First off this is not a replacement for a full-blown gaming machine.  If you plan on replacing your LGA2011 6-core Intel X99 i7 with this  computer, you're going to be very disappointed.  The skull canyon integrated graphics are not going to be able to beat an Nvidia 1080 GTX,  or even the 750 GTX.What this computer is is a much more expendable laptop type computer, simply without the built-in screen.  It will play most games pretty well, but it is not an ultimate gamers paradise.This machine shines at being a very small form factor computer with a great CPU and the ability to drive multiple large displays.  Additionally, it is hugely expandable supporting both thunderbolt and USB 3.0 devices, as well as having multiple M2 slots -  Sporting both NVMe and SSD (AHCI) support.  Aside from the graphics and the thunderbolt support this machine adds support for 32 GB of RAM to the NUC line-up.It also comes with all of the hardware to mount it behind a monitor (VESA mount).The great advantage overall is that this unit is highly expandable, has a super small foot print, and low power utilization (even at peek utilization).In my case I'm using them to run a VMware ESXi 6.0 cluster, with a vCenter appliance and a vRO / vRA lab.If you need a decent, extremely small footprint, computer that is hugely expandable, AND you don't need a classic workstation... this is a great alternative.