ASUS UN65U-M023M VivoMini Barebones PC with Intel Core i3-7100U and Integrated 4K UHD Graphics

First, the unit itself is awesome. Very sleek and quite professional looking despite the size, super impressed and totally soundless.I put 8GB of ram on it and for setup an old 2.5" HD till my M.2 comes in later this week. Made a bootable USB installation stick (Google how to) for CENTOS and Win10 and set it up for dual boot. It works fantastic. I bought the I3 unit (dual core with hyper threading) and was amazed at how fast it runs. Not sure how much better the i5 or i7 unit would be in terms of bang for the buck. The video is built in Intel so eh... For the price, the i3 unit is the sweet spot I'm thinking. I've fooled with Celeron unit in the past and would not recommend it. Quad core Pentium yes, Celeron no way. I know it would leave you very disappointed, unless you expected no performance at all and just want to be as inexpensive as possible. I also borrowed a Mini Port to VGA adapter and ran two full HD monitors just fine, BUT this will never be a screaming gamer box so don't even go there if that's what you expect. You will be disappointed.The i3 also has VM hardware support so you can do Android development/host VMs, etc. Probably doesn't matter, but I will put Android Studio on this box, so it does to me.Since VRAM is cut out of DRAM, I'd build it out this way and I think you'll be happy:1) 8GB memory (single stick works fine and will let you stick in another stick at some point)2) Some sort of M.2 SSD (right now 250GB appears to be the sweet spot price point and you can always add a 2.5 HDD for storage on the cheap later),3) Add some sort of Wireless keyboard/mouse (I'm using Logitech K320 and M215 as I had an extra set laying around),4) An HDMI Interfaced 1920x1080 monitor5) You're in business.Clean virtually wireless setup and real good bang for the buck. Super clean if you attach it (VESA standard holes) to the back of your monitor. Think real cheap all in one without the disadvantages if it breaks. You can add an external DVD for $30.00 if you want to watch DVDs. After the KB/mouse and DVD, you'll still have two USB ports built in for expansion of printer/cam/headset/etc.I don't know about UHD 4K support as I have no UHD to test it on. It says it will run it and probably will for streaming/business but no games I'd imagine.Also didn't try the built in ethernet, just went wireless and it worked fine.Now, on to my only issue - I bought it used from Amazon Warehouse deals and I highly recommend going that route (I'm sure that most returns are because when it arrived and wasn't plug and play it went back and I'll take the savings and thank you non readers very much) BUT you may only get the box and power supply. The VESA mount kit, the 2.5" HD mounting rails and ribbon cable, and all paperwork may/will be missing. So sit it on your desk, use an M.2 SSD, by an MP-VGA/DMI/HDMI adapter if you want dual monitors, download the manuals and enjoy the savings. But KNOW there will most likely be missing stuff and Amazon will let you return it but will not give you the missing parts.Now here is something I did and you may be able to as well - When I called Amazon about getting the missing stuff and they said no can do and offered RMA and I said no, I wanted it, but before I could type my next message, they popped up and offered me a $90.00 refund to get missing parts locally. Of course I said yes. Maybe you can, too. I had a tiny ribbon cable for the HD from an old laptop, mounted it with a bit of hot glue, ordered a $7.95 MP to VGA adapter and have a perfect plate of metal to fab my VESA mount, so I'm totally happy AND spent $110.00 instead of $200.00. $90.00 for five minutes work - I'll do that all day long!Overall, super impressed and it took about ninety minutes to go from opening the box to totally done.

This is a great little unit. I'm sure that I will get many years of use out of it. The chassis is really solid and the assembly was easy. Windows installation was super smooth and the driver disc was good. I have an Intel NUC i3 unit and I really got my money's worth out of that one. It was a very trouble-free unit for years. That NUC unit will go to my music keyboard and will be used for sheet music and DAW. I like the looks and design of this unit very much, too.

I have the Core i3 model on order and have been trying to resolve some of the specification mysteries:1) What number of pins for the RAM, 204 or 260? Update: The documentation inside the box indicates "unbuffered non-ECC 1.35V DDR4 260pin SO-DIMMs", up to 16Gb per slot, 32 Gb total.2) Max size for the M.2 PCIe SSD, 128Gb or ??? Still no info given for this in the same installation instructions as above. I returned my 500 Gb card and bought a 256Gb card based on another users confirmation that it worked for them.Looking in the manual didn't resolve either question (linked at the bottom of the product page.). As suggested I went to the ASUS website and came up empty on tech specs. I got in touch with customer support via. chat and after an hour they came back with "You need DDR3L-1600 MHz and any SATA drive up to 256Gb will work. OS should be Win 7 or 8.1." Ughh. I have a 500Mb M.2 PCIe card coming, and a 16Gb 260 DDR4 RAM module. So, if the info isn't on the outside of the ASUS box I'm screwed: If I open it I own it...So, a miserable experience and I don't even have the product yet...I'm waiting on ome more RAM module but should have the unit up and running tonight. If it all works I'll update my rating accordingly.

I decided to change the raiting of the product, since it is of very good quality, the pc has a good cooling system, the processor temperature is always at 43c to 47c.The only complaint I have so far is that they should explain better that the product do not have the Ram or the HDD. In addition to Barebone specify that it does not have these components since not all know the terminology of Barebone.

I bought this to be an always-on Plex server, since the power consumption is very low, it seemed perfect. So far, it is! It's tiny, well built, and works like a dream for my needs. I stuck an m2 128gb drive and 8gb ram inside. It really flies. Can't speak for the durability as I only just bought it, but right now I highly recommend this.

This was a great bare bones PC. Easy build and was more performant than expected. I even had a nice surprise in being able to use a full length M2 card. Win10 installed simply with no driver issues. Has been on for over a month with no issues (knock on wood). Definitely has renewed my interest in these smaller builds.

I bought the unit, installed the new cards and loaded ubuntu Linux on the box. Runs fast and sweet. A little concern with the graphic card, jittery during start up but nothing major. I only use this for streaming video so this is perfect and probably last for another 5 years like the 1 it replaced.

This is a barebones pc. It does not come with memory or hard drive or, obviously OS installed. Fair and good. However, if you install memory or a hard drive Asus views that as a modification of the unit and will not give any support. Even when the problem is that the pc appears to have no video output (which has nothing to do with hard disk or memory). In short, you buy this and you are on your own -- this manufacturer will take your money, but will not stand by their product to the least degree.

A la hora de conectarlo a un monitor no proyecta nada. Probé por todos los medios (HDMI, DISPLAYPORT... ADAPTADORES) y nada. Tuve que regresarlo pero como era importado, no me reembolsaron el gasto de aduana. Lástima porque tenía buenas especificaciones.