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[eBay Plus] Intel NUC8I5BEH Barebone Mini PC $360.05 Delivered @ Shopping Express Clearance eBay

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[eBay Plus] Intel NUC8I5BEH Barebone Mini PC $360.05 Delivered @ Shopping Express Clearance eBay
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https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/601211

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  • Specificagent1 on 30/01/2021 - 18:04

    free?

    • Twix on 30/01/2021 - 18:07

      Free HDMI cable.

      • Kangal on 31/01/2021 - 16:30

        Even on a discount and with some freebies, Intel NUC is kind of a rip-off. Maybe it's not too much the box and motherboard, but the Intel SoC inside is priced stupidly. We need AMD to produce some Zen3 processors (4c/8t 12W)-(45W 8c/16t), that go into some affordable HTPCs, we really do need more competition in this space.

        This is basically a laptop without a OS, RAM, SSD, Webcam, Mic, Keyboard, Trackpad, Touchscreen, Display. I've seen offices stick these behind monitors, so it's popular. Yet if you want something less cluttered, they could use a laptop, or if inclined just stick the laptop behind the monitor and use external keyboard and mouse for comfort. Heck, a laptop is going to be cheaper. A better office option is to use a $300 Dell OptiPlex SFF (9010 with dGPU option).

        Where I see these as legitimate is for server/connection uses. As hackintosh it's not the best option as you can find cheap Mac Minis, especially the new 2020 model.

        • Kangal on 31/01/2021 - 16:57

          edit: Found this
          https://m.geekbuying.com/Search?keyword=AMD%20Ryzen

          Some 4c/8t Zen mini boxes priced from $500-$900 depending on which SSD, RAM, Chipset and Postage Location you choose. That's just Geekbuying first one I saw, pretty sure similar can be found on Banggood, GearBest, Aliexpress, etc etc. I don't think it's a big difference going from 2000 series to 3000 series or 4000 series. Graphics have no difference as they're all Vega-8CU iGPU. These are lower clocked devices, not like Desktop PCs that run faster with more features and graphics.

        • diazepam on 31/01/2021 - 20:32
          +2

          would love to know where I can get a $300 Dell Optiplex SFF with a GPU…
          And cheap 2020 mac minis… most certainly not at a sub $700 price point from what I know. (although please correct me, would love to know where to get)

          • Kangal on 31/01/2021 - 21:44
            +1

            @diazepam: Mac Minis go from anywhere between $300 to $700 depending on specs when buying used (most are in pristine condition). Check eBay, Gumtree, and Facebook. The new 2020 version slaps, and goes for $1k, which is still cheap compared to Intel NUCs.

            They budget OptiPlex's are still out there, just keep looking.
            Not with a dGPU, but it is optional, obviously.

            They require a Half-Height/Low-Profile card (GT 1030, GTX 750Ti, GTX 1050, GTX 1050Ti, GTX 1650). Though now is a bad time for GPU buyers, or new system builders due to heightened demand, restricted supply, and bots/scalpers. Still, the SFF variants are cheap and serviceable. The USFF are the worst variant. The Mid-Towers are best but they're rarer and higher priced.

            The best combination is the, i7-3770 CPU, in the 9010, as it gives you access to the Pcie x16 slot (newer variants moved the port, so that dGPUs can only fit into the x4 slot). The i7-6700 isn't a big upgrade, but that has DDR4 memory which is a pretty big upgrade as far as bandwidth is concerned. I had a 9010 hacked together with a used GTX 750Ti, managed to buy a GTX 1650 for $250 and kept the old card for a little while until prices went crazy and sold it locally for $150. System was about as fast as the Xbox series S, and cost a little more overall ($600 ?), but offered that performance for a few years (2015) of enjoyment. Just the usual hustle.

            • paradoxez on 31/01/2021 - 21:55
              +1

              @Kangal: I agree the OptiPlex is really good overall especially with Pcie slots and repairability. I kinda want really low powered CPU on idle though for running dockers 24/7 and only NUC seems to fit the bill for that.

              • Kangal on 31/01/2021 - 22:20
                +1

                @paradoxez: Exactly, thank you.
                Server uses are the most legitimate reason to buy/build a NUC. Or if you're in a very obscure niche like needing the smallest size or something else.

                PS: heaps of cheap used and refurbished laptops online, or some with broken screens…. all which can be used as NUC. Plenty of tutorials showing how-to use laptops as home servers (full discretion: haven't attempted it myself).

