Intel NUC7I7BNH Desktop PC Barebones (Intel Core i7-7567U, 2.5 inch HDD/SSD + M.2 SATA/PCIe SSD) black

Tried a few Linux distributions (mint,opensuse, centos to name a few) and have currently settled on Fedora. All worked and I have only encountered one issue, hdmi audio does not work at login. The issue appeared to be common to all the distributions I tried. There is a workaround, change the display settings and audio comes to life, the display settings can be reverted and audio remains functional. Installed with an NVME SSD and 16GB RAM it flies :) Samsung SM961 Polaris 256GB M.2 (2280) PCIe 3.0 (x4) NVMe Solid State Drive SSD - OEM (MZVPW256HEGL-00000) HyperX Impact HX421S13IB2K2/16 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) 2133 MHz DDR4 CL13 SODIMM 1.2V 260-Pin Memory Kit ------------------------ Machine: Device: desktop Mobo: Intel model: NUC7i7BNB v: J31145-303 serial: N/A UEFI: Intel v: BNKBL357.86A.0042.2017.0303.1854 date: 03/03/2017 CPU: Dual core Intel Core i7-7567U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB clock speeds: max: 4000 MHz 1: 3500 MHz 2: 3500 MHz 3: 3500 MHz 4: 3500 MHz Graphics: Card: Intel Device 5927 Display Server: wayland (X.org 119.3 ) driver: i915 Resolution: [email protected] OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 (Kaby Lake GT3) version: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2 Network: Card-1: Intel Ethernet Connection (4) I219-V driver: e1000e Card-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi Memory: Used/Total: 2082.2/15937.4MB Array-1 capacity: 32 GB devices: 2 EC: None Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 size: 8 GB speed: 2133 MT/s type: DDR4 Device-2: ChannelB-DIMM0 size: 8 GB speed: 2133 MT/s type: DDR4

Great machine. Well built, easy assembly, i7 has plenty of poke.

I was led to believe the NUC was a monster in a midgets clothing. The Iris graphics have been lauded to heaven and back. The power is immense and yet with such a small amount of electric needed to run it. Warra load of. I got the NUC7i7BNH which is the 7th generation i7 Kaby Lake processor. I got the Samsung EVO Pro SSD, I got 32 gig of Crucial RAM with exact specs for the NUC. And what did I get for my money? Well, it's about on par with my almost 4 year old i5 all in one which has 16 gig of cheap RAM in and a standard 5400 HDD. I've got all the drivers from Intel and done all the things I need to do and this NUC simply isn't all that it's cracked up to be. On the plus side it does use less power than my all in one, about an amp less maybe. But if you're looking for desktop...or even laptop performance from one of these forget it, you simply won't get it. On the plus side it's tiny, uses less power and you could easily chuck it in your backback if you wanted to take it somewhere. On the negative side it's overpriced, lacking power and not upgradeable. Update: after much communication and testing by Intel it was decided this unit was faulty. However so far the seller refuses to replace it. Make of that what you will.

I got the Nuc717bnh with 8gig ram and a Samsung 250gig evo M2 ssd. Running Windows 10 Pro. Installation of the hardware took 30 mins but would be much less if you have prior experience. Windows took about 10mins to install from a USB3 stick. Then I updated the ssd, motherboard and hdmi firmware. The system really is very fast in general email and Internet usage and very quiet. Almost silent. If you play games the fan noise level rises but overall it's not a big deal. I was worried it would be too loud but recent firmware updates seem to have resolved any issues. It's not a workstation though and only 2 cores/4 threads limit it's capabilities but for me this is quite OK. The M2 ssd keeps up with search and antivirus scans. The wifi does 72 megabytes per second with a netgear R8000 router. The intel iris plus gfx are about 3 times more powerful than the standard intel HD gfx and makes it possible to run games at low settings. But it's not as good as discrete gfx cards which limit its gaming appeal. The only issue I currently have is that the M2 Samsung evo 960 ssd is running in PCIe x2 mode. This is a confusing issue because it is supposed to be x4. I have opened a support case with intel to investigate.