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Re:Intel Launches 4k-enabled Quad Core NUC by lloydsparkes on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @06:36AM (#11908372)
I got one of these the day it came out.

Yes its potentially more expensive than an Mini-ITX system. But it depends on your priorities.

For me form factor, and power usage, were most important.

This is my new setup: http://lloydsparkes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/CCaptur...

And for a development work station, with light gaming (I have an Xbox One for gaming) the performance is amazing!

Re:Intel Launches 4k-enabled Quad Core NUC by Zelmor on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @09:29AM (#11909167)
Looks nice. +1 for the ergonomic keyboard, I'm looking to buy one myself. Just gotta get one in dvorak...

Is that a standing desk?

Re:Intel Launches 4k-enabled Quad Core NUC by lloydsparkes on Thursday June 16, 2016 @11:47AM (#11916890)
It is a standing desk!
Re:Intel Launches 4k-enabled Quad Core NUC by GordonS on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @11:11AM (#11909779)
Given the size of those 2 monitors it doesn't really look like a smallee form factor would have been an issue?
Re:Intel Launches 4k-enabled Quad Core NUC by lloydsparkes on Thursday June 16, 2016 @11:50AM (#11916910)
As its a standing desk I have, having everything on the desk makes life easier.

Mini ITX would have taken up alot of deskroom. My old case (Antec P183) I had sitting on a side desk before hand

Re:Intel Launches 4k-enabled Quad Core NUC by criddell on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @12:20PM (#11910235)
I'm thinking about doing a similar setup and I like the smaller form factor because I can attach it to the back of a monitor and not even have to look at it.
Re:Intel Launches 4k-enabled Quad Core NUC by sliverstorm on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @03:21PM (#11911429)
Take a look at the Antec ISK-110. Not as small as the NUCs, but lets you build your own machine on the cheap, and still designed to be attached to the back of a monitor.

(Won't fit a standalone GPU, but I don't think anything that can be attached to a monitor can)

Re:Intel Launches 4k-enabled Quad Core NUC by zanybear on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @10:12AM (#11909409)
I was interested in the same setup, curios how it performs for development and what kind of development you do (os, tools).

Thanks

Re:Intel Launches 4k-enabled Quad Core NUC by lloydsparkes on Thursday June 16, 2016 @11:48AM (#11916902)
It performs fine for development. I'm having some screen flickering issues at the moment (not 100% sure what)

I'm C# Dev mostly at home, so VS2015 etc, also some linux VM's, mobile VM's, its pretty good