Reddit reviews Intel NUC 7 Mainstream Kit (NUC7i5BNK) - Core i5, Short, Add't Components Needed
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7th Generation Intel Core i5-7260UIntel Iris Plus Graphics 640M.2 22x42/80 (key M) slot for SATA3 or Pie X4 Gen3 NV Me or AHCI SSDDual channel DDR4-2133 SODIMMs, 32GB maximumThunderbolt 3 (40 Gbps), USB 3.1 Gen2 (10 Gaps) and DisplayPort 1.2 via USB-C
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N4EP1N0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Qgs0AbA79TMH
Take a look at this guy they're rather capable for what their size is. You'd be hard pressed to build one for this price and you're right there with big box store prices.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-BOXNUC7I5BNK-BABY-CANYON-NUC7I5BNK/dp/B01N4EP1N0
This one's 360 quid and will certainly run aoe2 but if you want to run other games it's worth to save up a bit more for something with like a 1050 Ti, value for money hardware gets drastically better at 500-1000 pounds.
Agree. To play Gamecube games I use Dolphin emulator
Unfortunately RPi isn’t powerful enough but Intel NUC seems to be a good option. It’s possible to make Gamecube-like enclosure for it too
if you have a pc you could sell and use some profit for something more up your alley then i'd say go for it. a plex server can be run on as little as a raspberry pi, albeit very slowly.
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intel NUC mini PCs may do you well, coupled with a shield tv. something like this
https://www.amazon.ca/Intel-Mini-NUC7i5BNK-Core-Version/dp/B01N4EP1N0/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1540069470&sr=8-6&keywords=intel+nuc&dpID=41HRAeMuj-L&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch
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What, you mean https://www.amazon.com/Intel-mini-NUC7i5BNK-Core-version/dp/B01N4EP1N0
One of these is the kind of thing I was thinking of - Intel NUC Mini PC kit NUC7i5BNK
The only catch is you need to add on a M.2 drive and RAM which pushes the price up.
The thing I like the most about the NUC's is that they are small and quiet and don't use much power. The TDP on that i5 cpu is 15w with a passmark of 5698
Then just add on one of these little drives for storage.
Hm, I'm interested. So as far as I can tell, compared to this, your builds actually have an SSD and RAM already ready to go. That's cool. I think I'd look for a different case, maybe something that lays down flat instead of standing up. I am considering it so your builds help a lot. I'd probably lean to the first, because I don't need to game, but might do the second for a bit more future-proofing. I'm currently stuck between the concept of doing this or just finding a used computer and putting an SSD in it.