Intel NUC Small Form Factor PC

[Dredgy]

I've been looking for a cheap, but effective way to replace a restaurant Point of Sale system for a while now, and the Intel NUC seemed to be the best solution for me.

 

 

Summary

Pros

• Small form factor
• Price
• Configurable storage and memory
• Price
• VESA mountable, included VESA bracket
• Good IO for both consumer and enterprise uses.
• Price

Cons

• Fan noise - would not be comfortable with it on my desk without headphones.
• Doesn't include any RAM - for the bottom-tiered Celeron model I'd be fine with 4GB of RAM soldered in.

Conclusion

Haven't built my point-of-sale system yet, but am confident this will provide an elegant solution when mounted to a touchscreen. Noise is annoying, but forgivable at the price. Stable system.

[Electronics Wizardy]

You can get slower fan less models if this is just a pos system. There also much cheaper. So look at all in one's. 

[Dredgy]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You can get slower fan less models if this is just a pos system. There also much cheaper. So look at all in one's. 

I got the cheapest model on the market in Australia.

 

All in one's were out of budget. The cheapest usable all in one with a touchscreen was $1000. Even with a UPS, the system I'm building costs less than $700.

[m0k]

@Dredgy whats the question? just asking for input / thoughts ?

 

derp / ignore

Edited January 30, 2017 by mok

[Dredgy]

2 minutes ago, mok said:

@Dredgy whats the question? just asking for input / thoughts ?

This is Member Reviews. It's my review of it haha.

[m0k]

1 minute ago, Dredgy said:

This is Member Reviews. It's my review of it haha.

oh shit sorry, didnt see where this was posted lol

[johnt]

10 hours ago, Dredgy said:

Stable system

My little NUC is 99% reliable. For some reason or another, my NUC decides to restart about once a month. I cannot figure out what is triggering the restart either. I'm using Windows 8 with all updates disabled. Otherwise, it's a great product.

[Dredgy]

6 hours ago, JohnT said:

My little NUC is 99% reliable. For some reason or another, my NUC decides to restart about once a month. I cannot figure out what is triggering the restart either. I'm using Windows 8 with all updates disabled. Otherwise, it's a great product.

 

Not had that on Windows 10..

[johnt]

On 1/30/2017 at 3:47 PM, Dredgy said:

 

Not had that on Windows 10..

That's because Win10 makes you reboot every other week from updates 

 

[Dredgy]

4 hours ago, JohnT said:

That's because Win10 makes you reboot every other week from updates 

 

I'm running it in a business environment with no Internet at the moment. Has been solid for a week, works wayyyyy better than I was intending.