Is this NUC Setup ok?

demon8991 · 12 Jul 2015 at 23:36

Hi Guys,

I am replacing my Grandads old small factor PC, and thought one of the new Intel NUCs would be a good bet.

What do you think of this? Will all of these components work ok together?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel NUC NUC5i5RYK Core i5-5300U vPro "Rock Canyon" Broadwell Barebones Micro PC £319.99
1 x Samsung 850 EVO Series M.2 250GB SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (MZ-N5E250BW) £96.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Impact Black Series 8GB 1600MHz DDR3L CL9 SODIMM 1.35V (HX316LS9IB/8) £49.99
Total : £476.57 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

stulid · 13 Jul 2015 at 09:31

That will work.

The NUC can take a dual channel ram setup for a bit more bandwidth.

demon8991 · 13 Jul 2015 at 14:02

Ok cool I will grab a dual channel kit then if I go down the NUC route.

Do you think an NUC is the way to go or would I be better off getting something else? I would build it for him but I live in Australia and he is back in England so it is not possible.

OracIe · 13 Jul 2015 at 16:06

What's he using it for?

demon8991 · 13 Jul 2015 at 22:29

Internet, email, Skype, word processing etc

RJC · 13 Jul 2015 at 22:33

You could look at the i3 version which takes a std SSD:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-016-IN&groupid=43&catid=2502

I use one for my media centre.

demon8991 · 14 Jul 2015 at 00:47

Thanks I will have a look.