Azulle Byte3 8GB/32GB Fanless Windows 10 Pro Mini PC & Lynk Multifunctional Remote Control (Bundle)

Bought this to build a kodi media server for vacation/business trips. Can fit 15 mm high 2.5" SATA HDD (seagate, 120 US$, stripped from USB enclosure), even though its clearly only intended to support 9mm SATA HDD (<= 2TB). Needed to remove the M.2 cooling bracket and glue instead of screw HDD to bottom plate (holes not in correct location). Provided strip works well for this. Have not found another PC of similar size to fit 15mm HDD at all. Included Win10 only left 9 GB free on built in 32GB flash after latest Win10 update. Win 10 pro licensing working fine also after update. Installed 120GB M.2 SSD and copied Windows to it (from linux with Clonezilla). Works fine, lots of space available, probably also faster than internal 32GB flash. Gets fairly warm, especially HDD when copying, but never crashed on me. Power supply very compact, but manages to power both internal M.2 SSD, internal 2.5" and external USB 2.5" HDD and copying between them without crash. Nice. Ca. 120 MByte/sec transfer speed. Linux (Debian) also running fine (dual boot). Not tried wifi yet or gaming. Negatives: The IR remote is a waste because it does not have enough keys to run kodi well and i have not been able to figure out ways to map keys or use another remote on the built-in IR port. So i need to waste the USB 2.0 port for another remote. Given how it has space for 15mm HDD, its a shame that its not set up to officially support them. 8GB memory option overpriced, 64GB flash option overpriced too, but not relevant IMHO, at least not as long as flash is rock bottom priced (120 GB M.2 SSD ~ 35 US$).

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Pro: win 10 pro , fan less , SSD , small, comes with the needed wires and internal holster for expansion SSD. Con: only 32gd non swappable, making it complicated when installing programs to second (add on) drive. I got this for my secretary , when installing programs on the second drive that I added (OS is on C: the added SSD is D:) programs like outlook and Photoshop need to be re directed to work off the D drive its makes a mess of things. Gets hot . Really hot . Great for store display screen that you need to RDP or run browser Base info.

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Well...here it is a year and a half later.took me awhile to get to this one. First off,its not a gaming /video editing pc...forget any illusions of that. Second,get an internal ssd for it(put a terabyte in mine)and dl windows onto a flash drive,then boot from the flash drive and load it onto the ssd so thats your boot drive(youll thank me for this info) otherwise windows will eat all 32 of the included memory and youll be miserable. Now to the good stuff...for what it is this little beauty is amazing.I mean really.it can be your media center,for browsing,kids schoolwork,just general use...4k tv?yep.it does it.streaming?yea its fast as your internet.tons of usb ports for external memory/devices .honestly I love it.what I dont like is how my vga port went out 6 months ago...but I use HDMI for the most part anyways.I mean its held up almost 2 years..in pc time thats forever anymore and is still just as fast as when I got it(and it is quick for general stuff/media) Yea these things have their downsides but in all honesty for what theyre geared for?they rock.its that simple. Want a powerhouse?build a gaming rig ..want something to do everyday computing tasks,be a media center,emulator(or all of the above?)..this is your guy.its silent.doesnt get hot,and you can mount it,or tuck it away easily.bottom line id buy again..but id go with the 8g ram version tbh..when it does bog down it seems thats where the issue lies,in the 4 gigs of ram.

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With the Chipset configuration setting, Linux can be loaded easily. Windows is then removed permanently, but that is OK. Good job Azulletech! It would be nicer if there were reasonably priced options for 64GB disk and 8GB RAM.

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