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Pros

Nuc runs xbmc with no lag. I surf a bit, watch movies and tv shows with it. Replaces my main htpc box. Runs plex off the synology, and slingbox from our other house.

The box is miniscule when i compare to my big desktop boxes - amazing. The fact that there is so much crammed into this little box is pretty impressive. Overall, i'm very pleased with the product and what it can do.

The monitor output feeds a monoprice 2560 x 1440 monitor via displayport. The wireless keyboard is a huge convenience. I sourced a bluetooth keyboard (very good and cheap) and use the tv in the hotel. Get yourself a logitech k400 wireless keyboard and...  Read More

Fan noise is audible, but not too annoying. It is even a feature because it can prevent overheating. They also consume little space and with no noise.

Windows 7 works great on one, i have windows 8 on another. Boot times are incredibly fast and switching between programs/tasks produces no visible stutters. The only issue i've had is sometimes bios won't display on this monitor. All the hardware was ...  Read More



Cons

No output from the hdmi port, so it's really not usable unless you want to connect it to the displayport. Then shuts down, without warning, at random times. All for nothing.

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Quality


It works incredibly well and supports high fidelity surround sound (something i could never get to work on my old xps).


Excellent device, the little power house is amazing for use as a htpc or media center.


This unit only draws 24 watts at full operation, and my tests rate it at about 12 gflop/sec.


As of the date of this writing there is no working network/wireless device driver (even the windows 8 ones don't work) for that...  Read More

Price


Working as expected highly recommended for limited budget


I got a 120gb intel thing that cost like $200+.


So, putting everything together was close to $600.


The only problem one may have with this thing is its price.

Packaging/appearance


The fact that there is so much crammed into this little box is pretty impressive.


The box is actually smaller than the first generation box.


The box is miniscule when i compare to my big desktop boxes - amazing.

Competitiveness


My intent is to use it to watch websites like hulu, run a proxy on it for overseas content, connect to my slingbox, watch espn ...  Read More


I decided to give a try to microsoft hyper-v, i have never liked it since in order to have an hyper-v server you also need a do...  Read More


But the best part is that this little nuc works better than my rack server i used to have (for my home lab), it consumes way le...  Read More


I have to say that hyper-v has exceeded my expectations, i still need to install some other home test servers on it like oracle...  Read More

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
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  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 107.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 54 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 17 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The only reason i didnt gave this a 5 star was due that annoying fan issue where the bios will i believe incorrectly report high temperature and the fan rpm will go higher resulting into a noisy machine


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    While this issue doesnt happen often has occurred about 34 times in past year its an annoying issue nevertheless and i have to reboot the nuc to bring things back in order


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I used the following parts and can confirm they are compatible with d54250wykcrucial mx200 msata ssdhttpwww


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This unit only draws 24 watts at full operation and my tests rate it at about 12 gflopsec


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The box is miniscule when i compare to my big desktop boxes amazing


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I had a atom htpc and this i5 replaces that plus a heap more


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I bought this expecting all sorts of issues but im a gluton for punishment when it comes to tech hardware

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