Intel NUC 10 Mini PC Review
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Lisa Gade reviews the Intel NUC 10 model 10i7FNH Frost Canyon mini PC that fits in the palm of a hand. It has an Intel 10th gen Comet Lake 6-core i7-10710U 25 watt CPU with Intel UHD graphics. You can get it bare bones (you supply the RAM, M.2 SSD and HDD) or a turn-key model like our FNHA with Windows 10 Home, 16GB DDR4 dual channel SODIMM RAM, a 256GB NVMe SSD and a 1TB SATA3 HDD. It may be incredibly small, but it packs a lot of ports, including Thunderbolt 3, USB-A and USB-C 3.2, HDMI 2.0a, 3.5mm audio and a UHS-II full size SD card slot. It can drive up to 3 4K monitors at 60Hz.
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Lisa, holding a 4-week old kitten: hmm, this kitten weighs as much as the latest Intel NUC
Ikr
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@@apdroidgeek1737 at 0:55
This computer is one of my favorite... Hooked up on tv, wireless mouse and keyboard... That's it.
Is this better than Raspberry?
Got it. Mostly using it for programming and some occasional music production, but it seems to even handle some less intensive games. Going to upgrade the cooling to a fanless Akasa Turing FX case soon. Seen some benchmarks telling it runs 20 grades celsius cooler and more importantly, without noise.
She forgot one of the most powerful selling points. 3 Year Warranty, included, at no additional cost.
Dies guarantee means something these days?
@@jesus2621 Not sure about guarantee. But the 3-year warranty is stellar. We install thousands a year. Failure rate is extremely low. I'd say less than 1%. When they do fail, it's a painless swap for an in warranty exchange. Can't say the same for HP or Dell with basic free warranties. That's tremendous value IMHO.
@@cognetic How are the thermals on this thing?
@@ReetPandher I don't have any scientific data, but we install a lot to the automotive industry,. For the past 6+ years they have survived the no AC warehouse and service facilities of the Texas heat. No auto thermal shutdown triggers. Does shockingly really well in very hot, non-cimate controlled environments. It's been a proven proof of concept for us.
@@cognetic that sounds amazing.. now I'm genuinely curious into buying one...
Seriously impressive. The NUC isn't bad either. In my 30 plus years of computing I've never found a presenter so engaging to listen to. My brain just developed a Gade port. Seriously, it's extremely rare to find someone to listen to that a) knows their stuff, and b) knows their stuff AND understands their stuff. Very spot on.
She's reading from a script.
@@OMGWTFLOLSMH Wrong.
I have one of these as a tiny hypervisor with 64GB of RAM; it runs great!
vmware or Linux?
Brian W. Linux :)
I have a NUC and it is perfect for a home lab of Hyper-V server, wordpress server, and I also run my pfsense firewall there, much better than using netgear consumer grade routers, for the prices of a NUC you have a pretty powerful home server
Tip for people who want to use an EGPU: Try to disable PCIE link state power management if you experience crashes
Lisa's the OG RUclips tech reviewer... 🔥
Imagine this with Ryzen 4000, specifically the 35w variant, wow!
Nice review. Thanks. One thing. You may want consider speaking a bit slower. Some of us can't hear that fast. Thanks
seconded. Got about one word in 10.
My YT (Premium) provides three slow playback speeds (without voice pitch change).
Too expensive for what you get. You're paying a huge premium for the form factor. This is a very niche product with specific use cases.
Also just to comment on the video, this little PC can edit 4k video just fine in Adobe Premiere, it's 4k video in Adobe After Effects that it will choke on. You really need an 8 core 16 thread count at the minimum for that and even then it won't be a completely smooth experience.
The i3 and i5 NUC's are really the only ones worth buying, and even those are relatively pricey. If you need i7 horsepower, just buy an ITX or Mico ATX form factor from Dell, HP, etc for much cheaper. If you NEED the power, you shouldn't be that concerned about mini form factor, plus you'd typically want to pair an i7 with a dedicated GPU.
Honestly, when you factor in a keyboard, mouse, speakers and a decent 1080p ips screen, you're looking at 1,200-1300$ and it's not portable. Most laptops in that price range are pretty good, and they're portable 30$ dongle will get you all the ports. Also for 950-1000$ you could literally build a desktop with a ryzen 5 3600 and a 5700 xt or 2060.
