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Intel NUC N2820 DN2820FYKH Kit with 4GB RAM - $209.00 + $11- $18 Delivery @ Mwave

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muzzamo on 18/02/2014 - 10:25 mwave.com.au (2250 clicks)
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This is an Celeron Intel NUC. You will need to add a 2.5" hard drive to this or boot from a usb key. It can run windows, but in my opinion would be best used as a HTPC using openELEC.

There is a pretty extensive review here: http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-nuc-dn2820fykh-bay-trail-s…

My experience with these devices is that being a wintel box its likely to result in far less issues than some of the cheaper alternatives - eg Rasberry Pi, Android sticks etc. This one will serve you for years.

From the intel site:

Building an home theater PC (HTPC) or personal cloud? The Intel® NUC with an Intel® Celeron® processor gives you control over your digital media. HDMI* video, an infrared sensor port, and internal 2.5-inch drive support will allow you to drive your home entertainment experience from the 4x4 form factor, so you can create a digital media center or personal cloud for your media files that fits in the palm of your hand.

In addition, this Intel NUC introduces the foundation for a new boot management capability that lets you choose the operating systems that work best for you via a user-friendly interface.*

Processor

Intel® Celeron® processor N2820
(up to 2.4GHz dual-core, 1MB cache, 7.5W TDP)

Memory

  • 1 DDR3L SODIMM
  • 1.35V, 1333/1600 MHz (down clocked to 1066 MHz), 8GB maximum

Graphics

  • Intel® HD Graphics (up to 756MHz)
  • 1 x HDMI* 1.4a

Audio

  • Up to 7.1 surround audio via HDMI interface
  • Back panel headphone/microphone jack

Peripheral connectivity

  • 1 x USB 3.0 port on the front panel
  • 2 x USB 2.0 ports on the back panel
  • Front panel consumer IR sensor

Storage

  • Internal support for 2.5¨ HDD or SSD

Networking

  • 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet port
  • Intel® Wireless-N 7260BN pre-installed, including wireless antennas
  • (IEEE 802.11bgn, Bluetooth* 4.0, Intel® Wireless Display built-in)

Enclosure

  • Silver aluminum ring with diamond cut around black top
  • Dimensions: 116.6mm x 112mm x 51.5mm

Power adapter

  • 12V, 36W wall-mount AC adapter
  • Multi-country plugs (IEC types A/C/G/I)

Additional features

  • Intel® Visual BIOS
  • Intel® Visual Boot Manager
  • Windows* 8.1 and 8 Logo
  • Compatible with Linux*
  • VESA mount bracket (75x75mm and 100x100mm compatible)
  • Half-length PCIe* mini-card slot (used by pre-installed wireless card)
  • Low-acoustics active cooling design
  • Kensington lock support
  • 3-year advanced warranty replacement

Included in the box

  • Intel® NUC board DN2820FYB integrated in enclosure
  • VESA mount bracket, with screws
  • 12V, 36W wall-mount AC adapter with multi-country AC plugs
  • (IEC types A/C/G/I)
  • Intel Celeron brand sticker
  • Integration guide
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  • ruttager on 18/02/2014 - 10:39

    Has anyone had experience with these playing bluray movie discs? With a extenal bluray drive added to it of course :)

    • jace88 on 18/02/2014 - 10:45
      +1

      If all you want is bluray movie support, I'd go with a dedicated player for simplicity- easier for compatibility, fast to turn on, remote control does everything, etc… I found that using my Mac Mini (HTPC) as a DVD player/movie player was just too slow to get going and I missed having a normal 'dumb' remote.

      My Samsung blu ray player (from my HTIB) supports all the movie formats I've thrown at it from my USB drive and found that to be much more satisfying to use.

    • masuta on 18/02/2014 - 10:52

      I would be worried that it might struggle to playback 3D framepacked Blurays (you will need to use windows for this), but I imagine it should have no problems playing back non-3D content.

      • Make it so on 18/02/2014 - 11:57

        I wouldn't be so sure. This is Intel HD Graphics - that's less than the slowest integrated graphics you would fine on an i3/i5/i7.

  • busterau on 18/02/2014 - 10:41

    The NUC by itself is around $199, so for an extra $10 for compatible ram is a pretty good price!

  • jace88 on 18/02/2014 - 10:43
    +1

    Sounds promising. I used to have a current gen i5 Mac Mini for HTPC duties but felt it was overkill even for my 1080p environment. I liked being able to open a web browser on the screen (anything from showing a website to Youtube) as well as not having compatibility issues with opening any video files or streaming.

