The Shape that Fits the Future.
Think you know what small can do? Think again.
Incorporating performance, function and power efficiency into a petite, stylish enclosure, the Intel BOXDCCP847DYE Next Unit of Computing (NUC) redefines your impression on what the small can do. It’s one thing to power your digital display and surf web smoothly. It’s another to do all that and more with a miniscule, intelligent powerhouse of a computing device. At a diminutive 4"x4" form factor and equipped with the power-efficient Intel processor, the BOXDCCP847DYE delivers stunning visuals and responsive performance from a pocket sized solution. Get a difference in performance you can truly see and feel.
FAST PROCE SSINGIntel Celeron Processor 847 featuring dual processing cores delivers suffiicent computing performance to breeze through you daily tasks such as email, web surfing, spreadsheet and video playback.
Intel Desktop Board InsideThe board features dual HDMI ports to offer dual display capabilities along with three USB ports and an Intel Gigabit Ethernet adapter to provide expandability and scale unseen in this form factor. Dual mini-PCIe slots also ensure flexible support for wireless and SSD configurations. Two SO-DIMMs for expandability up to 16GB of memory ensures that you don’t miss out on anything.
BIOS VAULT TECHNOLOGYVirtually incorruptible BIOS that provides fault-tolerant and secure firmware operating and upgrade environments.
FAST BOOT TECHNOLOGYSpeed through system boot times and eliminate unnecessary delays. From power off to desktop in seconds.
INTEL VISUAL BIOSThe new Intel Visual BIOS offers graphical interface and animated controls which allow you to configure settings faster and take full advantage of your Intel -K processors. Core, Graphics and Memory over clocking is made easy by use of sliders and pre-programmed settings.
Pros: Small and easy to install. Great as a HTPC. Works Flawlessly on Linux Mint 15. Plays 1080p Video with ease.
Cons: First Installed Windows 7 and XBMC on the NUC. A lot of videos played well with the exception of VC-1 encoded videos. They were unplayable. After doing research found that it was the Intel Drivers for Windows. If you turned off the Video Acceleration (DXVA2) in XBMC, Video playback would work well. The problem is 1080p playback had some issues, although it played 720p just fine. I removed an egg because of Intel's lack of support on their own graphics card for windows.
Overall Review: I found out that the drivers for Linux worked flawlessly. So I decided to wipe the drive and put Linux on the NUC. After Installing Linux and intel graphics drivers the system worked extremely well and felt even faster.