The i7 desktop models are never a good deal. i5 barebones kits are the sweet spot, IMO.
Fullmental yea but is it a better value than building your own mini pc? given that this thing is using integrated graphics, you could easily build a 500$ PC with 16GB 3200 RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe 3rd gen, and an i5
@@Theking196 the draw here is in power efficiency and form factor. No matter what you do, you are not sourcing parts off the shelf to make a PC in a 4"x4" form factor that idles at 3w including psu overhead. You can't buy U series processors either.
If that's not for you, then don't worry about it and buy something mini-itx instead. Personally, I use an 8th gen i5 NUC next to my TV as a Plex server. I used to have a giant tower PC but I got sick of looking at it and hearing it all the time.
Many restaurants using a single mini pc for powering 3-4 touchscreen displays for POS and server
@Mike Eastridge barely. Not $300 better.
I’m glad that you’re ok.
I'm really thinking about this for my mum's home office. She doesn't have any space because the physical area is small, and she's still old fashioned with papers everywhere, a printer and a separate scanner (I know lol, but its functional for her so I won't intrude), but her little Dell Mini ITX is 10 years old and slow. This seems perfect for her to do emails, excel and word, but mainly because its so space efficient.
If the monitor has an unused VESA mount, the NUC will bolt in place out of sight.
I use NUC's for my parents & in laws etc that don't want a laptop and for my Dad's employees at his business. Only issue is sometimes you need more USB type A ports and a hub is required. I get a small Targus 3 port one that does the job.
Get her an i3 or i5 NUC, its more than enough for her purpose. Don't get the 6-core NUC. 6 cores will generate more heat and more fan noise. NUCs only have one single fan inside to cool things off. And all versions of 8th gen NUCs come with Iris 655 plus graphics which can drive three 4k monitors.
I use NUC's on a daily basis at work and home. Very useful little machines for the various Sys Admin tasks I throw at them. The home model is one from 2015 and the fan is starting to go, it's quite noisy. I also use the Dell Optiplex Micro-Form Factors as well. Each has it's own strengths. The base (not Skull Canyon) NUC's are smaller in foot print but they get noisy when running a bunch of applications or VM's. They also favor HDMI over Display Port but the one Lisa reviewed has Thunderbolt 3 so that's not a deal breaker. I will tell you one model to avoid if you want to expand. The Acer Veriton due to the m.2 SSD screw to hold in place being upside down. You have to disassemble the entire thing just to get to that and void the warranty in the process.
Aren't the fans replaceable?
Am really liking my NUC 10 with i5 so far. Thanks for the useful info.
What’s your CPU GHz? I was looking at one with 1.6GHz but that seems like it would be slow
That’s the one I bought and it’s been plenty fast enough for the work I do.
@@mrtonypiazza Thanks for your reply. I just ordered an i3 tall model from series 8. After researching seems that one is very fast as well and with a lower fan noise.
Currently using one as my second pc for streaming video games!
I use a 5 year old NUC as media server with LibreELEC + Kodi on top and to this day, it is working perfectly. The only thing it can't keep up is the 4K HDR 10-Bit X265 stuff, which is expected as the codec for HEVC is not embedded into HW back in the day.
Thank you for this review Lisa.
Wow! 4 1/2 minutes of non stop talking without even taking a breath!!! Amazing! I actually had to view that at 3/4 speed to catch ONE WORD you said!! PS. They make decaf.....
I have just gotten that NUC :D. Just an advice, change the cooling on the bios to avoid too much noise.
You can do absolutely everything over the USB connection these day and with the fan going really fast you could pull allot more than 25 Watts so getting an extra or double power supply is a plus!
This looks perfect. Thanks for the in depth report
I don't know where lisa finds her tshirts but i love them!❤
She's like Brian Tong, a tech reviewer with a snazzy fashion sense
I just love the way this woman explains everything: fast, efficiently! The Best Ever! Explanations about these gadgets should not take any longer than 5 minutes and provide the answer to every single question you might have ever had about the device. Thanks!
