intel NUC Kit NUC5i5RYH i5-5250U UCFF Barebone PC - NUC. EDIT: Ebay stock expired but available from Encore at Amazon
The next unit of computing sounds nerdy but fear not, it's a tiny little powerful PC, just add memory, hard drive and operating system and you're good to go! - this seems very good value for an i5 base intel NUC, while this isn't the latest model it still sells for £50 to £100 more elsewhere. Barebones means it won't work until you add a hard drive (SATA SSD / drive or m2 SSD) plus DDR3L memory and an operating system of your choice.
EncorePC have been selling on ebay for over 10 years, have 4000+ positive feedback and seem legit although I've never used them.
Stock expired but same seller and price from Amazon (thanks to DaveG46 for the link)
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mackem1966
20 May 178#8
Nice to see Lord Grantham of Downton Abbey posting deals :wink:
spannerzone to spannerzone
20 May 178#3
Yes looks like a decent bargain but am slightly perplexed and my butler couldn't help either, doesn't everyone have a housekeeper? :smile:
donslibi to spannerzone
20 May 176#2
Nice find. What's more interesting however, is that you have a housekeeper cheeky
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praevalens
31 May 17#47
stoopid kids making me miss deals
praevalens
31 May 17#46
must have only been 1 :/. missed again
yorks123
31 May 171#45
Back in stock on Amazon and eBay @ £216.
praevalens
31 May 17#44
kind of wish I picked one up now
DaveG46
23 May 171#43
Well quick delivery mine arrived today got my stuff today the only downside being a don't have a mini hdmi cable
Hippos
22 May 171#42
Received an email from Stone Computers that the NUC's dispatched and hopefully will arrive tomorrow via DPD...
praevalens
21 May 17#41
sorry meant people that don't have display port connections
TheBiker
21 May 17#40
The fans were silent but I wanted the anodised aircraft grade aluminum casings.
donslibi
21 May 171#39
This spec isn't sufficient for 4k anyway. I have an htpc with an i5-4570T and struggles with 4k YouTube videos. Not that my tv can support it anyway, but I tested it to see if the pc can
sam_of_london
21 May 17#38
That is another £22. The convertors from displayport to hdmi 2.0 are not cheap.
praevalens
21 May 17#37
people that need 4k can just get a display port to hdmi 2.0 adaptor I think
But for those not obsessed with 4K this is not an issue, just because you believe every consumer product that isn't 4K is worthless junk doesn't make it a fact. This PC (along with many none 4K products) will be suitable for many people, just not you, so don't buy one.
praevalens
21 May 171#34
thought this supported 4k 60hz via display port?
spannerzone
21 May 171#33
or more accurately, may not be suitable for those seeking 4K media use which believe it or not isn't everyone.
missmisiowa
21 May 17#32
how loud was the fan?
praevalens
21 May 171#31
These are brand new items too, I think people are getting confused as the retailer has displayed their whole policy on items and talk about refurbished items.
These however are being sold as new
Istanbul_Kop
21 May 17#29
Have been waiting for a price drop on the Skull Canyon NUC. Think I'd need that extra bit of power. But apparently all these NUCs are noisy due to tiny fan?
spannerzone to Istanbul_Kop
21 May 17#30
From what I read these particular NUC's can be a little noisy when the fan ramps up speed but people turn down the setting in the BIOS so it's no on unless it gets hot and they don't report overheating issues. However, they're not totally silent.
Whizzey
21 May 171#27
Great little home lab computers too, will happily run esxi so you can run a number of VMs on it too.
Other than storage, a low power consumption Plex server could also be a good use.
Depending on exactly what people need, there are also the Asus vivopc and vivomini with similar specs and prices:
Brand new around £150 delivered (select barebones) https://www.icubes.co.uk/asus-vc62b-b007m-intelr-coretm-i5-4210u-processor-vivo-dualbay-ac-bt4-46.html
spannerzone to Whizzey
21 May 171#28
That's a pretty decent price, ok it's an older generation i5 but still very capable of most day to day tasks. I don't know if that's the usual price but you should post it as a deal, I reckon that'll get hot.
Hippos
21 May 17#25
Thanks Spannerzone. Ordered mine from Amazon.
Looking at the ebay description this is new? Just that Encore PCs as well, so guessing that was just the generic blurb!
spannerzone to Hippos
21 May 17#26
It certainly says it's new on ebay but comes with a 3 month warranty, I guess they're just shifting stock and I suspect that as a retailer they'd actually have to honour a fault outside of that 3 months as consumer protection is on your side. Although these things are pretty reliable anyway.
spannerzone
21 May 171#24
Yes she needs it to ensure she purchases the best priced lemon Pledge she can.
