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Amazon - Intel NUC BOXD54250WYKH1 i5-4250U US $316 i3 US $243.28 + Shipping

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Lowest price I have come across for these units. Cheapest i5 on Staticice is $435. I have the Celeron NUC running Openelec/XBMC and it hasn't missed a beat decoding full BD ISO upto 30Mb/sec
This is the H variant so it can take a 2.5" SSD drive. Add 1.35V SODIMM to complete the kit.
Used AMEX and took advantage of the current free shipping offer
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  • Kaboda on 22/11/2014 - 09:50

    Works out to be 400aud

    • BluBoy on 22/11/2014 - 10:14
      +1

      Or $382 delivered with 28 degrees.

      • $80AU for 8GB DDR3L RAM
      • $100AU for a 128Gb mSATA SSD.

      All up, about $560 delivered for a complete system.
      (You'll need to purchase a power cable locally, and an OS if needed)

      • sween64 on 22/11/2014 - 10:26

        Isn't this the model that accepts 2.5" SSDs? Not mSATA.

        • BluBoy on 22/11/2014 - 10:32
          +2

          It does, but there is so little price difference between 2.5" and mSATA SSDs, you are better off buying a mSATA SSD and saving the 2.5" bay for a 1 or 2 TB spinning disk.

          Also, the mSATA will uses less power than the 2.5" SSD, that even if you don't need a 2.5" drive, you'll save the upfront price difference on electricity within a few months anyway.

        • sween64 on 22/11/2014 - 10:38

          @BluBoy:

          Thanks for the tips. I'm very new to the NUC scene. I'm tempted to buy this so I can stream games from my PC using Steam.

        • SteveBuscemi on 22/11/2014 - 11:20

          If you really don't want the 2.5" bay, the smaller version is $15 cheaper.
          http://www.amazon.com/Intel-D54250WYK1-i5-4250U-Processor-Po…

        • asa79 on 22/11/2014 - 11:58

          @SteveBuscemi: but for $15 unless space is an issue go the expandable one

        • arsey on 22/11/2014 - 12:33

          It has space for both mSATA and 2.5"

        • ultramag69 on 22/11/2014 - 14:39

          I believe it accepts both, M-sata and has room for a normal ssd or hdd. I have an older model.
          You will also need to get a wifi card if you want that, It costs around $30 for an Intel 7260 WIFI/Bluetooth(B,G,N,AC) card on ebay

        • duyfken on 22/11/2014 - 16:46

          @asa79: + the bigger BOXD54250WYKH1 (with the 2.5" bay) has vents for cooling as well, which should help in the long run here in Australia ;)

  • peuwayaqdq on 22/11/2014 - 10:12

    Checked and it is eligible for free shipping with Amex.

    One question: would I be able to smoothly run Visual Studio 2013 (plus all required for development like IIS Express and SQL Express)? Cheers.

    • BluBoy on 22/11/2014 - 10:18
      +2

      What have you used for this before? I've worked on a Q6600 system (come on, everybody has had one of these) so based on that…
      The i5 NUC will be 10% to 50% faster, whilst using 10% of the power of the Q6600.

      • peuwayaqdq on 22/11/2014 - 10:20

        thanks for your response BluBoy. I currently use exactly the same system Q6600 with 6GB memory and SSD.

        So the i5 in NUC is the same processor as in normal size desktop? Sorry for my ignorant, have not been following this since I bought my current PC.

        • SteveBuscemi on 22/11/2014 - 11:31
          +1

          Desktop i5s are clocked way faster (and quad core — this is dual core), but way more power hungry. This thing is just 15W vs 85W for a typical desktop variant.

          Performance-per-watt (and the corresponding small size of the system) is what makes these things great, not raw performance.

      • Phoebus on 22/11/2014 - 20:19

        I doubt that. The nuc uses the ultrabook 'U' CPU not desktop and not even as powerful as a mobile 'M' CPU. If you want some grunt then get the gigabyte brix II with the low power 'S' desktop CPU.

        **edit
        OK seeing posts below I'm a little surprised.. Though I suppose I shouldn't be considering Q6600 is about 6 or 7 years old.