What, you don't want to hear about the reviewer's day and how they had to drop off their kids at daycare and take the dog to the vet?
Great review. I own a NUC 8 (Hades Canyon) with the AMD Vega M GPU inside. I added two Samsung 970 Pro SSDs and 16GB RAM. I turned off all the RGB lighting. I like it. It stays cool and very quiet.
If only AMD made NUCs like these. I love my ASRock Deskmini A300W 2400g build.
AMD's new Ryzen 4 laptop chips would make killer mini PCs that could be smaller than the A300. Especially with Vega 11 or better graphics.
3rd gen Ryzen APUs were not as much of a bump over 2200g & 2400g. Maybe 4th gen desktop APUs will be a drastic upgrade to make another A300 with?
Either way, mini PC future with AMD looks awesome compared to Intel.
After a long time finally PC macker has done something. Which should be really appreciated.
I love NUCs. They're all I use anymore, both main PC and HTPC. I am going to hold out a little longer before getting a new one, but always appreciate the reviews...be sure I don't miss something that makes it time to pull the trigger. :D
this is right up my alley I'll be shopping for one. small size dual hard drive all the ports super cool thanks Lisa
I'm new to Lisa's channel and I've been watching her content for 2 hours. Most of the products are not what I need, but I just like watching her reviewing these!
I have several Intel Nucs i5s and i7s they last a year then will not boot and become bricks. I have also ASUS NUCs they seem to work better. The NUCS are on 24/7 and run @ ~99% CPU all the time streaming my RUclips channels using OBS. With the last i7 Gen 7 I brought I could never get it working at 4k, but the i5 NUC gen 6 does they both detect that the monitor is the right model of 4k. - Thank you for sharing
Another great review Lisa. Short and to the point.
this computer is pretty powerful I myself have it, it can run almost any game even ones with good graphics the main problem is the fan, as this is a mini pc that fan is small, so it is acceptable
I wish it AMD nuc with 4900HS or maybe U series. It will be great product
@Clive Bennett We've got a total of 4 NUCs in the office. All working their arses off, all day long. The oldest is 4 years old, and none of them even have a hitch. PERFECT experience. They are expensive but for hypervisor work, mini servers and even daily drivers we're very happy. What happened to get 7 failures?!
@Clive Bennett did youbuy used from ebay ?
Thank you. Your reviews are always informative and thorough. Looking forward for the next reviews
It's still more powerful than both my 2c i5 Laptop and 2c i3 desktop combined in such little Space , obviously expensive aswell .. amazing Review as always , lovely T-shirt !
I am glad that it is having Wi-Fi 6 and BT5.0. I have the NUC 7 and i find it a pity that i cannot upgrade the wireless to Intel AX200 card (Wi-Fi 6 & BT5.0) because the module is not removable, it's soldered onto the motherboard.
Awesome review. Looking forward to the NUC 9 Pro Xenon review. Trying to think of hardware options for a compact ESXi server to host my lab.
Hi Lisa. I heard you say the cooling was good (Yay) but what about the fan noise?
U R da best. Always look forward and have long been subscribed. TYVM
Can you do a ironing tutorial 👌? I've been ironing my shirts for years and they' e never looked as crisp as yours. Love nucs too hoping tonone day get one.
@@teknerd bruh somehow with me it makes it worse like all my accidental creases become worse.
@@mysterygamefanatic5908 The trick is to remove them from the dryer when they are 70& dry and hang them. They are slightly damp to the touch.
@@PWingert1966 thank you I'll try it.
These things are great. I bought a version that ASUS sells and turned it into a dedicated Plex server. Quiet and handles transcoding without breaking a sweat.
Gotta grab one of this for my best friend birthday present, of course the i5 version would be sufficient for daily task (browsing, Microsoft office, music, video conference, etc). Add some 2 slot sodimm from corsair and ssd m.2 from samsung 970 evo 1tb
So that’s what all the doctors offices and government departments have now, a nuc.
...still mostly dell optiplex micro form factor. Of course with the screen burn in for the Dell Update notification at the bottom right had corner of every computer in the doctors, dentists offices.
Good review , Leslie Winkle
For those excited about support for up to 3 4k, you'll be disappointed it comes at the cost of refresh rates. You can drive only 1 4k at 60 hz while the other two are 30 hz. You can though, run 2 4k at 60 hz.
