I realized that the reviews stating this product was noisy and slow were likely for the less expensive option, and the positive reviews were for the more expensive, higher quality option. Taking this into consideration I purchased the 8GB RAM 128GB stick, and have been pleased. Set up was a little awkward but simple enough. I purchased this to use with a TV, instead of renting a modem from cable. It runs Windows 10, the fan is not loud at all, and it is generally quick and capable of streaming uninterrupted most of the time. I find that you cannot run much at once because even with the 8g of ram this stick will quickly get overloaded if to many processes are running. Occasionally for reasons unknown, it seems to slow and hiccup while streaming, especially on live TV that doesn't buffer the same way as sites like netflix and youtube do - but this is only occasional and not often enough to be any more of a bother than an XBox hiccup of the same nature.Overall this stick is great for the price. I'd recommend it for light streaming and web surfing.