          • jcon on 31/01/2021 - 23:17

            @diazepam: Dell 9020 with 4th Gen i7, 8GB RAM and an SSD is regularly sub-$300 at office equipment auctions such as mgs.net.au. A lot of them come with a GPU - it's not a great GPU, but definitely enough for high def video output for a HTPC.

            To be honest, I wouldn't pay $250 for one of them any more, Ryzen laptops have killed their value.

  • Newbshopper on 30/01/2021 - 18:06

    Can someone tell me what use are these mini PCs for?

    • Twix on 30/01/2021 - 18:10
      +3

      Mum & Dad PC, office PC, HTPC, server, Hackintosh.

      • Newbshopper on 30/01/2021 - 19:48
        +1

        Thanks!

      • DamagedDingo on 30/01/2021 - 21:57

        Can it really do hackintosh? I’ve been wanting to do some iOS apps but it won’t run on my laptop but I use a high powered one of these for my media centre

        • bychen on 30/01/2021 - 23:13
          +1

          it can do hackintosh almost perfectly. it just cannot be charged through Thunderbolt3. All others work well

          • Mistredo on 30/01/2021 - 23:36

            @bychen: Does WiFi work?

            • bychen on 30/01/2021 - 23:43

              @Mistredo: yes, intel wifi works. but you need to install some patches to make it work and it will not work as well as in windows. i perfer to replace it with an apple wifi card to work with my iPhone and iPad

            • alanlxl on 31/01/2021 - 16:06

              @Mistredo: Hackintosh with NUC8 has 3 WiFi solutions:
              1. On-board intel WiFi card: works with some patches, poor speed though
              2. Apple WiFi card: works perfectly (just like Macintosh), but most of them are old parts from other macbook devices, and you have to do some hacking to the motherboard (and may lose the warranty, I'm afraid)
              3. USB WiFi adaptor: works fine with decent speed, but doesn't support some fancy Apple stuff like Universal Clipboard or AirDrop, which is bad if you're also an iPhone user.

              I'm using 3, coz my phone is Android.

    • Astrom on 30/01/2021 - 18:16
      +2

      Anything that isnt games or encoding/hard work for a CPU/GPU, so it's fine for almost everyone
      It could probably play almost everything made before 2010 (after you put everything else in)

      • Newbshopper on 30/01/2021 - 19:48

        Thanks

      • Chris McMahon on 31/01/2021 - 02:15
        +1

        It can do light gaming. I'm playing a few strategy games with the graphics settings turned down (stellaris, hearts of iron, AOE2DE) on mine, until Convid pricing and stock levels calm down so I can get a new gaming PC.

        Anything with under a 1GB VRAM requirement should work.
        There's lowendgaming and lowspecgamer. A good source for a lot of tweaks to increase your framerate. It took XCOM2 from 18fps to 30-40fps, 1440p and it still looks decent.

        The CPU is surprisingly capable. Here it is compared to a i7-7700k. Both 4C/8T.

    • MasterScythe on 30/01/2021 - 19:12
      +2

      Surfing the net, watching netflix, doing school assignments, hosting a server;

      Basically it's a full x86/x64 PC, so anything you've seen a 'tower computer' do, with the exception of AAA games.
      Some e-Sport games work though.

      So basically, anyone who's the 'facebook generation', purely using social media, and consuming multimedia (excluding big games); will find this overkill.

      They also have the added benefit of low power use.

    • [Deactivated] on 30/01/2021 - 22:37
      +1

      I have an older model i5 NUC that I run ESX on it as a home lab

      • BlueSkyAPI on 31/01/2021 - 14:17

        Router as a VM

      • [Deactivated] on 31/01/2021 - 21:35

        How many VMs can you run at the same time on yours?

        • BlueSkyAPI on 31/01/2021 - 22:34
          +1

          I usually have 7~10 running on a i5 with 32GB RAM. Router, Blue Iris, Plex server, webserver, home assistant, Synology DSM,etc. Although none of these consume much CPU resources at all, I just need them to stay up 24/7. In terms of memory it obviously depending on what's running. Windows tends to consume a whole lot more than Linux-based system running headless (home assistant for example). Also these days many applications can be run on one VM using docker so that cuts down the number of required VMs by a lot.

  • [Deactivated] on 30/01/2021 - 18:32

    Home assistant server would be good!

    • nico8amy on 30/01/2021 - 18:46
      +3

      Sbc might be a better choice…

      • codhopper on 30/01/2021 - 20:15
        +1

        https://www.home-assistant.io/blue/
        Or even a raspberry pi 4.

