helps as a non techy review.

This mini PC is quite impressive indeed. The base clock frequency of the CPU is 2GHz, but the Task Manager shows that the actual CPU speed can easily reach something like 3.4GHz when there are heavy loads, thanks to its 4-cores and 4-threads structure. There is no heating problem and the fan is very quiet. Quite happy with this mini PC that is quite small, runs quite fast and has a larger storage capacity.

The media could not be loaded. I purchased this Mini PC for work, mainly productivity such as editing, replying to emails, transferring files and more. I have to say I'm impressed with how responsive this Mini PC is, it's fast and powerful for such a small computer. It's small so it saves space on my desk, I love the sleek design and the multiple ports it has available. Setting up the PC was easy, and already had Windows 11 installed which was a bonus, the specs for the PC are great and it runs smoothly with everything I need to use it for. Overall I'm impressed with this Mini PC, it's budget-friendly, easy to set up, runs smoothly and looks nice.