This makes a great home control server - I run 12 IP cameras with Blue Iris on this NUC (along with several other services such as Allonis myServer, Homeseer HS3, Ubiquiti UniFi Controller, Acronis True Image, and a few others), but Blue Iris is the primary CPU hog).. with the last generation NUC (7th gen) I was averaging around 40-50% CPU load.. with this new 8th gen I'm now averaging around 25-30% CPU load.  This is overall noticeably faster than the 7th gen i7 NUC.  Highly recommended!Some have complained of excessive fan noise.. I haven't noticed it much at all, its been near silent.