        This would be overkill for home assistant.

        • [Deactivated] on 30/01/2021 - 21:20
          +2

          Not when you run docker, or the motion eye plugin.
          Additionally ARM can’t run the VS code addon.
          Overkill is very subjective, currently running on an older J1900 with 8gb of ram.

      • heineken016 on 01/02/2021 - 10:22

        Sbc to start on, but it's very worthwhile upgrading eventually.

        I just replaced my rpi with an hp thin client that I got for 35$ on ebay, and it's working a treat.

  • Dark Zeus on 30/01/2021 - 18:50

    Im new to this. No HDD?

    • [Deactivated] on 30/01/2021 - 18:56

      What barebone means

      • bdl on 30/01/2021 - 19:14
        +4

        how is babby formed?

        • MasterScythe on 30/01/2021 - 20:44
          +2

          they need to do way instain mother>

          • bdl on 31/01/2021 - 14:00

            @MasterScythe: bacuse how nuc get m2 sds?? i am truley sorry for your rma.

    • Ausdave on 30/01/2021 - 19:15
      +5

      No HDD, Windows, and RAM.

      You will have to buy them separately.

      A kind note, the RAM type is SO-DIMM (laptop sized ram)

      • Dark Zeus on 30/01/2021 - 20:36

        Thanks,

        But is this one here

        https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/333585226215

        is with HDD?

        Cheers.

        • MasterScythe on 30/01/2021 - 20:45
          +2

          Certainly looks like it.

          That said, unless you need 1TB of space, you will feel a real world improvement by going to an SSD of any reputable brand.

        • Ausdave on 30/01/2021 - 20:51
          +1

          I recommend for you to go to a computer store and get some advice if you're not familiar with products like this.

          Do not get a computer with a hard disk drive (HDD) as the main operating system, it is very slow.

          You will want a solid state drive (SSD), as it is about 4-5 times faster to load things.

  • Munki Kundi on 30/01/2021 - 19:14
    +1

    Barebones means no storage, RAM, OS

  • bychen on 30/01/2021 - 21:19
    +2

    Anyone can tell me what's the difference between NUC8I5BEH3 and NUC8I5BEH?

  • mrtee on 30/01/2021 - 21:57

    We use these at work to save space. They do well.

  • cowiie on 31/01/2021 - 08:21
    -2

    Someone help me find 8gb ram, a decent hdd and windows 10 that will go well with this pc? Just need it to run POS for my boss.

    • bdl on 31/01/2021 - 13:58
      +4

      Will your boss pay us to find?

  • Notoriousbird on 31/01/2021 - 14:29

    Dang I just bought the model with no power cord. Should I just cancel that and buy one with a cord or order a separate cord?

  • alanlxl on 31/01/2021 - 15:56

    Oh no! I bought one at $549 for my hackintosh build several months ago, didn't expect such a big discount :-(

  • boxall on 31/01/2021 - 16:17

    More discussion are here about this device:

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/601211#comment-10024751

  • Punisher on 31/01/2021 - 18:48

    So this one that's link doesn't have a power cord?

    • boxall on 31/01/2021 - 18:49

      Power cord is standard one that comes with all laptop powerpacks.

  • nurbsenvi on 31/01/2021 - 19:46

    Or this build?

    CPU Intel i3-10100 $166.00
    RAM Crucial CT8G4DFS832A 8GB $45.00
    HDD Kingston A2000 500Gb $88.00
    CASE CoolerMaster NR200 $109.00
    PSU Fractal Design FD-PSU-ION-SFX $149.00
    Motherboard ASRock B460M-ITX/ac $159.00

    Total $716.00

    • boxall on 31/01/2021 - 20:59
      +1

      $40 more than the NUC/i5/Iris Plus/32GB/1TB.

  • sternocleido on 31/01/2021 - 20:04

    anyone know if this can handle 2 4k screens at 60hz each?

  • Black Hole on 31/01/2021 - 21:46

    So this unit does not come with a power supply?

  • Malapinar on 02/02/2021 - 11:26
    +2

    This is cheaper with ebay plus now, I got one for $341.10.

    • tkdbboy on 02/02/2021 - 11:33

      Lol! They jacked the price to $399. I added one to the cart whilst the old price was up and noticed the cart totals didn't add up

  • Notoriousbird on 02/02/2021 - 18:04
    +2

    Received mine today, it comes with an AU 3 prong to AC cable, power pack and a UK power to AC cable. No need to buy anything extra.

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