Intel NUC Kit NUC6i5KYK BOXNUC6I5SYK

Broke after light use over 10 months. Now I need to figure out how the warranty works. I have the previous generation i3 and it runs 24/7 without issue though.

Yes, intel released a bad product before; however, it was an advanced problem Itel needed some time to fix; which they did. let me start with this unit is NOT defective anymore, as long as you have BIOS 42, you will have a blue dot on the bottom (fixing the voltage regulator on the motherboard). I did not, it came with BIOS 28 and I updated immediately. Let's get that out of the way, not defective anymore, here are the details I purchased the previous version. While I loved it, there were 2 things that really made me upset at Intel for it, and I could not live with it. I originally, (before the 5th gen) had an ACER UX305 w/ i3 4160, 8GB RAM, Crucial 256SSD, and a GT 730 1GB DDR5. It flew and I liked it! However, I have an IT business and wanted to have a NUC for myself, so figured that ACER will be sold to a customer. I tell you all this because I was replacing an already fast computer. The 5th gen was awesome, but two things I couldn't deal with. 1.) Awful HD 6000 graphics. Usually, the graphics are pretty admirable for internal graphics, but the NUC sounded like a jet engine with old games like AOE III AOM, etc. It cried and screamed because of the heat. And a lot of games usually playable on desktops (because the card didn't throttle with the heat), were not on the NUC. Intel advertised it as a "LAN PARTY". What a joke. 2.) Mini HDMI, so many units you needed a connector. I knew this when buying, but it ended up really bothering me. I returned the unit. Now for the 6th Gen: I paired it with Hyper 16GB 2113 Speed Memory, Samsung 950 Pro, and Windows 10. It's laughable how fast it boots (5 seconds with intel rapid technology and fast boot enabled in BIOS. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROS -The skylake chip is only 10% faster than the last version in "general computing", but the Iris chip is AWESOME! I do not play games much, but like to occasionally. I max out AOEIII and get 60fps. yes, the graphics are that good! This graphics chip I am 100% satisfied and JUST is enough of power for me. Finally, intel can brag about integrated graphics, just as good as my discrete GT 730 1GB DDR5 card -I am OCD about fan noise, the NUC is SILENT in general computing, but playing games the fan understandably comes on. And fan noise is that of a laptop. I replaced my whole tower because of how efficient this chip is. Can get very hot on games though (95C-max temp is around 105 so still OK for hour bursts) -Visual BIOS is great to work in. I love this part. TIP: adjust fan speed from 35 to 30, it makes the unit completely silent while still keeping temps 40C at idle (my room can get hot around 73F, so 40C for the chip is more than fine. I would not recommend changing anything else, as the fan needs to go to "emergency mode" if need be. -FAST FAST FAST! I have to mention how much I love the chip again. It's nearly as fast as my 4160, a true compliment for 15W chip. -Minuscule, but you will save probably $50-$75 a year on this vs a "desktop" chip consuming 10x more watts. -Small! Can unplug my cables and transfer it anywhere. I move a lot for my job, this is a nice bonus. Plus, something is really cool having your computer the size of your palm, I may sound like I am an idiot for doing it, but I sometimes pick it up randomly, in dismay this thing can be as powerful as a mid-high to high end range desktop. -FULL HDMI Port! No bull mini hdmi port, allowing a lot more devices to connect easier. -Mini Display port (if you want to add another display, pretty nice) -4 USB 3.0 ports, 2 in the back 2 in front (1 fast charge). Nice because I have my keyboard and mouse usb, and my speakers usb (powered by NUC) -Full Ethernet port -FAST and nice AC wireless card -Multiple plug ports if you travel internationally -Great motherboard layout & stable as heck -Looks sexy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONS (nitpicking) -Gets hot but that's because of the case of how small the case is -Expensive....Intel could lower this a little -Still mad Intel classified the last version as "LAN PARTY" worthy, pretty much false advertisements Honestly, if you want a NUC get this one.

