Intel NUC6i3SYH Kit with 6th Generation Intel Core i3 Processor

Pros: - Great size and Amazing build - Easy to Install RAM and SSD/M.2 - BIOS is easy to work with and very straight forward - Works flawlessly with 2x 27" 1080p Monitors (One for Video and the other for Excel/Word/Adobe) - You get what you pay for and Intel has crammed this puppy with all high end material! - Love that it comes with a mounting kit for the back of the monitor which hides the computer nicely

Cons: - Must use high end RAM or you will receive BSOD's ( I used G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB and works perfect) but check the data sheet for other compatible RAM - If your using a micro Dongle for your Keyboard and Mouse you will need a USB 2.0 3-6 Foot Extender as the built in USB 3.0 connections create interference (Not specific to Intel, this is noted on most compact USB 3.0 computers and Laptops)

Overall Review: - I would highly recommend this product as a Home Media Server or a WorkCentre at the office. - Do your research before buying and have all the new drivers ready on a flash drive as you wont have an Internet connection after installing Windows or Linux

Pros: Excellent device with good connect features for a home user. Has a full size HDMI plug. Heavy box with rubber feet so it won't slide around when a stiff HDMI cable is connected. Has a Vesa mount for hanging on the back of a monitor. I hung mine on the back of the stand so it doesn't show at all.

Cons: The power light on mine stopped working, but I reset the bios and everything is cool now. Intel website seems to refuse to recognize my NUC so I can't register it or check on the warranty. I am not a video techie so I don't know all the terms, but the dark background seems a little “patchie” between the different levels of black and grey. This is on a 37” JVC television and my 23 Asus monitor. I think it may be a problem with the linux vid driver. However, the rest picture looks good.

Overall Review: I used the bundled memory (Mushkin MES4S213FF4G 2x4) and installed a Neutron(P-o-S) ssd. Updated the bios to 0044, which is the latest at this time. I used the F7 method. http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/boards-and-kits/000005508.html Loaded Linux Mint 17.3 with the bios set to EUFI. Then updated the kernel to 4.4. This provides the driver needed for the wifi, and it works flawlessly. After updating the os I had to set the sound to in Linux to HDMI and I now have a very good streaming computer. I turned the fan speed to max and ran WCG Zika for over 96 hours and this computer did not miss a beat. The cpu temp in a room averaging 70-72 degrees f never went above 52 degrees c. This fan setting however would not be ideal for every day use (way too loud). My Rosewill watt counter shows at full load this device uses less than 23w. Using it to stream it shows less than 13w. I have not used the blue tooth so I can't say how well that works. I have not used the IR feature so can't say how well that works either. The SD card slot works well. The memory slots, M2 connector and ssd slot are easy to get to. Unscrew the screws (4) holding the bottom plate to the case and pull out the bottom plate then disconnect the cables to the ssd slot.

Pros: Have an older i5 NUC and needed a second one and didn't hesitate to give this i3 a shot. Plus the bundle deal with the free RAM helped. Put everything together and booted it, but kept getting tons of blue screens during install of Windows 10. Ran MEMTEST on the memory and it passed...tried a different SSD, no change. Tried changing some BIOS settings, but nothing fixed it. As a last ditch attempt, I updated the BIOS to the latest and it finally got through the install process. Didn't have these issues with the older model I tried, but perhaps it was the Version 1511 build of Windows 10 that was the culprit as well...who knows.

Cons: - Fairly new device, so hard to find support for this exact model. Luckily the BIOS update fixed the issues. Seems stable thus far!

Pros: Small Powerful for its size Good collection of ports SYH model has room for a 2.5" SSD as well as an M.2 drive

Cons: BIOS problems Driver problems Hardware problems

Overall Review: The Intel NUCs are a neat idea, a small, powerful computer based around a laptop CPU. You get plenty of power in a small package and even after adding RAM and an SSD you're still not out too much money. The problem with the Intel NUCs is that the hardware and the software haven't matured yet. Intel has released four BIOS updates since November of 2015. Additionally there are stability problems when attempting to use the Skylake NUCs with RAM based upon chips from SK Hynix, which is a major problem since Hynix is, according to Wikipedia, the second largest manufacturer of DRAM chips in the world. The NUCs are incredibly finicky with what kind of DRAM they will accept. Intel recently released a hardware change notice related to the capacitors used by the memory controller which might fix this problem. Other people have reported problems with the NUCs destroying themselves by not properly adjusting the fan speeds thus causing the CPU to overheat. I would recommend the SYH model (which has space for a 2.5" SSD) over the SYK model (M.2 drive only) because the larger size of the SYH model allows for more space for heat to dissipate.

Pros: Using this as a HTPC. Dead easy to remove the bottom to add my 2x 8GB ram, M.2 SSD and HDD. Probably took me 3 minutes to get everything in and reassembled. Great to have a wall transformer power supply and Intel provides plugs for multiple countries. A big bonus. Installing Windows 7 was no trouble at all except for the Intel drivers (see the cons). Amazing low power consumption and super quiet.

Cons: It would have been helpful if Intel provided a USB drive with all of their drivers. A very basic fundamental one, for example, was that I had to search through their website to download their Network Adapter driver in order for the unit to then get onto the internet for other updates.

Pros: Honestly this thing has to be the size of my 3rd gen apple tv (the black one). Can't believe how small and silent it is. easy to put in the ram and ssd. Just got it and it was very simple to setup. I put windows 10 on a usb and installed it very easily just using my old windows 7 product key. flawless and you can do a clean install of 10 that way.

Cons: none that I can see so far. I wish the intel drivers were more intuitive to use.

Pros: compact size, cool, perfect speed excellent build quality

Cons: Not so far

Overall Review: I am glad I returned the Shuttle unit i ordered last week, there is no way that unit come close to this one, The build quality, BIOS features, heat control, And it only costs a bit more.

Pros: Great functionality when it works

Cons: Failed after 40 days going into a WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR loop which indicates hardware failure. Seems common from reading intel support forum.