NUC required - help needed please

[robfosters]

I’m looking for an NUC for my brother and I have no knowledge at all of this sector. He wants it for office work, youtube, browsing, general stuff like that. I‘d like a complete system and I have a budget of £600.

Wondering what my best options are? Do I need 16GB of RAM or is 8GB ok?

Just NUC needed with windows. No peripherals required.

Lastly, can NUC’s do very light gaming, like the Sims? TIA.

 

[robfosters]

Depends what he means by "office work". If it's literally outlook, and word/excel/PowerPoint then you'd probably get away with 8GB being plenty.

I think some of the higher end NUCs have onboard GPUs that might be able to play some games at low settings.

I guess a question back, why a NUC and not a laptop?

Yep, just the MS office stuff. He’d much rather a desktop as he has his setup already and just wants to replace a tower with a much smaller unit. Instead of an NUC, are micro form factor PC’s like the Optiplex a good option?