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Review on πŸ’» Kingdel Fanless Industrial Computer: Intel i7 8th Gen. CPU, 16GB RAM 512GB SSD, Windows 10 Pro - High-Performance, Reliable & Efficient by Justin Anderson

Revainrating 2 out of 5

For this price Windows 10 should be legit

I loved this little PC because it is fanless and will be a great machine for streaming and other tasks where loud fans can be annoying , but who knows where, the first thing I always do with PCs from unknown locations is wipe and restore/reinstall Windows. Well, this machine comes with "Windows 10 Pro” already activated and an account already set up and just logs directly into the desktop. Who knows what malware or spyware is installed, and guess what - there's no recovery partition. There is no way to restore or erase factory settings. There is no Windows 10 Pro Key included. So if you want to erase this computer right after you get it OR you ever have problems with it, you will have to buy a new Windows license. For what they're trying to sell this thing for, I'd expect a fully licensed copy of Windows 10 Pro. In terms of performance, it has decent benchmarks and seems pretty fast at first glance. I couldn't find and install a good copy of Windows 10, so I haven't done any serious testing yet. It makes some kind of noise when it works, it almost creaked like an old spinning hard drive writing data so I removed the front and packaging panels to see what's inside. I was able to confirm that an M.2 SSD is installed, but I don't know where the noise was coming from. I'm concerned about the durability of the device - a fanless computer with no moving parts and an external power supply shouldn't make any noise at all. Overall, this mini PC comes in a cool metal case and almost looks like a car radio. Amplifier, but inside it seems to be made of cheaper components and comes with a pirated version of Windows 10 Pro. Not worth the price at all if you ask me. I give it two stars because it has an i7 and 16GB of RAM.

Pros
  • Best in its niche
Cons
  • I will add later