Intel Sells Pentium "Braswell" NUC As Complete Mini-PC

[btarunr]

Intel started selling its first "complete" (not barebones) NUC based mini-PC, the NUC5PGYH. Priced at $255 a pop, this unit includes memory and storage besides the Pentium N3700 "Braswell" SoC based system board, the chassis; and comes with Windows 10 pre-installed. 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of SSD storage is included, you can opt for more of both. There's also a vacant 7 mm thick 2.5-inch SATA drive bay, so you could expand storage. Modern connectivity includes HDMI, USB 3.0, WLAN, gigabit Ethernet, and HD audio.



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[FordGT90Concept]

They keep getting smaller and cheaper...I like.

 

[ShiBDiB]

Might grab one plus a decent sized hd to replace my dad's old piece of junk desktop.

 

[Drone]

Tiny but has so many ports. All these NUCs and tiny Zotacs are really good.

 

[lemonadesoda]

Nice price. What a shame it can't drive a UHD screen/desktop.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I think I'd rather have DisplayPort than VGA. That's kind of ridiculous.

 

[Uplink10]

There's also a vacant 7 mm thick 2.5-inch SATA drive bay

A mistake, a lot of high capacity 2.5" HDDs are 9.5mm. It limits your options and since they decided to include it they could at least support 9.5mm drives.

I hope you can get it barebone without 2GB SO-DIMM stick.

Toslink is not required since it cannot compete with high bitrates bitstreaming can transfer and in some situations if your audio has too high a bitrate it will be too much for Toslink and/or you will have to send it compressed and hope that it will not be too much.

Lack of the DP is also apparent. Sure, VGA is still used today but if someone want to use it then he can buy USB to VGA adapter or DP/HDMI to VGA.

 

[Prima.Vera]

love those. superb multimedia box. How is 4K playing on that CPU??

 

[GhostRyder]

I agree @FordGT90Concept , I like the device but that VGA is a bit of an oddity on it. I would love a DP and HDMI just so I could adapt it as needed.

 

[Fx]

I would be more interested in this if I wasn't having to pay for the W10 OS which drives up the price.

 

[texas64]

Lack of the DP is also apparent. Sure, VGA is still used today but if someone want to use it then he can buy USB to VGA adapter or DP/HDMI to VGA.

It does have HDMI, so that's good. DP is good (I use it for 4K) but this platform doesn't need it as it cannot adequately drive more than 1080P.

 

[Uplink10]

It does have HDMI, so that's good. DP is good (I use it for 4K) but this platform doesn't need it as it cannot adequately drive more than 1080P.

It is not for gaming, you could have DP (and subsequently 4K) for viewing text and other files because on big 1080p monitor they do not look as good as they look on 4K monitor.

 

[TheGuruStud]

Needs 8GB ram, 120 GB SSD, more sata/USB and only for 280 bucks (300 max). Or why would I deviate from a miniITX custom build? Hell, I made one with a vesa mount case, too LOL. This needs that also.