Intel NUC and Gigabyte Brix Mini Computers - your thoughts please

[kayvee]

What about a Google ChromeBox? 'doze 7 is a no-no, but you can dual-boot with some linux distros with a minor hack. Also have to import yourself.

 

[mister]

I have a few in operation at clients (i5 model), Windows 7 and 4gig ram.
It does work. I think the reason behind all the solid state devices is heat reduction. (like ssd)
When setting up the feeling I got was the same as the small atom notebooks of a few years back. Yes it work for office work, but it's not that wow.
It is small, but little thicker than what you think, especially when you mount it on the back of the screen.
Also the whole enclosure run hotter than what I would've like.
For a office pc, Word and normal Excel, mails and web surfing it work great.
I like it when you open the Intel box (unboxing) the product. Had days of fun, planting it everywhere...

I have an Intel NUC DC3217BY.
Intel® Core™ i3-3217U Processor (3M Cache, 1.80 GHz)
4GB ram
64GB SSD

Paid R2725 excluding ram & drive.

It's running Windows 8 beautifully in an office environment.
As with the above poster, I find it does run hotter than I would like. It recently ran for about two weeks with one cpu core maxed out and didn't do any harm though.

Great little box. I'm actually trying to find another of the same model but can't find any

 

[kingrob]

I have an Intel NUC DC3217BY.
Intel® Core™ i3-3217U Processor (3M Cache, 1.80 GHz)
4GB ram
64GB SSD

Paid R2725 excluding ram & drive.

It's running Windows 8 beautifully in an office environment.
As with the above poster, I find it does run hotter than I would like. It recently ran for about two weeks with one cpu core maxed out and didn't do any harm though.

Great little box. I'm actually trying to find another of the same model but can't find any

Fantastic!

Exactly what I wanted to hear, as I have limited desk space and the NUC is a perfect fit.

Think I will pull the trigger on a i3 as well.

 

[Arthur]

I got a Gigabyte i5 BRIX 4200 on Saturday. Fitted the 8GB DDR3 RAM, wifi module and a Sammy 850 SSD, but so far haven't managed to boot it up successfully. Nothing appears on the attached display. Will try again tomorrow.

 

[HApyM3al]

I got a Gigabyte i5 BRIX 4200 on Saturday. Fitted the 8GB DDR3 RAM, wifi module and a Sammy 850 SSD, but so far haven't managed to boot it up successfully. Nothing appears on the attached display. Will try again tomorrow.

you have more than one ram module? if so try with one module first.

 

[Arthur]

you have more than one ram module? if so try with one module first.

Yes, my first thought. But sadly only one module. More is nog 'n dag. Next suspect is the HDMI output. Will try to find a Displayport monitor tomorrow and check using DP. Otherwise it's 120km roundtrip to George.

 

[Dolby]

Just wish either of them has SPDIF as well as HDMI. I use one for movies and the other for music