I have an Intel Bean Canyon NUC 8 with 25W i7 core processor and Iris Plus graphics and think its a fanastic mini PC. I run Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It's not a bad gaming PC for older AAA titles and Retro Gaming. My only disappointment with Intel NUC 10 Mini's is none of the current 10th gen i7 6 core processors come with Intel Irus Plus graphics. You are limited to UHD Graphics where the performance is mediocre. I am very interested in the Intel NUC 9 Extreme with i9 processor and fitted with a RTX 2070 graphics card. This has the potential for potent small factor gaming rig providing the thermals are OK.
Is the wifi card replaceable? Wanna know if u can hackintosh it.
I have an 8th gen NUC with core i3 8109U, Iris 655 graphics hooked up to 4K monitor for browsing web, netflix and youtube which is more than enough for my usage, no hanging issues, no freezing, really fast tiny PC. The NUCs with i3 CPU are really silent ones, 6 cores will probably generate more heat and more fan noise. 6 core is an overkill for this device. Anybody who does video editing or some work related productivity will probably use a regular PC or high end laptop. I use a laptop with i7 8750H and GTX 1060 for my work.
Oyy I like these reviews, to the point and nice. Nothing overly pushy or promoting.
Nice! I'm still rocking my Saitek KU-0418 gamer keyboard. 1:32
Wish you could add a Gpu directly to the pci without an enclosure or thudnerbolt
I just brougt one off amazon for 300 with the 8th gen cpu. Im get the 700 dollar one next year
Super smooth review
Amazing video. Thanks for the very detailed info
Thank you for the review.
At that price for that item, I would go straight to the smaller sized tower PCs and save 66% of my budget.
For 300 / 400 USD you could get the performance equivalent but less nice looking PC, I am sure.
I appreciate that that is not what you are comparing, of course, but i was looking for a budget option to enable productivity and access after a macbook pro died.
it would have been nice to see a 4k playback test, my $99 phone does 1080p
I have a 4'th gen NUC with the I5 processor, it is beginning to struggle, with HEVC 4K content so have to upgrade.
Will wait until 11th generation NUC, as this is reported to come with a very much upgraded gfx card.
Dont want to buy this now, only to have to upgrade soon again because of the slow gfx card in the 10th gen processors.
How is this compared to a Raspberry Pi 4 if you just want a computer for a TV for streaming off websites? 🤔
Awesome review as always, on the product, its still priced too high.
@CJ Jacobs hello internet warrior, barebone price comes to $980 cad so yes it's priced too gad damn high. If you don't like my opinion or the fact that it's more expensive here feel free to move on and don't reply to other people's post.
I really love the NUC but the removal of a type A USB port from the front to drop the number to 3 type A's is bit of a pain. Yes there's a type C there now but I'd like to have seen them keep two type on the front or add an extra 2 to the back.
Nice, if you were running a 2 PC game stream set up, that looks like it could easily handle being the streaming PC with limited latency
Awesome review, Lisa, and an even more awesome T-shirt
Agree especially later on with the wonder builders!
Awesome review.
This one or Apple Mac Mini? hope to see a comparison between both especially as home theater PC.
Get a synology nas and run a media player like the nvidia shield through plex instead of a media PC.
Nice video Lisa, are you gonna review a laptop with ryzen 4000 series ? Thanks
Thanks for the video. May I ask, what monitor are you using there on the review?
Will any future models come in the NUC 8 design chassis, with more Thunderbolt ports and (my favourite) optical audio out?
Wish I could grab one with two ethernet ports so I could make an inline home firewall/ids with it.
Would USB Ethernet work?
@@oneeyedphotographer is always the most obvious solutions you miss lol
@@MEanPenguin908 I have wondered, but never actually tried. I have a multiport device with HDMI, Ethernet and several USB 3 outputs. I should attach it to my server, see what happens.
I’d love to see them add a second nic port.
I wish it had optical audio out. My HT processor doesn't have HDMI.
As someone observed, why would someone go with Comet Lake and not have the improved graphics of the Ice Laked...
How does this intel graphics chip compare to the lowest end discrete graphics? I am not too familiar with integrated intel graphics.
