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Question: Thinking of using a NUC as an HTPC. Can I store movies on the internal mSATA drive or do I need an external USB drive?
Document: So I loaded up Server 2012 R2 and everything worked right out of the box.UPDATE 10/18/13UEFI and USB do not play nice. I have experimented with various external USB drives and every single one had one issue or another. For example, attach a Toshiba 2TB drive through a powered hub and the NUC will simply endlessly reboot. A 2TB WD drive does not cause the issue.
Modify the BIOS settings to prevent booting from USB and you are presented with various endless errors after reboot. Press Y or N and after some time monkeying around, eventually I got it to boot with the drive attached. Then change things again by attaching different drives and the mess starts all over again. Of course, like any other system, you cannot really change from UEFI to legacy boot.
HDMI and mini DVI ports can run 3 monitors. I have not had any overheating problems with my NUC, I use it as a desktop. All you need to add is a keyboard ( mine is a wireless Logitech) and a monitor and you are up and running for around 800.00.
With additional internal components, you can expect that to rise a little.One NUC is currently running 8 VMs and the second can be awakened via WOL for experimentation or during patch/update procedures.Now time for some "really??" moments:1) You would think after all the backlash from the first 3 NUCs not having a power cord, Intel would realize negative publicity is bad for business and shape up. I've bought A LOT of cameras, phones, laptops, desktops, servers, etc.
But after that, it is just obnoxious. I yanked it out and was actually surprised to find it had 3 batteries and a real speaker with a coil, no doubt to get those lower frequencies blasted out. I'd much rather have a 1GB USB flash stick with drivers and documentation. Manufacturers are hauling smaller USB flash drives to the dump by the truck load, online retailers will sell you thumb drives preloaded with your promotional materials for pennies, yet the mighty Intel can't do it.
very capable box and very small. don't have an hdmi monitor where using so no sound. no optical or headphone capability. very powerful for most applications I am running and fast with onboard graphics. will upgrade to hdmi monitor or tv eventually and get better use.
This is a way to make a office computer for a very reasonable amount of cash.Unit comes in a cute music box. I bought this i5 for speed, added 16 MB memory, a SSD 80GB hard drive and bought a long electric cord (does not come with one?? only main defect). Great for desktop business computer, bought a VESA monitor 27 BEN Q, plug in back install WIN7, total cost for all less than $780 dollars.
In case that you want to use it for virtualization at home, remember that this one does not support VT technology. If you don't need this feature is the way to go, if you need that feature to do nested environment, go to the next evolution of the box that has an i5 core.
I pre-ordered this from Amazon, but they cancelled a couple days after the June 18th launch date. I ended up having to buy these from other random/shady resellers at a price premium. Get your sales channel together already.8) PRICE. As far as I'm concerned, this i5 NUC is basically the same as the i3 NUC, with just a few minor tweaks. It has been well proven in the past that Intel artificially limits their lower end CPUs to cover the various market segments.
Once I verified the motherboard chipset was not changing, and the i7 being cancelled, it was time to snag a couple i5 NUCs and set up a mini-cluster. I purchased 16GB of low voltage memory and a tiny 4GB thumbstick for each NUC as well.Going from one tower server to two NUCs gains me redundancy and twice the RAM, but similar performance (1x2.8 quad to 2x2.8 dual) and of course DRASTICALLY reduced power usage and physical size.
Answer: You may store movies on an mSATA drive.  However, HD movie (720p / 1080p) format take a considerable amount of space and mSATA storage is more expensive than hard disk drives.  For this purpose, the Intel NUC is ideal for use with large external USB drives or NAS.