Right now, this is a *very* new device. The bang for the buck is pretty amazing. Getting 4K video in something this low power (and low cost) is way beyond the previous generation of parts. It's also powerful enough to make a nice little standalone server. Drop in a 4 or 8 GB ram stick and a 2.5" ssd. This gizmo is quite responsive. I *assume* it runs Windows fine, that was not my target for this device. I brought it up under Linux....... and ....Intel has had the CPU out for only a little while. Linux is busy catching up with all the subtle ins and outs of the new device. That's a normal situation when a new chip comes out. Install any of the (as of July 18th 2015) standard Ubuntu builds and you will get a kernel in the 3.x series. This beast needs a kernel from the 4.x series. (If you are lost by this point, don't buy this as a Linux box right now). The issues are *not* specific to the NUC. All of the Braswell CPU based parts have exactly the same problem. It's not the board, it's simply the Linux world catching up with a bunch of new features. Returning the box and getting a new one will *not* fix the errors in kern.log.You *can* install a 4.x kernel from Ubuntu's nightly build process. They all are likely to have issues in them. Right now kernel 4.2 takes care of the video memory timeout check errors that 3.19 has when run on this device. It probably brings in a number of other interesting issues, but at least it takes care of the most obvious problems. The last post in this thread:[...]Gives a basic recipe for how to update the kernel. The exact files used in that post are no longer correct. They change far to often to keep something like that up to date. You will need to browse the folder they are in to get the current file names. If you really want to go into all this, Intel does have a NUC forum.If Ubuntu is not your favorite Linux, I'm sure that your distribution will have ways to get to a 4.x kernel. Just make sure the route is one you are willing to deal with *before* you buy one of these boxes.If none of this makes any sense *and* you want to run Linux - wait a while to buy this gizmo or any other board based on this very nice chip set. Let the people work out the issues and generate a stable released build with the 4.x kernel.There also is a bit of messy screen as Grub does it's video switching thing. I suppose one of these days I'll dig deep enough into the config files to fix it. It's also possible I'll just ignore it until Grub's "auto" feature works with the newer graphics. It's a pretty minor issue.=====Just in case you *are* looking to install Win 7 on this box, there is a non-trivial process involved there as well:[...]Just like every Windows release ever, the install disk only handles hardware that was on the market when the disk came out. In this case it's USB3. In years gone by it was a whole variety of things. The fix has always been to get the drivers for the device into the install stream. Depending on the driver and Microsoft's whims, that can be pretty easy or (as in this case) a bit more difficult. It does indeed install (Yes, I bought another one of these...) it's just a bit of a hassle to do.Any time you put an "old" OS onto "new" hardware, these things come up ....If you take a look at the box it comes in (yes this is an edit a bit later ... who every reads the box !!!) it mentions Windows 8 compatibility but makes no mention of Windows 7 or before. The listing probably could mention this. There's a *lot* of information on the box and in the instructions (never read them ...) that might be helpful. A few highlights:Warranty is 3 yearsInput voltage range is 12 to 19V (will not go to ~10V for a full automotive install)The infrared sensor comes out the front panel.The power adapter says it's good from 100V to 240V AC 50/60 Hz. (Those of you on 25 Hz may be out of luck)It took exactly 4 weeks for the latest one to get from the factory in China to my doorstep.============Simply to save people digging through the comments: Under the kernel patch I'm running, there still is an issue with the WiFi drivers. There may be a workaround. I don't run WiFi on my box so it's not as big a deal to me as it may be to you. Some of the newer kernels have it fixed. with the incorporation of a newer Intel driver.Bios update is located here:[...]======Thanks to Oscar's comment below:For the wifi, download the firmware iwlwifi-7265D-13.ucode, place it under /lib/firmware and you're done. Both WiFi and Bluetooth work ok (at least in Ubuntu with 4.1.3 kernel).Direct download link to the firmware:[...]There is now a way to take care of the WiFi and Bluetooth drivers on Ubuntu. I suspect it also works on other versions of Linux.I'd say that's enough (plus Win 10 being out with all the drivers) to bump it up a star.Even if you NUC is dated *after* the bios release date, it probably does not have the latest BIOS. It's always worth checking.Bob

Purchased this (along with an Samsung 850 EVO 120GB SSD and Kingston 8GB SODIMM) to replace an aging home-built midtower HTPC in a bedroom, with the intention of using it pretty much strictly for Kodi, Amazon Instant Video, and a Steam streaming box. Because of this I opted for a Linux install as Windows would be overkill. I prefer Windows but am familiar enough with Linux that it was little trouble.Note that out of the box this had BIOS rev. 27 installed, this was updated to rev. 31 before the OS install.Ubuntu 15.04 installed easily via USB and runs with no issues. Note that until 15.10 is available with the 4.x kernel (I believe late October), the Cherrytrail GPU support has some issues, but no obvious showstoppers except for Steam (more below). My media storage is a headless Windows box with a RAID setup and a MySQL database to sync multiple Kodi clients. Everything went perfectly with Kodi and it performs wonderfully playing remote 1080p HD. This was my main concern and I couldn't be happier with it.Firefox runs like hot garbage at this point - it may be an artifact of the GPU support issues in the 3.x kernel, but I'm not sure and don't really care, because right now not play back Amazon Instant Video in HTML5 and requires using a 3rd part repository to get Flash playback working - which runs like crap anyway. Installed the latest stable Chrome (not Chromium) which runs like a champ and plays Amazon in HTML5 with no issues.Steam install took a little doing, but this is a Linux thing and nothing specific to this machine. At this time Steam streaming is definitely affected by the GPU issues - the stream will work, but video decoding is hosed. I installed FTL locally and that runs fantastic however. I hope the GPU fixes in the new kernel will get the streaming working. This was a "nice to have" item and not a dealbreaker.All in all this little guy is fantastic. It's almost completely silent, and looks attractive - or can easily be hidden pretty much anywhere you want. The performance and build quality at this price point is shockingly awesome. I'd expect with Windows 10 I wouldn't have run into the few minor issues that I did. I'm an instant believer in the NUC after this - we had intended to give a rebuilt Ivy Bridge desktop as a Christmas gift for the SO's mom, but now I will absolutely be going with a new i3 NUC instead.If you are looking for a more robust HTPC solution than a Roku/AppleTV/etc., you cannot go wrong with this, and if you don't mind a little tinkering, it's trivial to get Ubuntu (or OpenELEC or you distro of choice I'd assume) up and running.