    Does anyone here have practical experience with the Celeron processor in this sort of purpose? I'm a bit scared of Celeron purely based on the name but that could just be my old memories of the name being used for the poor cousin of other processors.

    • muzzamo on 18/02/2014 - 10:45

      There is lots of good stuff in this review

      http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-nuc-dn2820fykh-bay-trail-s…

      Given that it seems to run windows it should be OK. Some of the comments do suggest that youtube video is not accelerated (ie it could be CPU intensive rather than GPU intensive).

      • yanman on 18/02/2014 - 12:11

        Most importantly for me I notice it cannot flawlessly play 10-bit mkv's :/

        …NEXT!

    • miowmiow on 18/02/2014 - 10:49
      +4

      I've got this exact model, running openelec nightly off a usb stick with 4gb RAM. I can stream 1080p content from my nas without any issues. The built in IR worked out of the box with my harmony remote setup as an MCE remote which is handy too.

      • mb0005 on 18/02/2014 - 11:01

        tell me more about your setup, tv, amp ? how is this unit any different to WD TV LIVE?
        http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&p…
        $129

        • muzzamo on 18/02/2014 - 11:09
          +5
          • If you install openElec on it then it will have a decent UI (live doesn't)
          • It will continue to be supported into the future (no guarantee with live)
          • You can install windows
          • You can open it up and put your own hdd/ram in it
          • You won't be limited to whatever codecs & software WD supports
          • A bunch more reasons.
        • nickolanda on 18/02/2014 - 12:27
          +2

          Steam streaming!

          I recently got an invite to the Beta…streaming from my gaming computer to the NUC works really really well (feels/looks/sounds local)

        • CyberGenesys on 18/02/2014 - 14:39

          Wow, thanks for the info. I had no idea about Steam streaming but it's what I've been looking for :D

        • SuperMatty on 18/02/2014 - 14:41

          I'm pretty interested in NUC for this purpose - are you using the same (Celeron) processor as the one in this deal? I've only seen a couple of comments around the web on this particular hardware - eg http://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream/discussions/0/54…

          Can you manage 1080 or is 720 more realistic right now?

        • Utopian on 18/02/2014 - 15:09
          +1

          Apples vs Oranges. Still a tough sell, for me.

          Between family & friends, we have ~8 WDTV Live units. It's the first gadget that's lived-up to all it says, they're still upgrading the software 5+ years on, bought for as little as $82, and have a big 3rd party bios/software following. I haven't touched the newer ones. Can't see a reason.

        • mb0005 on 18/02/2014 - 17:15

          did you buy the one with wifi built in? does it take long to buffer from a nas (hd plugged into router)?

      • atlas on 18/02/2014 - 12:16

        Can the system suspend/sleep under OpenELEC?

        • Nom on 18/02/2014 - 13:02

          It doesn't need to - OpenElec boots in seconds from an SSD. My amp and projector take far longer to start up !

        • atlas on 18/02/2014 - 13:41

          Yes, but can it?

          Eg. sometimes I want to pause a show/movie overnight. When I switch it on, I don't want to have to navigate back to the show/movie (i know XBMC can resume playback spots).

          Edit: In answer to my own question, I believe it can. Lots of nice reading in this Whirlpool thread: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1930430

        • atlas on 19/02/2014 - 19:27

          Sorry meant this thread: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2142088

      • Junkee on 18/02/2014 - 13:06

        Just saying 1080p doesn't mean much.. Can you tell us more about the bit rates of your mkv files?

  • venomx2 on 18/02/2014 - 10:51

    Does it work with a universal TV remote control?

  • busterau on 18/02/2014 - 10:52

    I believe Intel have still not released a full driver set for Windows 7 on this model, although there seems to be people reporting that it is possible.

    If you are wanting this for Windows 7, hopefully Intel have these drivers released sooner than later.

    • tinkko on 18/02/2014 - 11:17

      What version of Windows operating system that I can install with full drivers support ?
      many thnaks,

  • Store RepMwave @ Mwave Australia on 18/02/2014 - 11:07

    Note Delivery is $11.50 Sydney Local & MELB/BRIS Metro is $12.95

    • muzzamo on 18/02/2014 - 11:11

      updated.

    • mcnugget on 18/02/2014 - 14:18

      $19.50 for regional NSW

  • pw2002au on 18/02/2014 - 11:17

    With the CC charges, shipping … the offer last week from BudgetPC worked out at just $50 more for a 750gb hdd. Price is good and this better suits my needs for a solid state hdd but definitely not fantastic.

