Intel NUC with 7th Gen Processor – A First Look

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afmishaq — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 22:02:43 GMT

Very comprehensive review, covering under the hood! Exciting possibilities!

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littleben1 — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 05:06:26 GMT

Nice new toy, love my laptop but one of these might just take it out of orbit. Nice review on an awesome machine

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shabaz — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:42:34 GMT

Installing a hypervisor was straightforward. Although it's not supported, VMware ESXi installed just fine, with no special tweaks at all! So, even with the i3 processor NUC version, ESXi appears to be fine, although I need to explore more (I've only run one VM inside it). I've added a section explaining what version I used etc., in the blog post.

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stevesmythe — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:57:34 GMT

Thanks for the review. I have one of the Gigabyte Brix like in your picture. The advantage for me over the Intel NUC that you reviewed is the "legacy" VGA connector because it means I can re-use an old monitor that still works fine!

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luislabmo — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:55:29 GMT

Nice write up [mention:b0bc65b9ecdc4307bd967592f00e340a:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05]!. I think these kind of computers will become very popular -they are almost like a Laptop in a different form factor-, they are compact, pack decent power and are upgradable -to a certain point-.

Luis

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mcb1 — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 22:39:41 GMT

Someone at one of our other groups (you know the ones that you have to physically go to) had some version of NUC.

He'd loaded a version of Linux and it made a great portable device in that situation (projector as the display)

I looked at them here, but the price was too large to justify.

I could have brought a low spec laptop for a similar amount.

There are very few second hand versions here, and we aren't using them at work (they would suit a few situations), so that source isn't there either.

One day.

It will be interesting to see how you rate it in a few years.

Mark

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three-phase — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 20:13:51 GMT

Interesting post, I may look for something like this when I start to set up a more permanent workspace.

Thanks for posting

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genebren — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 13:42:37 GMT

Very Cool and useful.

This the direction that I had always hoped the PC-104 would go, but it never really hit the main stream. I used to build a lot of PC-104 based systems (Intel and other CPUs), as these were easy to expand and enhance as future needs arose. There downside was cost, as there was not enough volume behind them to drive costs down.

This would be a great way to declutter a desk/workbench.

Gene

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mconners — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 12:46:30 GMT

Nice review, as always, [mention:b0bc65b9ecdc4307bd967592f00e340a:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05]. That seems like a lot of power packed into a small area. Up to 32GB of ram and copious USB3 ports. I'm very impressed. I'll have to look into one of these.

Thanks for the write up.

Mike

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rachaelp — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 10:11:49 GMT

I have to say, having seen this I am quite tempted by a NUC to replace my Gigabyte BRIX mini PC on my workbench. I'm impressed by how solid it looks and I imagine the metal chassis helps a lot with keeping it cooler with more powerful CPU's. My BRIX is a few years old, has a much slower CPU (Atom or Celeron, not sure which) and is very plasticy with quite a poor build quality, consequently I don't use it very much. I like that the NUC has dual HDMI output which allows for dual monitor setups which I think is very beneficial and it looks like it's got so much potential for expansion or incorporating it into projects. I'll definitely be taking a closer look at these when I get round to updating my bench computer.

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jomoenginer — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 05:07:41 GMT

Nice First Look of the NUC. I recently set some of these up at the day gig with the Ubuntu image from Intel and it seemed to go smoothly.

As far as what else is out there, I would toss in the MAC Mini which is also an Intel based system and in the same price range.

It would be interesting to see how this compares in performance with an Octa core ODROID-XU4 or a NVIDIA Jetson.