Esta mini pc tiene un tamaño y peso muy bueno y viene con soporte para la pared incluido y funciona de manera my fluidasolo debo especificar que el modelo que yo compre venia sin RAM ni disco duro, el empaque excelente y su funcionamiento muy buenoyo al uso como emulador retro y centro multimedia y funciona de maravilla muy recomendable.

たぶんWindows系だと世代的な問題も出てくると思いますが、AlmaLinux9.3で問題なく動作します。BIOS設定画面が無駄に高解像度なせいで、小さなモニター繋いで表示されなくて焦りました。取説の類いが何もありませんが、部品の欠品やコネクタ破損などはなく、まだまだ現役で使います。同じものを過去に使ったことがあれば普通に使えます。

I am a long-term Mac user but I wanted a cheap Intel NUC to experiment with Arch Linux. I am really surprised at how capable this little computer is. I fitted a 4GB RAM chip and a 128GB SSD. I'm not into gaming (other than learning to create 2D games in Python), so this is really a home workstation. It has only an Intel Celeron but I don't notice much of a drop in speed compared with my Mac mini i7. The HDMI graphics/audio work well with my BENQ 24" monitor. With external speakers running from the monitor the stereo sound is good (classical music mainly). Obviously the demand on the SSD Storage is light because Arch Linux is a super-efficient operating system. I have all the standard types of applications for a home desktop using open source software. I'm no fan of Microsoft so there is none of that on my computer. Overall, I'm delighted with the Intel NUC and I may well buy a more powerful model once the Coffee Lake NUCs are well-established. BTW, Arch Linux is a very straightforward installation on this NUC and is very stable. I updated the BIOS and that is also very easy.

Bon produit à la puissance suffisante pour installer volumio et créer un mini nas musique. Bien pensser a faire la maj du bios directement du site intel.

Lo configuré con un SSD de 120 GB Kingston A400 (aconsejo 240 o más) y 8 GB de RAM Kingston KVR16LS11/8 y un teclado inalámbrico Logitech K400 Plus.Sistemas operativos: Windows 10 Home 64 bits y Linux Mint Mate 18.3, 64 bits, en dual boot. Es para un famiiiar que lo quiere utilizar, esencialmente, como multimedia center.En Windows 10, le instalamos Microsoft Office. Linux Mint ya viene con Libre Office, etc...FIRMWARE: en Modo UEFI, con secure boot desactivado para facilitar la instalacion dual boot con Linux Mint.Disco particionado en GPT.El FIRMWARE (antiguamente Bios), permite seleccionar el sistema operativo que quieres instalar: Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Linux, etc. Acivé la configuración Windows 10. Por qué? Porque si optamos por Linux, en el administrador de dispositivos de Windows 10 nos aparecerá un punto de exclamación en los drivers de 3 dispositivos. Linux funciona igual de bien con esta configuración y nos ahorramos dolores de cabeza con los drivers de Windows 10.A uno de los puertos USB 3 traseros, le hemos conectado una dock Tacens 5PORTUMDUO2 con 2 discos duros de 3.5", para almacenar películas, vídeos, fotos etc.Va conectado al router con un cable de red y a la TV mediante un cable hdmi.Sonido compatible DTS y resolución 4K a 30 fps.Lleva WiFi 2.4 Ghz y 5G.Como servidor de red, en Linux Mint instalamos el Samba Server y System-conf-samba a partir de los repositorios oficiales, con el administrador de software que viene ya con el sistema operativo y así poder compartir el contenido de los discos USB con los diferentes dispositivos de la casa (PC, Iphone, smartphones, tablet, TV, etc).Otro software instalado: Kodi 17.6, tanto en Windows 10 como en Linux.INICIO: en Windows 10, 32 segundos todo cargado. En Linux Mint Mate, 18 segundos.--------------CONCLUSION:Me parece un excelente producto por su relación calidad precio. Lleva funcionando una semana y no se calienta y es perfectamente silencioso.Es más pequeño de lo que parece en las fotos. Caja de aluminio con ventilaciones laterales. Un producto con la calidad Intel.Si es para utilizar como Media Center o NAS, es ampliamente suficiente. Y diría también, ocasionalmente, para algunas tareas de ofimática (Word, Excel...) y no es necesario gastarse más dinero.Si es para trabajos más exigentes y una mayor fluidez, personalmente optaría por el Intel BOXNUC7I3BNH.Es difícil ponerle algún pero dado su relación calidad precio.Gran servicio de Amazon. LLegó en 24 horas.