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Intel NUC/ device questions
Alright,
Just wondering, would anyone want to rent out Intel NUC ?
They're £119.99 each
Would anyone be interested - Or do you have any other device? Trying to get some lower-end gear in..
Just scouting around.
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Yeah I'd go for that with 4gb of ram and an ssd...
Or the more powerful
http://www.dabs.com/products/gigabyte-brix-celeron-2955u-1-4ghz-ultra-compact-pc-kit-999S.html?q=gigabyte brix&src=16
http://www.dabs.com/products/gigabyte-brix-a-series-a8-5545m-1-7-ghz---radeon-hd-8510g-ultra-compact-pc-kit-9980.html?q=gigabyte brix&src=16
Interesting, thanks for that - I'm looking to source some more hardware to dump in... The £8/mo dedi's flew off the shelves..
So this is my call to ask everybody what they want... (small factor, tho)
Hmm I'd be interested in a cheap dedi/box similar to that.
@MSPNick
how about some of these? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MeeGoPad-T01-Stick-for-Windows-8-1-HDMI-Bluetooth-TV-Stick-32GB-TV-Box-Mini-PC-/371211422211?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item566decca03
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MeeGoPad-T01-Microsoft-Windows-8-1-OS-INTEL-HDMI-Stick-PC-BLACK-/261348103220?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cd98f9434
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PIPO-X7-Windows-8-1-Mini-PC-TV-Box-Media-Player-2G-32G-Intel-Beats-Rasberry-Pi-/391060387361?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5b0d03f621
all quad core ^
and i would never buy from maplin, huge ripoff
They're quite interesting.. Any more units?
loads of them around the web.. the Pipo X7 would be ideal though. as it comes with a lan port and quad core etc..
Intel NUC in RU https://tehnodom.com/auction/
Would love some servers for 3 or 4 a month. Rasp pi 2 would be cool.
VPS would be more powerful than whatever kind of "dedicated" you could get for $3-4/month
I am under the impression that the NUC draws too much power for such build density and therefore it has heat dissipation issues, which would impact the unit lifetime significantly.
I remember reading somewhere(probably on LET itself) that Intel is going to raise their prices for Atom processors(which is what those HDMI sticks seem to be using), and so future stock might be a problem with them.
I think colo a NUC (even the legacy version) is much more better than RPI2... But compare with REAL dedicated, NUC doesn't have IPMI.
I think some of the earlier ones had Vpro,
Another thing might be worth looking at is AMD AM1 or J1900/J2900 Itx boards, they'll give you slightly more grunt than the atom, the J1900/J2900 are around 10w TDP i think, the AMD is higher at 25W.
Yep could be, but with dedicated you're not causing anyone else issues if you're hammering the cpu/io so it depends what you plan to do with it.
The DC53427HYE NUC has vPro with full KVM and remote power on/off and ISO mount capabilities: http://www.virten.net/2013/11/howto-intel-nuc-remote-kvm-with-amt-powered-by-vpro/
Intel NUCs have a clear advantage over many other compact PCs. The warranty is 3 years. Gold Intel partners can request a warranty part exchange trough the partner portal free of charge, with express delivery of the new part. I used it rarely, because they almost never fail. The Windows driver and Bios support is at the highest standard. The internal Sata disk is easy to exchange. Intel also sells the bare mainboard at reduced price, trough the distributor channel (it is not available on retail/online channel; it is usually sold by carton of 20 units). It only needs 12V power, a SoDimm stick and storage. I believe that some ultra-cheap dedicated offers are based on Intel NUC. The KS1 I have at OVH actually is a 12V Intel Atom motherboard (a derivative of the NUC motherboard).
Confirmed: the i7 NUC I tried becomes hot and I would avoid using it in a 24/7 environement. The Atom-based NUCs have no dissipation issues, there also is a fanless version. Do not use it inside a closed rack. It still need to exchange heat.
Yes, and Online.net's Dedibox XC (VIA Nano U2250) is just a small box, there are total 12 in a 2U colo.
Unfortunately, DC53427HYE cost CNY 2,699.
We Chinese often want to colo abroad just because the annoying ICP License.
The cheapest NUC is an attractive proposition for personal/non critical needs such as offline remote backup, because the shipping cost is low and the hardware is so cheap that it is almost disposable (if anything breaks, just send another one). The NUC even comes from Intel with a nicely padded sturdy little cardboard box, so the packing is already sorted out.
I once colo-ed a Mac Mini server (the one with two disks and software RAID) in a specialyzed colocation service for Mac Mini. But it still is a relatively expensive computer, and I don't trust sending it to a random deep-discount provider. It also does not have a remote KVM: at the same hardware price level there are many better options with regular entry-level true servers such as the Dell T20.
There are plenty of Bay Tray designs with Intel Atom Z3736 system on chip. This is a commodity reference design from Intel and you may well choose a more readily available $100 Windows Bing standard tablet, or a Windows "displayless tablet" such as GULEEK i8. They all have severe limitations: Ethernet is over USB (and you usually need to add a external USB/ethernet converter), no Sata interface, limited to max 2 Gb of slow Ram, and Bios is nonstandard (this may limit the OS options). I would rather not use them as server. As bottom of the barrel / makeshift server the Raspberry Pi2 may be a better choice.