Reddit reviews Intel NUC 7 Mainstream Kit (NUC7i7BNH) - Core i7, Tall, Add't Components Needed
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7th Generation Intel Core i7 7567UIntel Iris Plus Graphics 650. 2. 5 inches Ssd/HDD bayM. 2 22x42/ 80 (key M) slot for SATA3 or Pie x4 Gen3 NV Me or AHCI SSDDual Channel DDR4 2133 SODIMMs, 32GB maximumThunderbolt 3 port Support with support for USB 3. 1 generation 2, Display Port 1. 2 and 40 GB/s Thunderbolt; Dual mode Bluetooth 4. 2OS : Windows 10
The Intel NUCs that have Iris graphics are supposed to be pretty decent. There'd only be one fan/moving part too.
Edit: because I'm a bit of a NUC fanboy, here are the two top of the line options. Note: these are barebones PCs, so bring your own OS, RAM, and M.2 SSD.
The gaming focused option, with a Discrete graphics card, an option of which was news to me.
The general option, with integrated graphics, which is the normal general focused form factor.
Intel NUC. They are a bit pricey tho. You just need to add an SSD (or HDD) and RAM and you have a computer that fits into your hand.
i3 https://www.amazon.com/Intel-BOXNUC7I3BNH-NUC-Kit-Components/dp/B01N4EOJNG
i5 https://www.amazon.com/Intel-BOXNUC7I5BNK-NUC-Kit-Components/dp/B01N2UMKZ5
i7 https://www.amazon.com/Intel-BOXNUC7I7BNH-NUC-Kit-Components/dp/B01N0RL8Q4
How low a budget are we talking about? [this] (https://www.amazon.com/Intel-NUC-mini-NUC7i7BNH-Core/dp/B01N0RL8Q4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1523539819&sr=8-3&keywords=intel+nuc+i7) would be around $600 all in for an i7 that can handle a couple of transcodes.
Depends on your tolerance for lower settings.
The newest Intel NUCs available have an i5-7260U and i7-7567U, with Iris Pro 640 and 650 integrated graphics (respectively).
Your limiting factor here is going to be that iGPU. It'll handle Steam IHS fine, and Dolphin on some reasonable settings. Local gaming is going to suffer though. Even on the Iris Pro 650, Rocket League barely gets to 60 FPS on medium settings.
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Intel NUCs aren't super cost effective at higher tiers, either. Covfefe Lake NUCs (including some with AMD Vega graphics) still aren't out, so your only option is Kaby Lake ones.
The i7-7567U option (discussed above), is currently $450 from Amazon US. Tack on to that the cost of RAM, SSD, and possibly a Windows license if you're weird like that.
If you're cool with a bigger system, a Ryzen 5 2400G build will run you more like $320 before RAM, SSD, and possibly OS. Not to mention performing signifigantly better due to a way stronger CPU and GPU.
If you do that, I would recommend you not go with my AK1, which I linked above, but go instead with a mini-PC that has a more powerful processor as the sound will be much better. Unlike VSTs that just sample, that is one side-effect of Pianoteq - everything must be calculated on the fly. Right now, the sound quality is a bit richer, especially for polyphonous works like Baroque music, when Pianoteq is running on my MacBook Pro, than on my AK1. However, because I rely on Pianoteq for sound, it's not convenient to bring over my MacBook and hook it up whenever I want to sit down at the piano. So I've been living with the AK1. Fortunately, I don't really play Bach much. LOL
> $800 for an i3-8100.
Oh, ok. Let's go for an i7 kit from Intel.
Here's mine. NUC7i7BNH.
Here's a kit built out with that model, plus 8GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD. It's $769.
Great! It's got an i7!
Except the base i3 CPU in the Mini ($30 more!) is like 20% faster.
And the RAM in the Mini is 2666MHz instead of 2133MHz.
And the SSD is PCIe in the Mini instead of M2 SATA III.
And the Mini can be upgraded to 64GB of RAM instead of 32GB max in the NUC.
And the Mini has 4 x Thunderbolt3 ports and 2 x USB3 ports instead of 1 x Thunderbolt3 port and 4 x USB3 ports.
And the Mini has faster Wifi and newer Bluetooth.
And the Mini has an internal power supply instead of needing an external brick.
And the fan in the NUC is a noisy pile of garbage.
So.... tell me more about how shameful it is?
Why not just build a small form factor with a GPU inside? The TB3 case is slower and much more expensive, and you’re really not going to build a pc that can do what you want that will be so small that it would be a major difference from one with a GPU.
If you’re looking for a micro, then I think your best bet is to just buy one of those and outfit it.
Alternatively you could look into a laptop if you need portability, and extend that later.
Edit: this is about the best I could find:
https://www.amazon.com/Intel-NUC-mini-NUC7i7BNH-Core/dp/B01N0RL8Q4
If it's the size that's attractive, this will run windows 10 very well:
https://www.amazon.com/Intel-NUC-mini-NUC7i7BNH-Core/dp/B01N0RL8Q4
Yes, amazon link
The 7i7 is cheaper.... at $383... what am I missing?