    • Store RepMwave @ Mwave Australia on 18/02/2014 - 11:30
      +8

      If anyone wants the exact same deal as BudgetPC private message me and I see if I can get it for you =P

      Note: They also had shipping and also CC Charges on top of the $275 bundle

      • pw2002au on 18/02/2014 - 13:27

        Cheers and +ve for the above.

  • dogboy on 18/02/2014 - 11:19

    Better off getting an N40L as a file server and a Roku to play content imo.

    • digitalaxon on 18/02/2014 - 11:33
      +1

      Comparing the N40L (or N54L for that matter) to the NUC is a bit like comparing oranges to lemons. Each has a particular purpose and task they are designed for.

      I've actually got the NUC I bought from BudgetPC last week running Proxmox with 2 virtual machines and one container session running on in 24/7 on it .. Idles around 7-8 watts, next to silent sitting behind a monitor.

      For those looking for a micro virtualisation platform which they can use for hosting a personal cloud, ftp'ing, web serving etc, its hard to fault the NUC for its compactness, relative grunt and low power usage.

      • dogboy on 18/02/2014 - 17:37
        -1

        They have many purposes and tasks they can be used for - a lot of which seem to overlap if you throw a cheap video card with HDMI-out into the HP Microserver.

        I personally don't like controlling my tv with a keyboard and prefer a remote (trying to program a remote to work with XBMC is a nightmare!)

        Tablet to access fileserver via TeamViewer, Roku to stream US cable and play media on File Server through Plex. Works great!

        • dav3 on 18/02/2014 - 17:57

          There are plenty of compatible remotes and mini keyboards out there, not to mention smartphone control. You can also get a $50 HDMI CEC adapter and use your TV remote to control XBMC.

        • Nom on 19/02/2014 - 09:21
          +1

          "trying to program a remote to work with XBMC is a nightmare!"

          OpenElec supports Windows Media Centre remotes out of the box - you don't need to "program" anything. They literally just work. Buy one from eBay for $10.

          I use a Harmony with mine, with the OpenElec box setup as a "Windows Media Centre" device.

  • jmone on 18/02/2014 - 11:43

    How much extra would it be with a Win 8.1 Licence?
    Thanks
    Nathan

  • dav3 on 18/02/2014 - 11:46
    +1

    I was successfully avoiding spending money on one of these things till I saw this deal :(

  • atlas on 18/02/2014 - 11:50

    Hmmmm so so tempting.

    Currently running XBMC off my N40 Microserver but the size/noise/heat from the 4 hard drives is annoying, and XBMC under Windows is not that stable 24/7. With this box I could leave the Microserver to simple file storage duties, and have HTPC duties assigned to this NUC box…

    I'm assuming this box could run XBMCbuntu?

    • alizzan on 19/02/2014 - 11:43
      +1

      I believe so. I run an Asrock ION3D, which is a fair bit lower spec'd, and it runs XBMC fine. That's XBMC on Ubuntu (well, Linux Mint), with SAB/SB/CP running as well. I think as long as you have a nice little SSD running it it'll be fine. I don't do 3D, but it handles 1080P fine.

  • DarKBlooD on 18/02/2014 - 11:52
    +2

    Any deals on the i5 Nucs?

  • Nom on 18/02/2014 - 11:56
    +3

    For OpenElec use, a budget 16GB 2.5" SSD works well - I use one of these in my OpenElec machine http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/231159126318

  • annoynimous on 18/02/2014 - 12:29

    paying too much for a toy,

    a used C2D with decent GPU complete system can be had for lesser than that and provide more satisfaction :p

    • dav3 on 18/02/2014 - 12:34
      +2

      True, but it's not the size of a handful of CD cases while using 5-10 watts of power

    • nickolanda on 18/02/2014 - 12:43
      +3

      A used C2D isn't a bad idea if you need the extra grunt for whatever reason.

      But if you don't why would you bother….it's going to be louder, hotter, use a heap more power, be physically larger, lack USB 3.0, lack an IR sensor, wont be brand new with a 3 year warranty, probably lack wireless/bluetooth and possibly have limited driver support (for win8 and newer OSs).

