New NUC, HD5000, 4x USB 3.0, infrared sensor
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It doesn't need a different PSU, but my Intel supplied one (65W) buzzes a little bit, and apparently the one you can buy with the Abel is slightly lower wattage (36W), but still more than enough for the NUC's requirements under load so I thought I'd give it a shot to see if it might be slightly quieter.
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My NUC arrived in my city with UPS early this morning...scheduled for delivery on Monday grr
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Finally got my video cables today. I think the install of Mint was faster than my old 486 booting into DOS.
Currently updating the OS before installing XBMC, loving my NUC so far though.
Currently updating the OS before installing XBMC, loving my NUC so far though.
I'll try to post some pics of my Abel H2 build over the weekend. It was reasonably straightforward, although I had a couple of minor issues.
For anyone holding out for the Streacom NC1 for the Haswell NUC, OCUK now have it up for pre-order, although there is no estimated availability date yet: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-034-SR
For anyone holding out for the Streacom NC1 for the Haswell NUC, OCUK now have it up for pre-order, although there is no estimated availability date yet: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-034-SR
I've been through 2 fanless i5 haswell nuc systems, both suffered from electrical noise when the onboard graphics is exercised. Running the windows experience index in a quiet room shows up the problem on the graphics tests (if you want to try it). It was a shame as it would have made a perfect htpc.
My NUC board does have some electrical noise, but I could only hear it when I had the Abel H2 case open to debug my boot issues, which ended up just needing me to re-seat the RAM modules.
I haven't really been able to hear the electrical noise when the case is closed up and playing back videos.
I haven't really been able to hear the electrical noise when the case is closed up and playing back videos.
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The only issue I'm having is deciding which OS.
Initially put Mint on it, but massive overscan issues over HDMI to my tv made me change to Windows. I tried 8.1 for the first time, worst desktop OS ever, but my tv out is working correctly :/
Initially put Mint on it, but massive overscan issues over HDMI to my tv made me change to Windows. I tried 8.1 for the first time, worst desktop OS ever, but my tv out is working correctly :/
Anyone having problems with cir under win 8.1?
I can't get xmbc to do anything with my mce remote under windows but openelec works to apart from turning it on and off. All that required was a couple of lines of text to load the module correctly under openelec iirc but windows is a different matter.
I guess it isn't the remote if it works under openelec.
It's so long since I posted here I had to make a new account!
I can't get xmbc to do anything with my mce remote under windows but openelec works to apart from turning it on and off. All that required was a couple of lines of text to load the module correctly under openelec iirc but windows is a different matter.
I guess it isn't the remote if it works under openelec.
It's so long since I posted here I had to make a new account!
No I didn't have the last time I looked and the nuvoton and ehome along with a number of hid devices are all installed.
Sometimes I have had a crash reported for the nuvoton device and it says the drivers aren't for win 8.1 but I'm using the newest 8.1 ones from intel's NYC drivers page.
I have noticed others complaining about this now. When I got mine last year I couldn't find anyone reporting anything about 8.1 and cir. I see some people are using intelliremote with varying success and I have seen an intel forum post saying their engineers are working on it!
Sometimes I have had a crash reported for the nuvoton device and it says the drivers aren't for win 8.1 but I'm using the newest 8.1 ones from intel's NYC drivers page.
I have noticed others complaining about this now. When I got mine last year I couldn't find anyone reporting anything about 8.1 and cir. I see some people are using intelliremote with varying success and I have seen an intel forum post saying their engineers are working on it!
Picked up one of these recently and had a bit of a play with 'overclocking' (Yes I know this isn't really the correct term given what I'm doing, although you can increase the graphics frequency, but I didn't see much gains from doing so) it by increasing the TDP limits and have made a few quick videos about it.
Saw a 20% graphics improvement, but not sure its worth it for the noise increase personally.
Saw a 20% graphics improvement, but not sure its worth it for the noise increase personally.
sort the noise out and keep the performance !
Possible with a change of cooler and chassis I guess, but then you're likely looking at a large system and switching to something like an ITX Kaveri would probably make more sense if GPU performance matters to you.
It was actually less than what it looks like in the photo, the core on the 4250U is pretty long and this was also the amount in the Abel H2 installation video on YouTube from the manufacturer.
I used Arctic Silver 5 rather than the supplied paste because the specifications are a bit better and I had some lying around so thought that I might as well. It's non-conductive.
I used Arctic Silver 5 rather than the supplied paste because the specifications are a bit better and I had some lying around so thought that I might as well. It's non-conductive.