Intel NUC 7 Enthusiast A Mini PC with Windows 10 Intel Core i7 2TB HDD 32GB Optane Memory 8GB DDR4 Gunmetal (BOXNUC7i7BNHXG)

I freaked my wife out with this little box. She thought she was getting a tower and when she opened it on Christmas morning she looked at me like I was pulling a joke on her. It was easy to set up and is fast and quiet! I'm going to get one for myself when I have the cash and you will need it because these are not cheap. Get one if you have the cash, you won't be sorry. It's a workhorse pc not a gamer!

I got the i7 Optane version and I found that it would have been better to get the SSD version... the Optane works very good though with an older type hard drive that spins which came in my NUC... it started up fast but not much speed on other things that would use the hard drive... so I disabled the Optane and put in a SSD... that makes a huge difference and it's very fast all the time now... I was confused about the Turbo Boost feature and was told by Intel that it's built into the CPU and does not require the Turbo Boost software like one of my other PC's.. it has to be enabled in Bios though.. you should update the Bios soon as you can after starting it up and there is an update for it at Intel... it has a Thunderbolt port on the rear that can be used for booting external USB drives and again, you have to enable it in the Bios... I included a photo for size comparison and in the photo is this NUC and the fan for my desktop CPU... the NUC is very small but powerful..

Small, light, quick, easy to set up and use. Only problem is that it's connected to my Dell monitor, and sometimes when I come in to use it, the monitor has gone into power save mode and I can't wake it up except by hard resetting the NUC to force a shut down and restart. That's super annoying. I know the NUK is on because I can hear it, but the monitor says it's not receiving a signal. This is has happened between 1-2 times per week for the month I've had it, and there seem to be other people on the web with this problem and no one has a solution. Weird, and annoying.

Powered up and ran great right out of the box. Easy as any other PC to setup. Well made enclosure with good quality connectors and external power supply.

Purchased this for my RV while out of state on Contract. Actually, did a lot of work on it for my contract and also for personal use. Worked great for about a year, then started to get Overheat Warning until the Hard drive failed. Sent it in under warranty, first replacement again had overheat issues. Returned the replacement and received a third unit, it also starts having overheat issues. It limps along but I can not depend on it to do any meaningful work. It is a VERY compact design and I think that the heat management is under designed for an i7 chip. In order to get the compact design they used a thin heatsink, this small fan that does not move enough air if the heat sink is not properly attached to the chip. I was lucky the first unit lasted as long as it did. There is no room to add additional cooling fans. I am going to go with a mini profile computer next where I can add additional cooling fans to blow air over the heat sink.

I don’t want Altcoin software to be able to infect my bitcoin wallet, so as a precaution I airgapped my Altcoin software from my bitcoin software. I bought this primarily to use for running nodes for altcoins. It is great - mounts on the wall and has everything you need to run a node.

Trying to use a program I used on other computer. The Nuc won't work with the drivers. I called and worked with the software developers, downloaded drivers. yada yada yada... doesn't work. i3 is much slower than expected.

I have nothing to complain about this machine. It is small, light, runs on low power, good on-board graphics. Basically it has everything needed to serve as an entertainment PC tucked away in a cabinet.

SCRIVEVO: "Le caratteristiche sulla carta sono ottime ma poi - le porte sono messe male: solo 2 usb sul fronte, se metti mouse e tastiera sono finite - la porta audio davanti impiccia - appena fatto aggiornamento si è cancellato il programma per gestione video intel: reinstallato ok ma poi facendo tri aggiornamenti si blocca tutto - scalda molto DOPO POCHI MESI... Pessimo acquisto, lentissimo, si spegne senza motivo, scheda video che va a scatti ed assolutamente instabile

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Los mejor en tamaño, precio y rendimiento. Veloz, tamaño reducido, versátil y además con software variado incluido de forma gratuita

Leistungsstark bis hinten gegen, klein und handlich - wunderbar! Ich benutze ihn als Steuer PC in einem 19“ Rack und er passt perfekt in eine 1HE Wanne.

Great little unit. Lots of power. Initially planned to stick 16or 32GB of RAM straight away... but after 6 weeks of use... I'm kinda happy with the 8GB. The Optane helps greatly I'm sure. Will need to increase RAM when I start adding VM's but for just one instance of Windows the 8GB is more than fine...even using Chrome as browser. Hardware is great. Small. Solidly built. Well laid out. So compact and tiny. This is my first home Windows machine in 10+ years, replacing an old 27" iMac and loving it all so far.. on 32" inch screen.