Got this "6th generation" NUC, added 16GB RAM and a Transcend 256GB M.2 SSD (Samsung was sold out). connected to a Dell 2705 (2560x1600) via HDMI. Installed Ubuntu and everything works just fine. Mounted on the back of the monitor - out of sight, out of mind. You get the performance of a MacBook Pro for around 600 Euro (plus screen and keyboard). Only annoyance was that the slim version was slightly more expensive than the bigger one that can take a 2.5" drive.

An amazing platform by Intel. The construction is aluminum body with a plastic lid. It comes with 2 USB 3.0 ports in the back, and 2 in the front. Ther are also internal USB 2.0 ports. Additionally, it features a gigabit Ethernet port as well as WiFi and it also has a card reader. I have been running linux on mine and the performance is great with NVMe SSD and 16GB RAM. It is small and doesn't weight much so it is quite easy to transport if you need to. I do some light development and testing on mine and i find it very convenient to take with me any time i want to demonstrate something in the lab and then work on it at home. So in a sense it has substituted my laptop to a certain extent because it is much more compact than a laptop and where are I use it there is always a spare monitor and keyboard/mouse. Speaking of monitors, the device provides HDMI and miniDP. One thing worth noting is that the CPU is i5 but it is not a quad core. It is a dual core with hyperthreading which gives you 4 logical processors to play with. This doesn't mean in any way that this machine is not capable of doing the usual light office stuff and web browsing. It will even do some of the older games without much trouble. For anyone who doesn't have very high computing requirements and mostly spend their time on facebook, youtube, emailing, etc., this is a perfect alternative to a desktop and this particular model will happily do some basic and video photo editing for the aforementioned applications. It is silent, compact and consumes a tiny fraction of the electricity that a desktop PC would use. I can't recomment it enough for people that have basic computing requirements and don't want a full desktop computer at home. Similarly, it will do great in an office environment as it features Intel's Management Engine for centralised management of all the NUCs in the office and also has a kensington lock.

Excellent mini PC !!! Très rapide, ne prend pas de place (il tient dans main!!), ne fait pas de bruit, ne chauffe pas !!! Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas le NUC, il a le processeur déjà soudé sur la carte mère (un i5 pour ce modèle), il ne manque que 2 choses pour qu'il soit fonctionnel: 1) La barrette mémoire DDR4 2) Le disque dur SSD type M2 1) type de barrette mémoire: DDR4 1.2V de fréquence soit : 1866 ou 2133 MHz (MAX: 32Go RAM) 2) le disque dur ATTENTION: il prend les disque SSD de type M2, mais de taille 42 et 80mm uniquement. On peut trouver cette réf sous la forme 2242 et 2280 J'ai commandé 2 NUC déjà, la 1re fois je n'ai eu aucun pb, la 2e fois , je n'ai pas fait attention, et j'ai pris un disque ssd M2 de taille 60 (ou 2260),eh bin forcément... je ne peux pas fixer le disque sur la carte mère avec la vis. Ca fonctionne, mais avec le disque non vissé, donc pas top. Mais l'erreur m'est imputable. Le i5 est un processeur Double coeur physique, et a aussi 2 coeurs supplémentaires virtuels, il y a donc au total 4 coeurs !!! Il y a un des ports USB qui est orange, c'est un port qui permet de recharger un appareil usb (type smartphone) en haute charge Lecteur de carte SD testé, et fonctionne très bien aussi Il y aussi une sortie jack pour des HP ou casque La seule chose que je n'ai pas pu tester c'est le port infrarouge Pour ceux qui se posent la question, j'ai installé ubuntu 16.04 dessus, et il fonctionne TRES bien ! Besoin d'aucun drivers ! Tout est reconnu parfaitement (wifi/bluetooth, carte vidéo..). Je fais même fonctionner mon HP BOSE bluettoth soundlink mini2 Le BIOS est graphique, on peut y utiliser la souris, on peut le mettre à jour facilement aussi si on le souhaite (soit directement via internet, soit par clé usb) Petits + qui font toujours plaisirs: 1) il y a un adaptateur VESA qui permet de fixer le NUC directement derrière son écran, ce qui le rend donc invisible !! 2) il y a aussi la place pour mettre un cadenas anti vol Je ne peux QUE RECOMMANDER !!!!