Edit: Oh damn, this isn't $4-500 it's 800+++ that changes things.
Isaac James Tea yep, it’s cute, but loses me at that price point. Might get one in a few years when they land at electronics recycling centers.
Hi, I truly "LOVE", your videos ;-) Q - I heard that Intel is coming out with NUC 11 in 2020-Q3, but they postponed its release to get the older models time to sell; is that true and what is your insights on that, thanks!
No mention that cpu is soldered to the motherboard and no cpu upgrade is possible. Why?
Well, it's a tiny PC with an Ultrabook CPU. No room for a socketed processor.
I love her shirt! She's a badass tech wiz. Thx for this review
They could put their Clear Linux on this and market it as a living room PC to use with kodi or media servers or just to watch youtube on your TV if it is not a smart tv!
You can install kodi on windows. You dont need change the OS
@@vigd6298 I am aware. Clear Linux would be a good way for them to also market their own OS and save money on needing to get window licenses at the same time
Asus is launching amd 4800u with 6core 18 thread at price of 499 pounds is just killer spec mini pc.
if you ad a directional mic the sound would be better
Does the BIOS have a reliable "Wake on RTC" option? By reliable I mean not HP like. This feature is extremely useful.
good review, but im noting a lot of the reviews of these mini form factors miss out on detailed noise/heat reviewing - after all, you pick the small form factor in exchange for ... what? For me, I wanted a nice little system I could leave on, in the house because I dont have either a rack in a cool room or a tower PC I want to leave on 24/365. I dont want to game on this, I want to home server.
I don't understand the portability size if you have to carry around a mouse, keyboard, and monitor and all the cables.
Love the T-shirt !
I like this form-factor but I am waiting for 7nm APU.
So cool. I want this!
I really want something like this, but an having trouble finding the need for it. Maybe a really strong linux machine?
I have been using those tiny PCs for general purpose machines in the last few years. They are nice and lovely, just make sure you're getting what you need and in a decent price. Too much and it is wasted with a higher electricity bill. Too little and it is, well... useless.
Use these as pfSense routers, parents desktop, and I'm even contemplating getting one for myself.
I don’t mind if it’s 60% taller if they could fit a more powerful graphic card in it.
I recently built a micro atx PC to replace my full tower old PC, love the smaller size of the new PC.
I want my next PC to be even smaller but with the same power of a larger PC, if that’s possible.
As of 2020 if your running an intel system over ryzen its cause you just want to spend more money.
For half as much you could put together a asrock deskmini a300.
Way way better integrated graphics.
How does the cpu compare to the M1?
Am I seeing this correctly that there is a USB type-C port on the front and the back?
I like the idea of these but really want a PC with a small form factor that doesn't kill gaming options without spending an arm and a leg. If I understood you properly, to get this "kitted" out will still run over $900 but won't even run games at a decent quality? I'd have to pass on something like this.
How is the cooling for long term CPU intensive use? E.g. video editing, programming, gaming? Does it throttle much after a while?
Wondering the same thing... Hope we can get this answered?
I have the NUC 8 - i7 Bean Canyon. Runs 8-10 hrs daily working with large databases, creating several 1000+ page pdf files without issue.
NUCs are not meant for video editing and gaming. If you game on it, temperatures get really hot at around 85-90 degree C. It has only one single fan. Just get a regular PC or laptop.
@@ReneB099 thanks for the info that's good stuff. Then for sure it can handle some compiling.
@Alestro NUCs come with low power U-series CPU, how much gaming you expect to do with it ? If anyone plans to buy thunderbolt eGPU enclosure and a graphics card to use with NUC its really pointless. You can get a really good gaming rig less than the cost of NUC+eGPU+Graphics card combined.
Can use a display drawing monitor i wonder how micro pc handle digital art programs
Does anybody know if this pc can be powered via USB c or does it have to use the supplied power adapter? I have a dell xps 15 for work and I love how I just need one one usb c for monitor and power delivery.
A portable gaming pc. Cool.
Do you have a link to the mini PC you said could be used for gaming/video editing?
Can I connect this to a smart tv and also add a webcam and use for Google meet video calls ?
want a rocketlake version of this