      Considering this thing boots win8 in <15 seconds (faster than the time my TV takes to start up) an can play 1080 locally (or 40Mbit 1080 via Plex) and can run Win8, it seems a no brainer to me (unless as mentioned, you need the extra grunt on your TV PC)

  • Wally Simmonds on 18/02/2014 - 13:59

    Any chance of getting a deal on the Brix devices, particularly the Richland GB-BXA8-5545?

  • Scratch2k on 18/02/2014 - 14:27

    Hey Rep, Why does normal shipping to my home address cost $12.95 but if I use a PO BOX it's $21.85 via StarTrack and $33.07 via Auspost??! I know for a fact that if I have it shipped to my home address, it's never delivered by a courier, they give it to auspost who just dump it at the local PO for me to go collect. Something is wrong here, which is why I prefer the PO Box but why the inflated cost?

    • Store RepMwave @ Mwave Australia on 18/02/2014 - 14:47
      +1

      Hi Scratch2k,

      I checked with the logistic manager, and it seems that the courier service charge us special surcharges for PO Box Delivery, that is why there is extra cost on it =(

      Anyway, would it be possible to ship to your work address? or maybe a friends place? that can help you save on the shipping cost.

      • Scratch2k on 18/02/2014 - 14:51
        +1

        Unfortunately my work address is my home address, it's only a pain because auspost insists on taking packages shipped to my home/work address to a post office 25km away, whereas my po box is at the local po only 8km away. Anyway, not your problem, I'll just have to pay the extra for closer delivery or drive the extra to pick up.

        Thanks for the reply, great service from mwave as usual (despite your poor choice of couriers :)

      • Boodek on 18/02/2014 - 15:10

        Hi Rep,

        Could you please check delivery costs to 3690 - standard Aus Post satchel up to 3kg works out a bit over $13 but your 'nationwide delivery' is Around $5 more - any ideas why?

        Thanks.

        • Store RepMwave @ Mwave Australia on 18/02/2014 - 15:16

          Hi Boodek,

          The Nationwide Delivery we are using "Startrack Courier Service" http://startrack.com.au/

          The courier service is generally more expensive than AusPost but in return it does deliver pretty fast most of the time and also provides accurate online tracking.

          Hope that answers your question ^_^

  • Grok on 18/02/2014 - 14:49
    -1

    Good deal, great price but once you add Windows 8 Pro + $10 for Media Centre that cheap impluse buy becomes near $400. Add a SSD/harddrive and you are heading towards $500.

    Then other things are in the ballpark.

    • Scratch2k on 18/02/2014 - 14:52
      +5

      You mean, booting to a $8 USB stick with Openelec (no internal HDD required).

  • Store RepMwave @ Mwave Australia on 18/02/2014 - 14:50

    Hi Everyone, if you got question about deal can you please private message me.

    Because there is so much comments in here, I'm afraid I might miss your question.

    Cheers =P

    • reecho on 18/02/2014 - 14:58

      msg sent…

  • Kaboda on 18/02/2014 - 14:53

    I highly recommend updating the drivers from the Intel website. Everything works fine on my 55 inch TV mkv stream perfectly. Only the blue tooth doesn't play very since with my Logictech Dinovo edge

  • jmone on 18/02/2014 - 15:56

    Ordered one! Thanks.

  • howbazaar on 18/02/2014 - 16:28

    Just for comparison, here is a different deal on a NUC with an i3. I think its an older architecture.
    You don't get USB 3.0 but get Thunderbolt.

    $205 before shipping for just the box (no ram or anything)

    http://www.megabuy.com.au/intel--dc3217by-core-i3-thunderbol…

    • pinapplehead55 on 18/02/2014 - 16:42

      You have thrown a spanner in the works. Was just about to buy the Mwave one.

      one is the better NUC to get then for playing my movies(mainly 1080P DTS-HD) off a USB HDD?

      Maybe an odd 3D sbs movie.

      Probs gonna use OpenElec.

    • dav3 on 18/02/2014 - 16:59

      $199 at UMart too

      http://www.umart.com.au/newindex28.phtml?id=10&bid=7&sid=107…

      It's a decent deal if you need the extra power, personally I reckon the 2820 is enough for me and I've already got an old SSD to put in it. If I was starting from scratch it might have been a different story.

  • mudguppy1 on 18/02/2014 - 17:29

    this does not have widi

  • reecho on 18/02/2014 - 18:01

    No ethernet either on the 3217 if it's important…

  • pinapplehead55 on 18/02/2014 - 18:19

    I assume i download the Intel x86_64 version of Openelec?

    http://openelec.tv/get-openelec/viewcategory/5-intel-builds

  • 2025 on 18/02/2014 - 21:06

    I got one of these last week. It replaced a Core2 quad that was in my bedroom. It's a bit slower, but much quieter, waaaay more power efficient and much smaller.

