Mini PC E1, Intel Alder Lake-N100 Mini Computers, 16GB DDR4 512GB SSD, Dual 2.5G LAN Ports, USB-C& Dual HDMI Supports Triple Display

This is my fourth mini PC. As older laptops and/or desktops need replacing I have turned to these mini PC's. Typically, these are in applications where they are tied to a TV via HDMI. Add a wireless mouse and keyboard and you are good to go at a pretty significant savings. This one, for example, is connected to a powered USB hub with seven drives with about 30 TB of video and audio files. Its HDMI output is to an HDMI distribution amp which sends the signal to a monitor and four TV's or AV receivers. That's a lot of stuff to hang on a tiny little box, but it all works perfectly. The solid-state drive and generous RAM means that it boots very quickly and runs cool. Streaming 4K video is flawless. I calculate that when compared with buying four conventional laptops or desktops I have saved from $1200 to $2000. That's worth five stars in my book!

Amazing value for a tiny PC. Typical web browsing and playing an old game (Age of Kings) is smooth with no slowdowns. I've been disappointed by previous "lightweight" PCs in the past, but this has changed my mind. It replaced a 7th Gen Intel NUC i5, which might play simple 3D games better. The N150 has only a single DRAM channel, but 16GB is still enough.There is one caveat. I like to do a clean re-installation of Windows on a new PC. Upon reinstalling Windows 11, I had no sound, and I had to download the ZIP packages of drivers from the BOSGAME support website for the E3 Mini PC. Windows 11 finds and installs the drivers if you unzip those packages and point the driver update at the directory holding all of the unzipped drivers. Use Device Manager to find what needs a driver and the Update Driver and Browse to the location.Out of the box, the drivers were all working though, and the manual update is required only if you do a clean install.

I bought the Bosgame Mini PC E3 16GB/512GB for $159.99 with a $30.00 coupon, for a net $129.99.The little PC is powered by an Intel N150 low power process. The performance is reasonable, and capable of decent office and home use cases. I set mine up running Ubuntu Linux and run a dedicated Minecraft server on it.I was disappointed that the NVMe drive is only on a PCIe 3.0x1 port. This leaves a lot of performance on the table, even at PCIe 3.0 speeds, but for my use case, it's not a huge loss. It would have been nice to see x2 at a minimum, but preferably x4 speeds here.Networking is 2.5Gb ethernet, which is a nice plus. transfers are plenty speedy. The pc has dual HDMI for those needing multi-monitor support and lots of USB, including 2 USB 10Gbps, 2 USB 5GBps and 1 USB-C that supports 4K/60 video.One item I would have like to see on this little PC is a built-in power supply. More mini PCs are starting to include them, and it would be nice to not have so many wall warts. (Amazon sells cool 8 inch extension cords to help fit them all into your power strips!)

This mini PC is powered at 12 volts DC and the USB-C connector in front using the supplied cable will drive an Innoview 15.6-inch flat monitor with both power and data/display. With a Microsoft Arc Bluetooth mouse and a foldable Bluetooth keyboard (I'll have to check the model), there is only two wires to it: power (to a 12 volt dc battery or the provided power adapter) and a USB-C cable. I was looking for a battery powered PC after an extended power outage and son was moaning about lack of a PC. It's not a terribly fast machine although I did try a FPS game but the display would go black for about 5 seconds during screen changes.I have the 512 Gb M.2 SSD and it comes with an adapter to add another M.2 (?), or as it says a 2.5-inch HDD. Something to experiment with.I also have a Beeline mini PC (12 vdc also and both come with Windows 11 Pro) but that one also needs a HDMI cable to the display. This BOSGAME machine boots up very fast; on the order of just a few seconds compared to the Beelink. I use the Beelink on the home network and the BOSGAME for blackouts and emergency communications (sorry, I'm a ham radio operator who likes to experiment with PCs and networks out of family necessity).It is plug-and-play tho' and you will need USB-A keyboard and mouse initially to configure it for Bluetooth devices. It also has two VESA 100 mounting holes to mount to the back of a display maybe.The picture shows my whole setup using wall wart power. Everything there plus a very light case for PC/Power is 4.7 lbs. A laptop would probably be easier but this one is kinda fun to play with. The paperwork indicates it could handle 3 displays (one USB-C and 2 HDMI). I might try that...