    • muzzamo on 22/11/2014 - 14:36
      +2

      If you are looking to development then the NUC is not for you.

      It is optimised for low power and small size. For a similar price you could get a far more powerful whitebox tower that would use more power and take up more room but be more suitable for development.

      • edforums on 22/11/2014 - 17:02

        I don't agree. I'm currently using a NUC i5 for development (netbeans, VM) and works great. I have an SSD drive, 8 GB ram, windows 8.1. Really good option if you want to save space

  • snvl on 22/11/2014 - 10:34
    +1

    ~280 for the i3. I paid $279 from shopping express 2 weeks ago. I suggest to wait for local warranty.

    • asa79 on 22/11/2014 - 12:00

      Warranty is handled by Intel global. I have to send my i5 back to mayalasa for warranty return. They say about 10 day turn around so not bad

  • BluBoy on 22/11/2014 - 10:35

    The i5 4250U is more powerful than the Q6600. Google for 'i5 4250 vs Q6600' and there are a bunch of benchmarks showing the difference.

    (Should note that the Q6600 has a lot more cache onboard, which should make it faster at some things… But the pure efficient speed of the i5 4250 just blows it out of the water for everything anyway.

    Q6600 = ~100watts
    i5 4250 = ~10 watts.

    Incredible.

  • mangoo1 on 22/11/2014 - 11:34
    +1

    Not really good price, consider exchange rate, card fee warrant and even tax. I got one from shopping express earlier this year. End up paid only 350aud after claiming GST back.

    • sween64 on 22/11/2014 - 12:06

      Was that through TRS? So you paid $390 including GST. Similar price to the $382 calculated above.

      • mangoo1 on 22/11/2014 - 12:32
        +1

        Yes, through TRS. If you buy it from Amazon, it has no tax anyway. That means, the A$382 is higher.

        • sween64 on 22/11/2014 - 14:44

          Not everyone can use TRS though.

        • mangoo1 on 22/11/2014 - 16:13
          -1

          @sween64: true, but still possible. And, local warrant.

  • noise36 on 22/11/2014 - 11:55
    +1

    wish these had optical/toslink out

    • MATTDAMON on 22/11/2014 - 11:56

      Why? use HDMI output for sound, or the 3.5mm jack.

      If you really truely got to have optical, you can get a usb sound card which will do the trick.

      • muncan on 22/11/2014 - 12:33
        +2

        Might have an old receiver with only HDMI pass through. If so, upgrade it :-)

      • tanksinatra on 22/11/2014 - 12:33
        +1

        Why? Well for one, many older and/or cheaper surround sound systems do not support HDMI. You could use a USB sound card but thats another $20-$100.

      • noise36 on 22/11/2014 - 13:12
        +1

        Using an old logitech Z5500 for my DTS/5.1 so yeah no HDMI for sound…not sure on 3.5mm but I doubt that would work.

        • ctg on 22/11/2014 - 13:35

          The Z5500 does accept 3.5mm for sound input, however you of course won't receive surround sound unless all three cables are used. I recommend the Asus Xonar U3… USB sound card with a small amp onboard, and has TOSLINK/optical output OR 3.5mm. Has a line in also.

        • noise36 on 22/11/2014 - 15:03

          @ctg:

          rather just build a full size htpc I think…can use existing I3 CPU/Mobo?ram that I already have spare

        • asa79 on 24/11/2014 - 15:04

          Upgrade to an amp for true hd 7.1 etc

  • ployer on 22/11/2014 - 16:04

    Are there any other models that are generally well priced for a portable computer?

    • salem on 22/11/2014 - 17:16
      +1

      if all you're doing is web browsing/email, the 2820 line of celeron NUCs are extremely good value, and can be brought from somewhere local like shoppingexpress easily (and they often put them on sale). they will be terrible for anything that needs moderate to significant performance; but for low intensity things like web browsing, youtube, watching movies, emails, they're great.

      • ployer on 22/11/2014 - 17:21

        Thanks. I should have mentioned that I would use it for Photoshop and Visual Studio which probably needs a bit more performance.

