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Pros: I like the compact size. This is my 2nd NUC. The first one is a year old. No hardware problems, but I wished I had spent extra to get the largest CPU and RAM on the 1st NUC. I did for this model (NUC 10 BXNUC10I7FNK1) with 64GB of RAM. I installed 1Tb on a SSD, which for the moment is sufficient. This NUC is snappy and loaded the Win10 OS quickly and also the virtual hosting environment. I use the NUC as a substitute laptop, linked to a bluetooth keyboard and a small gaming screen.
Cons:
One significant con...the SD card is the large sized card (sorry, I don't know the nomenclature). My first NUC allows the micro card to be inserted directly into the NUC so that it disappears inside the NUC. The larger card sticks out and is now something that can catch on things when transported. That is something I would have looked at closer when selecting the purchase. I wanted the 64GB option for RAM so that was my overriding selection choice, but I do wished I had checked the SD card closer.
A couple minor cons: I have noticed a buzzing sound at times that sounds like a fan. I understood the NUCs to be 'fan-less' so that seems a bit odd. The buzzing has not affected performance, but if you are using the NUC for video or movie playback then this could be an annoyance.
Performance comes at a price. The fastest Intel chip, 64GB of fast RAM, and 1TB of SSD capacity does not come cheap and starts to look like a mid-range laptop (in terms of cost). This unit did not come with a pre-installed OS, so that was an extra cost, but did allow me to chose my options for the OS. If you are a Linux person or want to customize your OS environment, then you don't have to pay the MS tax.
Overall Review:
If you are looking for a compact computer that is portable and is a hell-of-a-lot more powerful than an expensive laptop, this option is good. The hardware is excellent, my main gripe is the large SD card that sticks out of the NUC. Everything booted up on the first go.
So far most of my annoyances have been on the software side. And that is not really a problem with the NUC.
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Pros: Compact, can drive 2x4k monitors at 60Hz (but only by using both the thunderbolt and hdmi port -- more on this in the cons section).
[The previous "missing screw" rant follows...]
Who knows? Can't build thanks to missing crucial part. :'(
Cons: Not sure what the other reviewer was talking about, these things definitely have fans (you can even feel the warm air being pushed out the back). It can get loud, but not more than a laptop fan that's trying to cool a mobile CPU that's crankin'. That's just what happens when you put laptop guts into a tiny box.
There's only 1 displayport lane being sent over the thunderbolt port. I didn't find out about this until I hooked up my existing thunderbolt dock that's hooked up to two 4k monitors. Was hoping to drive both with that one port (like any TB3-equipped Mac can). I worked around this by just hooking the second monitor up to the additional hdmi port. TBF, the thunderbolt port does drive everything else that's hooked up to the dock (gigabit ethernet, usb3 ports, 3.5mm audio in/out), in addition to the 4k monitor.
Apparently it's possible for these things to ship without its m.2 screw.. hopefully my experience was a 1-off. Newegg is awesome & was immediately able to issue a RMA, sending me a new unit with all parts intact in reasonable time (all things considered).
Overall Review: This thing would be great as a media center PC as long as you can hide it (and, more to the point, the sound) away from the viewing/listening area. As a desktop, it's great for browsing, officing, coding and maybe some light 2d gaming/emulating. I got the i7, fwiw.