    I tried the latest openelec nightly but tv headend didn't seem to reliable for me when used with a hdhomerun.

    Windows 8.1 with Media Center works great. My movies for MCE is way more responsive than many stand alone media players I've played with. Not as quick as XBMC, though. If it weren't for live tv I'd be running openelec.

    It does proper 23.976 output, I believe the pre Haswell nucs didn't quite do it right

    Madvr scaling can't be anything fancy, and with openelec It couldn't do fancy scaling on FTA DVB with deinterlacing.

    I would highly recommend this to any one looking at replacing a simple htpc, I'd say its fine for 32" and smaller TVs, anything larger you'd want faster graphics for better scaling…

    • Scratch2k on 19/02/2014 - 08:18

      For anyone wanting a simple HTPC which just runs XBMC and nothing else, a Raspberry Pi is a viable alternative to this, they are $50 shipped, are half the size and power requirement of this NUC and run Openelec flawlessly (except for one issue I sometimes get where the audio wont kick in until you restart a video) and Pi doesn't handle some of the more complex skins very well, keep it simple and it's a great, cheap alternative to an expensive HTPC or this NUC. (Note: I have purchased one of these NUC's due to the audio issue and I can't live without my favourite skin which lags on the Pi, side note, 2 Raspberry Pi Models B's for sale ;)

      • MrFunSocks on 19/02/2014 - 11:39
        +2

        $50 for the Model B board + case + power supply + SD Card + FLIRC receiver = ~$100 or more before you can actually use it as an HTPC.

        I've got one, works well, but it lags on anything but the most basic skins - Quartz is the only one I've found that is really usable. Loading up the libraries can take a while too. Easily still worth the $100 though.

      • 2025 on 19/02/2014 - 12:52

        I dismissed the Pi originally because of its lack of lossless codec bitstreaming. Has this improved?

  • raydragon on 18/02/2014 - 22:07

    Anyone know if the Sandisk Readycache SSD units can be used with these? From what I can tell that once they are formatted they can be used like any normal SSD…?

    For 50 bucks from MSY for a 32 Gig drive it seems like a good option. Not as cheap as the ebay link above but available a lot quicker.

  • denist on 19/02/2014 - 08:29

    The deal is ok if u can pickup if u use the paypal or cc it goes up

    I paid 188 for the nuc and 50 for the ram from pclan in lid comb a few days ago

    Make sure u get the right ram it's ddr3l 1.35 v if u get a 1.5 v it won't boot

    I'm using a 60gb pyro Sata 3

    For the little time I have been using it the little machine rocks

    I'm using it as a htpc running latest openelec snapshot

    So far runs everything I have thrown at it 1080p and 720p

    It does 3d mkv a also don't know about frame pack as I don't have any

    The ir works a treat it turns on from s5 full off

    Using a harmony 900 with ms extender codes

    Make sure when u get one update to the latest bios at the moment it 0.25 even intel has instructions on how to boot openelec win8 win7

    I had a little niggle once I installed openelec I had to tenable Uefi and legacy boot is it would boot from ssd

    But that was nothing

    Denis

  • denist on 19/02/2014 - 08:30

    By the way if you want info on openelec and this nuc

    It's under bay trail as that us what this nuc I called

  • dav3 on 19/02/2014 - 08:42

    So I ordered this at 11am yesterday and it's already in Adelaide and on board for delivery, that's decent service :)

    • Lichen6420 on 19/02/2014 - 20:10

      Yeah StarTrack is good.

  • denist on 19/02/2014 - 08:43

    By the way I'm running this on a 100inch dlp projector picture is flawless

  • nige0090 on 19/02/2014 - 16:54

    Isn't this the same thing without the 4GB RAM for $172.60 + $15 shipping?
    Are DN2820FYKH and BOXDN2820FYKH0 the same thing or am I missing something?

    http://www.zylax.com.au/intel-boxdn2820fykh0-celeron-nuc-whd…

    • grab_ur_freebies on 19/02/2014 - 18:58
      +1

      Its the same model, but RAM bought separately elsewhere is ~$40-50 so this deal still turns out cheaper.

      • nige0090 on 19/02/2014 - 19:45
        +1

        Ah, I see. That ddr3l 1.35v RAM is quite expensive.

