Intel NUC 5i5RYH Mini PC Review - Price : 400 Euro - Οικιακό σύστημα διασκέδασης

Tobias Winkler , 03/28/2015

 

 

Small, yet good. Intel has offered small desktop PCs for a long time now. We wish to test their latest installment: the NUC with its brand-new Broadwell chip. In the following in-depth review, we will delve into its features and performance.

or the original German review, see here.

Times have changed - large, clunky tower PCs are fading away and the devices which replace them are designed with the principle: "less is more." Of course, the large, gaming titans of yesteryear can never disappear completely and are still to be found in the gaming and workstation industry. However, for the most part, the consumers of today favor compact yet powerful devices, like the members of the Intel NUC Series. These devices are truly tiny, barebone PCs which are suited for many different tasks. Furthermore, they are conservative and quiet.

For our review, we chose the NUC5i5RYH barebone PC. This model has a modern Broadwell Intel Core i5-5250U CPU with an integrated Intel HD Graphics 6000 IGP (Integrated Graphics Processor). In comparison to its smaller sibling, the NUC5i5RYK, this PC can host a 2.5-inch drive. In addition, it offers a free M.2 slot, integrated AC WLAN and a Mini DisplayPort. We rounded off the device with 2x 4 GB PC3-12800 RAM, an OCZ Vector 150 (240 GB) SSD and the Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS.

If you are not a fan of manual installation, we recommend waiting a little while. Soon manufacturers, such as Wortmann, will provide these Broadwell NUCs with a finished configuration of their own. Their Terra Micro PCs are delivered with the Windows OS, storage devices and RAM and are ready-to-use out of the box. However, the CPU of this lineup belongs to the previous generation.

 

Intel NUC5i5RYH

Processor : Intel Core i5-5250U 1.6 GHz

Graphics adapter :Intel HD Graphics 6000, Core: 950 MHz, shared memory, 10.18.14.4080

Memory :8192 MB  , 2x 4GB PC3-12800, max. 16 GB, only DDR3L (1.35V)

Mainboard : Intel Broadwell-U PCH-LP (Premium)

Harddisk : OCZ Vector 150 240 GB, 240 GB 

Weight : 690 g ( = 24.34 oz) Power Supply: 180 g ( = 6.35 oz)

Price : 400 Euro