Rich_T
21 May 172#23
I was thinking why does the housekeeper need a computer? surely there's plenty of house work to do! Crack the whip!!!! :confused::smirk::man:
praevalens
21 May 171#22
Encore pic are on cash back sites too and also have this item at the same price
CrispEditor
21 May 172#21
Yes, my butler reads HUK for me, but I have to scold him whenever he buys an Android instead of an Apple. You can't get the staff these days,
spannerzone
21 May 17#20
Out Of Stock now on ebay but available from the same seller via Amazon
spannerzone
21 May 171#19
They support 64bit. They're pretty easy to setup and there are guides for installing Windows from a USB stick and etc online. They take an hour to build and install Windows then few more to install updates etc and customise.
DaveG46
21 May 17#18
Cheers if I went windows do they support 32 or 64 bit?
painstick
21 May 17#17
Oooh! Looks good. Any idea how noisy these are? Also, will it play Fallout 3? That's all that matters really.
DaveG46
20 May 17#13
As someone who's not really dabbled in setting up pc's before would thus be tricky to set up, thinking I could use it for a bit of video films etc and then due to move it to another room for lightroom and office stuff.. Guess it would run windows 10 without any issues
mysticus to DaveG46
21 May 172#16
you need 3 things:
1) Operating System (WIndows Licence? Linux Free? Anything ?) on a USB Drive/USB DVDROM
2) DDR3L type laptop memory
3) M.2 SATA and not NVME type... or 2.5 HDD/SSD/SSHD? i highly recommend m.2 sata ssd to keep inside clean and roomy for air circulation!
Rest is booting and installing OS/Drivers
Good luck...
chrisjordan666
21 May 17#14
Does anyone know how many usb ports there are on this as the descriptions are a bit vague?
I have a couple of the 4250 ones and they are great as long as you just want browsing, playing videos and office kind of stuff. I actually gamed on one of them (older games though) and it wasn't terrible
Looks like it's about on-par performance wise with the new Kaby Lake i3s which are around £280. Good deal.
j_hankey
20 May 17#7
Decent price but not brand new and only 3 months warranty. Still decent though.
spannerzone to j_hankey
20 May 171#9
It's says they're new but yes they're only giving a 3 month guarantee, although I don't know if they actually can do that as a trading business, consumer protection still applies.
mackem1966
20 May 178#8
Nice to see Lord Grantham of Downton Abbey posting deals :wink:
TheBiker
20 May 172#6
I have two I5 NUC's that are now about 2 years old. Both have SSD's and I have replaced the housing with fanless housings made from aluminum.
Great PC's IMHO.
tubbyhubby
20 May 171#4
I love these NUC's and have and older I3 and a newer I7 which is very fast great space savers and as long as your not a hard core gamer they will do everything you want.
Heat from me.
spannerzone to tubbyhubby
20 May 17#5
Yeah these are great little performers that are so small, am tempted to get one to replace a Gigabyte Brix that's been in use for a couple of years.
spannerzone
20 May 172#1
While looking for a new intel NUC for my housekeeper I stumbled across this apparent excellent deal on ebay, seems like a decent legitimate seller and the price is excellent for an i5 NUC, it is an older model but still likely to tick many boxes (if you're after a computer that can run highly demanding box ticking software)
donslibi to spannerzone
20 May 176#2
Nice find. What's more interesting however, is that you have a housekeeper cheeky
spannerzone to spannerzone
20 May 178#3
Yes looks like a decent bargain but am slightly perplexed and my butler couldn't help either, doesn't everyone have a housekeeper? :smile:
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The next unit of computing sounds nerdy but fear not, it's a tiny little powerful PC, just add memory, hard drive and operating system and you're good to go! - this seems very good value for an i5 base intel NUC, while this isn't the latest model it still sells for £50 to £100 more elsewhere. Barebones means it won't work until you add a hard drive (SATA SSD / drive or m2 SSD) plus DDR3L memory and an operating system of your choice.
EncorePC have been selling on ebay for over 10 years, have 4000+ positive feedback and seem legit although I've never used them.
Stock expired but same seller and price from Amazon (thanks to DaveG46 for the link)
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Page 23 of the manual
http://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/boardsandkits/NUC5i5RYB_NUC5i3RYB_TechProdSpec.pdf
These however are being sold as new
Other than storage, a low power consumption Plex server could also be a good use.
Depending on exactly what people need, there are also the Asus vivopc and vivomini with similar specs and prices:
Brand new around £150 delivered (select barebones) https://www.icubes.co.uk/asus-vc62b-b007m-intelr-coretm-i5-4210u-processor-vivo-dualbay-ac-bt4-46.html
Looking at the ebay description this is new? Just that Encore PCs as well, so guessing that was just the generic blurb!
1) Operating System (WIndows Licence? Linux Free? Anything ?) on a USB Drive/USB DVDROM
2) DDR3L type laptop memory
3) M.2 SATA and not NVME type... or 2.5 HDD/SSD/SSHD? i highly recommend m.2 sata ssd to keep inside clean and roomy for air circulation!
Rest is booting and installing OS/Drivers
Good luck...
- Specs here
Great PC's IMHO.
Heat from me.