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The time for media PCs may be over, they may not. I have a Plex server and the NUC is a great form factor for that. But, even leaving aside media PCs, the form
by jzb 3y ago
The time for media PCs may be over, they may not. I have a Plex server and the NUC is a great form factor for that.
But, even leaving aside media PCs, the form factor is great. They're powerful enough for me to use happily as a desktop, and I love having a tiny PC that doesn't take up acres of desktop.
- sandreas 3y agoI'm not sure if I can totally agree with that. The form factor may be nice but, in my case the NUC has always been very noisy and hot until I decided to buy the akasa case. This is no wonder, because the small packed hardware cannot be cooled as efficient as bigger cases, even slightly bigger onces. The NUC is also limited in extensability and even if the form factor as such is nice, they are slow compared to only slightly bigger sized Ryzen workstations (e.g. Minisforum X400 or ASRock DeskMini). I'm also running a Plex server (as Proxmox Guest) and in my opinion servers do not need to be small or fanless in general, if you can place them somewhere in a room where noise and space are not this problematic (my server is in the kitchen ON the fridge... I consider the living room and the bedroom as quiet places) The NUC is pretty good for very specific use cases (presentations, fairs, etc.) because they can easily be transported and are small and the hardware is ok, but for most other use cases, especially servers, there are definitely better systems.