Intel NUC6i5SYK Mini PC NUC Kit

If your computing needs are modest, and your budget more so, no computer will deliver more bang for the buck than the Intel NUC Kit NUC6CAYS. The hardware is modest -- including a Celeron processor -- but it's all you need for the type of light-duty computing most people do.

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  Low price, Good connectivity, Easy to expand memory and storage, Enough power for light-duty productivity and entertainment

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  Not suitable for 4K video or 3D gaming

Mobility. Mobility. Ultramobility. Everyone in the computing industry is obsessed with ultra-mobility, and make no mistake, that's where all the growth is, where all the additional currency tokens are to be made.

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  Good performance, Tiny form factor, Connectivity, QuickSync

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  Not much gaming grunt, No internal SATA port, A bit pricey when additional extras factored in

I have this box loaded with Ubuntu 14.04. I use this primarily as a Plex media server, it serves up music and movies to multiple Roku's without a problem. I also run ScreenConnect, an OwnCloud server, a Mumble server, a Guacamole RDP gateway and the obligatorily MineCraft server on it.

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  Small footprint, low power, fast boot time. Better performance than similarly priced Celeron/Atom based mini PC's.

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