  • BiG BoY on 22/11/2014 - 20:53

    Sorry but what does this need to work

    • scrimshaw on 22/11/2014 - 21:19
      +1

      RAM, an SSD or HDD and an operating system.

    • sween64 on 22/11/2014 - 21:41

      Possibly also wireless if you can't connect it via Ethernet.

  • BiG BoY on 22/11/2014 - 21:40

    I have a brand new Samsung 840 evo 120gb will that work and which ram do u recommend

    • sween64 on 22/11/2014 - 21:42

      Check the PCCaseGear website. It has a few recommendations that they sell.

  • BiG BoY on 22/11/2014 - 21:44

    Also can I put a WiFi card and a ssd

  • BiG BoY on 22/11/2014 - 22:01

    Pretty much I want WiFi Bluetooth 8 GB ram and my ssd in it if I can get all that i will buy it

    • scrimshaw on 22/11/2014 - 22:05
      +1

      SSD — can install any so long it's SATA 2.5"

      Wifi — half height PCI, just buy Intel 7260 series if you want Wireless AC, it's only $22 dollars, otherwise go with some cheap USB adapter if needs are basic.

      RAM — the RAM must be of the low voltage variety, i.e. 1.35v DDR3 SODIMM 1333mhz or 1600mhz Example
      http://budgetpc.com.au/computer-hardware/computer-components…

      • BiG BoY on 22/11/2014 - 22:24

        Ssd is 2.5 so that's good but is that wireless card and ram the best ones ?

        • scrimshaw on 22/11/2014 - 22:30

          It's the best the NUC can take. It's not like you can put in a 3x3 adapter in the NUC, it's not supported by the configuration. The RAM cannot be any faster than 1600mhz.

        • SteveBuscemi on 23/11/2014 - 09:01

          Although if you want to build a Hackintosh you should swap out the Intel 7260 for a Broadcom unit like the AW-CE123H.

      • Phoebus on 23/11/2014 - 01:31

        what about antenna? Does the NUC have it build in?

        **edit
        it's in the specs
        -Antennae for WIFI and Bluetooth pre-assembled for ease of deployment

  • number5 on 23/11/2014 - 08:15

    NUC looks so nice, but I already have n40l…

  • Dexter on 23/11/2014 - 10:08

    Great unit. I have an i5 which runs snappier than my i7 desktop.

  • ozmoto on 23/11/2014 - 13:23

    I'm looking for something to replace my WD TV Live (which is continually resetting itself) which connects wirelessly to a Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ with 8Tb storage (movies and music)

    A NUC sounds good to me in that I can install XBMC or equivalent for a better user experience.

    Is this model (I5) what I need?

    • SteveBuscemi on 23/11/2014 - 14:41
      +1

      If you just want it for HTPC duties (playing 1080p MKVs), you could drop down to the i3 (or even the Celeron) without issue.

      You could also skip the SSD/HDD entirely and just boot OpenELEC off a decent USB stick.

    • MATTDAMON on 23/11/2014 - 14:58
      +1

      If its just media, the i3 is more then enough, couple that with 4gb of ram, wifi card (intel 7260 AC) and either usb stick for openelec or if you want more flexibility a 120gb msata/2.5 and a C5 power cable.

      Ive had mine for close to a year now and its been perfect, minimal power usage and heat output.

      With XBMC and its related apple app its one of the best HTPC's you can get. If you install Win8 you can use the windows app store to get the netflix app which is significantly better then the webpage player

      Keep in mind with the cele model you wont have DTS-HDMA passthrough or decoding.

  • [Deactivated] on 23/11/2014 - 18:45

    Not that this is relevant to a lot, but be aware that even the i5 model doesn't cope well with 4K / UHD content. The one (i5 4250) I have attached to a 4K30p TV via HDMI sits on pretty much 100% CPU decoding 4K YouTube demos (3840x2160 24p H264 at around 18-26mbit). I've gone back to running my G2020 w/ GTX 650 which sits at around 15%, I guess meaning the offboard GPU is doing a lot more of the heavy lifting rather than the CPU in the HD5000.

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