I love the NUC line and have nothing but good things to say for every other intel NUC aside from this one. The biggest problem with it is the processor, its just for lack of a better word a sloth. Compared to its i3, i5 siblings its extremely slow. Even paired with a good SSD it still moves at a snails pace. Its price reflects its performance, however with the added cost of acquiring a hard drive and RAM you're now in mid grade desktop territory. For movie rendering it will work ok, however it strains to play anything well compressed. For a basic desktop it works well, but there are significantly cheaper options that perform equally as well available. Skip this version and go at least for the i3, preferably the i5 though, or go all out and get the hades canyon. Youll be happy you did!