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The Intel NUC is a line of PCs that dates back to 2011, and represents Intel’s vision of the future of computing. In the 8th generation, things went a little off the rails with a full-on collaboration with AMD, creating what I still believe is one of the greatest CPU/GPU combos ever assembled.
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We all know, if I don't show the thermal paste application on camera, it never really happened.
Neat that you found this New Old Stock. I always wanted one of these little boxes. I've always loved the NUC family and I wished mine hadn't died on me (it did serve as an HTPC for many years.)
3:20 Someone is going to clip those grunts! 😂😂
Heh I was thinking about picking one up for an htpc about half way through the video. Would make a great little machine for that.
AS5 is old school now? 😬
I had one for a while. Pretty great small form PC capable of decent gaming and editing. I found it wasn't enough to replace my actual desktop, even when it was new.
I still find it surprising that AS5 has had such a long life, when Ceramique basically disappeared
I got one a year ago for 400 and added 32GB memory and I had an SSD. It’s a beast of a machine . In my living room when I need more punch then my iPad or rather use a pc.
SteamOS and maybe Linux on it would be cool yo see also!
just so you know, that heatsink isn't just a big hunk of copper. The entire bottom copper plate is a huge vapor chamber, sorta like having just one big heat pipe. just using a slab of copper would make the thermals on that thing horrendous.
Loved the plug for the RAM!
Have you tried to activate HBCC = High Bandwith Cache Controller in the Driver ? The HBCC is deactivated by default with Vega Graphic Cards , its meant to be allocate main Memory to expand Video Memory . Usually you dont need it with Vega cards because you have 8 GB HBM Memory and for 4K the cards are to slow .
It can lead to stutter in some fast paced Games , but it should be faster than the normal access to Main Memory
did rett buy a ltt jacket?
OK that was a good sponsor segment lol!
Yes! Show us some steamos porn!
Steam OS it! Pleaee
This thing would be perfect for an emulation rig to play retro games on
Would you advocate buying 3200 or 2933 memory. The 3200 memory seems to be CL20 whereas the 2933 is CL17. Trying to get the best performant memory for my unit.
Heatpipes can have a better heat conductance than just copper.
The heatpipes is a (often for computers flat) copper pipe with liquid inside. The liquid will physically move, like an AIO watercooler. Using the heat as the source of energy
Pity you can't compare it to Subor Z+ console 🤔
That giant hunk of copper looks like it may also be hiding a vapor chamber.
Found one in stock on Newegg Canada!.. $2,645 CAD
I remember this being the coolest device I couldn't justify spending $1300 on. Still want one
I'm fairly sure that is a vapor chamber, not just a hunk of copper. So far from 'no heatpipes' it is actually 'all heatpipe'. Very cool, pleeeease put SteamOS on there!
When is the home made watercooling/overclocking video coming?!
This would be a good idea as an HTPC, definitely do a video on how Steam OS will work on it!
great video – +1 for SteamOS on the NUC!
7:22 "no need to use heatpipes" that's not solid copper, it's one big vapor chamber
I owned this one for ~2 years, amazing machine. I used it along with eGPU that allowed me to do some crazy Linux virtualization stuff.
I will probably buy it again in couple years to install SteamOS
Hey could you try it with steamos? Interesting to see the linux performance on that.
What a perfect intro//
how does this compare to something like a 5700g? Also would love to see a video where you install steam os