  • brutus on 19/02/2014 - 23:11

    out of stock?

  • Store RepMwave @ Mwave Australia on 20/02/2014 - 14:09

    More stock should be arriving Friday or following Monday

  • brutus on 20/02/2014 - 15:55

    tried to pre order but got this at checkout

    "There are items in your cart that are unavailable. Please remove these before continuing. / Special offer is not valid""

  • Store RepMwave @ Mwave Australia on 20/02/2014 - 15:59

    My bad, try now should be working

    • brutus on 20/02/2014 - 16:33

      works now

  • emportal on 21/02/2014 - 13:44

    I bought this a couple of days ago… Shipping was superquick. Ordered it monday, got it tuesday morning from syd to melb. I tried with several linux distros… none, except alphas liked the NUC. Waiting on either future BIOS updates or compatible distros (XBMCUBUNTU or OPENELEC)etc. I eventually just loaded up WIN 8.1 x64 and well, it's quick. with a 1TB hybrid 2.5". Just had to install the drivers and you are off and running. I have set it up so it boots right into XBMC - love it.

    Overall - inc shipping it was about 225 still worth it though.

  • grab_ur_freebies on 21/02/2014 - 14:55

    W/O installing a int. HDD/SSD, would the bandwidth of an ext. USB3.0 hdd be fast enough to boot & run windows normally (taking into acc. background processes & caching)?

    Also, has anyone tested the graphics? Is it crap? Will it run any games from the last 3yrs decently (30/60fps in low quality settings) such as NFS, DIRT, SFVI, SC2?

  • Lunardude on 21/02/2014 - 19:14

    Having trouble installing openelec keep getting "could not mount label=openelec" error. Already tried rename and update bios and diff. Versions, gettin frustrated…

    • Scratch2k on 21/02/2014 - 21:51
      +1

      Same problem here, you need to update BIOS to v 0025, and install a nightly of Gotham, it seems like Frodo doesn't like this NUC from what I could see, it booted ok but wouldn't install. Gotham works though, but since it's Alpha, it has some issues (most wierd skin stuff).

  • Lunardude on 21/02/2014 - 23:37

    Tnx mate nitely works :)

  • denist on 22/02/2014 - 08:03

    As I said above to use openelec y need to update to 25 bios and use the Gotham and the unit will work great then

    If you type openelec bay trail in google it will take you to how to install it on the nuc

    The stable releases don't work

    But Gotham us looking to be a great update on openelec

  • raydragon on 22/02/2014 - 19:30

    Yeah i couldn't even get mine to read any thumbdrive i created using Openelec initially.

    Went and found the newer firmware and then noticed in the release notes for it some instructions on a few bios settings to change and how to install openelec (which worked flawlessly after the firmware upgrade)
    The Link in the release notes was dead but getting a nightly as above worked and got mine up and running and so far it's impressive.
    With a bit of fiddling i was able to get it to play nice with my Harmony.
    The 32 GB SSD i bought from MSY for $50 works great.
    From the time I hit the Activity button on the remote the thing boots up and into XBMC in well under 10 seconds , thats including turning the TV and Stereo on , not just the NUC.

    Very Impressed.

    • Scratch2k on 23/02/2014 - 06:56

      I'm in the unfortunate(?) position of having 3 other devices using XBMC/Openelec with a share mySQL database so in order to share with the NUC I'm going to have to upgrade them all to a nightly, I'm not sure I want to do that yet, WAF may be low if there are problems with a nightly version on our main Openelec install (curently on a Raspberry Pi)..I think I'm going to have to wait until at least Gotham Beta is released unless somone has a trick to get Frodo working on this NUC?

  • EggMan28 on 22/02/2014 - 20:18

    Bought it with 64GB SSD and installed W8.1 x86 on it. Installation ran OK but kept getting blue screen of death on start. Updated the BIOS from Intel's site and it ran OK after.

    I can't seem to get WiFi working though even after installing Intel drivers. Anyone else got Wifi working with Windows 8.1 ?

    • Succulent Synth on 24/02/2014 - 11:03

      I installed W8.1 x86 and had no issues with getting wifi working. It picked up my wireless router during windows setup. It has been stable since, great little HTPC had no issued playing a 10Gb blueray rip.

  • Boo81 on 25/02/2014 - 12:14

    I'm keen to replace an Xbox360 Extender for one of these. Does anyone know when there will be more stock available? and if it will be at the $209 price? It's showing $219 on the mwave site. Cheers

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