The small form factor of the NUC and low power consumption push the NUC much closer to the realm of the 2-3 Watt little ARM machines than the 50-100 W traditional desktop machine. Because the D34010WYK runs the Haswell generation of CPU and uses low-voltage laptop memory, it can idle at very low power consumption levels. Storage can be added using the internal mSATA bay, the internal SATA port, or the external USB3 ports. You should keep a close eye on which Intel Core i3 NUC model you are getting to make sure you know which CPU you are getting. The newer Haswell CPUs are more power efficient than the Ivy Bridge CPUs. There are also versions of the Haswell NUCs which have a larger case so you can fit a 2.5-inch drive inside the NUC. The most recent NUC to be released is the new Celeron model which retails for around $150. Whether you want the Core i3 or Core i5 model depends on if you need the extra CPU performance that the Turbo Boost offers.

For somewhere in the range of $75-$100 more is the NUC with an Intel Core i5-4250U Haswell CPU which has Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 so it can alter the CPU frequency and also features a more powerful Intel graphics chip. This article looks at the Intel NUC Model D34010WYK which has an Intel Core i3-4010U Haswell CPU and two DDR3 SODIMM slots to accept up to 16 GB of RAM and sells for around $300. The NUCs have been around for a little while there is an older and newer Celeron model, two models featuring Ivy Bridge Core i3 and i5 CPUs, and the latest models with Haswell Core i3 and i5 CPUs. Does audio output over the mini HDMI work out of the box? Does suspend to RAM sometimes decide not to resume? And of course, what sort of performance and power usage is there relative to a traditional desktop machine or the high-end ARM machines such as the ODroid XU?

The main thing I wanted investigate for this article was how well Fedora 20 runs on this thing. The Intel Next Unit of Computing ( NUC) is a very compact computer with an Intel CPU at its heart. The NUC reviewed here has mini DisplayPort and mini HDMI ports, two memory slots, mSATA, USB 3.0, mini PCI Express, an IR receiver, and an internal SATA connector among other things.

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